Top Writing, Listening and Speaking Year-End Standards for Kindergarten Students write words and brief sentences that are legible. Students write and speak with a command of standard English conventions that are appropriate to each grade level. They listen and respond to oral communication. They speak in clear and coherent sentences. Students make informed judgments about television, fine arts, radio, film productions, guest speakers or performances.
Students successfully participate in group discussions.
By the end of kindergarten, students understand the consistency of small numbers, quantities and simple shapes in their everyday environment. They count, compare, describe and sort objects, and develop a sense about properties and patterns. These ideas build upon each other from year to year as students become more sophisticated. I observe the world with my 5 senses, using words and pictures to describe it. Things can be classified.