Kindergarten Report Card Explanation for Parents

The Kindergarten Report card is a standards-based continuum that comes directly from the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills). Your child’s teacher has a complete listing of skills (rubric) needed to progress from Performance Level 1 (Experiencing Difficulty) to Performance Level 4 (Exceeding Expectations). Listed below are the indicators your child will need to master this year for Performance Level 3 (Meeting Expectations). Specific references to indicators for Experiencing Difficulty, Making Progress and Exceeding Expectations will be made in the comment section of the report card. If you would like to see additional evidence of your child’s learning progress, please schedule a time with your child’s teacher.

Reading Performance Level 3 Skills

Phonemic, Alphabetic, and Phonological Awareness – Knowledge and use of sounds and letters

· Identifies 21 – 26 sounds

· Recognizes 21 – 26 uppercase letters

· Recognizes 21 – 26 lowercase letters

· Orally produces rhyming words 4 out of 5 attempts

· Can successfully blend and segment 2 out of 3 words

Comprehension – Comprehends text

· Consistently retells or acts out teacher-read text

· Includes beginning, middle, and ending in retelling/acting out of text

· Consistently reacts, speculates, and reads along with read-aloud selections

Strategies – Decodes unknown words

· Uses 7 to 8 concepts of print consistently

· Consistently applies reading skills and strategies such as picture cues and letter sounds to decode unknown words

Vocabulary – Increases high frequency vocabulary

· Knows 10 high frequency words

Response – Responds to various texts orally and in writing

· Consistently responds to text through talk, movement, music, art, drama, and writing

Writing Performance Level 3 Skills

Generates ideas before writing

· Demonstrates knowledge of topic by drawing and coloring pictures using 4 or more colors

· Includes background

Uses sounds and pictures to write/record ideas

· Words include 2 or more consonants and at least 1 vowel in each syllable

Uses technology to compose text

· Uses word processing to compose story or journal entry

· Experiments with arrow keys, backspace, punctuation, capitalization, and space bar

Writes own name using preferred hand

· Writes name using some uppercase & lowercase letters

Writes each capital and lowercase letter

· Most capital & lowercase letters are recognizable and are placed appropriately on lines most of the time

Listening and Speaking Performance Level 3 Skills

Listens to speaker

· Listens and attends consistently

· Responds appropriately to ideas, feelings, emotions, and experiences

Listens and speaks to gain knowledge

· Verbally contributes information and ideas in group settings

· Answers questions using concept-appropriate vocabulary

Speaks appropriately in front of audience

· Makes eye contact

· Uses inflection, appropriate volume, and appropriate vocabulary with an audience

Communicates ideas, experiences and needs

· Expresses ideas, feelings, information, and experiences in group settings

Math Performance Level 3 Skills

Number Operations

Sorts according to attributes

· Sorts using more than 1 attribute

Creates sets of objects

· Consistently creates sets of objects to 10, using teacher-directed criteria

Recognizes numbers

· Recognizes 16 – 20 numbers

Counts objects

· Demonstrates one-to-one correspondence

· Counts objects to 20

Joins sets to 10

· Uses manipulatives to join sets to 10

Separates sets (related to sums of 10)

· Uses manipulatives to separate sets related to sums of 10

Problem Solving

Uses problem solving strategies with guidance

· Consistently using problem solving strategies with guidance

Communicates explanation of strategy and solution

· Explains problem solving strategy & solution

Probability and Statistics

Constructs and uses graphs to answer questions

· Organizes information by constructing graphs

· Uses information to answer questions

Patterns

Identifies, creates, and extends patterns

· Creates AB, ABC, ABB, AAB patterns

Counts orally

· Counts to 20

Geometry

Recognizes shapes

· Recognizes 2 – 3 shapes

Measurement

Length, weight, capacity, temperature

· Compares and orders objects by length, weight, capacity, or temperature

Time

· Compares events as taking less time/more time

Calendar – days, weeks, and months

· Recites days of week and months of year

Science Performance Level 3 Skills

Understands science concepts presented

· Observes, describes, and records scientific investigations with assistance

· Consistently selects and uses appropriate tools of investigation

Uses critical thinking skills to investigate scientific processes

· Consistently investigates scientific processes and gathers data

Social Studies Performance Level 3 Skills

Identifies self as individual and group member

· Consistently demonstrates understanding of the individual as part of a group through participation in discussions and interactions with others

Organizes and uses information

· Consistently uses information to answer questions in group settings

Technology Performance Level 3 Skills

Demonstrates concepts, skills, and processes

· Consistently demonstrates understanding by: Naming and using components, implementing research skills, following acceptable use policy

Participates in activities

· Consistently uses technology to acquire knowledge and publish

· Consistently uses technology for effective communication