During the year, you will receive your child’s standards based report card three times: November, March, and June. The grading scale is as follows: 1 - Beginning 2 - Developing 3 - Meeting or Exceeding Expectations Curriculum Information Reading Literature & Informational Text •Ask and answer questions about key details in a text •Retell familiar stories •Name author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling a story •Identify character, setting and major events in a story •Compare and contrast the experiences of characters in a story •Apply reading strategies Writing & Language Arts •Command of the usage of standard English grammar •Print capital and lowercase letters •Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs •Identify parts of sentences •Constructs simple sentences •Use descriptive words •Edit and revise •Identify and use punctuation •Use drawing, dictating and writing to compose opinion pieces, informative pieces, and narrative pieces •Use a capital for the first word in a sentence •Spell simple words phonetically •Using context clues to identify meaning the of unknown words and homophones and apply accurately •Use antonyms •Identify real life connections between words Speaking & Listening •Speaks audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly •Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics •Ask and answer questions about key details to show understanding of text •Describe familiar people, places, things and events with prompting and support •Understand and use questions words and most common prepositions Language •Fluency •Presentation of literature •Expression •Conversationally express ideas •Vocabulary Fundations- To achieve these reading, language arts common core standards, Walsh School has adopted a total literacy solution called Fundations. Your child will participate in daily lessons that focus on carefully sequenced skills. •Print knowledge •Alphabet awareness •Phonological Awareness (whole words, syllables and onsets) •Phonemic Awareness (manipulate individual sounds) •Decoding vocabulary, fluency, and spelling Math •Counting & Cardinality •Operations & Algebraic Thinking •Number & Operations in Base Ten •Measurement & Data •Geometry •Mathematical Practice DisclaimerSome web pages may provide links to Internet sites created and maintained by other organizations. Links are only for the convenience of website users. We are not responsible for the availability or content of these external sites, nor do we endorse or guarantee the services or information offered by these sites. It is the parents' or guardians' responsibility to supervise their children while using the Internet. |