Five Year Olds

Language
Initial consonant sounds
Basic sentence rule (capital in beginning, period at the end)
Reading vocabulary of basic sight words
Rhyming words
Word families (fat, cat, mat, sat)
Identify details in a story
Knows the difference between make-believe
Ordering of events in a story
Make judgments
Draws conclusions
Cause and effect
Feelings
Problems and solutions related to a story
Dramatize a story
Voice control and inflection as it relates to context of a story
Memory skills
Expression in dramatization
Uses context clues to understand vocabulary
Uses illustrations or objects to expand vocabulary
Grouping and categorizing words
Emergent writing
Drawing
Scribbling
Randomly chosen letters
Words copied from print
Developmental spelling
Transitional spelling
Conventional spelling

Science
Measuring
Comparing
Experimenting
Compiling data
Interpreting data
Forming conclusions
Growth and development of plant from
seeds
Human need for plants
Animal growth and development
Human use and care of animals
Human growth and development
Senses
Weather conditions and seasonal changes
Properties of water
Need for clean air, water and land
Math
Understands the value of numbers
Sorts by several attributes
Uses paper and pencil to do words, mark the one that doesn't belong
Can complete patterns
Knows left from right
Begins to read hours the clock (telling time)
Writes numerals 1-12
Knows basic shapes and why (ex. Square = 4 sides of same length and 4 corners)
Begins to add by counting and recounting
Begins to measure (length, width, height)
Makes graphs
Interprets graphs, charts, tables
Understands sets
Calendar concepts
Estimation
Calculators and computers
One-to-one correspondence
Order numbers (before, between, after)
Order numbers (greatest, least)
Congruence (same size, same shape)
Symmetry
Identify solid shapes
Use number line
Determine area and perimeter
Basic addition facts to 20














Social
Much more independent
Takes care of own needs (dresses, bathroom, etc.
Takes on responsibility by completing common chores
Makes simple purchases
Has special friends usually of same gender
Begins to play simple table &card games
Is a "me first" person
Begins to know what is proper,what is not when meeting people, eating and going to other places
Understanding location
Land use
Products and trade
Leaders and achievers
All people make a difference
Contributors to change
Understanding patriotic identity
Accepting and respecting others
Working for the common good
Wants and basic needs
Transportation and communication links
Kinds of work
Public and private property
Family and community
Understanding water and land on a map or globe
Working with others
Resolving conflicts
Respecting rules and laws
Respecting people with different views

Physical
Can copy several letters, numbers and shapes
Prints numerals 1-10
Skips
Jumps rope
Hops for a distance
Uses a pogo stick
Uses stilts
Eye hand coordination is more developed
Cuts well
Colors well and stays in line
Holds pencil the right way
Can throw, catch, and bounce balls
Begins to use Hula Hoops and Footsies
Plays team games

Music
Begins to associate feelings
Distinguishes between low and high sounds
Distinguishes between slow and fast tempos
Distinguishes between major and minor keys
Can sing rounds
Moves to the "feel" of the music

Art
Draws recognizable pictures
Begins to develop a sense of texture
Enjoys experimenting with various media
Creates sculptures
Creates mosaics