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I Can Demonstrated Skills
Kindergarten Readiness Checklist
Kindergarten teachers have complied a list of important "I Can" skills/ school readiness skills that can indicate a child's readiness for kindergarten. Although not requirements, the transition to kindergarten will be easier for the child if they are familiar with these concepts.
"I CAN" - Social, Emotional and Self Help Behaviors
- follow simple rules
- pay attention for short periods of time to adult directed tasks
- separate from my caregivers without being upset
- put on my coat and zip it up
- tie my shoes
- take turns
- share with others
- sit quietly and listen without interrupting
- follow simple directions
- use the bathroom by myself (including zipping/buttoning pants)
- put on my backpack
- hold a pencil or crayon
- cut with scissors
- put things away
- hang my backpack on a hook
- wash my hand with soap
- use a tissue to wipe my nose
- cough into my elbow
- stand in line
- drink from a drinking fountain
- open any food containers in my lunch
- raise my hand and wait to be called on
"I CAN" - Academic Skills
- recognize, name and trace basic shapes
- count and recognize numbers 1-10, even when out of order
- count 10 objects pointing to each one as I count
- say or sing the alphabet
- recognize the letters of the alphabet, both upper and lowercase
- identify colors in an 8-ct crayon pack
- sort items by size, color or shape
- speak understandably and in complete sentences
- recognize and write my first name
- tell if two words rhyme
- identify some letter sounds
- recognize some sight words like "go"
- hold a book and turn the pages
- look at pictures and then tell stories
What We Learn in Kindergarten
What We Learn in Kindergarten
These standards are based on the COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS, a nationwide initiative to align state standards.
These standards are based on the COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS, a nationwide initiative to align state standards.
Reading and Writing
- Understand features of print: left to right, top to bottom
- ID the parts of a book
- Name and write upper and lower case letters and sounds
- Rhyming words
- Break words into syllables
- Isolate beginning, middle and ending sounds
- Substitute/add sounds in words
- Long and short vowel sounds
- Read high frequency words
- Read emergent level text for purpose and understanding
- Answer questions about and retell stories
- ID character, setting, major events in a storyID author and illustrator rolesCompare stories
- Write personal narratives, opinion pieces and informational report
- Spell simple words phonetically
- Write multiple sentences with proper spacing, capitalization, punctuation and meaningful content
- Recognize appropriate uses for nouns and verbs and use singular and plural correctly
- Use inflections and affixes correctly (-ed, -ing, un-, pre-, etc...)
Math
- Count to 100 by ones and tens
- Count on from a given number
- Write numbers 0-20
- Represent a number of objects with a written number and count to answer how many
- Count one number and one object at a time
- Understand counting means one more
- ID if a group of objects is greater than, less than, or equal to another group
- Compare two written numbers
- Addition and subtraction word problems within 10
- Take apart numbers to 10 in more than one way
- Find the number to make 10 when given a number
- Add and subtract fluently within 5
- Put together and take apart numbers up to 19 (i.e. 18=8+10)
- Understand the concept of tens and ones
- Describe/compare/contrast measurable features of object
- Put objects into categories and sort them by count
- Name shapes no matter the orientation
- Use terms of position: below, beside etc...
- ID 2 and 3 dimensional shapes
- Describe shapes based on corners, vertices, sides…
- Create and model shapes in environment