Kindergarten Exit Criteria

by Chris Keller

November 27, 2008

KNOWLEDGE OF THE ALPHABET	REQUIREMENTS
Recognizes and names most of the upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet	50 of 54 letters
BEGINNING PHONICS/WORD KNOWLEDGE
Corresponds sound to letters of the alphabet	21 of 26 letters
Hears sounds in words and represents the sounds by letters	24 of 37 phonemes
Recognizes high-frequency words	25 of 50
WRITING
Spells and writes his/her first and last name from memory	Some reversals are acceptable
Copies a given sentence with accuracy
Writes 10 minute word spree	25 words
Writes 1 sentence	Makes sense and has correct capitalization and punctuation
CONCEPTS OF PRINT
Recognizes the following ways we print language: Front of book Print, not pictures, carries the message Letters and clusters of letters make words There are first and last letters in words Upper and lowercase letters are used Difference punctuation marks have meaning (. and?) Print is read left to right Word by word matching	13 of 15 concepts
NUMERICAL CONCEPTS
Counts by rote 1's, 5's, 10's to 100 Writes numbers 1-100 Shows 1 to 1 correspondence to 20 Recognizes numbers to 20 Extends patterns AB, AAB, ABB, and ABC Creates patterns AB, AAB, ABB, and ABC	90% accuracy 90% accuracy 100% accuracy 100% accuracy 3 of 4 patterns with 2 trials per pattern 3 of 4 patterns with 2 trials per pattern