Getting Ready to Read

· Name the capital letters in alphabetical and random order

· Name the lower-case letters in alphabetical and random order

· Know consonant sounds

· Use basic phonetic principles

· Name a word which rhymes with a clue word

· Name words that start with a specific sound

· Know to read from left to right, top to bottom, and from front to back

· Name colors, body parts, and shapes

Reading Listening Skills

· Listen to nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and short stories for important details

· Predict story endings

· Recite a rhyme with a group or by themselves

· Talk about rhymes, fairy tales, and stories

· Identify what parts of a fairy tale could not really happen

· Tell a story from a picture

· Read their own first and last names

Handwriting

· Print from left to right and top to bottom

· Print capital letters using correct letter formation

· Print lower-case letters using correct letter formation

· Write numbers 0-20

· Print first and last name clearly using correct letter formation, spacing between first and last name

Draw and Tell to Show Ideas

· Know what sequencing is

· Draw a picture which shows the sequence of a story and other things

· Tell a story or an idea in sequence by drawing

· Tell what your drawings are about and know when you are done talking

Be a Good Listener

· Look at the speaker

· Be quiet when someone is speaking

· Keep hands and feet to oneself and not bother others

· Avoid interrupting

· Ask and answer questions about important details in complete thoughts

Group Discussion

· Share ideas and feeling

· Answer and ask question in complete thoughts

· Tell ideas in sequence and know when you are done

· Speak loud enough to be heard, but not too loud

· Wait your turn to talk, not distract others, and look at others when they talk

• Stage 1 (0-9)
• Stage 2 (10-100)
• Stage 3 (0-100)

• Recognize numbers 1 to 10
• Count ordered objects up to 10
• Count unordered objects up to 10

• Recognize numbers 0-20
• Recognize number patterns
• Point to numbers that are named
• Name numbers in random order

Describe Objects

·        Sort and describe objects by color, weight, shape, and any other kinds of size

·        Use the words for size (more/less, large/small, heavy/light, short/long, some/none, least/most, few/many, little/big, thin/fat, and thick/thing)

·        Use the words for position and direction (up/down, out/in, top/middle/bottom, over/under, closed/open, go/stop, high/low, inside/outside, beginning/end, off/on, far/near, below/above, beside/in front of/behind, first/second/third/etc.)

Time

• Demonstrate understanding of the concepts of time (morning, afternoon, evening, day, week, month, year, yesterday, tomorrow)
• Tools used to measure time (clock, calendar)
• Tell time to the hour

Money

Identify a penny, nickel, dime and state its value

• Identify, sort, and classify objects by attribute
• Identify objects that do not belong to a particular group
• Identify, describe, and extend simple patterns according to shape, size, color or object
• Predict what comes next, add to a given pattern, copy a pattern from a model, make their own pattern
• Identify basic patterns in number (counting by1’s, 5’s and 10’s)

  Life Science

·        The body is made up of many parts, each with its own function

·        Plants need light, water, and nutrients to grow

·        We are able to investigate the world around us through the use of our five senses: sight, touch, smell, taste, and sound

·        Observe and describe similarities and differences in the appearance and behavior of plants and animals (e.g., seed-bearing plants, birds, fish, insects

·        Know stories sometimes give plants and animals attributes they do not really have

·        Identify major structures of common plants and animals (e.g., stems, leaves, roots, arms, wings, legs)

·        Compare different animals and observe that different mouth parts help them eat different kinds of food

·        Name some common animals that no longer exit (e.g., dinosaurs and mammoths)

·        Compare a variety of animals that live on the earth

·        Compare and record how children are similar to their parents

·        Name foods animals and humans eat

  Physical Science

·        Objects can be classified according to their physical attributes: size, shape, and color

·        Objects can be described in terms of the materials they are made of (e.g., clay, cloth, paper) and their physical properties (e.g., color, size, shape, weight, texture, flexibility, attraction to magnets, floating, sinking)

·        Water can be a liquid or a solid and can be made to change back and forth from one to the other

·        Water left in an open container evaporates (goes into the air) but water in a closed container does not

·        Use simple equipment (microscopes), age appropriate tools (rulers, thermometers), skills (describing and writing), technology (computers) and mathematics in scientific investigations

·        Explore energy changes (e.g. know the effects of sun and shade on the same object)

·        Explore properties, types, and uses of magnets (e.g., learn through play that magnets stick to some objects and that magnets move by push and pull)

·        Create solutions by adding salt or sugar to water.

·        Blow bubbles with a variety of instruments

Earth/Space Science

·  Weather changes with the seasons

·  Describe major features of the earth’s surface and how it is affected by natural changes (e.g., name stormy conditions such as rain, sleet, and snow)

·  Know that the sun changes positions during the day

·  Earth is composed of land, air, and water

·  Earth and its atmosphere are affected by human activity

·   Identify the outline map of Alaska

·  Identify resources from Earth that are used in everyday life and understand that many resources can be observed

·  Pollution

·  Identify types of pollution.

·  Observe and classify pollution in the community

·  Brainstorm ideas for protecting the environment

·  Create art from recycled materials

World of Work

·  Invite scientists as guest speakers 

·  Survey parents on how they use science at home and at work

·  Develop questions to ask about job responsibilities in science related areas 

·  Keep a journal of occupations that use science

·  List the qualities of a good worker

·  Identify reasons why people work

·  Describe how friends can help each other

·  Identify science activities students like to do 

CULTURE

·        Identify personal attributes, such as physical characteristics, that are common to all people such as physical characteristics

·        Identify differences among people

·        Recognize how individuals learn to do skills and customs from their culture

·        Recognize all cultures have family units where decisions are made

·        Understand that some differences among people are result of their culture

·        Identify similarities and differences in food, clothes, homes, games, and families in different cultures

·        Explain how means of transportation may be diversified in different cultures in response to the environment

·        Compare family customs and traditions among cultures

·        Describe customs of the local community

·        Recognize contributions of different cultures around the world

·        Explain the value of family traditions and customs

CITIZENSHIP/GOVERNMENT

·        Recognize the need for rules for daily living and fair treatment of others

·        Identify the purpose for having rules

·        Be aware that laws and rules are followed and created by the people, school, community and country

·        Know rules of safety including signs and signals

·        Define cooperation (take turns, shares, etc.)

·        Familiar with state symbols

·        Identify the flag of the United States and the Alaskan flag

·        Recite the Pledge of Allegiance

·        Explain the reasons for national patriotic holidays such as President’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and Independence Day

·        Recognize that a person is a citizen of the country in which they are born

·        Recognize the uniqueness of each child’s family unit

·        States pertinent personal information (full name, parent’s name, address, birth date)

·        Understand that rules are created to protect an environment

·        Identify authority figures in the home, school, and community

·        Explain how authority figures make and enforce rules

·        Describe how groups are made up of people who work, play, or learn together and share common interests

HISTORY

• Define history as the story of our past
• Recall events in the past and present in order to recognize that individuals have a personal history
• Illustrate a family history to demonstrate that every family has a heritage
• Recognize that change occurs over time
• Observe how sites in neighborhoods and communities change over time
• Recognize that each family has a family tree
• Recall family stories and celebrations to develop a personal history

GEOGRAPHY

• Explain what a globe and map represent
• Use personal directions such as up, down, left, rights, near and far to describe relative direction
• Recognizes and uses terms that express relative size and shape (big/little, large/small, round/square)
• Locate places in the community such as the student’s home
• Identify the human characteristics of places such as types of houses
• Describe how weather impacts everyday life
• Describe seasons
• Identify the concept of physical features as in mountains, plains, hills, oceans, and islands

  ECONOMICS

• Identify basic human needs
• Explain how basic human needs of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation are met
• Understand that people create shelter according to both culture and environment
• Recognize how jobs are similar and different from one community to another
• Identify jobs in the home and school
• Explain why people have jobs
• Distinguish between needs and wants
• Explains how people exchange money for wants and needs
• Recognize that all jobs are significant and realize that some jobs are interdependent