This is what you will see on the report card. Subject and Skills talk about what the grades mean. The other sections are for each of the areas graded on the standards-based kindergarten report. Please look for a letter from the kindergarten team with a description of what you should expect from your kindergarten student.
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Subject and Skills
4 Student consistently demonstrates this skill
3 Student demonstrates this skill most of the time
2 Student demonstrates this skill some of the time
1 Student struggles to demonstrate skill
NA Not Applicable
Social Development
Plays and Cooperates with others in groups of 4 or 5
Follows school and classroom rules
Regulates behavior effectively in structured activities
Regulates behavior effectively in unstructured activites
Seeks help when needed
Fine Motor Development
Uses appropriate pencil grasp
Shows ability to cut on a line with scissors
Applies handwriting skills to daily work
Work Habits
Stays on task with minimal prompts (1 or 2 reminders) ignoring most distractions and interruptions
Completes tasks in a timely manner
Lisens carefully with understanding
Follows multi-step directions
Makes good transitions between activities
Participates appropriately in group activities and discussions
Organizes and cares for personal belongings
Organizes and cares for classroom materials
Returns homework on time
Completes homework with effort
Number Sense and Operations
Count to 100 by ones
Count to 100 by tens
Identify numbers 0 - 20
Write numbers 0 - 20
Demonstrates understanding of 1:1 correspondence to 30
Patterns, Functions and Algebra
Sorts and classifies objects by attributes (color, shape, size, number)
Uses manipulatives or drawings to solve simple addition stories up to 10
Uses manipulatives or drawings to solve simple subtraction stories up to 10
Geometry
Names, describes, and draws two-dimensional shapes
Names, describes three dimensional shapes
Demonstrates knowledge of positional words, such as above, below, beside, in front of , behind, next
Measurement
Compares weight and length
Uses and records non-standard units of measurement
Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability
Creates, interprets and analyzes simple graphs
Music, Art and Physical Education
Effort/Participation/Conduct
Reading
Tracks print from left to right
Names upper case letters that have been presented
Names lower case letters that have been presented
Recognizes rhymes
Produces rhymes
Reads high frequency words in isolation
Reads high frequency words in context
Blends sounds to read one syllable simple words
Adds and substitutes individual sounds in simple words to make new words
Reads and comprehends grade-level text with purpose and understanding
Produces sounds for consonants that have been presented
Speaking and Listening
Participates in discussions by listening actively and contributing knowledge and ideas
Asks/answers questions in order to seek help, get info or clarify something that is not understood
Uses clear enunciation and adequate volume to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas
Language
Prints all upper case letters that have been presented
Prints all lowercase letters that have been presented
Spells simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of letter sound relationships
Capitalizes the first word in a sentence and the pronoun "I"
Recognizes and names end punctuation
Writing
Uses a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate an event and provide a reaction narrate an event and provide a reaction
Uses a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to retell an event in a sequential order
Uses a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose an opinion piece about a topic
Uses a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to convey information about a topic
Social Studies/Science Development
Understands basic social studies concepts
Understands basic science concepts
