The student should be self-motivated in keeping on task
The student should show responsibility in home-teacher-school communications
The student should take the responsibility to complete assignments, and turn them in on time
The student should show the ability to listen and respond to oral instructions
The student should show the ability to read and follow two or three step written instructions in their textbook, workbooks, or on ditto sheets
The student should show the ability to work quietly and independently while the teacher is with another child or group
The student should show the ability to control anger, humor, sarcasm, self-pity, and distractibility
The student should show the ability to follow rules of class discussions, experiments, projects, and games without disruption or mess
The student should show the ability to organize personal materials, books, papers, etc. and to put away room materials and books when finished with them
The student should show the ability to enter, leave, and move about the room in a mature manner without constant supervision
The student should show the ability to do homework, classwork without prodding from the teacher or parents
The student should show the ability to write legibly in cursive
The student should show and demonstrate the ability to correct repeated spelling errors in all writing assignments when pointed out by teacher
Math Readiness
The student should have a good grasp of multiplication facts 0-10
The student should be able to multiply and divide single digit numbers
The student should have a solid understanding and working knowledge of addition and subtraction principles of borrowing and carrying
The student should be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions including finding the common denominator, lowest terms and simplest form
The student should be able to do 60 multiplication facts in 60 seconds
The student should demonstrate an understanding of place value for whole numbers to millions and decimals to thousandths
The student should understand the process of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers and decimals with double and triple digits and regrouping
The student should demonstrate an understanding of basic metric and stand measurement
The student should understand simple geometry concepts including: angles, segments, vertices, shapes, area, perimeter, volume, radius, and diameter
Language Readiness
The student should know the proper use of verbs, nouns and adjectives in a sentence
The student should be able to write in legible cursive
The student should be able to distinguish between nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions
The student should be able to write complete sentences with proper capitalization and simple punctuation
The student should be able to distinguish between simple and compound sentences, phrases and run-on sentences
The student should be able to write a paragraph with topic sentence, at least three detail sentences and a summary sentence
Reading Readiness
The student should be able to follow simple instructions with understanding
The student should be able to read independently both orally and silently
The student should be able to analyze with understanding what they have read
The student should be able to use an index, table of contents and glossary
The student should be able to use a dictionary and an encyclopedia
Social Studies and Science Readiness
The student should be able to use simple information from maps, charts, tables, and diagrams
The student should be able to distinguish between cities, states, countries, and continents
The student should be able to understand hemispheres, parallels and meridians
The student should be able to use textbooks to see whole ideas and details
