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1.         spells first and last name correctly

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2.       writes first and last name correctly

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3.        knows address

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4.        knows telephone number

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5.        knows birthday

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6.        can tie their shoelaces

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7.       knows shapes (circle, sphere, cylinder, square, cube, rectangle,  rectangular prism, triangle, pyramid, triangular prism)

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8.       identifies colors and recognizes the color words (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown and black)

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9.        recites the alphabet 

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10.   recognizes numbers to 100 out of order, and can place them in numerical order

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11.      counts to 100 by 1’s

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12.    counts to 100 by 10’s

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13.    counts to 100 by 5’s

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14.    counts to 100 by 2’s

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15.    knows left and right

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16.   write alphabet correctly - both capital and lower-case letters

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17.    recites the days of the week and recognizes the  words

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18.    recites the months of the year and recognizes the words

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19.    reads the number words to 20

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20.   knows the alphabet letter names out of order

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21.    knows the 40 Reading mastery sounds - You'll get at Back to School night

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22.   skips properly

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23.   can catch a ball and jump rope                  

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24.   knows rhyming concept, like at, bat, sat and rat rhyme, and can give words that rhyme with a given word (for example the word band. Would they say hand, sand or stand?)

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25.   can count backwards from 20 without hesitation. Can they count from 100 back to 0? 

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26.   addition to 20  - On paper say, “I touch the top number, say its number and continue counting higher or up.”

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27.   Subtraction to 20 – On paper say, “I touch the top number, say its number and count backwards or down.”

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28.   Knows the time by the hour(6:00) and half hour(6:30). They should be able to move OR ADD the 2 hands to make the correct time, AND when looking at a traditional round clock to the hour or half hour, WRITE the time like a digital clock - 11:30.

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29.   Knows the value of a penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar, and can add simple coins, and make simple change (ex. I have 18¢. I buy two items – one costs 5¢ and the other costs 6¢. How much change will I get back if I pay 18¢?)

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30.   Can do #29 PLUS draw a picture and write the math sentence explaining what they did (ex.  5¢ + 6¢ = 11¢, and 18¢ – 11¢ = 7¢ IN ADDITION to pictures of the coins being added or subtracted)

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31.   Draw a picture explaining a math equation, for example 5-3=2. They draw 5 cars, cross out 3 of them, leaving 2, OR circling 3 of the 5 cars with an arrow showing that the cars are leaving, and that 2 are remaining.

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32.  simple fractions - should say 1 out of "some number," like 1 out of 2, 1 out of 3, 1 out of 4, etc. and know that 2/2 (where both the top numerator and the bottom denominator are the same) is a whole. They should recognize equal and unequal shapes.

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33.   Understands place value, ex. 65 = 6 tens and 5 ones, and 60 + 5. They should also be able to tell what number (digit) is in the hundreds, tens and ones place for a number, like 375 - 3 hundred, 7 tens and 5 ones.

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34.   Can match puzzle piece shapes that are the same, but at different angles.

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35.  Using a calendar, can tell different information, for example, the 2^nd Tuesday, the 3^rd Friday, how many Sundays are in the month, how many birthdays are in the month, which month has more birthdays, what was the weather on the 11^th day of the month? 

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36.   Can read a simple bar graph and analyze it, for ex. How many more children like pizza than spaghetti and how many children like both  pizza and spaghetti? 

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37.  Knows how many sides and corners a particular shape has. For example, a triangle has 3 of each, a rectangle has 4 of each, an octogon has 8 and 8.

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38.   Understands and can recognize an opened or closed shape (a circle and square are closed – no broken lines, but an L or C shape is open.

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39.   Can measure an object in inches, centimeters and paper clips. For example a pencil or crayon.

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40.   Can add (at least) 4 numbers together, like, 6 + 5 + 4 + 8 = __

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41.   Are able to show an amount like 33 cents in 3 different ways, using different coin combinations. They should be able to draw a picture of this showing circles with amounts inside, like a 1, a 5, a 10, or a 25, denoting the penny, nickel, dime and quarter. Three answers would be a quarter, a nickel and 3 pennies as one way, 33 pennies as another way, and 3 dimes, and 3 pennies as another way.

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42.   Can find, for example, the 24^th star in a group of 36 stars.

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43.   Can recognize a 3 digit number and say it correctly (ex. 385 = three hundred and eighty five)

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44.   Understands what “least and greater” means (smallest and biggest) and can put a group of numbers in order from greatest to least, or least to greatest

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45.   Understands what a fact family is and can write 4 problems correctly, given the 3 members of the fact family (for example, given the numbers 8, 5, 3… they should be able to write 5 +3 = 8, 3 + 5 = 8, 8 – 3 = 5, and 8 – 5 = 3 and understand that these are they only problems they can write for this fact family)

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46.   Word problems – are able to listen to and figure out an answer. This is very hard for children. Oral problems are fun to do with your child. For example – I am thinking of a number between 40 and 60. If you count by 5, you’ll say it. What do you think it is? It has to be either 45, 50 or 55. Another example – I am thinking of a number between 20 and 30. If you count by 2’s you’ll say it. What is it? It has to be either 22, 24, 26 or 28.