Note: For Grades K, 1, and 2 use Common Core Standards for Language Arts and Math.

Grade: Kindergarten Quarter 1

Italicized benchmarks are taught and assessed in more than one quarter

HCPS III Language Arts Benchmarks:

LA.K.1.1: Recognize that spoken words correspond to printed words, how letters and words are oriented on the page, and that words are read from left-to-right on the page LA.K.1.2: Compare sounds in similar and unlike words LA.K.2.1: Use pictures and titles to make predictions about text LA.K.6.1: Express ideas through simple activities (e.g., creative movement, choral speaking, show and tell, rhyme, poems and songs) LA.K.6.3: Ask and respond appropriately to basic questions LA.K.6.4: Follow simple oral directions, instructions, and explanations LA.K.6.5: Use appropriate volume when speaking in various situations LA.K.7.1: Use personal experiences as a topic when speaking LA.K.1.8: Use words to describe location, size, color, shape, and basic concepts (e.g., same, different, fast, slow) in speaking situations LA.K.1.9: Use new grade-appropriate vocabulary learned through stories and instruction LA.K.4.1: Write for a variety of purposes related to daily class activities and own life LA.K.6.2: Use basic social conventions in greetings, introductions, and conversations

HCPS III Mathematics Benchmarks:

MA.K.1.1: Count and compare groups of objects up to 30 according to the number of objects in each group MA.K.1.2: Represent whole numbers up to 30 in flexible ways (e.g., relating, composing, and decomposing numbers) MA.K.9.1: Demonstrate repeating patterns involving shapes, objects, sounds, and movements MA.K.11.1: Sort objects or people according to stated attributes

HCPS III Science Benchmarks:

SC.K.1.1: Use the senses to make observations SC.K.1.2: Ask questions about the world around them SC.K.8.2: Identify different types of celestial objects seen in the day and night sky SC.K.8.1: Report and describe weather changes from day to day and over the seasons SC.K.1.1: Use the senses to make observations SC.K.1.2: Ask questions about the world around them

HCPS III Social Studies Benchmarks:

SS.K.4.1: Identify rules that apply in different settings and the results from complying or not complying with these rules SS.K.5.1: Describe his or her rights and demonstrate responsibilities of self in classroom, school and neighborhood settings SS.K.5.2: Demonstrate ways to improve the quality of life in own school or community

HCPS III Fine Arts Benchmarks:

Visual Arts FA.K.1.1: Use developmentally appropriate art vocabulary FA.K.1.2: Use developmentally appropriate art media, tools and processes Music FA.K.2.1: Use singing voice to echo short melodic patterns in appropriate range Drama FA.K.3.1: Perform imitative movements Dance FA.K.4.1: Use body, energy, space, and time to move in different ways

HCPS III Health Benchmarks:

Topic: Mental & Emotional Health HE.K-2.1.1: Describe appropriate ways to express feelings HE.K-2.5.1: Use effective verbal and nonverbal communication HE.K-2.5.3: Describe basic refusal skills

HCPS III Physical Education Benchmarks:

PE.K-2.1.1: Use basic locomotor skills in initial (immature) form alone, with a partner, and in small groups PE.K-2.1.2: Use basic non-locomotor skills in initial (immature) form alone, with a partner, and in small groups PE.K-2.1.3: Use basic manipulative skills in initial (immature) form alone, with a partner, and in small groups PE.K-2.2.1: Use basic movement concepts related to space, time, effort, and relationships (e.g., personal space, fast/slow, strong/light, under/over) PE.K-2.2.2: Identify basic rules for safe participation in physical activities

HCPS III World Languages Benchmarks:

WL.IE.K.1.1 Use greetings, leave-takings, and simple courtesy expressions

HCPS III Career and Technical Education Benchmarks:

CTE.K.1.1 Explain that current learning relates to life outside the classroom CTE.K.2.2: Identify various workers and their jobs in the community.