Kindergarten Rubric

At the end of Kindergarten, he/she should be able to… 

Social and Emotional Growth

• Maintain an Appropriate Attention Span

• Make Friends/ Follow School Routines - See the attached poem

Fine Motor Skills and Gross Motor Skills

• Hold pencils/scissors correctly

• Run/hop/skip/descend with alternating feet

Language Arts

• Read and Write 80% of the Attached Word List
• Read Color Names – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black
• Begin Sentences with a capital and end with a punctuation
• Read and Write Numerals – One 1, Two 2, Three 3, Four 4, Five 5, Six 6, Seven 7, Eight 8, Nine 9, Ten 10
• Write all Upper and Lowers Case Letters
• Match Upper to Lower Case Letters
• Know all letter sounds and th, sh, ch, ing

• Understand Concept of Print – How to hold a book, read and write left to right and top to bottom, know difference between letter and words, leave a space between words 

Math Concepts

• Count to 100
• Make a Pattern
• Recognize Shapes – diamond, triangle, square, circle, rectangle, oval, heart, and star
• Sort Objects
• Correctly Color and Write Worth of Coins – Penny, Nickel, Dime, Quarter
• Draw Hands on a Face Clock to the Hour – ex. 3:00
• Recognize Numbers to 35