SPEAKING / LISTENING

Speaks in complete sentences

Responds to literal, inferential and experiential questions

Follows oral directions

Attends to others when they are speaking

Listens and speaks for a purpose

READING

Makes use of an environment rich in literacy materials

Selects materials and participates in voluntary and/or independent reading

Participates in collaborative reading activities

Tracks print left to right and top to bottom

Matches spoken word to written word

Knows that letters make words

Identifies sight words

Monitors own reading to make sure it makes sense

Uses sentence structure and word order to predict meaning(syntax)

Uses prior knowledge and context to comprehend text(semantics)

Recognizes sound/symbol relationships

Uses phonics and picture clues regularly to comprehend text

Makes logical predictions

Retells in a logical, sequential order with some detail & inference

Comprehends main idea with supporting details

Recognizes sequence of events, problem, characters and setting

transfers memory skills to a variety of context

Appreciates and responds to a variety of literature

WRITING

Writes left to right and top to bottom

Forms letters correctly

Leaves spaces between words

Writing is legible

Uses beginning and ending sounds to write

Uses a vowel in every word

Writes complete sentences with specific purpose

Uses conventions (capitals and punctuation)

Reads back as he/she writes

Spells frequently used words correctly

Understands the correspondence between spoken and written words when recording thoughts

Uses literature as a model for writing

Participates in collaborative writing activities

Selects writing topics and writes independently

Demonstrate the value of nickels, dimes, quarters, and dollars in terms of pennies (for example, 25 pennies = 1 quarter)

Read and write numerals from 0 to 100 in meaningful contexts

Read the number words for zero to ten

Order according to place value (for example, given 9 ones and 2 tens, the student can write the number 29; given the number 29 the student can show 2 tens and 9 ones)

Group objects by ones and tens

Count from 1 to 20 by 2’s

Count from 1 to 100 by 1’s, 5’s, and 10’s

Starting with any whole number less than 100, count forward to 100

Use ordinal positions for first through twentieth

Sequence selected whole numbers from 0 to 100

Verify the addition and subtraction properties of zero with whole numbers

Know the commutative property of addition of whole numbers, including vocabulary

Identify even and odd numbers up to 20

Estimate a reasonable quantity for a given number of objects from 0 to 100

Create and extend patterns using concrete materials (for example, uses pattern blocks to create a pattern and has another student extend the pattern)

Solve problems by continuing the pattern given in a table of data using numbers and/or concrete materials

Continue a pattern/rule from a table and verbally describe the pattern

Using concrete or pictorial patterns, determine how the change in one variable affects the change in another (for example, how changing the number of bicycles changes the number of wheels

Gather data about recurring and quantifiable events (for example, daily temperature or attendance)

Display and explain data from a bar graph or tallies

Using a bar graph, interpret data for "more" and "fewer" or "most," "same" and "fewest"

Spin a spinner such as to generate and record results

Use survey data to make a prediction displayed on a bar graph

Analyze the results from flipping a two-colored counter or coin

Determine the number of outcomes when flipping a coin

Using manipulatives or pictures, determine the possible combinations of matching a set containing one element with a set containing two elements

Create simple designs using concrete materials such as tangrams and pattern blocks

Describe the number of sides in triangles and in quadrilaterals such as squares and rectangles

Using manipulatives, build circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, ovals (ellipses) and diamonds (rhombuses)

Draw triangles, squares, rectangles, and circles

Measure the lengths of the sides of triangles, squares, and rectangles to the nearest inch

Draw a picture or diagram to solve a problem (for example, use a circle to create a clock face; fold a rectangle to show one half)

Manipulate pattern blocks to form a variety of geometric shapes

Tell time to the nearest hour and a half, using an analog and digital clock

Name the days of the week in order

Estimate and measure the length of objects to the nearest inch, foot and centimeter

Estimate and measure the capacity of a container in cups

Estimate and weigh an object on a balance with a non-standard unit

Measure temperature to the nearest 10 degrees

Tell the number of minutes in an hour, days in a week, pennies in a nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar

Use familiar objects as referents for measurement (for example, the length of the student’s index finger is about two paper clips)

Demonstrate the operations of addition and subtraction, and equality with mathematical terms (for example, add, subtract, and equal) and mathematical symbols (for example, +, -, =)

Link the operation of addition and subtraction of whole numbers with concrete materials

Demonstrate understanding of basic addition sums to 20 and subtraction differences of 10

Demonstrate the operations of addition and subtraction of whole numbers with concrete materials

Link the operations of addition and subtraction, and equality with mathematical terms (for example, add, subtract and equal) and mathematical symbols (for example, +, -, =)

Using paper-and-pencil, demonstrate simple single-digit addition and subtraction

Given a real-world problem-solving situation, use the correct operation (addition or subtraction with concrete materials) and appropriate method (mental arithmetic, estimation, paper-and-pencil, calculator, or computer to solve the problem