South Lexington Pre-K & Kindergarten School and Developmental Center

Every child is a different kind of flower and all together, make this world a beatiful garden.

Come to school daily and ready to learn.

Complete classwork and homework

Read a take home book nightly 

Make this classroom a Beautiful Flower!                                                                                                                                  First Quarter Expectations:

• identify 35 letters

• recognize 15 sight words

• know/produce 20 letter sounds

• find the front of a book

• find the title

• know where to start reading

• point under words (track print)

• count to 20

• count on from a given number (for example start at 4 and count to 10)

• count sets to 10 and match the correct number

• write numbers 0-10

• adding 1 more (for example, if I have 3 cubes and added 1 more, how many would there be?) 

• draw and identify circle, triangle, hexagon, square and rectangle

• recognize cone, sphere, cylinder, cube

• sort solid shapes and flat shapes

• understand and demonstrate directional/positional words (beside, inside, in front of, below, above, under)

• sort objects by attribute (color, size, shape)

• write name 

Second Quarter Expectations

• identify 45 letters 

• recognize 40 sight words

• know/produce 24 sounds

• orally recognizes rhyme

• orally generates rhyme

• find the front and back of the book

• identify the title

• point under words

• know where to begin reading

• know that print conveys a meaning

• first/last concept

• understand basic punctuation (period, exclamation point, question mark, quotation marks)

• read a level C book with comprehension skills

• count forward to 50

• show numbers 0-20

• match numbers to sets 0-20

• read and write numbers 0-20

• demonstrate directional/positional words (in, beside, behind, in front of, under, above, etc.)

• recognize triangle, circle, rectangle, square, hexagon, sphere, cube, cone, cylinder

• compare attributes among shapes

• identify shapes (2D and 3D or flat and solid)

• model positional words (on, in, beside, in front , behind, under, above)

• add and subtract numbers 0-5

Third Quarter Expectations:

• Read at book level C

• Answer comprehension questions from text - 

   main idea, beginning, middle and end 

• orally generates rhymes

• orally recognizes rhymes

• identify letters- 52 upper and lower

• produces letter sounds -26 

• Sight words - 65 

• recognize syllables in words

• recognize beginning and ending parts of words

• write uppercase and lowercase letters

• write using some high frequency words and "made-up" spelling

• count to 80

• show numbers 0-30

• count sets 0-20

• read/write numbers 0-20

• understand more/less/equal

• recognize equal sets

• solve addition and subtraction word problems

• compare attributes of two objects

• recognize triangle, circle, rectangle, square, hexagon, sphere, cube, cone, cylinder

• tell how shapes are alike and different

• build and draw shapes

• demonstrate directional/positional words (in, beside, behind, in front of, under, above, etc.)

• complete a visualization puzzle

• sort objects

• represent numbers using a base ten

• decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way

• using numbers 1-9, find the numbers that make 10

• fluently add and subtract numbers to make 5

Fourth Quarter Expectations: 

• Read at book level D 

• Answer comprehension questions from text

• orally generate rhymes

• recognize syllables in words

• recognize beginning and ending parts of words

• identify 90 words

• produce all letter sounds

• write uppercase and lowercase letters

• write 1-2 sentences using a capital letter, correct punctuation, spelling some sight words and spelling phonetically

• count to 100

• show numbers 0-20

• count sets 0-20

• read/write numbers 0-20

• understand more/less/equal

• solve addition and subtraction word problems

• compare shape attributes

• recognize triangle, circle, rectangle, square, hexagon, sphere, cube, cone, cylinder

• build and draw shapes

• demonstrate directional/positional words (in, beside, behind, in front of, under, above, etc.)

• complete a visualization puzzle

• sort objects and shapes

• sort shapes by flat and solid shapes

• represent numbers using a base ten

• decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way

• using numbers 1-9, find the numbers that make 10

fluently add and subtract numbers to make 5

Our class is expected to do the homework that is in the binder each night. Homework may vary from week to week. It may include uppercase and lowercase letters, sounds, sight words and number recognition. It may also include worksheets and reading leveled books.

PLEASE remember to check students'binders each night and work with your child on the required homework as well as to check their behaviour report to see how they are doing at school.

If you have any questions, please send me an email, phone call or a class dojo message.

Please remember, homework is a very important part of learning, it is also a reinforcement of lessons students are learning and practice to help students grow. Please encourage students to complete homework nightly.

August 6-8 Required Teacher Workday

August 9:  Optional Teacher Workday

August 12:  First Day of School

September 2:  Holiday

September 20:   Early Release Day

October 10:   Early Release Day/End of Marking Period

October 11:   Required Teacher Workday

November 5:   Election Day

November 5:  Optional Teacher Workday

November 11:  Holiday

November 25-26: Optional Teacher Workday

November 27: Annual Leave Day

November 28-29:  Holiday

December 19:  End of Markinig Period

December 20: Required Teacher Workday

December 23, 27, 30,31:   Annual Leave Day

December 24, 25, 26 :   Holiday

January 1 :   Holiday

January 2-3:   Required Teacher Workday

January 20:    Holiday

January 21:    Required Teacher Workday

February 17:  Required Teacher Workday

March 6:  Early Release Day/End of Marking Period

March 7: Optional Teacher Workday

March 10-14:   Annual Leave Day

April 11:   Early Release Day

April 18 : Holiday

April 21: Optional Teacher Workday

May 26:  Holiday

May 29:  Last Day of School/Early Release Day

May 30:   Required Teacher Workday

June 2:  Optional Teacher Workday