Goals for 5 Year Kindergarten

Spiritual Development
Memorize scripture verses
Learning children's Bible courses
Learning to apply biblical principles to life

Math Development
Number systems/relationships/computation/estimation:
Count to 100 by ones and tens
Represent a given number up to 20 with one-to-one correspondence up to and including 20 with manipulative
Use manipulative to demonstrate a one-to-one correspondence up to and including 20
Create sets of 10 with manipulative
Count, read and write whole number 1 – 20
Use manipulative to find before, after and between on a number line of values
1 – 20
Identify pennies and dimes
Estimate how many objects are in a group
Explore concepts of addition and subtraction by joining and separating sets
Combine two sets of objects (up to five) and two equal piles
Use manipulative to two sets of the same number ( 1 and 3 is four, 2 and 2 is four) then count to determine sum
Use math language to explain work (equals, sum, difference, add, subtract, less, more, equal, same)
Identify purposes for a different mathematical symbols (+,-,and, =)

Measurement
Understand spatial concepts (over, under, beside, in , out, around, on and between, above, top, bottom)
Collect/compare two classroom objects and compare them by length, height and weight
Estimate and measure objects using non-standard items such as paper clips, unifix cubes, new pencils and coins
Determine the length and height of objects using non-standard units (hands, shoe lengths, etc.)
Describe the instruments used for measuring time, length, weight, volume and temperature
Participate using the calendar
Identify the season, month, date of today, tomorrow and yesterday
Use math vocabulary comparisons terms when making predictions regarding the quantity, size and shape of objets (size of object, size  of container, comparisons of size of containers –big, bigger, small, smaller, quart, pint, gallon, cup)
Identify use of measurement in everyday situations

Problem Solving
Identify a problem and analyze possible solutions to solve problems occurring in and out of the classroom
Describe the necessary steps to solve a problem
Use different strategies/approaches to solve daily problems occurring in and out of the classroom
Solve a simple problem

Data Analysis/Probability
Gather organize and display data on a bar graph and/or pictograph
Analyze data, answer questions and form opinions based on information presented on a chart or graph
State and explain the likelihood of an event using the term: likely, unlikely or certain
Compare sets of data using concepts of largest, smallest, most and least
Explain if an event is fair/unfair
Identify, describe and extend patterns based on shape, size, color, sound or number

Geometry
Identify common two and three dimensional geometric shapes and create these using concrete objects (pattern blocks, geoboards and tranagrams)
Explore symmetry in nature (leaves, butterflies)
Identify/create a reflection
Explore slide, flips and turns

Language Development
Distinguish a letter from a sound
Differentiate words and spaces
Tell the difference between upper and lower case letters
Distinguish first and last letter in a word and first and last word in a sentence
Locate punctuation marks including periods, question marks, exclamation points and commas
Participate in learning centers with alphabet cards, words to learn and alphabet word math activity and directional activity with three step outlined from top to bottom
Clap words in a sentence and syllables in a word
Tell whether sounds are the same/different
Identify, sort and provide initial sounds in words
Recognize, identify and produce rhyming words
Repeat and recite fingerplays, rhymes and songs daily
Listen for rhyming words in stories, poems and individual word pairs
Identify and produce sentences with rhyming
Identify and produce words that begin with the same sound
Identify and produce sentences that begin with alliteration
Segment phonemes to form words
Blend sounds to make a spoken word
Develop knowledge of letters and their sounds (alphabetic principle)
Name, describe and talk about new concepts
Engage in conversation, with a variety of partners, using the key vocabulary words
Define a word, using descriptive words, use synonyms and /or antonyms
Identify designated words in print in a variety of texts
Practice reading a word wall or sight words
Use personal pronouns in conversations (Today…Yesterday…Tomorrow…)
Expand their use of language-answer questions, and information, use explanations and descriptions
Use expressive language that includes new vocabulary, pronouns, descriptive words and complex sentence structures

Writing Development
Write upper and lower case letters of the alphabet independently attending to the form and proper spacing of the letters
Create a focus for a “piece” of writing
Share a story with a partner
Finish story
Brainstorm ideas to use for a topic
Brainstorm detail /additional information to support the topic
Compose sentences through dictation, pictures and /or words with one central topic
Use phonics skills when composing words
Arrange ideas in a logical order
Use magic lines for unknown words
Include a beginning, middle, and an end when telling a story
Complete an idea to include a subject and a verb
Use spaces between words
Write left to right and top to bottom
Use descriptive words and verbs
Use resources to spell correctly (environmental print word walls)
Use editor checklist
Read, re-read sentences and story to oneself, a classmate, and/or an adult
Cut and paste ideas
Take pride in authoring a page of a class book
Arrange the finished work into an individual book
Participate in group interactive and shared writing experiences
Include the main idea and details in oral descriptions and drawings
Tell a story in the correct sequence (use graphic organizers web, Venn diagram KWL, etc.)
Select appropriate illustrations to accompany the story
Include illustrations depicting the story content as well as characters and setting of the story
Make lists, record facts, write letters, create descriptions and/or draw pictures to share important information about a topic
Differentiate (tell difference between) a fact and opinion during writing and group discussions

Science
Identify and describe what parts make up a whole. (complete a variety of puzzles, etc.)
Identify how a part relates to the whole in both natural and human-made objects. (study common plant parts to identify and explain relationship to whole etc.)
Identify natural patterns in leaves, inside of shells, coats of animals, etc.
Develop beginning of understanding of patterns and how to use them to make predictions
Explore the concept of scale (use recyclables to make a model of items from real life, e.g. dinosaurs, boats, planes)
Begin to use symbols to represent size (use blocks and other manipulatives to recreate common structures seen in the neighborhood.
Recognize, explain, change and examine through simple observation and recording
Develop simple understanding about motion
Describe change ot objects caused by heat, cold, light or chemicals
Form, conduct and observe simple science experiments
Use the scientific method when analyzing/interpreting simple science experiments
Identify the similarities, differences, and processes of living things
Sort animals according to their coverings/habitats
Identify the basic needs plants and animals to survive
Classify animals by their external characteristics
Recognize/observe process of living things over a period of time (butterfly, plants from bulbs or seeds, etc.)
Sort and classify common classroom materials or household items by solid, liquid or gas
Know that matter is mass that occupies space
Demonstrate an understanding that combining two or more substances can make  new materials with different properties
Explore basic energy types and sources
Explore variations of sound
Identify air as a source of movement
Identify flat land, hills and mountains
Distinguish between three types of each: soil, rock, and sand
Distinguish between different types of precipitation, clouds and fog and how daily weather affects plants, animals and daily human life
Explore thermometers as tools for measuring temperature
Identify stream, river, lake and ocean
Explore the difference between fresh and saltwater bodies
Identify a variety of uses for water
Experiment with simple machines
Identify and use appropriate tools for different classroom projects or science experiments
Identify basic needs of people
Identify products that come from nature
Identify ways to conserve
Identify litter and its effect on the environment
Understand the components of agriculture and the components of the farming system (farmer’s role animals, buildings, land)
Identify and categorize living and non-living things
Begin to understand concept of cycles
Explain how humans can change their environment or their behavior to live and human activities that affect it
Understand how laws and regulations can protect the environment

Social Studies Goals
Identify, discuss and explain the importance of rules related to school community and home and what happens when they’re broken
Understand/identify the visible roles that government serves
Identify personal rights and responsibilities at school
Identify and examine services performed by, but not limited to local government
Identify role of people in a community and what they do to make a living
Identify scarcity as the concept that all resources are limited (i.e. why all of us can’t have everything we want)
Explain why people work
Identify the following geography tools: map, globe, map elements, diagrams, photograph, map key
Identify physical properties of a plan: swamp, hills, mountains, bodies of water such as ponds and lakes and human forms such as highways and bridges
Create a timeline to develop an understanding of historical interpretation of own family and lineage
Dramatize stories of history
Identify important individuals, songs and symbols that contributed to U.S. history (George Washington, Native Americans, U.S. Flag, Pledge of Allegiance, etc.)
Identify and discuss important documents artifacts and sites in U.S. history (Declaration of Independence, Liberty Bell, Philadelphia, etc.)

Health
Identify and describe ways individuals grow physically, socially and emotionally
Identify and locate basic body parts and body organs and their functions
Describe why the body needs food
Recognize/describe how foods can be grouped
Develop and understanding of the importance of eating healthy and drinking the right amount of water
Begin how to properly use medicine and identify childhood illnesses (germs spreading)
Identify ways to prevent illness
Identify people that help to keep us healthy and safe
Identify items in the environment that can be harmful
Recognize and understand various safety issues (including fire safety, bicycling safety, safety in the home, etc.)

Reading
Develop print (book knowledge and conventions)
Holds a book correctly
Recognize the front and back of a book
Distinguish print from picture
Use illustrations and print to gain meaning
Demonstrate left to right page sequence
Demonstrate top to bottom page orientation
Identify the title, title page, author and illustrator
Identify and preview cover of a book
Demonstrate return sweep
Demonstrate one-to-one correspondence
Distinguish a letter from a word
Differentiate words and spaces
Tell whether environmental sounds are the same or different
Tell whether speech sounds are the same or different
Isolate initial consonant sounds in single-syllable words
Orally segment the onset and rhyme of single-syllable words
Segment and count individual phonemes in a single syllable word including CV words and other two to four phoneme words
Substitute sounds to form new words
Blend sounds to make a spoken word
Apply knowledge of sounds and letters when reading
Read phonetically
Listen to models of fluent reading
Read from familiar texts with fluency (rate, accuracy, and expression)
Recite nursery rhymes, poems, and finger plays with fluency (appropriate rate and expression)
Use understanding of end punctuation to “read like you’re talking”
Name and describe new concepts
Acquire a reading vocabulary consisting of common words
Listen to new vocabulary in multiple contexts in order to understand new words and concepts
Discuss unknown words and word meanings
Retell important facts in text
Identify the main idea/message of the text
Identify how someone might use the text
Complete, with teacher assistance, KWL charts before, during and after reading
Determine important ideas and messages in informational text
Distinguish between different forms of texts and the functions they serve
Distinguish fiction from nonfiction
Identify how text features help us to find information (title, table of contexts, headings and subheadings, bold print, charts, diagrams, etc.)
Use background knowledge to assist in comprehension
Understand and respond to a variety of literary selections that are read listened to or viewed
Monitor comprehension (understanding what is read) while viewing, listening to and reading literary selections
Describe the role of people, places, and things in a story
Tell a story in the correct sequence
Select appropriate illustrations to accompany the story
Draw or write informational sentences using illustrations when relevant
Differentiate between fact and opinion
Listen responsively to directions, stories and conversations
Speak clearly enough to be understood by most listeners
Ask and answer relevant questions and share experiences individually and in groups
Initiate and respond appropriately to conversations and discussions

Self-Concept Development
Is aware of self and one’s own preferences
Show independence in a wide range of activities
Know and state independent thoughts and feelings
Try new experiences with confidence and independence
Show pride in accomplishments

Self-Reliance Development
Recognize and label feelings
Express feelings, needs, opinions, and wants that are appropriate to the situations
Understand consequences of own behavior
Follow rules and routines in classrooms and other settings
Use materials with purpose, safety and respect
Pay attention as required by the task
Make transitions between activities
Follow adult directions
Choose materials and activities independently

Social Interaction Development
Know and state independent thoughts and feelings
Enter into and initiate play with peers
Seek help from peers and adults when needed
Cooperate in small and large group activities for a sustained time
Take turns in games and tasks
Share materials when appropriate
Showing increasing abilities to resolve conflicts with peers
Shows nurturing behaviors through helpfulness to others