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Monday, July 6, 2009

Grade K Developmental Skills Checklist

Basic Skills

  • Identifies colors and shapes
  • Identifies opposites
  • Understands positional concepts
  • Names days of the week in order

Reading Readiness

  • Follows multiple-step directions
  • Recites the alphabet
  • Identifies capital letters in random order
  • Identifies lowercase letters in random order
  • Identifies sounds made by letters
  • Identifies characters in stories
  • Identifies setting in stories
  • Can retell a story
  • Identifies problem/solution in a story
  • Reads color words
  • Reads some words by sight
  • Counts objects to 20
  • Writes numbers to 20
  • Identifies numbers to 20 in random order
  • Rote counts to 100
  • Counts by 10's to 100
  • Uses ordinal numbers
  • Reads a graph
  • Identifies and continues established patterns

Writing Readiness

  • Dictates a sentence about a picture
  • Writes from left to right
  • Leaves spaces between words
  • Writes some words independently
  • Writes own sentences using sounds
  • Uses punctuation in sentences

Fine (Small) Motor Skills

  • Colors within lines
  • Draws shapes
  • Holds a pencil
  • Prints letters and numbers
  • Cuts a line with scissors