5-year-old Goals
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Religion (Faith Formation)
- Respects all of God’s creation
- Shows kindness to others
- Makes the Sign of the Cross
- Participates in prayer
- Recognizes that God creates all life
- Recognizes the importance and equality of each person
- Identifies the Holy Family
- Identifies Jesus as God’s Son
- Beginning to be introduced to the Blessed Trinity
- Participates in activities and celebrations related to liturgical season and special feasts
Fine Motor Skills (Health and Physical Development)
- Holds and uses crayons, markers, pencils appropriately
- Holds and uses scissors appropriately
- Assembles 25-40 piece puzzles
- Manipulates zippers, buttons and snaps
- Able to tie shoes independently
- Appropriate printing of numerals and the alphabet, both upper and lower case
Health (Health and Physical Development)
- Describes how to care for his/her teeth
- Knows basic facts about what the body needs to stay healthy
- Can describe how they can keep from getting hurt
- Identifies healthy/unhealthy foods
- Knows how to get help at school and how to use the 911 emergency phone number
- Can discuss how recycling helps the environment
- Shows respect for property
- Expresses his/her feelings in an appropriate and positive manner
Practical/Life Skills (Health and Physical Development)
- Identifies main body parts
- Follows 2 step directions
- Recognizes first name in classroom environment
- Uses bathroom independently
- Attempts to dress self
- Can wash and dry hands independently
- Emerging turn taking skills
Reading Readiness/Language Arts (Language Development and Communication)
- Identifies written sight words within classroom environment
- States first and last name and identifies it in print
- Prints first and last name
- Identifies and produces letter names and sounds (upper and lower case)
- Developing an understanding of the relationship between oral and written language
- Beginning to integrate letter sounds into words
- Utilizes comprehension techniques including prediction, sequencing, concluding and comparison
Math Readiness (Cognitive and General Knowledge)
- Rote counts to 100 (and beyond)
- Recognizes and names numbers and number words 1-12
- Recognizes colors: red, yellow, green blue, orange, brown, purple and black
- Recognizes and identifies circle, square, triangle, rectangle, diamond, heart and star
- Identifies and creates pattern designs
- Creates and interprets graphs
- Familiar with simple measurements
- Distinguishes between objects and sorts according to given criteria
- Explores simple fractions (i.e. halves, wholes, quarters, thirds)
- Familiar with basic time and money concepts.
Science (Cognitive and General Knowledge)
- Connects science to their world by observing objects to learn systems, order, and organization
- Recognizes that science is an activity that children and adults do to find out about the world around them
- Explores light, magnetism, motion and the properties of an object
- Able to classify and compare given objects
- Identifies the characteristics of living things, for example, recognizes that all living things grow
- Gives examples of how science helps us care for ourselves
- Observes changes in the environment
Social Studies (Cognitive and General Knowledge)
- Identifies maps and globes, and recognizes that they are used to locate where we live. Describes how people adapt to changes in the seasons. (Geography)
- Identifies and compares family cultures and traditions. Uses calendars and timelines to sequence events. (History)
- Identifies, demonstrates, and explains their rights and responsibilities as members of a family, classroom and school (Civics)
- Identifies and describes jobs within the family and classroom. Lists ways people earn money to provide for needs and wants. (Economics)
- Describes how families are alike and different in how they live, work, and play. Identifies and describes institutions, such as police, fire, hospitals, schools and places of worship. (Behavioral Science)
Resources:
- Battelle Development Test
- Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
- Brigance® Early Childhood Screening