Welcome to Kindergarten!
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Purpose of the Guide
Students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools follow the state of North Carolina’s expectations for what every student will know and be able to do by the end of their current grade level. This guide is designed to help you support your child by understanding those expectations, provide everyday activities to reinforce their learning at home and partner with their teachers throughout the school year.
This guide includes…Key Skills for Reading and Math
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- Understand the most important things your child should know and be able to do by the end of the school year.
Questions to Ask Your Child
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- Engage in conversations with your child using these suggested reading and math questions.
Topics to Discuss with the Teacher
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- Find sample questions and topics you might want to talk about with the teacher related to reading and math skills.
Learning Activities
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- Explore some easy ways you can support your child’s learning important reading and math concepts and skills.
Words to Know
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- Learn some important words and acronyms used at school to “speak the same language”.
Helpful Resources to Practice Skills at Home
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- Click the link to access a collection of reading and math resources aligned to your child’s grade level.
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Resource Guides
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Quarter 1
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Recognize letters in name
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Recognize same letters (Upper and lowercase)
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Quarter 2
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Recognize how letters symbolize initial sounds
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Identify and produce rhymes
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Quarter 3
Module 3 Family Video
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Identify letters and letter sounds
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Identify Middle and Ending sounds
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Quarter 4
Module 4 Family Video
- Identifying Syllables
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Identify and spell words that follow the consonant-vowel-consonant pattern
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Quarter 1
- Students begin counting by ones to 100
- Students count out objects up to 10 and compare quantities and numbers up to ten
- Print and cut out: Students can
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Quarter 2
- Students continue counting by 1s to 100
- Students identify shapes based on attributes
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- Printable: 2D and 3D shapes and with definitions
- Ask your student to go on a scavenger hunt to find shapes around the home or in places you visit often
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Quarter 3
- Students count to 100 by ones and count to 100 by ten starting at 10
- Students join or separate numbers in a story problem up to 10
- Printable Students can
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- Printable: Order
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Quarter 4
- Students identify, describe, compare, and create three-dimensional shapes
- Students put together their understanding from throughout the year to cap off major work and fluency goals of the grade.
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