Kindergarten

Communication Arts

Content Area: Communication Arts - Reading

Standard 1: Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process

Benchmark 1: Print concepts

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. recognize upper- and lower-case letters.
2. recognize first and last letters in words.
3. recognize directionality in letter and word order.
4. understand punctuation has meaning.

Benchmark 2: Demonstrates phonemic awareness

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. produce rhyming words orally.
2. separate and say sounds in CVC words.
3. blend sounds to form CVC words.
4. replace beginning and ending sounds to form new words.

Benchmark 3: Demonstrates an understanding of phonics

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. decode CVC words with a, o, i (short sound).
2. write letter that goes with consonant sound.

Benchmark 4: Demonstrates fluency

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. read simple text containing 50 high-frequency words.
2. read simple text consisting of environmental print.

Benchmark 5: Develops word knowledge

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. develop word knowledge by listening to and discussing unknown words in stories.

Benchmark 6: Develop and apply pre-reading skills

A Kindergarten grade student will be able to:

1. develop and apply, with assistance, pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension, including: accessing prior knowledge; previewing text and picture; and making general prediction.

Benchmark 7: Develop and apply skills during reading

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. during reading, develop and utilize, with assistance, strategies to self-question and correct, infer, and predict and check using cueing system: meaning, structure, and visual information.

Benchmark 8: Develop and apply post-reading skills

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. develop and demonstrate, with assistance, post-reading skills in response to text, including: answering basic comprehension questions; questioning to clarify; retelling; illustrating; and re-enacting stories.

Benchmark 9: Make connections (compare and contrast) to text

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. identify connections, with assistance, between text to text and text to self.

 

Standard 2: Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate fiction, poetry and drama from a variety of cultures and times

Benchmark 1: Text features

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. locate title page, title, author, and illustrator, with assistance.

Benchmark 2: Literary techniques of poetry

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. recognize rhythm, rhyme and alliteration and repeating line or phrase in read-aloud experiences.

Benchmark 3: Literary elements of fiction and drama

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. use details from text to identify story elements in shared reading and read-alouds with assistance.  Elements include: characters, problem, events in logical sequence, solutions, and setting.

 

Standard 3: Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction from a variety of cultures and times

Benchmark 1: Text features

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. understand and recognize that text and pictures provide information.

Benchmark 2: Text structures

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. respond to read-aloud experiences by asking questions to clarify meaning; answering questions; and recognizing important information and identifying supporting details.

Benchmark 3: Understanding directions

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. follow simple pictorial/written direction, with assistance.

 

Content Area: Communication Arts - Listening and Speaking

Standard 1: Develop and apply effective listening skills and strategies

Benchmark 1: Purpose for listening

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. listen for enjoyment.
2. listen for information.
3. listen for simple directions, with teacher assistance.

Benchmark 2: Listening behavior

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. prepare to listen with assistance.
2. listen without interruptions with assistance.
3. maintain eye contact with assistance.

 

Standard 2: Develop and apply effective speaking skills and strategies for various audiences and purposes

Benchmark 1: Discussion and presentation

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. speak audibly.
2. use age-appropriate vocabulary and grammar.

 

Content Area: Communication Arts - Writing

Standard 1: Apply a writing process in composing text

Benchmark 1: Writing process

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. generate a writing plan with pictures, language, letters and/or words with assistance.
2. compose text with letters, words, and pictures with assistance.
3. reread writing with assistance.

 

Standard 2: Composing a well-developed text

Benchmark 1: Audience and purpose

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. recognize different purposes for writing with assistance.

Benchmark 2: Ideas and content

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. compose text using pictures and words with ideas that relate to a topic, with assistance.

Benchmark 3: Organization

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. compose a simple sentence.

Benchmark 4: Word choice

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. compose text using words that are related to the topic.

Benchmark 5: Sentence fluency

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. write different kinds of sentences (exclamatory, declarative, interrogative) with assistance.

Benchmark 6: Conventions

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. use periods effectively.
2. use exclamation and question marks with assistance.
3. capitalize first letter of each sentence and names and use lowercase letters for the rest of the word).
4. spell 10 high frequency words correctly.

Benchmark 7: Grammar and usage

Kindergarten – does not apply

Benchmark 8: Handwriting and presentation

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. form letters using correct pathway of movement.
2. appropriately space letters and words.
3. create a picture or illustration related to text.

Fine Art

Standard 1: ­­­­­­­­­­Elements of Art and Principles of Design

Benchmark 1: Line

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. identify and use various types of line.
2. identify direction, size relationship, and placement with line.
3. recognize that geometric shapes are made by line connections and closures.
4. recognize that line can create division of space.
5. recognize physical movement can interpret line.

Benchmark 2: Shape

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. identify direction, size relationship, and placement with shape.
2. identify, draw, and cut geometric and organic (free-form) shapes.
3. cut multiples of shapes from folded or stacked paper.
4. combine basic shapes to create more complex shapes.

Benchmark 3: Color

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. recognize the primary and secondary colors.
2. mix two primary colors to make a secondary color.
3. match basic color names to correct color.
4. identify between light and dark colors.
5. use color realistically.

Benchmark 4: Value

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. recognize a value can be light or dark.

Benchmark 5: Form

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. identify form as three-dimensional.
2. recognize form can be found in nature or man-made objects.

Benchmark 6: Texture

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. recognize texture is the look or feel of a surface.
2. apply various types of texture.

Benchmark 7: Space

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. identify foreground and background.

Benchmark 8:  Balance

Kindergarten – does not apply

Benchmark 9:  Contrast

Kindergarten – does not apply

Benchmark 10: Emphasis

Kindergarten – does not apply

Benchmark 11: Movement

Kindergarten – does not apply

Benchmark 12: Pattern

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. create a pattern using the art elements.

Benchmark 13: Rhythm         

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. create rhythm by repeating line, shape, or color in a pattern.

Benchmark 14: Unity   

Kindergarten – does not apply

 

Standard 2: ­­­­­­­ Art Production

Benchmark 1: Media techniques and processes/skills

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. demonstrate proper use and care of art materials.
2. use paint and paintbrush appropriately.
3. use scissors safely and with control.
4. demonstrate control in applying glue.
5. model with clay.
6. demonstrate simple printmaking technique.
7. identify subjects in various artwork.
8. create artwork with various subject matter and themes.
9. demonstrate improvement in eye-hand coordination.
10. be responsible for cleaning own work area.
11. use age appropriate craftsmanship.

 

Standard 3: ­­­­­­­ Artistic Perceptions

Benchmark 1: Aesthetics/Art Criticism

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. know that artists create visual art.
2. know that art is a way to communicate.
3. recognize that art can express your thoughts and feelings.
4. recognize art can tell stories through pictures.
5. use grade level art vocabulary.

 

Standard 4: ­­­­­­­ Art History

Benchmark 1: Cultural/Historical                                                                          

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. recognize that we can learn about other cultures and history through art.
2. recognize art from another culture – Aborigine.
3. identify a famous artist.

Math

Standard 1: ­­­­­­­­­­ Number concepts and numerical operations

Benchmark 1: Demonstrates understand of numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems.    

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. rote count to 100 and recognize numbers to 100.
2. recognize fractions of a shape- whole, ½.
3. connect number words and quantities they represent.
4. know tens and ones place value.

Benchmark 2: Understand the meaning of operations and how they relate to each other.     

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. use concrete objects to add and subtract values up to 10.

Benchmark 3:  Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. make reasonable estimates.
2. become familiar with the usage of a calculator.
3. count by 5’s and 10’s.

 

Standard 2: ­­­­­­­­­­ Algebraic Relationships

Benchmark 1: Understands patterns, relations and functions.     

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. recognize or repeat sequences of shapes.
2. create and continue patterns.

Benchmark 2:  Represent and analyze mathematical situations and structures using algebraic symbols.

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. identify and count up to 20 with tally marks.
2. count numbers forwards and backwards.

Benchmark 3:  Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships.

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. use number lines up to 20.

Benchmark 4:  Analyze change in various contexts.

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. compare numbers by using fewer, equal, and more.

 

Standard 3: ­­­­­­­­­­ Geometric and Spatial Relationships

Benchmark 1:  Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three- dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships.

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. identify 2-dimensional shapes using physical models.
2. identify 3-dimensional shapes.

Benchmark 2:  Specify locations and describe relationships using coordinate geometry and other representational systems.

Kindergarten – does not apply

Benchmark 3: Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations.

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. recognize shapes that have symmetry.

Benchmark 4: Use visualization, spatial reasoning and geometric modeling to solve problems.

Kindergarten – does not apply

 

Standard 4: ­­­­­­­­­­ Measurement

Benchmark 1: Understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement.

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. compare and order objects according to their size.
2. describe passage of time using terms such as today, yesterday, and tomorrow.
3. describe times of everyday events.
4. identify and know the value of a penny, dime, nickel, and quarter.
5. identify time to the nearest hour and half hour.

Benchmark 2: Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements.

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. use standard and nonstandard tools to measure.

 

Standard 5: ­­­­­­­­­­ Data and Probability

Benchmark 1: Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them.

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. sort items according to their attributes.
2. create graphs using physical objects.

Benchmark 2: Select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data.

Kindergarten – does not apply

Benchmark 3: Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data.

Kindergarten – does not apply

Benchmark 4: Understand and apply basic concepts of probability.

Kindergarten – does not apply

Music

Standard 1: ­­­­­­­­­­Elements of Music

Benchmark 1: Melody

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. move upward and downward to the melody of a listening selection.
2. show downward melodic direction with hand gestures.
3. follow hand gestures showing high–low pattern in a song.
4. play a pitched instrument to accompany a song.
5. modulate the speaking voice upward and downward in response to visual cues.
6. trace the shape of a melody following a visual representation while singing.
7. show phrases of a melody with hand gestures.
8. point to icons that represent the shape of a melody.
9. compare three tempos and choose the best one for the melody presented.
10. identify a song from visual cues that represent the shape of a melody.
11. point to follow a melodic direction map while singing a song.
12. listen to a poem and create downward movements.
13. sing a song making arcs to show phrases.
14. dramatize a song upward and downward to show melodic direction.
15. sing a song using hand motions.
16. create upward movement and sound to create a poem.
17. echo sing mi, so, and la pitches.
18. read from notation mi, so and la pitches.

Benchmark 2:  Rhythm

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. keep the steady beat with recorded music.
2. pat the steady beat.
3. move to the steady beat of a song.
4. create and perform a steady beat with a recorded selection.
5. move to show which part of a speech piece has a steady beat.
6. sing a song with long sustained sounds and then with short sounds.
7. sing a song creating a version with long and short segments by following pictorial representations.
8. play instruments to the steady beat.
9. perform prescribed movements in response to longer and shorter sounds in a listening piece.
10. distinguish between long and short sounds visually.
11. walk to a word with one syllable and jog to a word with two syllables.
12. play drums with one sound on a beat and claves with two sounds.
13. aurally distinguish between one and two sounds on a beat.
14. visually distinguish between one and two sounds on a beat.
15. use flower names to create rhythm patterns.
16. do a dance that has a sequence of steady beat movements with a song.
17. walk to a song in 2/2 timing.
18. gallop to a poem when the meter is in 2/dotted quarter note on bottom.
19. walk, gallop, and skip as appropriate with a song.
20. distinguish between meter in even and uneven meter.
21. show aural recognition of two equal sounds to a beat.
22. signal to identify lines that match a heard rhythm.
23. signal to identify the line that represents one sound to a beat.
24. play rhythm patterns on percussion instruments using visual representations of one and two equal sounds to a beat.
25. play an echo game with the steady beat.
26. recite a poem expressively and make long movements.

Benchmark 3:  Dynamics

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. play drums loudly and softly.
2. sit up or lie down to show whether sounds are loud or soft.
3. describe and identify loud and soft sounds.
4. perform loud and soft vocal sound effects in a familiar song.
5. sing songs at a fast, medium and slow tempo.
6. choose an appropriate tempo to a given song.
7. recognize visually when to sing loud and soft.
8. know the Italian terms for loud and soft.
9. play a music game using the Italian terms.
10. follow listening classical pieces and discuss loud, soft, fast and slow.

Benchmark 4:  Form

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. walk and sing during the refrain of a song.
2. walk and jog with different sections of a recorded selection.
3. stand to show recognition of a contrasting interlude between repetitions of a song.
4. move in different ways to identify two different sections of a two part speech piece.
5. identify same and different sections of music.
6. sing the A section of a piece and then improvise the B section.
7. sing one section of a song and create a movement during the instrumental section.
8. play a two part singing game by jogging and playing jingle bells.
9. learn a call-response song.
10. follow a listening piece and identify how many parts there are to a song.

Benchmark 5: Tone Color

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. echo speak with vocal inflection.
2. echo speak a rhyme with gestures.
3. point to indicate recognition of one of the four voice functions heard.
4. sing the four ways to use the voice.
5. distinguish between the four voice functions: Speaking, singing, whispering and calling.
6. identify and use voices for singing and speaking in different sections of a game.
7. play percussion instruments following visual cues given by a student director.
8. play larger and smaller instruments to produce higher and lower sounds.
9. play instruments with a story using higher and lower sounds to match characters from a story.
10. determine the relationship between the size and sounds of objects.
11. determine the instruments used to make a train song.
12. explore metal instruments.
13. listen and move to a descriptive orchestral piece.
14. identify the four families of instruments.
15. identify flute and piano accompaniment.
16. identify the tone colors in the woodwind and brass families.

Benchmark 6: Cultural

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. echo saying hello in different languages.
2. sing and move to a traditional American song.
3. hear music by a Russian composer.
4. hear a Native American song and story.
5. experience music by a French composer.
6. move to music of a Chilean American composer.
7. listen to a Nigerian folk song.
8. sing a Mexican folk song.
9. experience an American folk song.
10. move to a jazz selection.
11. hear a song from a classic American movie.
12. listen to an English nursery rhyme.
13. listen to students from a Dance Theater of Harlem talk about ballet.
14. experience a work by a Czech composer.
15. sing an American game song.
16. sing an African-American spiritual.
17. hear a Navajo song.
18. hear a Chinese song.
19. listen to a selection from a Romantic German composer.
20. sing an Egyptian song.
21. hear an Arabic story.
22. create a dance for an African song.
23. hear early-20^th-century French music.
24. play accompaniment to a song from Ghana.
25. sing a Thai song.
26. experience a pop, twentieth century American orchestral selection.
27. experience music by a Hungarian composer.
28. sing a song from Japan.
29. sing and play a Mexican game song.
30. play accompaniment to a Native American lullaby.

Benchmark 7: Tempo

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. vary tempo while changing pitches.
2. identify part of a piece with a quicker steady beat.
3. speak slowly and quickly.
4. sing a song fast and slower.
5. compose a piece with fast/slow contrasts.
6. play a short piece fast and slow.
7. play percussion instruments following a conductor.
8. hear accelerando.
9. sing verses slower and faster.
10. sing song at fast, medium, and slow tempos.
11. move in response to tempo changes.
12. walk or gallop in response to tempo changes.
13. sing and move at appropriate tempos.
14. finger walk to tempo changes.
15. create movements that match the tempo of verses.
16. compare tempos of two different songs.
17. walk to different metronome tempos.

Benchmark 8: Harmony

Kindergarten – does not apply

 

Standard 2: Performance

Benchmark 1:  Oakhill’s Activities

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. present two songs for their grandparents and special friends.
2. sing in tune to the best of their ability with one another.
3. understand the dynamics of the songs.
4. know the form of their performance pieces.
5. understand the syncopation in their performance songs.

Benchmark 2: Holiday and Spring Performances

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. control their singing voices on stage.
2. sing in tune to the best of their ability with one another.
3. understand the dynamics of the songs.
4. know the form of their performance pieces.
5. understand the syncopation in their performance songs.

Physical Education

Benchmark 2:  Display knowledge and comprehension of motor skills

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. demonstrate warm-up activities.
2. begin to show time, force and flow in movement.
3. show expression in rhythm and dance.
4. practice skills in organized games.
5. participate in stunts and tumbling.
6. experiment in movement exploration activities.
7. demonstrate they can move through an obstacle course with varying levels and directions.
8. practice manipulative activities.
9. practice toss and catch activities.
10. practice jumping activities.
11. identify and perform animal movements.
12. practice and participate in cooperative and individual activities.

 

Standard 3:  Participation in Physical Activity

Benchmark 1:  Participate in daily physical activity to achieve a healthy lifestyle

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. participate in physical activity for personal enjoyment.
2. develop basic motor skills that allow participation in a variety of physical activities.
3. build confidence in motor skills to enhance their success and enjoyment in physical activity.
4. participate regularly in a wide variety of activities that involve locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative skills both inside and outside of physical education.

Science

Standard 1: ­­­­­­­­­­Physical Science 

Benchmark 1: Develop an understanding of properties of objects and materials, including changes in properties.

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. name primary colors.
2. name color words.
3. mix primary colors.

Benchmark 2: Develop an understanding of position and motion of objects, including force.

Kindergarten – does not apply

Benchmark 3: Develop an understanding of light, heat, electricity, and magnetism, including the transfer of energy.

Kindergarten – does not apply

Benchmark 4: Apply knowledge of physical science to a formal scientific investigation.

Kindergarten – does not apply

 

Standard 2: Life Science

Benchmark 1: Develop an understanding of characteristics of organisms, including the structure and function in living systems, and regulation of behavior.

A Kindergarten will be able to:

1. name two facts about spiders.
2. make a diagram of spiders.
3. name body parts and number of legs.

Benchmark 2: Develop an understanding of life cycle of organisms, including reproduction and heredity.

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. describe life cycle of pumpkins.
2. estimate and count seeds in a pumpkin.
3. plant and observe pumpkin seeds.
4. illustrate seed to fruit cycle of watermelons.
5. diagram a watermelon.
6. count, plant and observer watermelon seeds.
7. name and label parts of a chick.
8. name and label parts of an egg.
9. state two facts about the egg to chick life cycle.
10. observe the incubation period of egg to chicken.

Benchmark 3: Develop an understanding of organisms and environments, including populations, ecosystems, adaptations, and diversity.

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. name seasons.
2. describe the look and feel of each season.
3. label parts of trees.
4. diagram leaves.

 

Standard 3: Earth Sciences

Benchmark 1: Develop an understanding of properties of earth materials, including the structure of the earth system.

Kindergarten – does not apply

Benchmark 2: Develop an understanding of objects in the sky, including Earth in the solar system.

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. name and model the layers of the Earth.
2. depict the amount of land vs water on Earth.
3. state a fact about the Sun.
4. state a fact about the moon.
5. describe how day and night happen.

Benchmark 3: Develop an understanding of changes in earth and sky including Earth’s history.

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. name two facts about dinosaurs.
2. make a dinosaur diorama using a realistic background.
3. compare carnivores and herbivores.
4. make a fossil.

Social Studies

Standard 1: ­­­­­­­­­­Students will demonstrate an understanding of Kansas City, Missouri and the Midwest Region including the areas of geography, economics, government, history, and culture. 

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. understand characteristics of the country and the city.
2. understand their personal geography (Me on the Map) including their personal address, neighborhood and city.
3. locate Missouri and Kansas on a U.S. map and know the surrounding states of Missouri.
4. identify different Native American tribes of the Midwest and understand their contributions.

Standard 2: ­­­­­­­­­­Students will demonstrate an understanding of the United States including the areas of geography, economics, government, history, and culture. 

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. understand the life of the Pilgrims and their voyage to America.
2. explore Native American tribes and their dwellings.
3. explore who Christopher Columbus was and why he is important to America.
4. identify some famous Americans (Presidents, Martin Luther King, Jr., etc).
5. identify U.S. coins and bills, their value and which President is pictured on them.
6. experience the act of voting in a classroom setting.
7. build on previous knowledge of U.S. symbols.
8. understand and work towards the lifeskills promoted at Oakhill Day School.

Standard 3: ­­­­­­­­­­Students will demonstrate an understanding of the World including the areas of geography, economics, government, history, and culture. 

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. understand what a continent is.
2. identify Australia as continents.
3. examine the geography and history of Australia and Antarctica.
4. understand the term “culture” as the way of life, ideas, customs, and traditions of a people.
5. complete an in-depth study of the culture, customs, food, clothing, language, religion, and entertainment of Australia.
6. understand cardinal directions on a map.
7. understand the concept of left and right.

Standard 4: ­­­­­­­­­­Students will demonstrate an understanding of geography including spatial terms, place and region, physical and human systems, environment and society, and use of geography.

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. understand what a continent is.
2. understand cardinal directions on a map.
3. understand the concept of left and right.

 

Spanish

Standard 1: ­­­­­­­­­­Communication

Benchmark 1: Colors

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. understand Spanish words for colors (negro, café, blanco, gris, rosa, rojo, verde, azul, amarillo, anaranjado, morado).
2. use Spanish words for colors in oral language.
3. recognize Spanish colors in written form.

Benchmark 2: Numbers

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. count to 50.
2. understand Spanish words for numbers to 50.
3. use Spanish words for numbers to 50 in oral language.

Benchmark 3: Shapes

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. understand Spanish words for shapes (triangulo, cuadrado, rectángulo, circulo, estrella, rombo, corazón, ovalo y hexágono).
2. use the Spanish words for shapes in oral language.

Benchmark 4: Personal Information and Basic Greetings

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. tell and ask about name in Spanish.
2. tell and ask about age in Spanish.
3. tell and ask about ‘state of being’ at least three different ways in Spanish.
4. tell and ask about gender in Spanish.
5. describe themselves in Spanish using contrasts – big/small, pretty, brave, smart and strong.
6. tell who is in their family in Spanish using Spanish for mom, dad, brother, sister, friends and grandparents.
7. tell and ask about pets in Spanish language.

Benchmark 5: Body Parts

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. understand Spanish words for their body (cabeza, nariz, orejas, pelo, boca, dientes, ojos, hombros, brazos, manos, dedos, piernas, rodillas, pies).
2. use Spanish words for the above body parts when singing or asked about them.

Benchmark 6: Opposites

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. understand and use opposites in Spanish (grande/pequeño, día/noche, niño/niña, alto/bajo, rápido/despacio, blanco/negro, cerca/lejos, derecha/izquierda, arriba/abajo).
2. use opposites when asked or singing in Spanish.

Benchmark 7: Verbs

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. understand the verbs ‘estar’, ‘ser’, and ‘tener’ in first and third person.
2. use the verbs ‘estar’, ‘ser’ and ‘tener’ in first and third person with help.
3. understand and use the verb ‘gustar’ with ‘me’, ‘te’,  and ‘le.’

Benchmark 8: TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling)

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. review and use basic commands (siéntate, levántate, anda a, abre, cierre, toca, etc.).
2. learn new commands (salta, da la vuelta, corre, dibuja, etc.).

Benchmark 9: Weather, Seasons and Climate

Kindergarten – does not apply

Benchmark 10: Calendar

Kindergarten – does not apply

Benchmark 11: House

Kindergarten – does not apply

Benchmark 12: Food

Kindergarten – does not apply

Benchmark 13: Time

Kindergarten – does not apply

 

Standard 2: Culture

Benchmark 1: Understanding differences

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. understand that there are differences in preferences and tastes of food among different cultures.
2. try different foods as offered openly without judgment.
3. understand that animals make different sounds in other countries.
4. learn that there are different ways of doing things in other countries.

Benchmark 2: Geography

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. show where Mexico and Spain are on a map.
2. understand that Mexico is ‘under’ the U.S. on a map.

Benchmark 3: Celebrations

Kindergarten – does not apply

 

Standard 3: Written Vocabulary

Benchmark 1: Alphabet

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. spell their name in Spanish.
2. identify the extra letter in the Spanish alphabet ‘n.’
3. put objects into categories written in Spanish.

Benchmark 2: Grammar

Kindergarten – does not apply

Technology

Standard 1: Technology Operations and Concepts

Benchmark 1:  Equipment, File, Drive and Network Awareness

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. identify the dos and don’ts of using a computer.
2. identify icons for files, programs, and disks.
3. log on and off a network.
4. open, edit and save files to a network drive.

Benchmark 2:  Mouse Usage and Keyboarding

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1.  identify and use the letter and number keys.
2. use the spacebar, enter and delete/backspace keys.

Standard 2: Digital Citizenship

Benchmark 1:  Online Safety

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. understand that computers can be used to visit far-away places and learn new things.

Benchmark 2:  Security

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. recognize that passwords are kept private.

Benchmark 3:  Digital Life

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. understand that the internet provides a means of communicating with real people.
2. describe how email messages are sent and received.

Benchmark 4: Privacy, Digital Footprints and Self-Expression

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. recognize that objects, including technology have owners.
2. identify the school as the owner of its technology.
3. demonstrate respect for the property of others and the school.

Standard 3: Creativity and Innovation

Benchmark 1:  Visual Media (graphics, pictures, video)

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. utilize various paint tools (ie. pencil, paint bucket, erase, text, paintbrush, spray can, auto shape, free hand, change color).
2. draw a picture to illustrate an idea and label it with text.

Benchmark 2:  Audio Media

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. change volume based on needs.
2. utilize volume tools on computer as well as headphones.

Standard 4: Communication and Collaboration

Benchmark 1:  Email and Internet

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. define “communicate.”
2. describe communication inventions.
3. explain that cyberspace is a means of communicating with real people.
4. compose, address, send, retrieve and read an email message with assistance.
5. open a web browser (Internet Explorer, Chrome, etc.)

Benchmark 2:  Word Processing and Desktop Publishing

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. access and open a word processing program and word processing file.
2. save and retrieve word processing files.
3. enter and delete text.
4. understand the concept of electronic presentations.
5. add text to a slide.
6. add graphics to a slide.

Standard 5: Research and Information Fluency

Benchmark 1: Searching Online

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. identify ads as links to sites trying to sell something.
2. distinguish ads from content on children’s sites.
3. learn how to search online by using the alphabet.
4. understand how to search for a specific letter using a children’s directory site.

Benchmark 2: Respecting Creative Work

Kindergarten – does not apply

Benchmark 3: Spreadsheets

Kindergarten – does not apply

Standard 6: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making

Benchmark 1: Website Evaluation

A Kindergarten student will be able to:

1. identify and explore different features of an informational website.
2. understand that not everyone will rate a website the same way.
3. evaluate whether they like or dislike features of a site.