​Welcome to Kindergarten

---

Kindergarten Teachers for 2022/2023 School Year

K-204 Mrs. Lee-Kim       K-206 Ms. Griffth           K-209 Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Brosgole          K-214 Mrs. Lorenzana  

Kindergarten Benchmarks (November)

• Recognize basic colors: red, blue, orange, yellow, green, brown, black, purple.
• Recognize basic shapes: square, circle, rectangle, triangle.
• Name most of the upper and most of the lower case letters.
• Recognize high frequency words that have been introduced.
• Recognize numbers 0-10 in number form and work form.  Matching number to corresponding amounts and ordering numbers from 0-10.
• Every child should be able to draw a story and tell what is happening in the story.
• Children should attempt to label the pictures in the story.
• Rote count 1-20

To further assist your child’s academic growth, continue working on the following skills.

• Letter and sound correspondence
• Recognizing beginning and ending sounds
• Recognition of all high-frequency words introduced
• Rote count to 100
• Count by 10’s, 5’s and 2’s

Social/Emotional

• Interact with other children, take turns and wait their own turn.
• Students should be able to attend to an academic task for 15 minutes.
• Unpack and pack their belongings independently.
• Transition smoothly from one task to another.
• Display appropriate body control.
• Respect others’ personal space.

Dolch Sight Words
Kindergarten (52 words)

all
am
are
at
ate
be
black
brown
but
came
did
​do

eat
four
get
good
have
he 
into
like
must
new
no
now
​on

our
out
please
pretty
ran
​ride
saw
say
she
​so
soon
that
there

they
this
too
under
want
was
well
went
what
white
who
will
​with
yes

Helpful Websites

https://www.ixl.com/math/kindergarten​
Kindergarten: https://www.ixl.com/math/skill-plans/new-york-next-generation-learning-standards-kindergarten
​
http://www.raz-kids.com

http://www.starfall.com/

http://pbskids.org/clifford/stories/index.html

http://pbskids.org/sesame/games/cookieLetterOfDay.html

http://www.pebblego.com

---