First Nine Weeks Skills

By the end of the first nine weeks your child should be able to do the following:

  • Recite days of the week
  • Orally spell and write their first name
  • Recognize the colors and color words (red, blue, yellow, green, purple, pink, gray)
  • Read sight words (a, the, see, I, to, at, am, go, is, can, and, you)
  • Recognize uppercase and lowercase letters M, S, T, B, A, N, D, C, P
  • Hear and produce the letter sounds m/ s/ t/ b/ a/ n/ d/ c/ p
  • Count and recognize 0 to 10
  • Identify circle, triangle, square, and rectangle
  • Group objects
  • Complete a pattern
  • Name the five senses
  • Describe location of an object (over, under, above, on, below, left, right, top, bottom, middle, inside, and outside)
  • Identify occupations in the community (doctor, nurse, teacher, farmer, janitor, fire fighter, policeman, mail carrier, and cashier)
  • Identify the flag (50 stars, 13 stripes

Fine moor skills: coloring inside the lines and cutting along a line

**Social Development:**takes turns, follows rules, finishes assignments, keeps hands, feet to self

Daily Practice

Students can practice some skills at home daily such as:

Writing their name

Writing their numbers 1-10

Writing their ABC's