There are so many foundational lessons taught this year that parents don't want to mess up, but the truth is, your children are going to learn to read, write and do math eventually and no one is going to ask them if they learned it in preschool, kindergarten or first grade! So, take a deep breath and know that you can do it!

Reading 

Word Study 

• Letter sound
• Sight words
• Rhyming

Fluency 

• Reading aloud as a family each night

Comprehension 

• Tell a story using wordless pictures 
• Sequence story events using pictures 
• Identify characters, setting, and events of a story 
• Make predictions in a story and ask appropriate questions 

Texts we are using: The Good and The Beautiful K Language Arts

Writing 

Writes legibly 

• Print correct letter shape, size, spacing, and smoothness 

Written language 

• Sight words
• Interpret own writing 

Speaking 

• Speak effectively with appropriate volume 
• Participate in discussions 
• Remain on topic 

Listening 

• Listen effectively by looking at speaker
• Respond to and ask appropriate questions

Texts we are using: Memoria Press - Copybook K

MATHEMATICS 

• Numeration 
• Complete and produce patterns 
• Recognize and print numerals 0-100
• Count using 1:1 correspondence 
• Count by 2’s to 20 
• Count by 1’s, 5’s and 10’s to 100 
• Identify numbers before and after

• Operations 
• Solve simple addition and subtraction problems 

• Measurement 
• Sort objects using varying attributes 
• Recognize a penny, nickel, dime, & quarter 
• Tell time to the hour 

• Geometry 
• Identify shapes

Texts we are using: Abeka K

SCIENCE 

• Our focus is learning about the world that God gave us.

Texts we are using: The Good and the Beautiful

SOCIAL STUDIES 

• Our focus is to learn about the unique continent that we live on.

Text we are using: Notgrass History - Our Star Spangled Story

PERSONAL SKILLS 

• Color neatly
• Knows address and phone number
• Can use a scissors safely
• Identify left and right
• Knows birthday 
• Print first/last name 
  

GYM

• Physical skills 
• Daily chores
• Run and play outside daily

• Cooperation 
• Play cooperatively with others 
• Identify and demonstrate basic safety rules 
  

ART 

• Identify basic colors, shapes and lines and use them in a composition 
• Use tools and materials appropriately 
• Demonstrate use of fine motor skills 
• Clean-up workspace 
  

MUSIC 

• Move and play to a steady beat 
• Distinguish sounds and the way we use our voices 
• Discriminate sensory contrasts – fast/slow, loud/soft, long/short, high/low and same/different. 
• Sequence and sing words and actions for songs 

Our Learning Checklist

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