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Kindergarten

Site Based on the CT Core Standards, some of the skills students will be developing in Kindergarten include...

Foundational Skills

  • count, blend and segment syllables

  • recognize the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make

  • associate long and short vowel sounds with common spellings and word families

  • recognize high frequency words

  • use a variety of strategies to decode words

Reading

  • retell stories and texts

  • identify the story elements (characters, setting, problem, solution)

  • grow vocabulary word knowledge

  • ask and answer questions about text

  • connect illustrations to words in the story

  • develop an understanding of characters and their actions

Writing/Language

  • use drawing, dictating and writing to create a story or personal narrative

  • use drawing, dictating and writing to create an informative or opinion text such as an All About Me book

  • participate in shared writing and research with the class

  • form and write complete sentences

  • use punctuation and capitalization

Speaking and Listening

  • have meaningful conversations with others

  • demonstrate understanding of a story read aloud or told orally

  • ask questions to seek help or gain understanding

  • speak and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly

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Incoming Kindergarten Parents

Myrtle H. Stevens

West Hill

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