Coming to Kindergarten, students SHOULD be able to:

• write their first name

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• write some letters

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• write numbers from 0-10

• tell a story in sequential order

 

After a successful year of Kindergarten, students will be able to:

• use drawings, dictating, and writing to state an opinion, narrate and event, supply information about a topic

• with guidance and support, respond to questions, recall information from experiences to answer a question, gather information from teacher provided sources to answer a question

• use digital tools to "publish" writing

• write one syllable short vowel words

• spell and write words that use letter-sound correspondence (ex. cat, fell, black)

• begin to write one syllable long vowel words (ex. cape, bite, note)

 

What you can do at home:

• encourage your child to tell stories, no matter how silly!

• encourage your child to tell you the steps in sequential order to make or do something

• encourage him/her to speak in complete sentences

  • a good rule is number of words should be same as age. ex. 5 years olds should be able to say 5 word sentences 

• encourage them to draw and write original stories or their impressions of a story that you read to them