Kindergarten Kids: 2017

Writing: Nonfiction Expert Books
1. I can use a process to develop my writing. This means, with assistance I…
            o recall topics and events to write about.
            o produce books to share my work.
            o revise my work by adding to the pictures and/or words.
            o edit my work for capitalization, punctuation, spelling, spacing, and handwriting.
            o publish and share my writing with others.

2. I can structure my expert book.  This means, with assistance I…
            o tell, draw, and write facts about a topic.
            o use words and/or pictures to tell about one idea.
            o share my topic at the beginning of my piece.
            o have a page for each different thing that I know about my topic.
            o include a page that shows the end of my work.
            o use correct spacing in my writing.
            o order the pages of my book.

3. I can develop my expert books.  This means with assistance I…
            o include important information about my topic.
            o add details to my pictures and/or words.
            o share information in my writing from my experiences or from what I gather by reading resources.
            o use words and different kinds of pictures to tell details about my topic.

4. I can write well by thinking "What will readers wonder?" This means I…
            o make nouns plural by adding “s” or “es” when sharing my ideas out loud.
            o use the words, who, what, where, when, why, how, in my expert books.
            o use what I know about sound-letter relationships to spell simple words about my topic.
Math: Geometry

I can describe objects in the environment. This means I can...

use names of shapes.
describe their location using words like above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to.

I can identify shapes as two-dimensional (“flat”) or three dimensional (“solid”).
I can think about and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes by describing the way they look.
I can model shapes in the world by building and drawing.
I can use simple shapes to form larger shapes.

Reading: Navigating Nonfiction

I can understand how nonfiction works. This means:
- I use a lot of strategies while I read nonfiction text
- I can put information in my own words
I can use text features to learn more about a topic. This means:
- I use text features to learn even more about what the author is teaching me.
I can use what I know about nonfiction to learn more about a topic. This means:
- I talk to others so I can think even more about nonfiction texts
- I use what I know about how to read nonfiction texts to help me understand new books.

Social Studies: Wants and Needs

I can explain how people choose to use their resources. This means I can…
- explain why not having enough of something causes people to choose.
- tell the difference between a want and a need.
- identify examples of a want and need in stories about other people.
- think about the choices the people in a story made.
- state my opinion of whether the people in the story made a good choice.
I can make good economic decisions. This means I can…