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Age Requirements

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Pre-K1 Academic Goals and Expectations (Requirements for seeking admission to Pre-K2 Class)

• Recognizes and name all the uppercase and lower case letters
• Recognizes and says the common sounds of most letters
• Produces rhyming words
• Responds to simple questions about a content of a story
• Retells a story in students’ own words

• Writes own name
• Beginning journal writing

• Count from 1 to 30
• Identifies numbers 1 to 30
• Put numbers in order
• Matches objects to numerals
• Shows awareness of simple patterns and shapes
• Creates simple graphs
• Sort by size, shape, color

• Names days of the week
• Names basic colors
• Recognizes first and last name
• Recognizes parents’ name

• Holds pencil correctly
• Colors within lines
• Cuts a line with scissors
• Traces slanted lines
• Traces curves and circles

Pre-K2 Academic Goals and Expectations (Requirements for seeking admission to KG Class)

• Recognize Rhymes
• Recognize opposites
• Understand alphabetical order
• Identify upper case letters
• Identify lower case letters
• Print first name
• Know letter sounds
• Know beginning sounds
• Know ending sounds
• Read CVC words (3-4 letters)
• Recognize grade level sight words
• Hold a book properly when reading
• Track print from Left to Right
• Track print from Top to Bottom
• Identify the title of a book

• Compare and sort objects – alike & different, sort by attributes, same number, more than, less than
• Describe Position
• Recognize and extend Patterns
• Construct and Use Graphs
• Compare Measurements – length, order length, weight, capacity, area, temperature
• Use Time - days, months, digital & analog clock
• Describe Geometric Figures - 2 & 3 Dimensional Figures
• Model Addition - how many in all, plus (+) and equal (=) signs
• Model Subtraction - how many in all, minus (-) and equal (=) signs
• Connect objects to numerals up to 20
• Count to 100
• Identify numbers to 100 out of order
• Understand numerical order
• Write numbers to 50
• Skip count by tens (up to 100) and fives (up to 50)
• Recognize parts of a whole

• Follow 2 - 3 step directions
• Hold a pencil properly when writing
• Listen without interrupting
• Complete assigned tasks
• Use self-control

Kindergarten Goals and Expectations

• Able to recognize and identify upper case letters out of order.
• Able to recognize and identify lower case letters out of order.
• Knows letter sounds.
• Reads high frequency words.
• Reads grade level text fluently.
• Able to identify rhyming words.
• Able to ask and answer questions about a story.
• Able to identify the author and illustrator and knows the job they have in telling a story.
• Able to retell a story using the most important events in order.
• Able to identify the elements of a story (characters, setting, plot, etc.)
• Able to use words and pictures to help understand text.
• Recognizes common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems)

• Writes a brief story using pictures, words, and/or sentences.
• Spells words based on how they sound when writing.
• Spells grade level words correctly.
• Writes legibly, capitalizes, punctuates in compositions.

• Writes from left to right and top to bottom.
• Forms upper and lowercase letters.
• Leaves spaces between words when writing.

• Speaks clearly using complete sentences.
• Shares ideas and listens to others’ ideas.

• Able to count (Up to 100).
• Able to recognize and identify numbers out of order
• (Up to 100).
• Able to put numbers in order (Up to 100).
• Matches objects to numerals (Up to 20).
• Able to write numbers (up to 100).
• Able to count by 10’s to 100.
• Able to count by 5’s to 50.
• Able to count by 2’s to 20.
• Able to count on from a given number
• Able to count backward from 10 to 1.
• Able to identify greater than, less than, and equal to between sets of objects using

• Identify, classify, and compare two and three dimensional figures.
• Classifies objects using more than one attribute.
• Able to identify, describe, and extend pattern.
• Model and solve addition problems.
• Model and solve subtraction problems.
• Able to organize, represent, and compare data by category on simple graphs and charts.
• Describes the relative position of objects using terms (above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to)
• Able to tell time to the nearest hour and half hour on both analog and digital clocks.
• Able to compare and order, length, weights, capacities, and temperatures.
• Able to describe fractional parts (equal parts, one half, one third, and one forth).
• Able to find the value of mixed set of coins (pennies, nickels, dimes)

• Able to identify, recognize, and match opposites.
• Able to identify and describe body parts.
• Knows days of the week.
• Knows month of the year.
• Knows parents’ names.
• Knows first and last name.
• Knows own birthday.
• Knows own address.
• Knows home phone number.

• Follows simple classroom rules, routines and moves easily from one activity to another.
• Participates in the classroom community.
• Shows empathy and caring for others.
• Attempts to solve conflicts independently and seeks adult help when needed.
• Responds well to correction.
• Listens without interrupting.
• Speaks clearly enough to be understood.

• Moves with balance and control (e.g. climbs, walks, runs).
• Uses eye-hand coordination to perform tasks (e.g. throwing and catching a ball).
• Shows control of writing, drawing, art tools and building materials. (e.g. blocks, Legos).
• Performs some self-care tasks independently (e.g. washing hands, zipping, dressing).

• Holds pencil correctly.
• Colors within lines.
• Cuts a line with scissors.
• Traces letters and numbers.