Listening/Speaking.  Students:

• listen to information, rhymes, songs, conversations, and stories
• listen and talk about experiences, customs, and cultures
• make announcements, give directions, and make introductions
• act out plays, poems, and stories
• clearly request, retell, and/or describe stories and experiences
• listen responsively to contemporary and classic stories and other texts read aloud

Reading.  Students:

• recognize that print represents spoken language and conveys meaning, such as their own name, and signs such as Exit and Danger
• recognize upper and lower case letters in print and understand that print represents language
• manipulate sounds in spoken words (phonemic awareness)
• decode simple words using letter-sound knowledge
• identify words that name persons, places or things, and words that name actions
• learn new vocabulary words through selections read aloud
• retell or act out important events in a story
• gather important information and ask relevant questions

Writing.  Students:

• write their own names and each letter of the alphabet
• write messages using their knowledge of letters and sounds
• record or dictate questions, ideas, stories
• write labels, notes, and captions for illustrations, possessions, charts, and centers             

In kindergarten Mathematics, your child will learn:

Number, Operation, and Quantitative Reasoning.  Students:

• use words and numbers to describe relative sizes of objects
• describe position in a sequence of events
• name ordinal positions (first, second, etc.)
• separate a whole into equal parts
• explain half of a whole
• model addition and subtraction

Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Thinking.  Students:

• identify, extend, and create patterns
• use patterns to predict what comes next
• count to 100 by ones

Geometry and Spatial Reasoning.  Students:

• describe one object in relation to another using informal language
• place objects in a given position
• describe and identify objects
• compare and sort objects
• describe and compare solids
• recognize shapes
• describe, identify, and compare shapes

Measurement.  Students:

• compare and order objects by length, capacity, or weight
• identify objects greater than, less than, or equal to a given object
• compare temperatures
• compare times
• sequence events
• read a calendar

Probability and Statistics.  Students:

• construct real and picture graphs
• use graphs to answer questions

Problem Solving.  Students:

• identify mathematics in everyday situations
• use a problem-solving model with guidance
• select or develop an appropriate problem-solving strategy

In kindergarten Science, your child will learn:

Safety.  Students:

• demonstrate safe science practices in the classroom and field
• use and conserve resources

Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking.  Students:

• use their senses and common tools such as hand lenses, balances, cups, and bowls to make observations and collect information by asking questions, gathering information, communicating findings, and making informed decisions
• use computers and information technology tools to support their investigations

Patterns, Systems, and Cycles.  Students:

• describe patterns including seasons, growth, day and night, and predict what happens next, using charts and graphs
• learn how systems have basic properties that can be described in terms of parts, such as those in toys, vehicles, and construction sets
• understand structures, interactions, and processes found in systems that, when put together, can do things they cannot do by themselves

Change.  Students:

• observe, describe, and record changes in systems, cycles, and models
• record changes in size, mass, color, position, quantity, time, temperature, sound, and movement by observing weather changes and life cycles of organisms in their natural environment

Living Organisms and Non-Living Objects.  Students:

• identify organisms and objects and their parts
• explore the basic needs of living organisms and give examples of their independence on each other
• identify how the Earth provides resources for life

Understanding the Natural World.  Students:

• observe and describe properties of rocks, soil, and water.