Kindergarten Benchmarks
Reading Pacing Calendar
** 1st Benchmark Period **
Print Concepts I can recognize that print has meaning.
I can hold a book right side up and turn pages in the correct direction. -
I can start at the top of the page, move from left to right and use return sweep until I get to the bottom. -
I can break apart sentences
into individual words. - Phonemic Awareness I can say words that all begin
with the same sound. - I can identify the beginning and
ending sounds of a spoken word. -
Phonics I can identify the upper and
lower case letters of the alphabet. -
I can say the sounds of the letters in the alphabet. -
Comprehension Strategies I can use picture cues to follow directions.-
I can predict using the title cover, illustrations, and text. –
Kindergarten
Reading Pacing Calendar
** 2nd Benchmark Period **
Print Concepts I can tell the difference between letters and words. -
I can listen and point to each word as I hear and read it. -
Phonemic Awareness I can say words that all begin
with the same sound. -
I can blend onsets and rimes to form real words.
I can blend sounds to form a word.
I can identify the beginning and
ending sounds of a spoken word. -
I can separate the sounds in a word using manipulatives. –
Phonics I can identify the upper and
lower case letters of the alphabet. -
I can say the sounds of the letters in the alphabet. -
Kindergarten
Reading Pacing Calendar
** 3rd Benchmark Period **
Phonemic Awareness I can hear the difference between words that rhyme and don’t rhyme.
I can listen to a word and say a word that rhymes.
Vocabulary I can describe familiar object using details.
Comprehension Strategies I can predict using the title, cover, illustrations, and text.
I can understand books I read.
Elements of Literature I can identify the characters, the setting and main events of a story.
I can retell and act out a story using correct sequence.
Comprehending Informational Text I can answer questions correctly about an informational text, heard or read.
Kindergarten
Reading Pacing Calendar
** 4th Benchmark Period **
Phonics I can recognize that a new word is created when a specific letter is changed, added, or removed.
** Essential Skills for 1st Grade **
First grade teachers recommended these as essential skills for students entering first grade.
Phonics I can read a base word when there is an ending. *
I can read word family words. - *
Fluency I can read a story with repetition of
1–2 sentence patterns and illustrations that provide high support.*
Comprehension Strategies I can predict using the title, cover, illustrations, and text. – R01-S1C6-01*
I can tell the order of events of a story. -*
I can answer questions about a non-fiction book. –*
The following are common curriculum Goals for kindergarten students.
Language Arts
- Identifies front, back, title, and author of a book.
- Demonstrates top to bottom, left to right progression
- Distinguishes letters from words and words from sentences
- Identifies all uppercase and lowercase letters
- Demonstrates knowledge of beginning sounds by printing correct letter symbols with corresponding pictures
- Orally tells what sound is heard at the beginning and ending of words
- Blends CVC sounds aloud to make a word
- Rhymes
- Count the number of sounds in a syllable and the number of syllables in a word
- Reads one syllable ands common words by sight such as "the", "I", "is"
- Makes predictions
- Demonstrates comprehension of stories by orally retelling or acting out
- Identifies characters, setting, and main idea of a story
- Prints name correctly "on line"
- Prints alphabet letters legibly without a model
- Uses writing (letters, pictures, and words) to express own meaning
- Writes from left to right and from top to bottom
- Writes some simple CVC words spelled correctly and longer words phonetically (as they sound)
- Orally state the names of the days of the week and months of the year
- Identifies the eight basic colors and reads the corresponding color words
- Understands and follows one and two step spoken directions
- Demonstrates 1 to 1 correspondence
- Sorts and classifies objects by position, shape, size, color, number of corners, etc.
- Identifies, copies, extends, and creates patterns
- Can count to 100 by 1's and 10's
- Identifies the five basic shapes (circle, oval, square, rectangle, triangle)
- Draws the five basic shapes
- Identifies numerals (0-10)
- Labels sets (0-10) with correct numeral
- Compares sets of objects and uses the terms equal, more than, or less than correctly
- Can count backwards from 10
- Identifies coins (penny, nickel, dime, quarter)
- Joins and separates sets of objects
- Tells time to the hour
- Identifies half versus whole
- Divides sets of objects into equal groups
- Measures length with a variety of non standard measurements
- Compares measurements and uses the terms shorter, longer, taller, heavier, warmer, cooler, holds more, etc. correctly
- Uses positional words to explain location (left, right, on, off, inside, between, above, below, etc.)
- Interprets graphs
- Holds pencils and scissors correctly
- Cuts on lines
- Outlines and colors neatly within the lines
- Hops on both feet together
- Hops on one foot (left and right)
- Marches
- Gallops
- Skips
- Recites address from memory (including city, state, and zip code)
- Recites telephone number from memory (including area code)
- Recites birth date (including year)
- Demonstrates the ability to put on and fasten outer clothing (unassisted)
- Ties shoes
- Puts forth best efforts in work
- Takes care of school materials
- Uses self control to follow school rules
- Works independently
- Completes work in a reasonable amount of time
- Follows directions
- Listens attentively to others
- Stays on task
- Willingly participates in activities
Science Topics
- Natural Sciences: animals, plants, weather, space, earth science
- Physical Sciences:float and sink, etc.
- Health and Safety: teeth, body parts, five senses, fire safety, etc.
- Home: Self/ Family/ Friends
- Community: community helpers
- History: Holidays such as Thanksgiving, President's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, etc.
- Economics: wants and needs
- Government: respecting rules and rights of others