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Kindergarten Report Card Rubric

Reading Readiness Skills
Can recognize 8 basic colors:
S+ = The child can name the color when shown a sample.
S   = The child can find the color when it is named.
S-     = The child knows 6 out of 8 of the basic colors. 
N   = The child is unable to name or find the basic colors.
I    = The child is making progress in learning the colors.

Can identify alphabet letters:
S+ = The child has demonstrated that he/she knows all of the alphabet letters (capital and small) by sight.
S  = The child can name the capital and small letters that we have studied in kindergarten.
S- = The child can name 80% of the capital and small letters that we have studied in kindergarten.
N  = The child is unable to name the capital and small letters when shown the symbol.
I  =  The child is making progress in learning the alphabet letter symbols.

Can identify letter sounds:
S+ = The child can produce the phonetic sound a letter makes, match pictures to their beginning sound, and can give their own word that begins with that alphabet sound.
S  = The child can tell which letter makes a phonetic sound when it is produced and can match pictures to their beginning sound.
S- = The child can do the above with 80% of the letters we have studied.
N  = The child is unable to associate alphabet letters with their phonetic sound.
I  = The child is making progress in associating letters with their sounds.

Can say the ABC’s:
S+ = The child can say the alphabet by rote without any errors.
S  = The child can say the alphabet by rote, with only one error.
N = The child is unable to say the alphabet by rote.
I  = The child is improving in their ability to say the alphabet by rote. 

Understands rhyming:
Step 1: Can match pictures that rhyme
Step 2:  Can produce rhyming words
S+ =  The child is able to do both steps.
S  =  The child is able to do one of the two steps.
N  = The child is unable to hear and differentiate words that rhyme.
I   = The child is making progress in hearing words that rhyme.

Can recognize color words:
S+ = The child can read the words that name the 8 basic colors.
S  =  The child can read 7 out of 8 of the words that name the 8 basic colors.
S- = The child can read 6 out of 8 of the words that name the 8 basic colors.
N  = The child is unable to read words that name the colors.
I  =  The child is making progress in reading the words that name the colors.

Math Skills
Understands positional words:
S+ = The child demonstrates an understanding of words like up, down, between, top bottom, which enable him/her to follow directions.
S  = The child understands most of the positional words, and can follow directions.
S- = The child understands some of the positional words, but has difficulty  using them to follow directions.
N  = The child is unable to understand the use of positional words.
I  =  The child is making progress in his/her understanding of positional words.

Understands patterns:
S+ = The child can recognize, copy, and produce an AB pattern and an AAB or ABB pattern.
S  =  The child can recognize, copy and produce an AB pattern.
S- = The child can recognize an AB pattern, but is unable to produce their own.
N = The child is unable to recognize the formation of a pattern.
I  = The child is making progress in recognizing patterns.

Can rote count to:
S+ = The child is able to rote count to 100.
S  = The child is able to rote count to 20 (1st quarter), 30 (2nd quarter),40 (3rd quarter), 50 (4th quarter).
S- = The child is able to rote count to 10.
N  =  The child is unable to rote count to 10.
I  =  The child is making progress in increasing their rote counting.

Can recognize numbers:
S+ = The child can name the number when shown the digit symbol for the numbers 0-10 (1st quarter), 0-12 (2nd quarter), 0-20 (3rd quarter), 0-50 (4th quarter).
S  = The child can name the number when shown the digit symbol for the numbers 0-5 (1st quarter), 0-10 (2nd quarter), 0-12 (3rd quarter), 0-20 (4th quarter).
S- = The child can name 80% of the numbers required to receive an S.
N  = The child is unable to name the number when shown the digit symbol.
I  =  The child is making progress in naming numbers.

Understands concept of more and less: (based on quarterly expectations in numeral recognition)
S+ = The child can verbally compare sets of objects and can produce a set of objects to show more or less and is able to tell how many more or how many less when within 1 or 2.
S  = The child can verbally compare sets of objects and can produce a set of objects to show more or less.
S- =  The child can produce a set that is more or less, but has difficulty making verbal comparisons.
N =  The child is unable to make sets that show more or less.
I  =  The child is making progress working with more and less.

Can compare numbers: (based on quarterly expectations in numeral recognition)
S+ = The child can verbally compare digit symbols and tell how many more or less when within 1 or 2.
S  = The child can verbally compare digit symbols based on quarterly expectations in numeral recognition.
S- =  The child can verbally compare digit symbols based on the quarterly expectations in numeral recognition.
N  =  The child is unable to make comparisons using digit symbols.
I  =  The child is making progress in making comparisons using digit symbols.

Physical Development
PE – gross motor skills

Fine motor skills – writing, coloring, cutting
S+ = The child has excellent control when using a pencil, enabling him/her to write on lines correctly.  The child has excellent control when using crayons, enabling him/her to color small areas on a picture.  The child has excellent control when using a scissors, enabling him/her to cut out more intricate pictures, with turns and corners.
S  = The child has good control when using a pencil, enabling him/her to write on lines,  The child has good control when using crayons, enabling him/her to color within lines.  The child has good control when using a scissors, enabling him/her to cut out basic picture shapes.
S- = The child is able to write with a pencil, but has difficulty being confined to lines.  The child is able to color large areas with crayons, but has difficulty staying within lines.  The child is able to cut out large shapes, but has difficulty staying on lines.
N  =  The child is unable to use a pencil, crayon, or scissors without help.
I  = The child is improving in their use of a pencil, crayon, and scissors.