Students must know all letters and sounds out of order to move on to First grade. Students must produce a word that begins with each letter. Students must know all 50 sight words to move on to First grade. Students should be reading at a level C Next Step Guided Reading Assessment to move on to First Grade.

The Following are From Connecticut Common Core State Standards Print Concepts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.A Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.B Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.C Understand that words are separated by spaces in print. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.D Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

The Following are From Connecticut Common Core State Standards Phonological Awareness: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.A Recognize and produce rhyming words. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.B Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.C Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.D Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words.1 (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.E Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.

The Following are From Connecticut Common Core State Standards Phonics and Word Recognition: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3.A Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3.B Associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3.C Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3.D Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

The Following are From Connecticut Common Core State Standards Fluency: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.4 Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.

your child reach expectations? What can you do to help your child reach expectations? Strategies/Ideas for learning/naming letters, sounds and our 50 sight words: *playdoh, bath tub paint - make letters/words *put shaving cream on wax paper or a cookie sheet – make letters/words *rainbow write letters/words with crayons, paint, markers *Jenga – put words/letters on jenga pieces * Memory Game - put alphabet cards out on the floor or table, face down. Player turns over 2 cards to try and find a match. (Aa would be a match.) If the player gets a match, he/she goes again. Continue until all matches have been found. The winner is the person who has the most matches. If you think 26 letters is too long of a game at first, just use Aa-Mm one day, and then Nn-Zz another. *More challenging- once a player finds a pair he/she has to name 2 words that begin with that letter/sound to keep the match. For example, if the player found Ff, he/she would name 2 Ff words in order to keep the pair of Ffs.

your child reach expectations? What can you do to help your child reach expectations? * Ready, Set, Go - 2 players, 1 player has uppercase letters, other player has lowercase letters. Each player spreads their cards out on the floor all mixed up, the person who can put the letters back in the right order (A-Z) the fastest is the winner.   * What Can You Spell? - use cards to spell out own name, spell out other family member names, spell other words the child knows (cat, dog, Mom, Dad, etc.) * Hide and Seek - hide 1 set of letters around the room, the players try to find hidden letters, when all have been found, each player must name their letters (and maybe tell a word that begins with that letter.) The player who has found and named the most letters is the winner.

We have completed unit 1 in math. We are focusing on identifying, writing, and comparing numbers 0-20.  Students have to identify the numbers in random order. Students have to write numbers 0-20 without reversals. Students will be expected to add and subtract up to the number 10 by the end of Kindergarten. Students will be counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s.  

The Following are From Connecticut Common Core State Standards Know number names and the count sequence. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.2 Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1). CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.3 Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).

The Following are From Connecticut Common Core State Standards Count to tell the number of objects. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.4.B Understand that the last number name said tells the number of objects counted. The number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.4.C Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.5 Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects.

The Following are From Connecticut Common Core State Standards Compare numbers. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.C.6 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.1 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.C.7 Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.

The Following are From Connecticut Common Core State Standards Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.OA.A.1 Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings1, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.OA.A.3 Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1). CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.OA.A.4 For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.OA.A.5 Fluently add and subtract within 5.

The Following are From Connecticut Common Core State Standards Identify and describe shapes. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.G.A.1 Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.G.A.2 Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.G.A.3 Identify shapes as two-dimensional (lying in a plane, "flat") or three-dimensional ("solid").

The Following are From Connecticut Common Core State Standards Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.G.B.4 Analyze and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, parts (e.g., number of sides and vertices/"corners") and other attributes (e.g., having sides of equal length). CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.G.B.5 Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.G.B.6 Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes. For example, "Can you join these two triangles with full sides touching to make a rectangle?"

your child reach expectations? What can you do to help your child reach expectations?

Writing Students should already know how to write their first and last names. Students start off in writing by labeling a picture using approximate spelling. Students then move on to write 2-3 sentences on their opinions. Finally, students must be able to write 5 independent sentences about a non-fiction topic. Students need to be able to write with proper capitalization and punctuation.

The Following are From Connecticut Common Core State Standards Text Types and Purposes: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.1 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is...).

The Following are From Connecticut Common Core State Standards Production and Distribution of Writing: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.5 With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

The Following are From Connecticut Common Core State Standards Research to Build and Present Knowledge: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.7 Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of books by a favorite author and express opinions about them). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.8 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

your child reach expectations? What can you do to help your child reach expectations? * Spell Around The House - give your child a handful of letters and have them walk around the house putting the letter next to an object that starts with that letter. For example, they may put their “T” next to their toothbrush, or their “B’” on their bed. Try to leave the letters up until another grown-up or older sibling is available. See if the older person can guess where the letter is in the house.   Example: Kindergartener: “Where do you think I put the letter T?” Grown-up: “By your toothbrush?” Kindergartener: “No, on the table!” *Leap Frog Letter Factory *YouTube – sight word videos, “have fun teaching” videos

Homework is given Monday-Thursday.  Remind your child to write their name (first and last) on their homework papers with correct uppercase and lowercase letters.  

Works Cited Connecticut Common Core State Standards for Kindergarten http://www.corestandards.org/