Kindergarten Team

Mrs. Pope and Mrs. Phillips

Helpful Resources:

Kindergarten Dolch Sight Word List

By the end of kindergarten, you can expect your child to:

Follow class rules

Separate from a parent or caregiver with ease

Take turns

Cut along a line with scissors

Establish left- or right-hand dominance

Understand time concepts like yesterday, today, and tomorrow

Stand quietly in a line

Follow directions agreeably and easily

Pay attention for 15 to 20 minutes

Hold a crayon and pencil correctly

Share materials such as crayons and blocks

Know the eight basic colors: red, yellow, blue, green, orange, black, white, and pink

Recognize and write the letters of the alphabet in upper- and lowercase forms

Know the relationship between letters and the sounds they make

Recognize sight words such as the and read simple sentences

Spell his first and last name

Write consonant-vowel-consonant words such as bat and fan

Retell a story that has been read aloud

Identify numbers up to 20

Count by ones, fives, and tens to 100

Know basic shapes such as a square, triangle, rectangle, and circle

Know her address and phone number