K/1 Goals

I really like to set goals for my kids (& me) for each new school year.  One of the resources I frequently use is the “What Your ____ needs to know” series.  I do not follow this strictly, rather pick through what is important to me & what I feel is attainable for my kids.  I especially like the language arts section (because this is my weak area).  Here are my K/1 Language goals for this year that I set using this book & some online resources:

• Recognize upper & lower case letters
• Knows the sounds of all the letters
• Can print upper & lower case letters
• Knows the difference between consonants and vowels 
• Knows alphabet in sequence
• Recognizes:
  • beginning consonant sounds
  • final consonant sounds
  • short vowel sounds
  • long vowel sounds
• Can mark vowels in a word or sentence if asked
• Knows:
• L Blends:  bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl
• beginning blends:  sk, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, tw
• R Blends:  br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr
• digraphs:  ch, sh, th, ng
• r-controlled vowels:  ar, er, ir, or, ur
• basic word families? (at, bat, cat, fat go together & an, ban, can, Dan, fan)
  
• Can sound out simple words
• Knows sight words
• Recognizes rhyming words
• Read two and three letter words easily
• Read months and days on a calendar
• Speaks in complete sentences
• Can complete assignments based on oral direction? (draw a red line over the cat, circle the blue monkey...)
• Can identify:
  • characters in a story
  • the main idea
  • the setting
  • the conclusion
• Uses Letter Sounds to write words (using phonetic spelling)
• Write his/her first and last name 
• Write simple sentences, such as "The cat is fat"
• Draws illustrations to match sentences
• Uses punctuation correctly:  period, question mark,exclamation point
• Capitalizes letters
  • beginning of a sentence
  • beginning of names
  • beginning of places
  • when you refer to yourself as “I”
• Can identify:
  • compound words
  • nouns
  • proper-nouns
  • pronouns
  • verbs
  • linking verbs:  am, is, are, was, were
  • antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms
  • contractions
  • plurals

Memorization:

• First Language Lessons
• If Wishes Were Horses
• The Pasture
• The Frog
• The Purple Cow
• I Know All The Sounds That the Animals Make