3^rd Quarter Goals and Skills

We will be working on the following skills for the next report card.

Please work on these skills at home!! Thanks for your support!

Reading

§        Letters: Meets goal is 45-50 letters

§        Sounds: Meets goal is 13-15 sounds

§        Tracking print from left to right while reading

§        Telling a story with beginning, middle, and ending

§        Sight word identification: Meets goal is 20-26 words, from BOTH 2^nd and

3^rd quarter lists...We work on sight word identification DAILY!

§        Rhyming- tell whether two words rhyme or not

Writing

§        Using letter sounds to spell words

We encourage “invented spelling”- Children should write words how they “hear” them. Please do not spell words for your child; instead ask them what sounds they hear.

§        Writing sentences with 2-3 words, using letter sounds to spell the words

§       Writing sentences using: a capital letter for the 1^st letter only, spaces between words, and

periods at the end of sentences.

Math

§        Shape identification: circle, square, triangle, rectangle

§        Positional/Comparative words: above below like different more less equal LEFT RIGHT

§        Attributes/sorting: by color, shape, and size

§        Patterns: Identify, create, and extend AB and ABB patterns

§        Orally counting to 50

§        Touch counting objects to 20

§        Identify numbers to 0-20 in random order

§        Write numbers 0-20 IN ORDER

§        Match sets of objects to correct number for 0-20

§        Identify the coins: penny, nickel, and dime

We continue to work on:

§        Sight words DAILY

§        Word chunks and sounding out words

§        Counting above 50

§        Identifying numbers to 20 and above

§        AAB, ABC, and AABB patterns