Behavior that Supports Learning Draws, tells and writes informative texts in which they name what they

informative texts in which they name what they are

writing about and supply some information about the topic.
Listens attentively and follows directions
Draws, tells and writes about a single event or several loosely linked events,
Can focus and avoid distractions tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a
reaction to what happened

Completes the work or play cycle

With support, responds to questions and suggestions from peers to add
details and strengthen writing
Demonstrates self-sufficiency

With support, recall information from experiences or gather information

Transitions well to new activities from provided sources to answer a question

Interest in and love of learning new ideas

Speaking and Listening

Social-Emotional Development Speech is sweet and appropriate

Considerate and respectful of others Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly with peers
and adults
Works cooperatively with others

Pronunciation and vocabulary is developmentally appropriate

Demonstrates social problem-solving

Takes appropriate turns when speaking in a group

Shows self-confidence

Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify
Shows self-control something that is not understood.

Practical Life Mathematical Foundations

Care of environment Interested in and excited about numbers, counting, patterns, comparisons
and other mathematical activities
Care of self
Count to 100 by ones and by tens
Fine motor skills
Recognize and name numbers from 1-100
Gross motor-skills
Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence
(instead of having to begin at 1).
Reading: Foundational Skills
Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written
Interest in and love of reading numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects)

Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words
Recognize and produce rhyming words
Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences
Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect
counting to cardinality
Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less
than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using
matching and counting strategies

Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images,
drawings, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations,
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding expressions, or equations.
words
Foundational understanding of Base-10
Read common high-frequency words by sight
Can compose/decompose number up to 20
Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding

Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight

Reading: Literature and Informational Text
Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks
and clay balls) and drawing shapes.
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details,
including events, characters and setting in a text
Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes. For example, "Can you join
these two triangles with full sides touching to make a rectangle?"
Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding

With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support
Science and Social Studies
points in a text

With prompting and support, compare and contrast characters, events or Interest in culture, geography and global studies
information from texts and/or real life experiences

Can recognize and categorize objects by common properties

Writing
Conceptual understanding of the areas of life science, including attributes
and parts of plants and animals
Interest in and love of writing

Plan and conduct simple investigations, respond to findings with appropriate

Recalls and clearly prints many upper and lowercase letters
solutions

Holds pencil correctly without aids

Demonstrates proper spacing and capitalization when writing
Draws, tells and writes opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic
and state an opinion (e.g., My favorite book is...).
Foundational understanding of physical sciences including motion, force,
and energy
Foundational understanding of earth sciences, including weather and human
impact