Kindergarten

Parent Guide to
the
Standards Based
Progress Report
2016-17
This is a guide to help you interpret your childs standards-based progress
report. The standards-based report uses four performance levels to reflect
your childs progress toward meeting end-of-the year standards.

Literacy-Reading
Names Uppercase/Lowercase Letters
1st Trimester Benchmarks
4= identifies 30+ letters

3= identifies 20-30 letters

2= identifies 10-19 letters
1= identifies 0-9 letters
2nd Trimester Benchmarks
4= identifies 51+ letters
3= identifies 36-50 letters
2= identifies 25-35 letters
1= identifies 0-24 letters
3rd Trimester Benchmarks
4= does not apply
3= identifies 51-54 letters
2= identifies 25-50 letters
1= identifies 0-24 letters

Identifies Sounds of Letters

1st Trimester Benchmarks
4= demonstrates 20+ letter sounds
3= demonstrates 10-19 letter sounds
2= demonstrates 5-9 letter sounds
1= demonstrates 0-4 letter sounds
2nd Trimester Benchmarks
4= demonstrates 26 letter sounds and digraphs
3= demonstrates 20-25 letter sounds
2= demonstrates 11-19 letter sounds
1= demonstrates 0-10 letter sounds

Demonstrates Concepts About Print

front of book/print contains the message/which way do I

go?/return sweep/word by word matching/show me the first part
and the last part/left page before right/period/comma/question
mark/quotation mark/show one word/show one letter/first and
last part of a word/capital letter
1st Trimester Benchmarks
4= 10 + concepts
3= 6-9
2= 1-5
1= 0
2nd Trimester Benchmarks
4= 12-15 concepts
3= 8-11
2= 5-7
1= 0-4
3rd Trimester Benchmarks
4= 15 concepts
3= 11-14

3rd Trimester Benchmarks

2= 8-10

4= demonstrates 26 letter sounds and digraphs.

1= 0-7

3= demonstrates 24-26 letter sounds

2= demonstrates 18-23 letter sounds
1= demonstrates 0-17 letter sounds

Can Read High Frequency Words

a/am/an/and/at/can/do/go/he/I/in/is/it/like/me/my/no/on/see/
so/the/to/up/we/you
1st Trimester Benchmarks
4= identifies 15-25 words
3= identifies 7-14 words
2= identifies 1-6 words
1= identifies 0 words
2nd Trimester Benchmarks
4= identifies 20-25 words
3= identifies 15-19 words
2= identifies 10-14 words
1= identifies 0-9 words
3rd Trimester Benchmarks
4= identifies all 25 words and any advanced words
3= identifies 20-25 words
2= identifies 15-19 words

1= identifies 0-14 words

Produces Rhyming Words

1st Trimester Benchmarks
4= independently produces two words that rhyme
3= rhymes 3-4 words
2= rhymes 1-2 words
1= 0
2nd Trimester Benchmarks
4= independently produces two words that rhyme
3= rhymes 4 words
2= rhymes 2-3 words
1= rhymes 0-1 words
3rd Trimester Benchmarks
4= does not apply
3= rhymes 4 words and independently produces a rhyme
2= rhymes 2-3 words
1= rhymes 0-1 words

Writes a Simple Sentence using grade level

phonics
2nd Trimester Benchmarks
Sounds

Words

4= 14 +

4= 6+

3= 9-13

2-5

2= 5-8

1= 0-4

3rd Trimester Benchmarks

Sounds
Words
4= 17-18

7-8

3= 14-16

5-6

2= 9-13

2-4

1= 0-8

0-1

3rd Trimester Benchmarks

4= does not apply
3= identifies 9 shapes
2= identifies 5-8 shapes
1= identifies 0-4 shapes

Mathematics
Counts Objects to 20
1st Trimester Benchmarks
4= counts 16+ objects w/ O-T-O
3= counts 10-15 objects w/ O-T-O
2= counts 5-9 objects
1= counts 0-4 objects

Represents and Solves Addition and

Subtraction Word Problems
2nd Trimester Benchmarks
4= solves 3-4 problems
3= solves 1-2 problems
2= attempts to solve problems
1= unable to solve problems

2nd Trimester Benchmarks

4= counts 20+ objects w/ O-T-O

3rd Trimester Benchmarks

3= counts 15-20 objects w/ O-T-O

4= solves 4 problems and 2 advanced problems

2= counts 10-14 objects

3= solves 3-4 problems

1= counts 0-9 objects

2= solves 1-2 problems

3rd Trimester Benchmarks

4= counts 30 objects w/ O-T-O
3= counts 20-29 objects w/ O-T-O
2= counts 15-19 objects
1= counts 0-14 objects

Counts forward from any given number 0-20

2nd Trimester Benchmarks
4= counts forward 3 numbers independently
3= counts forward 3 numbers with manipulatives
2= attempts to count forward 3 numbers
1= unable to count forward 3 numbers

3rd Trimester Benchmarks

4= does not apply
3= counts forward 3 numbers independently
2= counts forward 3 numbers with manipulatives
1= attempts or is unable to count forward 3 numbers

Identifies 2 and 3 Dimensional Shapes

1st Trimester Benchmarks
4= identifies 5-9 shapes
3= identifies 3-4 shapes
2= identifies 1-2 shapes
1= identifies 0 shapes
2nd Trimester Benchmarks
4= identifies 6-9 shapes
3= identifies 4-5 shapes
2= identifies 2-3 shapes
1= identifies 0-1 shapes

1= unable to solve problems

Identifies Numbers 0-20

1st Trimester Benchmarks
4= identifies 11+ numbers

3= identifies 6-10 numbers

2= identifies 1-5 numbers
1= identifies 0 numbers
2nd Trimester Benchmarks
4= identifies 16+ numbers
3= identifies 11-15 numbers
2= identifies 6-10 numbers
1= identifies 0-5 numbers
3rd Trimester Benchmarks
4= identifies 22+ numbers
3= identifies 21 numbers
2= identifies 10-20 numbers
1= identifies 0-9 numbers