Should My Child Be Expected To Read By The End Of Kindergarten?
Mine just turned 4 and he is reading a little. I bought him a Leapster L-Max for Christmas and it’s really good and he reads because he wants to know what to do next. However, it may be a bad idea for me to let him get too far ahead and then go to a public school where he’ll be bored going through the basic steps and probably start causing trouble.
Kindergarten is where they begin to learn the basics of reading and have enough knowledge to form words. So No.
Here is an outline of the kindergarten curriculum:
Phonetic Development
* Recognize beginning consonant sounds
* Recognize ending consonant sounds
* Recogneize short vowel sounds
* Identify word families/word patterns in words
* Blend sounds into words
Vocabulary Development
* Identify upper case letters
* Identify lower case letters
* Know difference between pictures/symbols/letters/words
* Identify sight words appropriate to grade level
* Identify antonyms
* Identify and use rhyming words
* Recognize colors
Comprehension Strategies
* Use picture clues
* Retell story
* Sequence events in story/orally/pocket chart/pictures
* Distinguish between make-believe/real
* Compare and contrast
* Respond to story
* Classify and categorize words put together similiar things together/explain groupings
* Make logical predictions
Literary Elements
* Characters
* Plot
* Setting
Reading Behaviors
* Shows interest in books
* Attend to story being read
* Read cooperatively with others
* Aware that print carries message
* Join in oral reading of familiar stories
Reading Strategies
* Hold book right way, turning pages appropriately
* Directionality: front to back, left to right, top to bottom
Written Communications
* Begin to write in a variety of formats
* Prewrite to organize ideas: brain strorming, mapping, word lists, discussion, literature patterns
* Create narrative stories by drawing, telling, and or writing
* Publish selected writing
* Draw illustrations to match text
Composition Techniques
* Use pictures to convey meaning
* Dictate words
* Dictate story
* Combine drawing and writing to convey meaning
* Write simple words
* Write words and phrases
* String words together
* Begin to use repetitive sentences
* Attempt to write with meaning Mechanics
Mechanics
* Capitalization: begin to use capital at beginning of sentence/begin to use capitals with special names
* Punctuation: begin to use period at end of the sentence
Spelling
* Go through stage of invented word/development spelling/initial sounds/final sounds/vowel (initially may be used incorrectly)
* Spell simple words correctly as appropriate to grade level
Penmanship/Fine Motor
* Demonstrate control of and uses correct grip when using: crayons/pencils/scissors
* Print upper case letters
* Prnt lower case letters
* Print correctly (using upper and lower case letters)
* Form letters legibly
* Print numbers 1-10
* Use space between words
* Write form left to right, top to bottom
Oral Language Skills
* Participate in discussions
* Take turns in speaking
* Tell stories-real and imaginary
* Follow oral directions
* Listen and attend to speakers
KINDERGARTEN CURRICULUM
GILBERT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
MATHEMATICS
Communication/Connections
* Develop a mathematical language
* Relate math to daily life
* Patterns
* Extend/create patterns involving everyday life, pictures, rhythm and numbers
Problem Solving/Reasoning
* Particpate in a variety of activities which may include: comparing and contrasting, sorting and classifying
* Explore, discuss, and solve word problems using manipulatives
Estimation/Mental Math
* Explore estimation in working with quantities and measurement (how many, about, near, between) using manipulatives
* Participate in mental math activies (counting, ordering, patterning)
Number Sense/Numeration
* Develop a number sense through exploration and discussion (whole numbers, fractions)
* Participate in counting activities: 1«s to 100/5′s to 100/10′s to 100/2′s to 20
* Show one to one correspondence
* Manipulate and compare number groups (0-10)
* Math groups with numerals (0-20)
* Read numbers (0-20)
* Write numbers (0-10)
* Identify ordinal numbers (first-fifth)
* Recognize relationships between concrete representations, numbers names, and symbol representations of numbers
* Use manipulatives to count, order, and group
Operational/Computation
* Discover combinations (0-5)using manipulatives (linear and weight)
* Expore time concepts (hands on clock, number on a clock and calendars)
* Identify coins (penny, nickel, dime, quarter)
* Compare sizes of objects
Geometry
* Identify directional and positional concepts (above, below. left, right, beside, behind, inside, corner)
* Sort, classify, discuss, and identify geometric shapes (circles, square, triangle, rectangle, diamond)
Statistics/Probability
* Particpate in class graphing activities
* Read and interpret a two variable graph
* Collect organize, and discuss data to create a concrete or picture graph
* Compare and sort objects by their physical attributes
Relationships/Functions/Algebra
* Compare numbers 0-10
Units
* Myself
* Community Helpers
* Safety
* Transportation
* Celebrations around the World
* Current Events
* Kids Voting
Knowledge
* Governmental and Civic Literacy
* Historical Literacy
* Social-Political Literacy
* Chronology of Scientific Advancements
* Cultural Literacy
* Geographic Literacy
* Economic Literacy
Skills
* Informational Literacy and Communication Skills
* Humanities and Technology Skills
* Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills
* Personal Identity and Group Interaction Skills
Participatory Citizenship
* Participation in Social Responsibility
* Basic Principals of American Democracy
* Participation in Civic Responsibility
* Office of Citizen
Process Skills
Observing
* seeing
* hearing
* feeling
* smelling
Communicating
* silent
* oral
* written
* pictorial
Comparing
* sensory comparisons
* relative position comparisons
* measurement (linear, volume, mass, quantity, temperature)
Units
* Core: Water and Ice
* Optional: Wood
Academic achievement levels for kindergarten are set by the school. Some examples of reading and language competencies:
* make predictions.
* retell stories.
* supply words to complete a sentence.
* ask questions to gather information.
* give solutions to problems.
* enjoy literature.
* identify cause and effect.
* identify the main idea of a story.
* follow directions.
* identify rhyming words.
* discriminate between specific initial sounds.
* associate numerals with number names.
* write numerals.
* associate spoken words with written words.
* interpret pictures.
* “read back” own writing.
* orally read a predictable text.
* recognize and name letters.
* write capital and lowercase letters.
* associate initial sounds with letters.
* associate medial short vowel sounds with letters.
* express ideas by drawing, dictating, and writing.
* write words with medial short vowel sounds.
* write sentences.
yes that’s when i learned to read and started learning spanish and learned to spell confabulation i have no idea what it means but i can spell it