Challenge Concepts

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Literacy

Concepts about Print

• Show the difference between letters and words

• Know the meaning of period, comma, question mark, quotation marks, exclamation point

Phonemic Awareness

• Syllable counting

• Segmenting words

• Blending words

Decoding and Word Recognition

• Independent reading

• Additional sight words

Writing

• Uses a variety of sentence types

• Uses correct punctuation, spacing, letter formation and capitalization

• Uses higher level vocabulary

• Uses specific descriptive words or phrases

• Uses specific telling and action words

• Includes several ideas with a common focus including details

Math

Number Sense

• Count to 100

• Recognize and write numerals 11-100

• Skip count by 2's, 5's and 10's

• Name and ordinals past fifth

• Identify and manipulate place values

Computation

• Write and solve addition and subtraction sentences

• Write and tell story Problems

Geometric Concepts

• Recognize three dimensional shapes

• Complete complex spatial visualization puzzles

• Name months of the year

Patterns and Relationships

• Label patterns

• Make complex patterns (number patterns, growing patterns, etc

• Sort by complex rules

Problem Solving

• Estimate sets of objects less than 20

• Create and identify sets of less, more and equal

• Divide sets equally

• Identify time to hour

• Identify coins and values

Data Collection

• Create and discuss graphs independently

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