Third Trimester Learning Goals

in Kindergarten
*Several goals from the second trimester
will be continued into the third trimester.
*Bold words are new goals.
Reading
Phonemic Awareness Skills
Students will be able to:
Recognize the sounds of short and long vowel sounds;
Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to
make new words;
count, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words;
isolate and pronounce the first, medial vowel and final sounds in consonant-vowelconsonant (CVC) words.
Phonics
Students will be able to:
read 50 high-frequency words by sight;
identify and read common short and long vowel combinations
blend and read words with digraphs (sh, th, ch, gr, br) and
blends (st, bl, sn, fl, cl);
read texts at their reading level accurately and fluently;
apply reading strategies when decoding words.
Parents, these questions may be helpful:
Does that sound right?
Does that look right?
Does that make sense?
Look at the word, does it look like?
Look at the beginning of that word, can you get it started?
Comprehension
Students will be able to:
retell a familiar story identifying characters, setting, and major events in a story;
make connections between two books on the same topic;
ask and answer questions about new vocabulary;
name the author and illustrator of a story and tell the role of each one;
compare and contrast the adventures of characters in familiar stories;
read informational text and identify the main idea;
compare and contrast nonfiction with fiction.

Writing
Students will be able to:
write informative or explanatory texts in which they name the topic and include
some important information;
write an opinion about a topic or the name of a favorite book and support the
opinion with a reason;
6 +1 writing traits to be addressed: vary sentence beginnings, develop our
voice (showing feelings), word choice, and conventions;
print many upper and lower case letters using them appropriately;
capitalize the pronoun I and begin capitalizing the first word of a sentence;
use some punctuation.

Speaking and Listening

Students will be able to:
engage in conversations about grade-appropriate topics;
express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly;
listen to what a speaker says and then ask questions to gain a better understanding;
express thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly.

Math
Students will be able to:
work with numbers from 11 to 19 to build knowledge of place value;
count forward from any given number;
describe measurable attributes of an object, such as length and weight;
compare two objects with a similar measurable attribute (taller, shorter, longer);
identify and describe shapes (squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons,
cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres)
represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, drawings, or equations;
solve addition and subtraction word problems;
add and subtract within 10.

Science
Students will be able to:
communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land,
water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment;
conduct investigations to compare of different strengths and directions of
pushes and pulls on the motion of an object;
make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth's surface.

Social Studies
Students will be able to;
Identify sources and purposes of authority in various settings (e.g., mayor,
security, principal, and teacher);
Identify rights and responsibilities of individuals, including the characteristics
of good citizens.