**Must be 5 by Sept 1

Math Goals

• The student will sort and classify objects and analyze simple patterns
• Count forward to 100 and backwards from 10
• Count objects in a set one-by-one from one to twenty
• Identify and create sets of objects zero through twenty
• Identify and write numerals zero through twenty, in and out of sequence. Children may still be reversing some numerals
• Identify and use ordinal numbers to order objects first through tenth
• Combine and remove objects from sets and verbally describe the result (e.g., adding objects to a set makes the set larger, subtracting objects from a set makes the set smaller
• Identify, name, and describe a variety of basic two-dimensional geometric shapes
• Identify, name, and describe a variety of three-dimensional geometric shapes
• Model and use words indicating relative position and direction
• Measure objects using nonstandard units of measurement
• Compare objects according to observable attributes
• Compare and order objects in graduated order
• Tell time on digital and analog clocks to the hour
• Identify the days of the week and months of the year
• Identify the coins: penny, nickel, dime, and quarter
• Use numbers and counting as a means for solving problems and measuring quantity
• Develops abilities to collect, describe, and record information through a variety of means including discussion, drawings, maps, charts, and graphs
• Describes similarities and differences between objects
• Collects and analyze information about objects and events in the environment
• Create and verbally explain a data display or graph (e.g., real object graph, pictorial graphs)

Social and Personal Goals

• Stay involved in a self-selected activity for approximately 15 to 20 minutes
• State his/her full name, age, birthdate, address, telephone number, and name of parent or guardian
• Listens and sits through stories, Bible stories, or poems
• Participates in the Great Expectations curriculum (monthly character trait, pledges, eight expectations, and Bible verses

Reading & Writing

Print Awareness

• Understand concepts about print
• Understand that printed materials provide information
• Recognize that sentences in print are made up of separate words
• Distinguish letters from words
• Recognize and name all capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet

Phonological/Phonemic Awareness

• Identify and produce simple rhyming pairs
• Identify and count syllables in spoken words
• Distinguish onset (beginning sound(s)) and rimes in one-syllable words
• Recognize ending sounds in spoken words
• Recognize the same sounds in different words
• Begin to blend phonemes to form a word
• Begin to segment phonemes of one syllable words

Phonics/Decoding

• Identify the alphabet by name
• Identify the alphabet by sound

Fluency

• Read familiar texts emergently, not necessarily verbatim from the print alone
• Recognize some common words by sight, including but not limited to: a, the, I, you, my, are

Comprehension

• Use pre-reading skills (e.g., connecting prior knowledge to text, making predictions about text and using picture clues)
• Retell, reenact or dramatize a story read to the student or by the student
• Make predictions and confirm after reading or listening to text

Literature

• Distinguish between fiction and nonfiction
• Place events in sequential order by telling the beginning, middle, and ending
• Summarize main points and events of a simple story
• Recognize cause and effect relationships

Writing Goals

• The student will use the writing process to write coherently.
• The student will communicate through a variety of written forms, for various purposes, and to a specific audience or person.
• The student will demonstrate appropriate practices in writing by applying Standard English grammar conventions.