Transitional Kindergarten / Overview

Transitional Kindergarten

Our Amazing Transitional Kindergarten Teacher Mrs. Stewart loves helping our

Taft Tiger students grow and develop into amazing students and individuals!

The Transitional Kindergarten consists of the following:





Social & Emotional Learning Language

~ Expresses emotions ~ Identifies parts of the body

~ Regulates attention and impulses ~ Uses familiar words, prepositions, and nouns

~ Shows empathy & cooperates with others ~ Can print some letters

~ Participates in pretend play

Physical Development Speaking & Listening

~ Stands, jumps, and can maintain balance ~ Listen to directions and stories

~ Can toss & catch ~ Can take turns at listening and talking

~ Asks questions and describes topics

Reading

~ Can hold a book and pretend to read Phonological Awareness

~ Points to pictures/letters in books ~ Claps for words in a sentence

~ Verbally describe characters from stories ~ Can orally place two syllables together to say a word

~ Can recognize first name ~ Can orally form compound words

~ Can identify some uppercase/lowercase letters ~ Can produce sounds and rimes

Writing Mathematics

~ Draws freely grabbing tool correctly ~ Sorts & classifies objects

~ Draws vertical and horizontal lines ~ Recognizes, duplicates, and extends patterns

~ Draws round shapes ~ Counts to 20

~ Draws or scribbles to express ideas/words ~ Recognizes numbers & counts objects to 10

~ Compares numbers to 5

~ Adds & subtracts within 5

~ Identifies, describes, and constructs 2-D shapes

~ Compare size & weight of objects

New aspects within the Transitional Kindergarten Program alone consist of:

~ Utilizing iPads within all content areas

~ Integrating the ST Math Program on the iPads

~ Designating areas for creativity and innovation through art, music, and movement

~ High focus on language and social-emotional development

~ Strong emphasis on collaboration