Reading

Demonstrates Concepts of Print

• Understands top to bottom progression
• Understands left to right page sequence
• Knows front and back of book
• Knows how to turn pages in a book
• Recognizes that print rather than pictures carries the message
• Recognizes a word as a unit of print, an awareness that letters are grouped to form words and that words are separated by spaces
• Knows the first word of a sentence and the first letter of a word.

Demonstrates Alphabet Knowledge

• Identifies symbols/signs/labels/logos
• Shows progress in associating the names of letters with their shape and sounds
• Identifies at least 10 letters of the alphabet, especially those in their own name

Uses Language Effectively

• Uses language to describe personally meaningful experiences when talking with others
• Demonstrates clarity of pronunciation when speaking in sentences of increasing length and complexity
• Uses a variety of sources to build vocabulary

Vocabulary

• Uses a variety of sources to build vocabulary
• Shows an understanding of words and their meanings
• Uses category labels (fruit, vegetable, animal, transportation, tools)
• Has mastery of classroom language and objects in the classroom (same and different, in front of and behind, next to, opposite, below)

Listening, Speaking and Conversation

• Gains meaning by listening
• Follows one or more directions
• Uses language to express needs and feeling
• Uses language to describe personally meaningful experiences when talking with others
• Starts to demonstrates clarity of pronunciation when speaking in sentences of increasing length and complexity without contextual clues
• Follows another’s conversational lead, appropriately initiates or terminates conversations, or appropriately introduces new content
• Demonstrates knowledge of nonverbal conversational rules (eye contact, facial expressions, appropriate distance in conversations
• Recites 15-20 songs and nursery rhymes or poems (in English and Mandarin)

Sentences and Structure

• Connects phrases and sentences to build ideas
• Uses sentences with more than one phrase
• Starts to pay attention to tense and other subject-verb agreement

Writing

Supports Topic with Details

• Communicates thoughts and experiences through various forms of representation (e.g. clay, drawings, blocks, pictures, dictation, writing)

Uses Conventions

• Demonstrates fine motor control through the use of writing implements (e.g. chalk, markers, crayons, pencils, computers)
• Relates models, pictures, symbols and photographs to real places and things
• Creates models out of clay, blocks and other materials
• Participates in shared reading and shared writing in which concepts of print are modeled
• Develops an awareness of the connection between spoken and written language
• Recognizes that writing and drawing are forms of communication
• Progresses from drawing, scribbling shapes or pictures to represent ideas, to using letter-like symbols, to copying or writing familiar words such as their own name

Organizes to Communicate in Writing

• Chooses to participate in writing activities
• Contributes ideas during shared writing process activities
• Develops an awareness of the connection between spoken and written language
• Recognizes that writing and drawing are forms of communication
• Shows motivation to engage in written expression (intentionally uses scribbles/writing to convey communication)
• Begins to write letters independently

Mathematics/Science

Collection, Graphing, Statistics, and Probability

• Explores and describes similarities, differences and the attributes of objects
• Sorts and matches by color, size and shape
• Holds more than one attribute in mind at a time
• Distinguishes between “some” , “half” and “all”

Geometry and Spatial Sense

• Fits objects together and takes them apart
• Changes the shape and arrangement of objects (e.g. wrapping, twisting, stacking, stretching, enclosing)
• Describes distance, positions and directions using words such as up, down, over, under, top, bottom, inside, outside, in front and behind
• Distinguishes between and describes shapes (circle, square, triangle and rectangle)

Measurement

• Compares attributes (longer, shorter, bigger, smaller)
• Starts and stops an action on signal
• Describes rates of movement
• Compares time intervals
• Anticipates, remembers and describes sequence of events
• Uses standard (rules, yard stick) and non-standard (block, string) measures for length and area of objects

Number Sense and Operations

• Compares the number of objects in two sets to determine “more”, “less”, “same number” or “how many”
• Arranges two sets of objects in one-to-one correspondence
• Counts objects 1-20 and beyond
• Knows 10-frame card

Patterning, Reasoning, and Pre-Algebraic Concepts

• Arranges several items one after another in a series or pattern and verbally describes the relationship, (big/bigger/biggest, red/blue, etc.)
• Fits one ordered set of objects to another through trial and error (e.g. small cup/small saucer, medium cup/medium saucer, big cup/big saucer, etc.)

Scientific Thinking

• Explores common objects and living things
• Uses tools for investigation
• Uses language to comment and ask questions about materials and living things in the environment

Reading

Concepts of Print

• Recognizes that print rather than pictures carries the message in classrooms, home and community

Phonological Awareness

• Combines onset and rhyme to form a familiar one-syllable word with pictorial support
• Combines words to make a compound word and deletes a word from a compound word
• Combines syllables into words
• Can delete a syllable from a word

Alphabetic Knowledge

• Identifies letters in their own name
• Spells their own names
• Recognizes uppercase and lowercase letters
• Shows progress in associating the names of letters with their shape and sounds
• Recognizes all letters by its letter name (can identify when asked to find a certain letter)
• Names most letters (when shown a letter, can accurately say the letter)
• Recognizes letter sounds (can identify the letter of the sound given)
• Names some letter sounds (can say the sound the letter makes)

Vocabulary

• Uses a variety of sources to build vocabulary
• Demonstrates a wide variety of words within each category
• Uses an expanded vocabulary to describe objects, actions and events

Sentences and Structure

• Typically uses complete sentences, with subject, verb and object order
• Uses age appropriate grammar in conversations and increasingly complex phrases and sentences
• Combines more than one idea using complex sentences
• Combines sentences that give lots of detail, stick to the topic and clearly communicate intended meaning
• Uses regular and irregular plurals, regular past tense, personal and possessive pronouns and subject-verb agreement

Listening, Speaking and Conversation

• Follows three or more step-by-step directions
• Demonstrates use of varied language (requesting, commenting, manner words, problem solving)
• Initiates, asks questions, and responds to adults and peers in a variety of settings
• Demonstrates clarity of pronunciation when speaking in sentences of increasing length and complexity without contextual clues
• Provides appropriate information to the setting (introduces him/herself; asks for help; answers questions such as providing name and address to appropriate person)
• Matches language to social contexts (uses volumes appropriate to context, addresses adults more formally than he or she addresses other children)
• Recites 15-20 songs and nursery rhymes or poems (in English and Mandarin)

Emergent Writing

• Relates models, pictures, symbols, and photographs to real places and things
• Communicates thoughts and experiences through various forms of representation (e.g. clay, drawings, blocks, pictures, dictation, writings)
• Progresses from drawing, scribbling shapes or pictures to represent ideas, to using letters to copy or write familiar words such as their own name
• Contributes ideas during shared writing process activities
• Is able to write most of the letters independently on request
• Shows knowledge of structure of written composition (when writing or dictating, uses appropriate writing conventions – a letter starts with “Dear” or the idea that a story has a beginning, middle and end)

Mathematics/Science

Collection, Graphing, Statistics, and Probability

• Interprets and compares the relationship between items/objects represented by charts and graphs
• Uses data collection results to make predictions

Geometry and Spatial Sense

• Fits objects together and takes them apart
• Understands objects remain the same in different orientations (e.g. slide, flip, rotate)
• Anticipates, remembers and describes sequence of events including position
• Recognizes and describes the difference between horizontal, diagonal and vertical orientations
• Constructs two dimensional shapes
• Recognizes and sorts three-dimensional shapes (sphere, cube, cone, cylinder and pyramid)
• Identifies various three dimensional shapes

Measurement

• Uses standard and non-standard materials to measure and compare the length and height of objects
• Uses standard and non-standard materials to measure and compare the weight of objects
• Uses measurement vocabulary (e.g. length, height, and weight) to compare (e.g. more, less, shorter, longer, heaviest, lightest) objects

Number Sense and Operations

• Uses 10-frame method to solve some simple questions
• Writes 0-10 or beyond
• Arranges two sets of objects in one-to-one correspondence up to 15 objects
• Counts objects 1-50 and beyond
• Assigns and relates a numerical to a set of objects and tells how many, in range from 1 to 10
• Adds and subtracts within 10

Patterning, Reasoning, and Pre-Algebraic Concepts

• Fits one ordered set of objects to another (e.g. small cup/small saucer, medium cup/medium saucer, big cup/big saucer, etc.)
• Arranges, orders and compares several items one after another in a series or pattern and verbally describes the relationship (big/bigger/biggest, red/blue, etc.)

Reading

Phonological Awareness

• Pronounces words clearly

Sentences and Structure

• Speaks in complex and compound sentences
• Uses correct grammar: future, past and present tense, subject-verb agreement, singular and plural form of nouns.
• Knows simple prefixes and suffixes: un-, -less, -ness, -ful, etc.

Vocabulary

• Has developed a good-sized vocabulary that continues to grow
• Knows basic sight words such as: the, a, an, etc.

Alphabetic Knowledge

• Recognizes uppercase and lowercase letters
• Names all letters (when shown a letter can accurately say letter name)
• Names letter sounds (can say the sound the letter makes)
• Recognizes and identifies vowels and consonants
• Match vowels and consonants with letters
• Applies knowledge of how print works and to decode unfamiliar words

Writing

• Writes name correctly
• Writes stories, notes and descriptions, combining drawings and letter-like symbols
• Spells simple words phonetically

Mathematics/Science

Number Sense and Operations

• Counts from 1-100 and beyond by ones, fives, and tens
• Counts forward beginning with any given number
• Counts by even and odd numbers
• Understands the meaning of 0
• Writes 0-20 or beyond
• Adds and subtracts within 20

Geometry

• Analyzes and compares two- and three- dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, and parts (number corners and sides)
• Composes simple shapes to form larger shapes (joining two triangles to make a rectangle)