First Nine Weeks Skills Checklist
These are the items your child will be required to master during the 1st nine weeks of school.
Language Arts
Student should be able to demonstrate mastery of…
· listening comprehension skills
· correct grammar of sentence structure (i.e. ending marks, capitalization at the beginning of the sentence, etc.)
· letter recognition
· phonemic awareness (rhyming, sound segmentation, etc.)
· word reading (blending and decoding)
· high-frequency words
· oral fluency of letter sounds
Math
Student should be able to demonstrate mastery of…
Numbers 1-10
· representing a set of objects by writing numerals 0 – 10
· counting objects by saying the number names in order and pairing each object with one and only one number name.
· understanding that the last number name said tells the number of objects
· understanding that the number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted
· counting to answer “how many” about objects arranged in a line, a rectangular array, a circle, or a scattered configuration.
· decomposing numbers into pairs into more than one way (i.e. 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1).
· Classifying objects into given categories; counting the number of objects in each category and sort the categories by count.
Science
Student should be able to…
Parts form a Whole
· Use puzzles to determine that there are many parts that make up a whole.
· Use building blocks to create a whole from the parts.
· Take apart an object and describe how the parts work together.
Investigation using our 5 Senses
· Name the 5 senses
· Identify how we use each sense to learn about the world around us
· Explain how to use his/her 5 senses to investigate
Observe how plants and animals change
· Explain life cycles (how they change as they grow)
· Observe that offspring resemble parents
· Match pictures of baby to adult
Social Studies
Student should be able to…
· 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.
· Give examples of the interaction of businesses and governments in a market economy.
· Recognize how jobs are similar and different from one community to another.
· Identify jobs in the home, and school.
· Understand fundamental economic concepts.
· Explain why people have jobs.
· Distinguish between needs and wants.
· Recognize that all jobs are significant and realize that some jobs are interdependent.