Kindergarten Standards - I Can Statements - FREEBIES
We all know as teachers that our grade-level standards are important.
They guide what we teach every single day.
Many administrators in fact require that we have the standards and objectives posted every single day.
I love using I Can Statements to accomplish this.
I have realized that having them presented in a student-friendly manner is also incredibly important because
if children don't know what it is that they are supposed to be mastering….
how can they take ownership of their learning?
My other big ah-ha is getting the parents involved.
I know - it sounds like an obvious one, but I honestly have had parents come to kindergarten orientation thinking we just painted and played with blocks all day.
Parents literally had no clue that I was going to be teaching their kiddos to read, write sentences, learn how to add and subtract and so much more!
…..and that hopefully end up LOVE coming to school and learning new things!
The big questions are:
How do we effectively go about posting our standards?
How do we get our students AND parents involved?
How do we hold everyone accountable for what we are learning?
I made a huge bundle to solve these problems, and I am thrilled with how it all turned out.
I have seen objectives written as full pages or even half pages, but with as many standards as we cover each day...
I simply don't have the room to hang up such large posters.
So I created pocket chart cards that are so easy to use!
These come three on a page and are made to fit nicely in pocket charts.
How easy is that?!
They work perfect on your front white board, or even in a center area without taking up precious wall space.
And since they can go in pocket charts, changing them out and moving them around is a breeze.
I love the bright linen-textured colors, and I color-coded them by domain.
Reading Light Blue: foundational skills, literature, informational text
Math Pink: counting & cardinality, operations & algebraic thinking, geometry, measurement & data and numbers and operations in base 10
Writing Green
Language Yellow
Speaking & Listening Purple
To get the parents involved, I made checklists to send home.
I decided to make two versions:
one to send home before I teach a unit
one as somewhat of a post-assessment checklist so parents know what their child mastered, and what they still need to work on.
Here is an example of what each domain looks like.
Please note the headers:
These are the skills we will be learning send this version home before we start the unit - or simply at the beginning of the year.
This is what I can do! Date:_________ send this version home after you complete a unit - or simply at the end of a quarter or testing period.
I made these checklists for every domain, and they come in black and white versions as well!
These are the perfect way to give parents a heads up on the standards you will be covering, and then again a heads up on what their child mastered and still needs help with.
Your parents will be so grateful to be kept up to date and then there are no surprises at report card time. You can use one or both - it is totally up to you!
These checklists also hold me accountable too.
They are a quick and easy reference when I am planning my lessons and units. I actually use the color versions as posters behind my desk to help keep me on track.
Grab this entire BUNDLE of I Can Statement Cards and CCSS Aligned Standards Checklists.
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“I cannot even begin to say how appreciative I am of these! Thank you! Colorful, visual, and awesome!”
“These I Can statements are going to be a life saver for my classroom! Not only can I put them up so that administrators and others who visit my classroom can see what we are focusing on, but they can also serve as a reminder to my kinder students what their goals should be across content areas. The images provide great visuals and are very kinder friendly!”
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“These hang in my room so my kids can see what we are learning! We love them!”
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“Cute graphics and kindergarten friendly language!”
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"This I-Statements resource is a real saver for first-grade teachers. It's a practical and effective tool that saves me time while providing students with the words they need to understand what they will be learning. Highly recommended!"
