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Kindergarten Student Profile
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Dear Parents,
During the last few years, the Texas Department of Education has been
reviewing what they want children to learn at each grade. The standards
have become higher and higher. Plus, there are new types of tests being
given to children at the end of third grade through high school. These
tests look at each child's ability to think through problems and apply
the information they've learned.
This page will give you information on what our teachers will cover
with your child during this school year. Our goal is for every child
to learn these skills, and to be very well prepared to go into first
grade.
The goals you see in this booklet are based on the curriculum set by
the state. It's called the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
If you would like to see a copy of the Kindergarten TEKS, please ask your
child's teacher or the ECC Principal, Brenda Mann. Also, you can learn
more about the TEKS, and abut the state testing program, by calling the
Texas Education Agency at 1-800-832-1221 or using the web site: www.tea.state.tx.us.
It is important that you know that, at the end of third grade, your
child will need to pass a reading test for him/her to be promoted into
fourth grade. Every year, we will be looking at each child to be sure
they are learning what they need to know to succeed. We have many special
programs to assist children who are having difficulty.
We are very proud of our Kindergarten program. Above all, we want each
child to love school and love learning. We hope that you will be proud
of what your child accomplishes during this school year. Please don't
hesitate to come to talk to us if you have any suggestions or concerns.
The Staff
Medina Valley ECC
Language and Early Literacy
In Kindergarten Language Arts, your child will have an opportunity
to:
LISTENING/SPEAKING. Students will:
 Listen
to information, rhymes, songs, conversations, and stories
Listen and talk
about experiences, customs, and cultures
Make announcements,
give directions, and make introductions
Act out plays,
poems, and stories
Clearly request,
retell, and/or describe stories and experiences
Listen responsively
to contemporary and classic stories and other texts read aloud
READING. Students will:
Recognize that print represents spoken language and conveys meaning, such
as their own name, and signs such as Exit and Danger
Recognize upper
and lower case letters in print and understand that print represents language
Manipulate sounds
in spoken works (phonemic awareness)
Decode simple
words using letter-sound knowledge
Identify words
that name persons, places or things and words that name actions
Learn new vocabulary
words through selections read aloud
Retell or act
our important events in a story
Gather important
information and ask relevant questions
WRITING. Students will:
Write their own name and each letter of the alphabet
Write messages
using their knowledge of letters and sounds
Record or dictate
questions, ideas, and stories
Write labels,
notes, and captions for illustrations, possessions, charts, and centers
MATHEMATICS
In Kindergarten Mathematics, your child will have the opportunity to:
NUMBER, OPERATION,
AND QUANTITIVE REASONING. Students will:
Use words and numbers to describe relative sizes of objects
Describe position
in a sequence of events
Name ordinal positions
(first, second, etc.)
Separate a whole
into equal parts
Explain half of
a whole
Model addition
and subtraction
PATTERNS, RELATIONSHIPS,
AND ALGEBRAIC THINKING. Students will:
Identify, extend, and create patterns
Use patterns to
predict what comes next
Count to 100 by
ones
GEOMETRY AND SPATIAL REASONING.
Students will:
Describe one object in relation to another using informal language
Place objects
in a given position
Describe and identify
objects
Compare and sort
objects
Describe and compare
solids
Recognize shapes
Describe, identify,
and compare shapes
MEASUREMENT. Students will:
Compare and order objects by length, capacity, or weight
Identify objects
greater than, less than or equal to a given object
Compare temperatures
Compare times
Sequence events
Read a calendar
using days, weeks, and months
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS.
Students will:
Construct real and picture graphs
Use graphs to
answer questions
PROBLEM SOLVING. Students will:
Identify mathematics in everyday situations
Use a problem-solving
model with guidance
Select or develop
an appropriate problem-solving strategy
SCIENCE
In Kindergarten Science, your child will have the opportunity to:
SAFETY. Students will:
Demonstrate
safe science practices I the classroom and field
Use and conserve
resources
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
AND CRITICAL THINKING. Students will:
Use their senses and common tools such as hand lenses, balances, cups,
and bowls to make observations and collect information by asking questions,
gathering information, communicating findings, and making decisions
Use computers
and information technology tools to support their investigations
PATTERNS, SYSTEMS, AND CYCLES.
Students will:
Describe patterns including seasons, growth, day and night, and predict
what happens next, using charts and graphs
Learn how systems
have basic properties that can be described in terms of parts, such as
those in toys, vehicles, and construction sets
Understand structures,
interactions, and processes found in systems that, when put together ,
can do things they cannot do by themselves
Change
Observe, describe,
and record changes in systems, cycles, and models
Record changes
in size, mass, color, position, quantity time, temperature, sound, and
movement by observing weather changes and life cycles of organisms in
their natural environment
LIVING ORGANISMS AND
NON-LIVING OBJECTS. Students will:
Identify organisms and objects and their parts
Explore the basic
needs of living organisms and give examples of their dependence on each
other
Identify how the
Earth provides resources for life
UNDERSTANDING THE NATURAL
WORLD. Students will:
Observe and describe properties of rocks, soil, and water
SOCIAL STUDIES
In kindergarten Social Studies, your child will have the opportunity
to:
HISTORY. Students will:
Learn about patriotic holidays
Identify contributions
of people, such as George Washington
Place events in
chronological order
GEOGRAPHY. Students will:
Locate and describe the relative location of places
Identify physical
and human characteristics of places
ECONOMICS. Students will:
Identify basic human needs and explain how they can be met
Identify jobs
and why people have them
GOVERNMENTS. Students will:
Identify rules and reasons for having them
Identify authority
figures
CITIZENSHIP. Students will:
Identify U.S. and Texas flags
Recite the Pledge
of Allegiance
CULTURE. Students will:
Identify similarities and differences among people
Identify family
and community customs
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY.
Students will:
Identify examples of technology and describe how they meet people's needs
SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS. Students will:
Obtain information from a variety of oral and visual sources
Sequence and categorize
information
Identify main
ideas
Express ideas
orally and visually
Use problem-solving
and decisions-making processes
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