Kindergarten Parent Report Card Supplement 1st 9 Weeks
Language Arts
Reading
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Beginning reading skills &
strategies
Vocabulary development
Reading comprehension
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Recognizes spoken words can be represented by print 
Identifies upper- and lower-case letters 
Demonstrates one-to-one correspondence between a spoken word and printed word 
Recognizes the difference between a letter and printed word 
Recognizes that sentences are words separated by spaces and demonstrates the awareness of word
boundaries. 
Holds a book and turns pages correctly; knows that reading moves from top to bottom and left to right 
Identifies different parts of a book 
Identifies a sentence is made up of a group of words. 
Orally generate rhymes in response to spoken words. 
Distinguish orally presented rhyming pairs of words from non-rhyming pairs. 
Respond to questions about texts read aloud. 
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Recognizes compound words are made up of shorter words 
Identifies and sorts pictures of objects into categories 
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Responds to questions about text
Retells or acts out important story events 
Responds to rhythm and rhyme in poetry through identifying a regular beat and similarities in word sounds
Retells a main event from a story read aloud 
Identifies different forms of media (advertisements, newspapers, radio programs) (with adult assistance). 
Writing
Writing process
Compositions
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Plan a first draft by generating ideas for writing through class discussion (with adult assistance) 
Share a writing with others 
 Dictate or write sentence to tell a story and put in chronological sequence.
Oral & Written Conventions
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Understands and uses parts of speech (nouns, pronouns, past and future tenses) 
Speaks in complete sentences 
Forms upper- and lower-case letters legibly and uses basic conventions of print (top to bottom/ left to
right) 
Writes own name 
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Listens attentively by facing speakers and asks questions to clarify information
Shares information and ideas by speaking audibly and clearly
Follows agreed upon rules for discussion, including taking turns and speaking one at a time
Research
Listening & Speaking
Mathematics
Mathematical Process
Uses mathematical
processes gain and show
understanding of
mathematical concepts.
 Applies mathematics to problems that arise in everyday life
 Uses problem-solving that incorporates analyzing information, formulating a plan/ strategy, determines a
solution, justifies the solution, and evaluates the process and reasonableness of the solution.
 Selects tools to solve problems
 Communicates mathematical ideas, reasoning, and implications using multiple representation, including
symbols, diagrams, and language as appropriate.
 Creates and uses representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas.
 Analyzes mathematical relationships to connect and communicate mathematical ideas.
 Displays, explains, and justifies mathematical ideas and arguments using precise mathematical language
in written or oral communication.
Number and Operations
Applies mathematical
process standards to
understand how to
represent and compare
whole numbers and the
relationship between them.
This includes understanding
addition and subtraction
situations.
Algebraic Reasoning
Applies mathematical
process standards to
identify the pattern in
number word list.
Geometry & Measurement
Applies mathematical
process standards to
analyze attributes of twodimensional shapes and
three-dimensional figures to
develop generalizations
about their properties.
 Counts forward and backward to at least (10) with and without objects.
 Reads, writes, and represents whole numbers from 0 to at least (10) with and without objects or pictures.
 Counts a set of objects to at least (10) and demonstrates the last number tells the number of objects in the
set.
 Recognizes instantly the quantity of a small group of objects.
 Generates a set using concrete and pictorial models that represents a number that is more than, less than,
and equal to a given number up to (10).
 Generates a number that is one more than or one less than another number up to at least (10).
 Compares sets of object to at least (10) using comparative language.
 Composes and decomposes numbers up to 10
 Models addition and subtraction operations
 Solves word problems using objects and drawings to find sums up to (5) and differences within (5) using
spoken words, concrete and pictorial models and number sentences.
 Recites numbers up to at least (60) by ones beginning with any given number.
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Data Analysis & Personal Financial Literacy
Data Analysis. Applies
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mathematical process
standards to collect and
organize data to make it
useful for interpreting data.
Personal Financial Literacy.
Applies mathematical
process standards to
manage one’s financial
resources effectively for
lifetime financial security.
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Social Studies
Understands concepts
focused on self, home,
school, community.
 Explains the reasons for national patriotic holidays such as Independence Day.
 Identifies customs associated with national patriotic holidays such as parades and fireworks on
Independence Day.
 Places events into chronological order.
 Uses vocabulary related to time and chronology, including before, after, next, first, last, yesterday, today,
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Applies critical thinking skills
to organize and use
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and tomorrow.
Uses terms to include over, under, near, far, left, and right to describe relative position.
Locates places on the school campus and describes their relative locations.
Identifies tools that aid in determining location, including maps and globes.
Identifies basic human needs of food, clothing and shelter.
Explains the difference between needs and wants.
Identifies jobs in the home, school, and community.
Explains why people have jobs.
Identifies purposes for having rules.
Identifies rules that provide order, security, and safety in the home and school
Identifies authority figures in the home, school, and community.
Explains how authority figures make and enforce rules.
Recites the Pledges to the United States and Texas state flags.
Identifies Constitution Day as a celebration of American freedom.
Uses voting as a method for group decision making.
Identifies similarities and differences among people such as kinship, laws, religion, music, clothing, and
food.
Describes and explains the importance of family customs/ traditions.
Compares family customs and traditions.
Identifies examples of technology used in the home and school.
Describes how technology helps accomplish tasks and meet people’s needs.
Describes how his/ her life might be different without modern technology.
Obtains information about a topic using a variety of valid oral sources such as conversations, interviews,
and music.
information from a variety of
resources.
 Obtains information about a topic using a variety of valid visual sources such as pictures, symbols,
electronic media, print material, and artifacts.
 Sequence and categorize information.
 Expresses ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences.
 Creates and interprets visuals, including pictures and maps.
 Uses decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, generates
options, predicts outcomes, takes action to implement a decision, and reflects on the effectiveness of the
decision.
Science
Understands science
concepts.
Uses critical thinking skills
and scientific process t
investigate.
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Observes and records properties of objects, including relative size and mass
Observes, records, and discusses how materials can be changed by heating or cooling.
Uses five senses to explore different forms of energy such as light, heat, and sound.
Explores interactions between magnets and various materials.
Observes and describes the location of an object in relation to another.
Observes and describes the ways objects can move
Observes and describes weather changes
Identifies and demonstrates safe practices during classroom and outdoor investigations
Discusses the importance of safe practices to keep self and others safe and healthy.
Demonstrates how to use, conserve natural resources and materials.
Collect information using tools: Notebooks and magnets
Uses senses as a tool of observation to identify properties and patterns of objects.