Kindergarten students are graded on their ability to master skills.  Below is a sample of the report card used by Kindergarten teachers.  Your child will receive a report card every 12 weeks.  Please pay close attention to the skills marked with an  asterisk (*).  These skills must be mastered for promotion to First grade.

Literacy / Reading

  1st  12wks 2nd 12wks 3rd 12wks
*Identifies upper/lower case letters of the alphabet      
Identifies colors (red, yellow, blue, green, purple, orange, brown, black)      
Distinguishes between letters, words, and sentences      
Answers questions about short stories      
Sequences pictures to tell a story      
Recognizes rhyming words      
*Verbalizes consonant sounds      
*Matches beginning consonant sounds with pictures      
Reads selected sight words      
Writes upper/lower case alphabet letters      
*Writes numbers 1 - 20      
Writes Name: First name      
                           Last name      

 Social Emotional

  1st  12wks 2nd  12wks 3rd  12wks
Follows teacher's directions      
Treats others with respect      
Follows classroom rules      
Follows playground rules      
Stays on task in large or small groups      

Math

  1st  12wks 2nd  12wks 3rd  12wks
*Recognizes & selects numerals 0 - 10      
Identifies shapes (circle, rectangle, square, oval, diamond)      
Sorts by color, shape, and size      
Makes a simple pattern      
Uses position words (above, below, under, in on, out of, between, left, right)      
Makes sets to show same as fewer, and more      
Identifies lengths (longer/shorter than, longest, shortest, same as)      
*Counts and writes the number of a set      
Makes and explains a graph      
Names and identifies coins (penny, nickel, dime, quarter, dollar bill)      
Performs simple addition and subtraction      
Counts by rote:  1 - 10      
                         1 - 20      
                         1 to 50 or above      

 

Grading Scale

Not Evident (NE) - little to no evidence that the skill has been mastered

In Progress (IP) - beginning to be develop the skill but not yet mastered

Accomplished (AC) - skill has been mastered

Items left blank have not been tested

Items marked * must be accomplished for promotion to First grade.

 

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