Math

• Counts, recognizes, represents, names, and orders objects (i.e. shows beginning number skills from 1 to 10)
  
• Begins writing numbers
  
• Understands the meaning and use of numbers and the relationship between numbers and quantity
  
• Understands simple addition and subtraction by using objects to determine answers
  Shapes, Colors, and Patterns—
  
• Identifies common geometric shapes (e.g. circle, square, triangle)
  
• Classifies and sorts items according to size, shape, and color
  
• Identifies items that do not belong to a group
  
• Builds or completes sequences and patterns
  Time, Money, and Measurement—
  
• Names the days of the week
  
• Measures, estimates, and compares objects by size and number
  
• Demonstrates an understanding of the concept of time (e.g. morning, afternoon, evening, day) and recognizes tools that measure time (e.g. clock and calendar)
  
• Identifies common coins by name

English

Reading Readiness—
• Listens to and enjoys picture books, nursery rhymes, legends, and poems
  
• Talks about setting, characters, and events within stories
  
• Talks to others about stories and participates in shared reading activities
  
• Makes predictions about story content based on illustrations
  
• Understands how print is organized and read (i.e. from left to right and top to bottom)
  Letters and Words—
  
• Recognizes his or her own printed name
  
• Knows the concept of a letter and a word
  
• Recognizes upper- and lower-case letters
  
• Identifies the beginning letter in single syllable words
  
• Reads some common words
  Writing Readiness—
  
• Writes some familiar words and letters correctly
  
• Begins to organize thoughts and information for putting stories together
  
• Explains his or her own writing and drawing
  
• Draws pictures and uses letters to create stories about experiences, people, or events
  
• Begins to write left to right and top to bottom
  
• Prints his or her own name
  
• Contributes to group stories and dictates individual stories
  Phonics and Sounds—
  
• Demonstrates an awareness of phonics (i.e. the sounds that letters make independently and together)
  
• Recognizes spoken rhyming words and substitutes words in rhyming patterns
  
• Separates a word into its sounds (e.g. /c-a-t/)
  Speaking and Listening—
  
• Begins to ask questions about stories and to respond to the questions of others
  
• Respectfully takes turns when speaking and listening
  
• Participates in role-playing and creative play
  
• Uses descriptive vocabulary

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