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Kindergarten readiness Flashcards

Understand pre-k development

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What are the 5 key domains of early math skills?

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  1. Numbers and operations
  2. Geometry
  3. Patterns and algebra
  4. Measurement and time
  5. Data and probability
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What are motor planning benchmarks?

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  • move naturally

- use body to perform tasks

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What are the benchmarks for rhyming?

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  • know if 2 words rhyme
  • find rhymes in poems and songs
  • repeat rhyming words
  • produce a rhyming words when given a word
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What are 2 key parts of oral language?

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  • listening

- expressing themselves (thoughts, feelings, observations)

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What are the domains of language and literacy?

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  • phonological awareness
  • alphabet knowledge
  • concepts about print
  • comprehension
  • oral language
  • writing
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What are benchmarks for writing?

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  • draw and share
  • try writing activities
  • know that stories are in print, pictures, play or dictation
  • dictate labels
  • write in scribbles, letter like forms
  • hold a crayon properly
  • use a helping hand to stabilize paper
  • trace capital letters
  • pick topics to write and draw pictures
  • understand that writing conveys meaning
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What are relationship benchmarks with adults?

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  • interacts easily
  • asks for help
  • participate in conflict resolution
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What is the SMILE acronym mean?

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S= social (positive experience, safety, needs are met)
M= multisensory 
I = Instruction (engage child)
L = language (routines, repeated words) 
E = evaluation (check for learning)
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What are the key parts of geometry in early math?

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  • shapes
  • space
  • position
  • shape characteristics
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What are benchmarks for segmentation and syllable awareness?

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  • break spoken sentences into words
  • count words in a sentence
  • break compound words up
  • break words into syllables
  • count number of syllables in a word
  • break words into onset and rime
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What are the key parts of data and probability?

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  • visual representation of information

- likelihood of future events

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What are the key parts of measurement and time?

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  • size
  • comparing objects
  • time of day
  • before and after
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What are emotional understanding benchmarks?

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  • name feelings experienced by self and others

- show empathy by offering comfort

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What are the key parts of number and operations domain of early math?

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  • number sense
  • properties of numbers
  • quantities
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What are the components of phonological awareness?

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  • auditory discrimination
  • rhyming
  • segmentation and syllable awareness
  • blending
  • alliteration
  • phonemic awareness (isolation)
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What are gross motor benchmarks?

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  • maintain posture
  • walk, run
  • hop, skip
  • jump
  • climb stairs
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What are some everyday ways to help learn early math?

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  • teach vocab for communicating math skills
  • Ask What are you making?
  • How many do you need?
  • What did you do here?
  • What will you do next?
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What are the movement perception benchmarks?

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  • tolerate motion in activities

- be aware of body, other people, balance

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What are key parts of the concept of print?

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  • parts of a book
  • how to hold a book
  • turn pages
  • read top to bottom, left to right
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What are benchmarks for reading comprehension?

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  • have a favorite book
  • ID best parts of a story
  • enjoy books and reading activities
  • demonstrate interest in read aloud time
  • talks about meaning of story
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What are key parts of comprehension?

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  • meaning of spoken language

- meaning of reading

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What are the benchmarks for auditory discrimination?

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  • know speech vs. environmental sound
  • ID similar and different sounds
  • know if 2 words are same or different
  • indicate if a certain word is heard or not
  • know what makes a certain sound
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What is an easy way to express numbers and operations?

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I know how many

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What are benchmarks for parts of a story?

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  • ID main character
  • ID setting
  • ID problem and solution
  • ID emotions in story
  • ID real and not real parts of the story
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What are key parts of phonological awareness?

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  • hear and manipulate parts of language
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What are the visual perception benchmarks?

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  • notice and attach meaning to visual information
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What are benchmarks for phonemic awareness?

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  • ID first sound in a spoken word

- ID ending sound in a spoken word

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What are benchmarks for listening comprehension?

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  • listening for enjoyment
  • listening for getting information (list facts)
  • listening to do a task
  • listening to learn what happened
  • listening to join a conversation
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What are the key parts of patterns and algebra in early math?

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  • symbols
  • letters
  • patterns
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What are benchmarks for blending?

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  • build spoken words into a sentence
  • create a compound word from 2 familiar words
  • blend syllables into a complete word
  • blend onsets and rimes into complete words
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What are the 2 benchmarks for making connections?

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  • explain how a story connects to personal experience

- connect 2 stories

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What are visual motor control benchmarks?

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  • look at hands and use visual cues for reaching and moving objects
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What are benchmarks for predicting?

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  • make a prediction using pictures

- make a prediction using prior knowledge

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What are key parts of alphabet knowledge?

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  • know the letters of the alphabet

- recognize letters in print

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What are benchmarks for oral expression?

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  • communicate thoughts and feelings with words
  • share opinions
  • talk about experiences and observations
  • speak in complete sentences
  • use words to describe an object or person
  • know if a sentence makes sense
  • tell stories, describe everyday routines and events
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What are relationship with peer benchmarks?

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  • cooperates with children
  • participates in imaginary and dramatic play
  • takes turns with peers
  • works with others to solve problems
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What are fine motor benchmarks?

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  • same hand for crayons, eating, brushing, etc
  • use fingers to open and close fasteners, hold crayons, beads
  • move an object in one hand to position it foruse
  • use index finger to trace letters on a card or in the air
  • hold up fingers to show age or number
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What are self concept benchmarks?

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  • self-care skills (bathroom, dressing, hygiene)
  • name body parts
  • describe changes in body
  • imitate other’s body movements
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What are number and operation benchmarks?

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  • one to one correspondence
  • cardinality
  • subitizing
  • ordinality
  • more and fewer
  • ID written numbers
  • connect numbers to quantity
  • write numerals
  • count and label numerals
  • combine to make a set of 10
  • take object away from a set and count
  • share evenly with a group
  • divide whole in half
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What are bilateral motor coordination benchmarks?

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  • helping hand to stabilize paper

- use both sides of body in activities (drumming, dancing)

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What are the touch perception benchmarks?

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  • handle pla and art materials

- perceive shape, size, ID by using touch

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What are personal initiative benchmarks?

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  • desire for independence
  • show interest in activities
  • be in front of a group with support
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What are geometry benchmarks?

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  • in and out positions
  • before and after positions
  • top, middle, bottom
  • above, below, over and under
  • left and right
  • size
  • shape
  • describe circles, rectangles, squares, triangles
  • shapes in the real world
  • 3 dimensional shapes
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What are the key parts of writing?

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  • speech to written words understanding
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What are benchmarks for concepts of print?

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  • know print from pictures
  • understand print can be read and has a meaning
  • find print
  • hold book right side up
  • open book to title page
  • point to cover, front and back, pages, spine
  • point to title, author, illustrator
  • know what authors, illustrators do
  • know what a title is
  • imitate real reading
  • turn pages one at a time, front to back
  • follow print from to to bottom, left to right
  • point to print moving left to right
  • return sweep
  • know sentence, word, letter
  • recognize name in print
  • recognize names of family and friends in print
  • know signs and symbol meaning
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What are benchmarks for alliteration?

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  • ID repeated initial sounds in words and sentences

- name words that start with the same sound

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What are self-regulation benchmarks?

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  • caregiver separation
  • use negotiation and cooperation to manage emotions
  • respond to difficulty without hurting self or others
  • handle transitions
  • understand and follow classroom rules
  • treat property with respect
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What are benchmarks for alphabet knowledge?

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  • know letters, pictures, symbols
  • know letters in own name
  • position letters right side up
  • name all letters
  • match capital and lowercase letters
  • sings and says ABCs in order
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What are 5 strategies to help teach a concept?

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  • Act it Out
  • Use objects (manipulative)
  • guess and check (trial and error)
  • Look for a pattern
  • Draw a picture
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What are body awareness benchmarks?

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  • know where is body in relation to space
  • use proper grading of force
  • reach across midline to get an object
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What are benchmarks for oral language?

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  • repeat teacher
  • follow directions
  • learn new words linked to content
  • Answer simple questions (who? What? when? where?)
  • use conversational tone, volume, inflection
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What are benchmarks for sequencing?

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  • ID beginning, middle and end
  • order events using pictures
  • retell with pictures
  • re-enact a story
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One of the benchmarks for rhyming is knowing if 2 _______ rhyme.

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  • know if 2 words rhyme
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One of the benchmarks of rhyming is finding rhymes in _______ and _________.

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  • find rhymes in poems and songs
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One of the benchmarks of rhyming is repeating _________ words.

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  • repeat rhyming words
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One of the benchmarks of rhyming is __________ a rhyming word when given a _________.

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  • produce a rhyming words when given a word
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The key parts of patterns and algebra in early math are ______, letters, and patterns.

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  • symbols
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The key parts of patterns and algebra in early math are symbols, ________, and patterns.

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  • letters
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The key parts of patterns and algebra in early math are symbols, letters and ________.

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  • patterns
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One motor planning benchmark is to move _________.

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  • move naturally
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One motor planning benchmark is to use your body to ________ ________.

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  • use body to perform tasks
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What are 5 things to do everyday?

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  1. Read books
  2. Go out in the real world
  3. Sensory play
  4. Have letter fun
  5. Count and discuss numbers
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What are the major domains of preschool learning?

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  • Writing
  • Auditory processing
  • Visual discrimination
  • Phonological awareness
  • Social emotional skills
  • Reading
  • Comprehension
  • Math and number sense
  • Sensory motor
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What are the precursors to sounding out a word?

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  • concepts of print
  • story comprehension
  • letter knowledge
  • interest in reading
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What are social emotional domains?

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  • self-concept
  • self-regulation
  • personal initiative
  • emotional understanding
  • relationships with adults
  • relationships with peers
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What is phonological awareness?

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Understanding sounds in words

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What does phonological awareness include?

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Understanding words
Rhyming
Syllables
Phonemic awareness

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What is phonemic awareness?

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Awareness of one component of phonological awareness

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What does phonemic awareness include?

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blending
Segmenting
Manipulating sounds

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What are syllables?

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Part of a word with one vowel sound

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What are phonemes?

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Individual sounds with in a word

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