Back to School Learning Checklists for your 2-5 Year old

 I compiled a list that presents suggested topics your child should know before they enter kindergarten. This is not an exhaustive list but a guide for you to have a general idea of what to work on with your child. Children develop at different rates so do not be alarmed if your child has some areas of growth.

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What your child needs to know before Kindergarten

1. Aware of his/her own body parts. Differentiates boy from girl.
2. Knows first and last name
3. Recognizes and identifies emotions in themselves and others
4. Displays appropriate social behavior. (e.g, taking turns, sharing, using words to solve issues)
5. Follows simple routines, rules and responds to changes in routines.
6. Counts to 10
7. Uses one to one correspondence to count.
8. Sort, classify, and match objects.
9. Begins to identify patterns
10. Can name some 2D shapes.
11. Uses words to describe placement of objects (directionality).
12. Able to distinguish properties of day and night.
13. Discusses weather and observe weather
14. Distinguish non living vs living. Explores properties of people and animals.
15. Follow and execute multi step directions
16. Uses words to describe pictures. Uses words to describe events in a story.
17. Answers simple questions about a story read aloud.
18. Able to Hold a book with two hands and turn its pages.
19. Recognizes and chooses familiar books to “read” alone.
20. Makes connections of story to real life events.
21. Write my first name (begin with capital letter, rest lowercase).
22. (can recognize first and last name in print).
23. I know my birthday, address, can call 9-11.
24. I know all my letter sounds!
25. Count to 20.
26. Clap and count syllables.
27. Count and tell how many.
28. Decode and read words in an emergent reader.
29. Name 2D shapes.
30. Read 10 or more sight words.
31. Identify rhyming words.
32. Combine sounds to make a word (c/a/t)
33. Identify onset and rime (beginning and ending sounds).
34. Illustrate a drawing and verbally explain what a story is about.
35. Identify colors
36. Identify coins
37. Add and subtract within 5
38. Sequence a story using pictures and words
39. Use direction words to identify spatiality.
40. Classify objects by color, size and shape.

Preschool goals

1. Aware of his/her own body parts. Differentiates boy from girl.
2. Knows first and last name
3. Recognizes and identifies emotions in themselves and others
4. Displays appropriate social behavior. (e.g, taking turns, sharing, using words to solve issues)
5. Follows simple routines, rules and responds to changes in routines.
6. Counts to 10
7. Uses one to one correspondence to count.
8. Sort, classify, and match objects.
9. Begins to identify patterns
10. Can name some 2D shapes.
11. Uses words to describe placement of objects (directionality).
12. Able to distinguish properties of day and night.
13. Discusses weather and observe weather
14. Distinguish non living vs living. Explores properties of people and animals.
15. Follow and execute multi step directions
16. Uses words to describe pictures. Uses words to describe events in a story.
17. Answers simple questions about a story read aloud.
18. Able to Hold a book with two hands and turn its pages.
19. Recognizes and chooses familiar books to “read” alone.
20. Makes connections of story to real life events.

Pre- K goals

1. Write my first name (begin with capital letter, rest lowercase).
2. (can recognize first and last name in print).
3. I know my birthday, address, can call 9-11.
4. I know all my letter sounds!
5. Count to 20.
6. Clap and count syllables.
7. Count and tell how many.
8. Decode and read words in an emergent reader.
9. Name 2D shapes.
10. Read 10 or more sight words.
11. Identify rhyming words.
12. Combine sounds to make a word (c/a/t)
13. Identify onset and rime (beginning and ending sounds).
14. Illustrate a drawing and verbally explain what a story is about.
15. Identify colors
16. Identify coins
17. Add and subtract within 5
18. Sequence a story using pictures and words
19. Use direction words to identify spatiality.
20. Classify objects by color, size and shape.

My Big List of Kindergarten Goals

1. Write my first and last name
2. Identify and sequence numbers 1-20.
3. Count and tell how many objects up to 20.
4. Compare groups of objects and numbers using <,>, =.
5. Write my letters and numbers.
6. Identify 2D and 3D shapes.
7. Add and subtract within 10.
8. Use 10 frames to solve math problems
9. Identify and make rhyming words.
10. Identify nouns and verbs.
11. Blend and read CVC /CCVC words.
12. I can write my own sentence using a Capital letter at the beginning and punctuation at the end.
13. I can read number and color words.
14. I can read 100 sight words.
15. Use supporting details from a story read aloud to make my point.
16. Identify beginning, middle, end of story (use words first, second, third).
17. Use phonetic spelling to write words. E.g (cak)
18. Represent addition and subtraction with objects, symbols, and fingers.
19. Decompose numbers less than 10 into pairs (2+3=5; 1+4=5)
20. I know my letter sounds and can identify vowels.

First Grade Goals

1. I can show 2 digit numbers as tens and ones. Identifies numbers in hundreds, tens, ones place.
2. I can identify characters, plot, setting and events in a story.
3. I can write complex sentences.
4. I can read grade level text with fluency and accuracy.
5. I can read and spell consonants, digraphs and inflectional endings.
6. I can write a narrative piece with at least two events, details, and closure.
7. I can write with correct punctuation and capitalization.
8. Identify first, middle, and ending sounds.
9. I can build and pose shapes to possess defining attributes.
10. Identify vowel sounds and vowel teams.
11. I can type a simple web address on the computer.
12. I can find the missing number in a subtraction or addition problem.
13. Add and subtract within 20.
14. Compare 2 digit numbers using >,<, =.
15. I can tell time.
16. I can count, write, and read to 120.
17. I can divide a shape into half and fourths.
18. Interpret and create simple graphs to organize information.
19. Identifies the main idea in a story.
20. I can count money and make change to $1.00