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We're Moving on up!
(To First Grade)
Student's entering first
grade should be able to do the following.
Continue to practice
these skills throughout the summer to help your child's
Kindergarten - First
grade transition
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Follow 1, 2 and 3 step
directions as soon as they are given
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Transition from one
direction to the next without being side tracked
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Understand and adjust
to routines and also accept changes in routines
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Speak and listen to a variety of audiences
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Homework – working
independently, following all the directions correctly, hand in on
time
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First and last name on all
work, using upper and lower case letters correctly
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aware of concepts of print (left to right progression, return sweep,
top to bottom progression, spacing between words
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Letters - recognition of
upper and lower case, letter sounds and letter formation
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Recognize similarities and
differences in initial and final sounds in words
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Differentiate between consonants and vowels
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Read sight words
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Rhyming words
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Locate the title of a book
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Recall the characters, setting and basic plot of a story
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Sequencing (First, next.
Last) and retelling
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Kinder-spelling (Use
invented spelling to express their thoughts in writing
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Produce legible writing with correct spacing of letters and words
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Days of the week, months of
the year, and seasons
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Recognition and formation
of numbers 1 – 31
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Count 0 - 100
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Recognize colors, shapes
and color words
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Understand the concepts of more, fewer, greater, less, before,
after, and between
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Math vocabulary – addition,
subtraction, equals
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Construct and continue a pattern
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Recognize coins and their value
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Solve simple addition and subtraction facts
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Identify address, birthday, full name, and telephone number
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Use a calendar (days of the
week and months of the year)
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Telling time to the hour
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