Promotional Academic Criteria for Kindergarteners

Common Core State Standards 2012-2013

Students must have a cumulative score of 44 points (22 points in Language and Literacy and 22 points in Math) on the kindergarten report card 4th nine weeks assessment to be promoted to first grade. The students must show complete competency in the following areas:

Language Arts and Literacy

High frequency words

Letter recognition

Letter sounds

Writing letters

Concepts of print

CVC Word reading (Consonant, Vowel, Consonant) Example: cat

Phonological awareness

Comprehension

Written and Verbal expression

Math

Rote counting 1-100 by ones & tens

Creates, identifies/names and describes two and three dimensional shapes found in their environment

Counting & Cardinality

Solves problems creating sets 0-20 (addition and subtraction)

Fluency with addition facts 0 - 5

Compare and order objects by length, height, weight

Sorting

Positioning