Kindergarten Essential ObjectivesEssential Objectives are Bellevue's standards, what your child should know and be able to do at the end of kindergarten.
Reading/Language Arts
1. The student will use clear, coherent oral communication.
2. The student will demonstrate phonological awareness to construct meaning.
3. The student will use developmental writing to express his or her own thoughts and ideas.
4. The student will learn and apply knowledge of print, phonological awareness, structural analysis
skills, fluency strategies, vocabulary skills, and comprehension strategies to construct meaning of grade level text.
Social Studies
1. Differentiate between bodies of water and land.
2. Describe the importance of rules.
3. Identify the basic needs of people.
4. Recognize that there are different jobs in the community.
5. Identify the features of the American flag.
Science
1. Students observe that the five senses allow us to take in and respond to information in order to learn about our world.
2. Students demonstrate an understanding of weather throughout the seasonal changes.
3. Students compare the properties of matter.
4. Students understand that there are objects in the sky that change and can be observed.
5. Students understand the characteristics of living things as they investigate plants.
Math
1. Students will communitcate number sense concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
2. Students will communitcate geometric concepts and measurement concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
3. Students will communitcate algebraic concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
4. Students will communitcate data analysis/probablity concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
Reading/Language Arts
1. The student will use clear, coherent oral communication.
2. The student will demonstrate phonological awareness to construct meaning.
3. The student will use developmental writing to express his or her own thoughts and ideas.
4. The student will learn and apply knowledge of print, phonological awareness, structural analysis
skills, fluency strategies, vocabulary skills, and comprehension strategies to construct meaning of grade level text.
Social Studies
1. Differentiate between bodies of water and land.
2. Describe the importance of rules.
3. Identify the basic needs of people.
4. Recognize that there are different jobs in the community.
5. Identify the features of the American flag.
Science
1. Students observe that the five senses allow us to take in and respond to information in order to learn about our world.
2. Students demonstrate an understanding of weather throughout the seasonal changes.
3. Students compare the properties of matter.
4. Students understand that there are objects in the sky that change and can be observed.
5. Students understand the characteristics of living things as they investigate plants.
Math
1. Students will communitcate number sense concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
2. Students will communitcate geometric concepts and measurement concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
3. Students will communitcate algebraic concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.
4. Students will communitcate data analysis/probablity concepts using multiple representations to reason, solve problems, and make connections within mathematics and across disciplines.