Geometry and spatial relations
Gross-Motor Skills
Physical Science
- Identifies 4 shapes- circle, square, rectangle, triangle
- Demonstrates concepts of positional/directional concepts (up/down, over/under, in/out, behind/in front of, beside/between, top/bottom, inside/outside, above/below, high/low, right/left, off/on, first/last, far/near, go/stop).
- dentify and name a square, circle, triangle, and rectangle
- Describe parts and characteristics of shapes
- Sort items according to their shapes (regardless of size)
- Find shapes in the environment
- Combine and separate different shapes to create a picture or design
- Describe positions of objects or people (in, on, under, up, down, inside, outside, behind, in front, between, beside, etc.)
- Shows understanding of and uses comparative words (big/little, large/small, short/long, tall/short, slow/fast, few/many, empty/full, less/more.
Gross-Motor Skills
- Pedals and steers a tricycle
- Jumps in place, landing on two feet
- Jumps consecutively- 7 jumps
- Balances on one foot for 5 seconds
- Hops on one foot 2-3 hops
- Hops on one foot- 6 ft.
- Throws a ball with direction- 5 ft.
- Catches a thrown ball with arms and body
- Climbs a playground ladder
- Skips smoothly for 20 feet
- Is able to run.
- Is able to walk a straight line.
- Is able to jump.
- Is able to hop.
- Is able to alternate feet walking down stairs.
- Is able to march.
- Is able to stand on one foot for 5-10 seconds.
- Is able to walk backwards for five feet.
- Is able to throw a ball.
- Stacks 10, one-inch blocks
- Strings 4 1/2″ beads in two minutes
- Completes a seven piece interlocking puzzle
- Makes a pancake, snake, and ball from playdough
- Grasps pencil correctly
- Copies: vertical line, horizontal line, circle, cross, square, V, triangle
- Copies first name
- Prints first name without a model
- Grasps scissors correctly
- Cuts within 1/4″ of a 6″ straight line on construction paper
- Cuts out a 3″ square on construction paper
- Cuts out a 3″ triangle on construction paper
- Cuts out a 3″ circle on construction paper
- Uses a glue stick appropriately
- Uses appropriate amount of glue for tasks
- Pastes objects.
- Claps hands.
- Matches simple objects.
- Touches fingers.
- Able to button a garment.
- Builds with blocks.
- Completes simple puzzles (5 pieces or less).
- Draws and colors beyond a simple scribble.
- Able to zip a zipper.
- Controls pencil and crayon well.
- Cuts simple shapes.
- Handles scissors well.
- Able to copy simple shapes.
- Makes believe with objects
- Takes on pretend roles and situations
- Understand that a number represents a quantity
- Recognize and name some written numerals
- Count objects in one-to-one correspondence
- Count to recognize how many objects are in a set
- Count numbers in order to 20 by ones
- Understand that the last counting word tells “how many”
- Recognize and describe the concept of zero
- Tell what number comes after a number (up to 10)
- Without counting, give number of objects in a set (up to four objects)
- Estimate the number of objects in a small set
- Compare quantities in two sets of objects
- Compare number of objects using such words as more, less, the same as, greater than, fewer, or equal
- Understand that “adding more” increases the number of objects in a set
- Understand that putting two sets of objects together makes a bigger set
- Understand that subtracting (“taking away”) items from a set makes a smaller set
- Solve simple addition and subtraction problems with a small number of objects
- Sort and classify objects according to one or more attributes into two or more groups
- Recognize simple repeating patterns
- Extend and create simple repeating patterns
- Tell the difference between past, present, future events
- Show a basic awareness of personal and family history
- Identify events that happened in the past
- Describe common events and routines using such words astoday, tomorrow, yesterday, last week, or next week
- Describe how things change over time
- Put events in sequential order
- Describe or draw maps of own home, school, community
- Name street, neighborhood, city where he or she lives
- Locate objects and places in familiar environments
- Describe topographical features in his or her neighborhood or state (or province, territory)
- Discuss ways people can take care of their environment
- Identify personal family and community
- Understand that each person belongs to a family
- Recognize similarities and differences in people and families
- Describe own community
- Identify cultural traditions of own family and community
- Recognize jobs in the community and the work people do
- Understand that people need food, clothing, and shelter
- Distinguish between wants and needs
- Understand the idea of limited resources and choices about resources
- Understand that money or trade is used to get goods or services
- Understand that money comes in different forms
- Participate in role-play involving creating and selling of goods and services
- Identify some of the ways families get money
- Understand the need for rules at home or school
- Understand the need for laws in the community
- Describe classroom rules and their purposes; follow classroom rules
- Identify own country, state (or province, territory), and symbols (flag, state seal, Statue of Liberty, etc.)
- Suggest simple solutions to conflict
- Discuss some actions and responsibilities of good citizens
- Work and play cooperatively with other children
- Experience opportunities to vote to make simple decisions
- Show curiosity about the world
- Use senses and tools to observe, investigate, ask questions, solve problems, and draw conclusions
- Describe what he or she wants to learn from a science investigation
- Ask “Why?” “How?” and “What if?” questions
- Try to answer “How?” and “Why?” about science events
- Collect, describe, and record (write or draw) information
- Explain, predict, and generalize about an event or experience
Physical Science
- Observe, describe, and compare physical properties of objects(size, texture, shape, weight, color, freezing and melting, or sinking or floating)
- Compare and sort objects according to physical attributes
- Identify such sources of energy as light, heat, and electricity
- Identify and compare solids and liquids
- Understand that liquids take the shape of their containers
- Describe effects of common forces (pushing and pulling, kicking, wind, gravity, or magnetism)
- Describe physical properties of soil and rocks
- Describe characteristics of soil, water, and air
- Observe and describe objects in space
- Observe and describe movements of objects in space
- Describe changes in weather and seasons
- Discuss ways the environment provides resources for people
- Discuss some ways to protect the environment
- Describe the differences between living and nonliving things
- Describe basic needs of living things
- Understand that living things grow and change
- Observe, describe, compare, and discuss living things
- Match plants and animals to their habitats
- Describe how animals resemble their parents
- Identify ways living things change as they grow
- Recognize seasonal changes in plants and animals
- Name external parts of plants and animals
- Describe simple life cycles (butterfly or frog)
- Show respect for living things
- Speak clearly and audibly in complete sentences
- Speak to give a point of view or opinion, or to persuade
- Speak to describe, clarify, or negotiate
- Take part in conversations with adults and peers
- Describe relationships between objects, events, and people
- Speak clearly enough to be understood
- Tell a story
- Respond appropriately to questions
- Use language to describe events and tell stories
- Understand and use an increasing number and variety of words
- Learn and use age-appropriate rules of standard English grammar
- Use increasingly complex sentences
- Learn and follow rules for listening, speaking, and discussing
- Show understanding of spoken directions
- Learn new vocabulary through listening
- Retell a story or recount information gained through listening
- Sequence events after listening
- Show attentiveness to presentations
- Make sense of pictures, symbols, and other visual features
- Ask questions about visual presentations
- Draw conclusions based on information from visual media
- Express ideas from a text by drawing, dictating, or writing
- Create drawings, signs, or designs to represent an idea or word
- Understand that writing is a way to communicate meaning
- Write letters or letter-like shapes to represent words
- Use pictures, designs, scribbles, and letters to represent events, objects, ideas, or stories
- Print own first name
- Write some uppercase and lowercase letters
- Use invented spelling to form words, phrases, or sentences
- Look at pictures in books and pretend to read
- Show motivation to read and ask to be read to
- Is read to frequently
- Has own books
- Show an interest in many different kinds of texts
- Understand that print is something to be read and has meaning
- Connect written to spoken words
- Ask and answer questions about print materials
- Identify different kinds of texts
- Retell familiar stories
- Tell the meanings of simple words
- Discuss books and other texts
- Take care of books
- Recognize own name and common words in print
- Recognize and name most of the letters
- Recite the alphabet
- Match some uppercase with their corresponding lowercase letters
- Recognize that letters have sounds
- Pronounce words, one sound at a time
- Identify beginning, ending, and middle sounds in a word
- Match or produce words that rhyme
- Hear and say separate syllables in words
- Orally blend sounds and syllables into words
- Recognize that letters form words and words form sentences
- Identify words related to pictures
- Follow words from left to right and top to bottom of page
