Grade:

Kingston 42
Midterm

Student Name: ____________________

Academic Year: _________

Teacher Name: ____________________

Quarter: ________________

English
Language
I know this well enough
to teach
it to othersArts
(Exceeding)
I understand
this completely
(Meeting)
Foundational
Skills

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2nd

3rd

I can follow Iwords

from lefttotounderstand
right, top or
to understand
bottom, andpart
page
to (Developing)
am beginning
of this
page.
I do not understand this (Not Meeting)

I know that the words we say can be written with letters in a

We havent learned this yet (Not assessed)
certain way.
I know that words need to have spaces between them in a
sentence.
I know all the names of the upper and lower case letters.
I know what a rhyming word is and can make up rhyming
words.
I can count, say, blend, and separate syllables in words that I
say.
I can blend and separate onsets and rimes of words with one
syllable.
I can blend two or three sounds into words that I know.
I can isolate and say the beginning, middle, and ending sounds
in a word.
I can change a sound in a word to make a new word.
I can make the sound of each letter.
I know that vowels have both long and short sounds and can
show you how they are spelled.
I know all of my sight words.
I can tell the difference between similar words by the way they
are spelled.

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I can read books by myself and know what the story is about.

English Language Arts

Literature
I can ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
I can retell what I read, using key details.
I can tell you about characters, settings, and the main parts of
the story.
I can ask and answer questions about words I dont know in the
text.
I can recognize different types of texts, including stories,
poems, fantasy, and real texts.
I can name the author, illustrator, and tell you what each one
does to help tell the story.
I can describe the relationship between the pictures and the
story.
I can compare and contrast what happens to the characters in
the story.
I can read stories in a group and use what I already know to
connect to the text and use the pictures and situations to make
predictions about the story.

English Language Arts

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Informational Texts

1st

2nd

2nd

3rd

3rd

I can ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

I can retell what I read, using key details and tell you what the
story is mostly about.
I can tell you about the connection between two characters,
events, ideas, or pieces of information in a story.
I can ask and answer questions about words I dont know in the
story.
I know how to find the front and back cover of a book and
where the title page is.
I can tell you who wrote the story and who did the pictures and
how they worked together to make the story.
I can tell you how the pictures and the story are connected.
I can tell you reasons why the writer said a certain thing in the
story.
I can tell you what is different and the same in two stories on
the same thing.
I can read stories in a group and use what I already know to
connect to the text and use the pictures and situations to make
predictions about the story.

English Language Arts

Writing
I can tell you what I think about a book by writing about it,
telling you about it, or drawing a picture about it.
I can tell you what I am writing about and tell you some
information about what I am writing and make a story that
informs or explains something by writing about it, telling you
about it, or drawing a picture about it.
I can put a story together about one thing, or a couple of things
that happened and tell you about the things in order and tell
you how I felt about by writing about it, telling you about it, or
drawing a picture about it.
I can answer questions and suggestions from my friends about

1st

4th

4th

how to make my writing better.

I can use different tools to help me publish my writing,
including working with my friends, and the computer.
I can work with my friends to write or to do research.
I can remember information about something I did, or gather
information to answer a question.

English Language Arts

Speaking and Listening

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

I can talk about kindergarten things with grown-ups and other

children.
I can follow the rules when I talk about things.
I can go back and continue a conversation we had earlier.
I can show that I learned something in a story or from someone
by talking about it and answering questions about what I
learned.
I can follow one and two step directions.
I can ask and answer questions to get help, learn something, or
to clear something up.
I can describe people, places, things, and events with some
detail.
I can add drawings or other things to give more details to what I
talk about.
I can speak loud and clear and tell you what I am thinking and
feeling.

English Language Arts

Language
I can print upper and lower case letters.
I can use nouns and verbs when writing or speaking.
I can make a noun into a plural noun by adding /s/ when I say
it.
I understand question words and know how to use them.

I can use prepositions correctly.

I can speak and write using complex sentences.
I know when to capitalize a word.
I know what punctuation to put at the end of a sentence.
I can write the letter(s) for most of the sounds.
I can sound out words and write them.
I can tell the meaning of a word when you use it in a different
way.
I can use what I know about words as a clue to figure our new
words.
I can sort objects into categories.
I can show you that I understand certain words by saying the
opposite word.
I can find real-life connections between words and what they are
used for.
I can tell the difference between action words that are talking
about the same things.
I can use words and phrase that I learned from reading,
listening to stories, and talking with others.

Mathematics
Counting and Cardinality
I can count to 100 by ones and tens.
I can count forward from any number, not just 1.
I can write my numbers up to 20.
When I count something, I know that each number goes with
one and only one amount.
I know that the last number I said tells how many things I
counted.
I know that each number is 1 bigger than the number before.
I can count items to tell you how many, up to 20 things, if they
are lined up. If they are mixed up, I can tell you how many up
to 10 things.

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

I can tell you that a group of things is more, less, or the same as
another group.
I can compare two numbers between 1 and 10.

Mathematics
Operations and Algebraic Thinking

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

I can add and subtract in many different ways.

I can add and subtract word problems up to 10.
I can break down a number, up to 10, into pairs in more than
one way.
I can find the missing number that will add up to 10.
I can add and subtract up to 5.

Mathematics
Number and Operations in Base Ten
I can break apart and put together numbers between 11 and 19
using ten frames.

Mathematics
Measurement and Data
I can describe an object y its attributes such as length and
weight
I can compare two objects by an attribute and see which one is
more or less than the other and tell you about the differences.
I can group objects into categories, count the objects in the
groups and sort the groups by how many.
I know the days of the week.
I know the time that I do everyday things.

Mathematics
Geometry

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

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2nd

3rd

4th

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

I can tell you about objects around me by describing what their

shapes are and where they are.
I can name shapes no matter their size or direction.
I can tell you about flat and solid shapes.
I can compare flat and solid shapes by using my words to tell
about what is the same, different, parts and other common
things.
I can build a model of a shape from the world by building it from
objects and drawing it.
I can build a large shape from smaller shapes.

Social Studies
Principles of the Republic
I can tell why we have rules.
I can recognize the flag and say the pledge of allegiance.
I can vote to make a group decision.
I know different ways to solve problems in the classroom.
I understand how different groups make decisions, like
classrooms and families.
I understand why it is important to have rules.

Social Studies
Economic Concepts and Principles
I can tell about scarcity.
I can tell about opportunity cost.

Social Studies
Elements of Geographical Study and Analysis
I can identify maps and globes and what they are used for.

Social Studies

Relationships of Individuals and Groups to Institutions

and Traditions

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

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2nd

3rd

4th

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2nd

3rd

4th

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

I know and can tell about what people need to live.

Social Studies
Tools of Social Science Inquiry
I can use things in my environment, like posters and videos, to
help me learn.
I understand the difference between primary and secondary
sources.
I understand the library has resources I can use to help me
learn.
I can identify different objects and explain where they came
from or what they are for, like fossils or musical instruments.

Science
Matter and Energy
I can describe an objects physical traits.
I can describe what an objects is made out of.
I can sort objects based on their traits.
I understand where every day sounds come from.
I can compare different sounds.
I know that I hear sounds with my ears.

Science
Force and Motion
I can describe an objects positon with words like above, below,
beside, etc
I can explain how different things move and show this by
touching them.
I understand that magnets can make some objects move.

Science
Characteristics and Interactions of Living Organisms

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

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2nd

3rd

4th

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2nd

3rd

4th

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2nd

3rd

4th

I can observe and compare different types of plants and

animals.
I understand that living animals have babies like themselves.

Science
Changes in Ecosystems and Interactions of Organisms
with their Environments
I can tell how different seasons affect plants and animals.
I can tell how different seasons affect my life.

Science
Processes and Interactions of the Earths Systems
I understand that wind is moving air.
I can describe the daily weather.
I can observe the weather during different seasons.

Science
Composition and Structure of the Universe and the
Motion of the Objects
Within It
I can observe and tell about the sun, moon, and stars in the
sky.
I can observe that there are more stars in the sky than anyone
can count.
I understand that the sun is seen during the day and the moon
at night.
Understand that the moon can sometimes be seen during the
day.
I can observe and tell about how the moon changes.
I can describe the four different seasons.

Science
Scientific Inquiry

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

I can explain my observations in different ways.

I understand that some things come from nature and others
are made by people.

Science
Impact of Science, Technology and Human Activity
I can explain how tools help make observations.
I can identify a problem that needs to be solved.
I can work with a group to solve a problem.