• Write his/her name using upper and lower case letters
• Recognize that sentences are made up of words that read from left to right
• Name all upper and lower case letters of the alphabet
• Make simple rhymes
• Develop listening and speaking skills
• Tell the sequence of a story or event
• Story comparisons
• Keep a writing/drawing journal
• Arrange numbers 1 to 20 in order
• Divide groups into equal sets
• Make simple patterns with numbers and shapes
• Create and read simple graphs
• Estimate amounts of objects that he can see (pennies in a jar)
• Read and write numbers 1 through 20
• Count by 5’s and 10’s to 100
• Understand the reason for basic rules
• Explain jobs of community workers
• Identify some of the ways in which people are alike and different
• Skills that encourage fitness and body awareness

Science

• Demonstrate safe science practices in the classroom and field
• Use and conserve resources

• Use their sense and common tools such as hands, balances, cups, and bowls to make observations and collect information by asking questions, gathering information, communicating findings, and making informed decisions
• Use computers and information technology tools to support their investigation

• Describe patterns including seasons, growth, day and night, and predict what will happen next, using charts and graphs
• Learn how systems have basic properties that can be described in terms in parts, such as those toys, vehicles, and construction sets
• Understand structures, interactions, and processes found in systems that, when put together, can do things they cannot do by themselves

• Observe, describe, and record changes in systems, cycles, and models
• Record changes in size, mass, color, position, quantity, time, temperature, sound, and movement by observing weather changes and life cycles of organisms in their natural environment

• Identify organisms and objects and their parts
• Explore the basic needs of living organisms and give examples of their dependence on each other
• Identify how the Earth provides resources for life

• Observe and describe properties of rocks, soil, and water

Social Studies

• Learn about patriotic holidays
• Identify contributions of people, such as George Washington
• Place events in chronological order

• Locate and describe the relative location of places
• Identify physical and human characteristics of places
• Use terms (left, right, near, etc.) to describe locations
• Locate Texas on a United States map

• Identify basic human needs and explain how they can be met
• Identify jobs and why people have them

• Identify rules and reasons for having them
• Identify authority figures

• Identify U.S. and Texas flags
• Recite the Pledge of Allegiance

• Identify similarities and differences among people
• Identify family and community customs

• Identify examples of technology and describe how they meet people’s needs

• Obtain information from a variety of oral and visual sources
• Sequence and categorize information
• Identify main ideas
• Express ideas orally and visually
• Use problem-solving and decision-making processes

English Language Arts

• Listen to information, rhymes, songs, conversations, and stories
• Listen and talk about experiences, customs, and cultures
• Make announcements, give directions, and make introductions
• Act out plays, poems, and stories

• Recognize that print represents spoken language and conveys meaning, such as their own name, and signs such as Exit and Dange
• Recognize upper and lower case letters in print and understand that print represents language
• Manipulate sounds in spoken words (phonemic awareness)
• Decode simple words using letter-sound knowledge
• Identify words that name persons, places, or things, and words that name actions
• Learn new vocabulary words through selections read aloud
• Retell or act out important events in a story
• Gather important information and ask relevant questions
• Recognize high frequency words (the, to, and, etc)

• Write first and last name and each other letter of the alphabet
• Write messages using their knowledge of letters and sounds
• Record or dictate questions, ideas, and stories
• Write labels, notes, and captions for illustrations, possessions, charts, and centers
• Keep a writing and drawing journal
• Develop an understanding of punctuation
• Understand the difference between consonants and vowels
• Work from left to right and top to bottom
• Use spaces to separate written words
• Draw, color, cut, and paste on their own

Mathematics

• Use words and numbers to describe relative sizes of objects
• Describe position in a sequence of events
• Name ordinal positions (first, second, etc.)
• Separate a whole into equal parts
• Explain half of a whole
• Model addition and subtraction

• Identify, extend, and create patterns
• Use patterns to predict what comes next
• Count to 100 by ones
• Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s

• Describe one object in relation to another using informal language
• Place objects in a given position
• Describe and identify objects
• Compare and sort objects
• Describe and compare solids
• Recognize shapes
• Describe, identify, and compare shapes

• Compare and order objects by length, capacity, or weight
• Identify objects greater than, less than, or equal to a given object
• Compare temperatures
• Compare times
• Sequence events
• Read a calendar using days, weeks, and months

• Construct real and picture graphs
• Use graphs to answer questions

• Identify the mathematics in everyday situations
• Use a problem-solving model with guidance
• Select or develop an appropriate problem-solving strategy