Sample Academic Kindergarten Goals

1. Know all consonants and vowels and their sounds.
2. Be able to sound out simple one-vowel words.
3. Be able to recognize sight words—is, on, the, a, to, from, of and I.
4. Be able to correctly write first and last name.
5. Understand the concept of opposites.
6. Understand the concept of rhyming.
7. Understand the concept of alliteration.
8. Understand the concept of homonyms.
9. Be able to count by 1s, 5s and 10s to 100.
10. Be able to identify numbers that come right before/after a given number.
11. Be able to write from 1 to 100 in sequence.
12. Be able to write numbers from 1 to 100 as they are dictated out of sequence.
13. Be able to identify the greater of two numbers from 1 to 100.
14. Understand place value—singles (ones), tens, and hundreds.
15. Understand the concepts of addition and subtraction.
16. Understand how to add and subtract numbers 0 to10.
17. Recognize the coins—penny, nickel, dime, and quarter.
18. Know the values of penny, nickel, dime and quarter.
19. Read an analog clock on the hour and half hour (12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, etc.)
20. Know right and left.
21. Create patterns using numbers, letters, colors, and shapes.
22. Understand a variety of simple science concepts: heat rises, magnets attract and repel, oil and water do not mix, static electricity, solid/liquid/gas, metamorphosis, spatial awareness, etc.)
23. Demonstrate an expanded vocabulary.