September Skills
Language/Reading readiness
1. Say first and last name yes no 2. Name 10 colors: Red orange yellow green blue Purple brown black pink white 3. Recognize front, back and title page of book. 4. Print a recognizable first name: 1st letter upper case, rest lower case 5. Name all capital letters: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
6. Recognize sight words: I me
Math Skills 1. Rote count to 10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2. Name 4 shapes: circle square triangle rectangle 3. Write number 1,2,3 correctly. yes no 4. Sort by color. yes no 5. Count off each day of the month. yes no 6. Choose correct month or day of week yes no 7. Review days of week/months of year. October Skills
Language/Reading readiness
1. Identify an item that doesn’t belong in a group. (cat, apple, dog, bunny)
2. Name all small letters (lower case): a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
3. Recognize sight words: a the no is it to like
Math Skills 1. Rote count to 15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
2. recognize the numerals 1-10: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
3. Write numbers 1-5 correctly. yes no
4. count sets of 10
5. Sort by shape. yes no
6. Identify shapes: circle square triangle rectangle heart star
7. Create and extend an AB/1,2 pattern November Skills
Language/Reading readiness
1. Name all uppercase and lower case letters: Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
2. Recognize sight words: a the no is it to like (review from October)
3. Recognize color words: yellow blue red
Math Skills 1. Rote count to 20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2. Recognize the numerals 1-15: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
3. Write numbers 1-10 correctly. yes no
4. count sets to 12
5. Identify shapes: circle square triangle rectangle heart star Review from October
6. Create and extend an AB/1,2 pattern Review from October
8. Identify and compare numbers 1-15 December Skills
Language/Reading readiness
1. Recognize sight words: have we my he
2. Say phone number yes no
3. Recognize and describe beginning, middle and ending of stories.
4. Read alphabet chart.
Math Skills 1. Rote count to 25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
2. Recognize the numerals 1-15: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 3. Write numbers 1-10 correctly. yes no 4. Count sets to 15 6. Create and extend patterns: AAB (AABAABAAB…) ABB-ABB, 122-122 8. Identify and compare numbers 1-20
9. Review shapes (if needed.)
10. Review sorting (if needed.) January Skills
Language/Reading readiness
1. Recognize sight words: see look today
2. Recognize color words: yellow blue red white green purple orange
3. Can point to a letter in a word.
4. Can touch each word as it is being read. (I like to run and jump.)
5. Be able to clap syllables in words: cat=1 apple=2 elephant=3
6. Recite days of the week: Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
7. Recognize and supply opposites
Math Skills 1. Count and compare sets of objects to 20. 2. Identify and compare numbers 1-20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 3. Write numbers 1-20 correctly. yes no
4. Extend and/or create and explain a 3-part pattern: ABCABCABC... 123123123… 5. Sort and describe objects by size yes no February Skills
Language/Reading readiness
1. Recognize sight words: can you love and
2. Recognize color words: yellow blue red white green purple orange pink black brown
3. Can identify beginning sounds in a word. Cat rabbit kite
4. Name main characters, setting and important events in a story.
5. Recognize and supply rhyme yes no
6. Recite own address. Ex: 3684 Main Street, Little Chute, WI
7. Recognize and supply opposites yes no
8. Sequence & describe parts of a day yes no
Math Skills 1. Count by tens to 100. 2. Count and compare sets to 25 3. Write numbers 1-25 correctly. yes no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
4. Extend and/or create and explain a 3-part pattern: AABAABAAB... 122122122…
5. Count items and answer questions based on a graph.
6. Sort and graph to determine more, less and equal.
7. Identify penny and nickel and their values.
8. Estimate: make reasonable estimates
9. Measurement use non-standard measuring tools. March Skills
Language/Reading readiness
1. Recognize sight words: an at play
2. Write a dictated sentence. I can see a cat.
3. Blend sounds: /p/i/g/ - pig
4. Can touch each word as it is being read. (I like to run and jump.)
Math Skills 1. Count and compare sets of objects to 30. 2. Identify and compare numbers 1-30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
3. Write numbers tens. 10,20,30,30, 50… 4. Sort and describe objects by two attributes. yes no
5. Demonstrate the operation of addition using manipulatives.
6. Identify shapes: circle square triangle rectangle heart star Diamond oval
7. Identify nickel and its value. April & May Skills Language/Reading readiness
1. Recognize sight words: here went want
2. Identify the beginning (upper case letter) and ending (period) of a sentence.
3. Identify the beginning sound of a picture. (looks at a picture of a cat and provides the “c” sound.)
4. Write last name correctly. (first letter upper case, rest lower case)
Math Skills 1. Rote count to 100. 2. Identify ordinal numbers first second third fourth fifth
3. Sequence numbers 0-30. yes no 4. Write numerals 1-30 correctly. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 5. Identify addition & subtraction situations. Ex. Story problem explained 6. Identify shapes: circle square triangle rectangle heart star Diamond oval hexagon trapezoid 7. Identify dime and quarter and their values. 8. Identify time on the clock to the hour. 9. Sort objects into categories and describe.