__ Knows what sound every consonant and vowel makes

__ Distinguishes between long vowel and short vowel sounds

__ Can write the consonant blend when hearing a word with the blend in it.

(Examples of blends are bl, br, cl, cr, sp, scr, spl, st, sw…. etc)

__ Can write the digraph when hearing a word with the digraph in it.

(Examples of digraphs are th, ch, sh, qu, who, ng, ck)

__ Can read and write words containing endings (such as ing, ed, es, est, s)

__ Can read and write contractions

__ Can sound out one-syllable words.

__ Can read and write rhyming words

__ Can write name, address, phone number

__ Has acted out simple pantomimes and plays

__ Has created stories and poems

__ Can tell a favorite story

__ Can verbally recall stories or events in sequence and with clarity

__ Has written simple book reports

__ Can alphabetize

__ Can point out the noun, verb and adjective in a simple sentence.

__ Can point out proper nouns and knows to capitalize them

__ Can punctuate and capitalize simple sentences

__ Can write all letters of the alphabet correctly

__ Can look up words in a dictionary

__ Can use the table of contents and index in books

__ Spells one syllable words using spelling rules

__ Spells compound words

Activities:

__ Make a newspaper

__ Write a book

__ Create stories and poems

__ Create a sign

__ Make labels

__ Counts and writes to 100

__ Counts by 2's, 5's and 10's

__ Can complete simple number patterns, series and progressions

__ Can describe patterns found in daily life

__ Understands the properties of zero

__ Can use 10 as a basic unit

__ Can evaluate inequalities and equalities in numbers from 1-100

__ Can recognize sets

__ Can add and subtract one digit number

__ Can use a number line

__ Understands the commutative property (example 2+3=3+2)

__ Can recognize the place value for 1's, 10's and 100's

__ Recognizes shapes (square, circle, triangle, rectangle)

__ Can measure using both metric and customary tools

__ Recognizes 1/2 and 1/4 and can measure to these

__ Can read a clock at the hour and half hour

__ Can read a calendar and create a calendar

__ Knows the value of a penny, nickel, dime, quarter and dollar

__ Knows the value of coin combinations

__ Can write the value of coins and uses the dollar and cent sign correctly

__ Can solve simple word problems

__ Can read and create basic charts and graphs

__ Recognize and the know the names of the planets, sun, moon and stars

__ Recognize that we live on the Earth and recognize the physical properties of Earth

(example: oceans, mountains, desserts, rivers)

__ Recognize Earth in relation to space and time (example: the earth orbits the sun and

turns on its axis) and recognizes that we measure time based on the Earth's orbit and

rotation.

__ Day and night

__ Weather and seasons

__ Air and water

__ Solids, liquids and gasses

__ Temperature

__ Living and non living (living things grow, excrete waste, take in nourishment and

reproduce)

__ Plants, seeds, bulbs, flowers and plant habitats

__ Animals (pets, farm animals, wildlife and their habitats)

__ Simple machines

__ Magnets

__ Scientific method and experiments

__ My family, my neighborhood, my community (make a picture book of each and have

child write a sentence for each picture)

__ Neighborhood helpers, jobs and careers

__ Social responsibility

__ Holidays, traditions and customs of several ethnic peoples

__ Past and present

__ Past cultures and events in stories, fables, folklore, The Bible as well as non fiction

__ History and timelines ( we have a 12 foot timeline and add events as we read about

them)

__ Basic geography terms and reading and making basic maps

__ The food groups

__ Exercise and fresh air

__ Healthy eating

__ Sleep and rest

__ Illness and microbes

__ Personal cleanliness

__ Dental hygiene

__ Home safety rules

__ Fire prevention

__ Drugs, alcohol and tobacco

__ Personal safety