I Can Statement - Kindergarten

Kindergarten Math

I Can Use Numbers to Help Me Understand Math

• I can count to 100 by ones and tens. K.CC.1
• I can count forward starting at a given number. K.CC.2
• I can write numbers from 0 to 20. K.CC.3
• I can write a number for a group of 0 to 20 objects. K.CC.3
• I can put numbers in order. K.CC.4
• I can name a group of objects by using a number. K.CC.4
• I can understand that the number of objects in a group can be rearranged and the total number will be the same. K.CC.4
• I can understand that adding an object to a group will make the total number one bigger. K.CC.4
• I can count to tell how many. K.CC.5
• I can count out a number of objects between 1 and 20. K.CC.5
• I can tell if a group of objects in one group is greater than, less than or equal to a group of objects in another group. K.CC.6
• I can compare two written numbers between 1 and 10. K.CC.7

I Can Use Addition and Subtraction to Help Me Understand Math

• I can use objects, fingers and pictures to help me show addition. K.OA.1
• I can use objects, fingers and pictures to help me show subtraction. K.OA.1
• I can solve addition and subtraction word problems within 10. K.OA.2
• I can take apart numbers less than or equal to 10. K.OA.3 (5=2+3)
• I can find the number that is added to 1 through 9 to make 10. I can use objects or drawings to show my answer. K.OA.4
• I can add and subtract within 5. K.OA.5

I Can Use Number Sense and Place Value to Help Me Understand Math

• I can put together and take apart numbers from 11 to 19 by naming the tens and ones. K.NBT.1
• I can use objects, drawings or equations to show tens and ones. K.NBT.1

I Can Use Measurement and Data to Help Me Understand Math

• I can tell how an object can be measured. K.MD.1 (length,weight)
• I can compare how two objects are similar or different. K.MD.2 (more of, less of, taller, shorter)
• I can place objects into categories. K.MD.3
• I can count the number of objects in categories. K.MD.3
• I can sort the categories by the number of objects. K.MD.3
• I can put three objects in order from longest to shortest. 1.MD.1*
• I can tell the length of an object using whole numbers. 1.MD.1*
• I can tell and write time in hours and half-hours using a clock. 1.MD.3*
• I can organize data. 1.MD.4*
• I can understand data. 1.MD.4*
• I can ask and answer questions about data. 1.MD.4*
  *These are first grade standards introduced in Kindergarten.

I Can Use Geometry to Help Me Understand Math

• I can find shapes around me. K.G.1
• I can tell where shapes are. K.G.1 (above, below, beside, in front of, behind, next to)
• I can tell about shapes. K.G.2
• I can compare shapes. K.G.2
• I can name shapes. K.G.2
• I can identify two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes. K.G.3
• I can tell about and compare two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes. K.G.4
• I can make shapes using materials like sticks and clay. K.G.5
• I can use simple shapes to make larger shapes. K.G.6

Kindergarten Reading

I Can Read Fiction

• I can ask and answer questions with prompting and support after listening to stories. RL.K.1
• I can retell a story with prompting and support. RL.K.2
• I can tell the characters, setting and what happens in a story with prompting and support. RL.K.3
• I can use comprehension strategies. IA.1

I Can Read Nonfiction 

• I can ask and answer questions with prompting and support after reading nonfiction. RI.K.1
• I can tell the main topic and details in a nonfiction book with prompting and support. RI.K.2
• I can tell how people, events or ideas are connected with prompting and support. RI.K.3
• I can use comprehension strategies. IA.1

I Can Understand Fiction

• I can ask and answer questions about new words in a story. RL.K.4
• I can tell the difference between storybooks and poems. RL.K.5
• I can tell who the author and illustrator are. I can tell what their jobs are with prompting and support. RL.K.6

I Can Understand Nonfiction

• I can ask and answer questions about new words in nonfiction. RI.K.4
• I can find the front cover, back cover and title page in a book. RI.K.5
• I can tell who the author and illustrator are. I can tell what their jobs are with prompting and support. RI.K.6

I Can Use What I Know To Understand Fiction

• I can use the illustrations to help to tell the story with prompting and support. RL.K.7
• I can compare and contrast familiar characters in stories with prompting and support. RL.K.9

I Can Use What I Know To Understand Nonfiction

• I can use words and pictures to help me understand nonfiction with prompting and support. RI.K.7
• I can find the reasons an author gives to support his or her ideas with prompting and support. RI.K.8
• I can tell how two nonfiction books are alike and different with prompting and support. RI.K.9

I Can Engage in Class Fiction Reading Activities RL.K.10

I Can Engage in Class Nonfiction Reading Activities RI. K.10

I Can Use Basic Text Features to Help Me Read RF.K.1
(read left to right, read top to bottom, spaces between words)

I Can Recognize and Name All Upper and Lowercase Letters RF.K.1

I Can Use Phonics Skills to Help Me Read

• I can recognize and make rhyming words. RF.K.2
• I can count and divide words into syllables. RF.K.2
• I can blend and divide onsets and rhymes of single-syllable words. RF.K.2
• I can find and say the initial, middle vowel and last sound in simple words. RF.K.2
• I can change a consonant or a vowel sound to make new words. RF.K.2
• I can make the most common sound for each consonant. RF.K.3
• I can match the most common long and short vowel sounds with the common spellings. RF.K.3
• I can read common high-frequency words. RF.K.3

I Can Read Fluently

• I can read beginning books fluently. RF.K.4
• I can understand beginning books. RF.K.4

Kindergarten Writing

I Can Write Different Types of Writing

• I can write, draw and tell my opinion. W.K.1
• I can write, draw and tell to teach. W.K.2
• I can write, draw and say what happened to tell a story. W.K.3
• I can tell how I feel about the story I told. W.K.3

I Can Make My Writing Better

• I can add details to my writing with guidance and support. W.K.5
• I can publish my writing with guidance and support, using a variety of digital tools. W.K.6

I Can Use Research to Help My Writing

• I can help my class research. W.K.7
• I can help my class write. W.K.7
• I can remember what I have been taught to answer a question with guidance and support. W.K.8

Kindergarten Language

I Can Use Proper English When I Write and Speak

• I can print many uppercase and lowercase letters. L.K.1
• I can use nouns and verbs. L.K.1
• I can say regular plural nouns. L.K.1
• I can understand and use question words. L.K.1
• I can use common prepositions. L.K.1 (to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with)
• I can make complete sentences with my class. L.K.1
• I can capitalize the first word in a sentence. L.K.2 
• I can capitalize the word “I”. L.K.2
• I can recognize and name end punctuation. L.K.2
• I can write a letter or letters for most consonant sounds. L.K.2
• I can write a letter or letters for most short vowel sounds. L.K.2
• I can use what I know about phonics to write words. L.K.2, RF.K.16

I Can Figure Out What Words Mean and Use Them in Different Situations

• I can tell the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning kindergarten words. L.K.4
• I can use common beginnings and endings to help me determine what a word means. L.K.4 (-ed, -s, re-, un-, pre-, -ful, -less)
• I can match common verbs and adjectives with their opposites. L.K.5
• I can tell how words areused in real life. L.K.5 (tell animals that are colorful)
• I can use new words I learn. L.K.6
• I can sort common objects into categories. L.K.5a

Kindergarten Speaking and Listening

I Can Understand and Talk About What I Hear

• I can follow rules for discussions. SL.K.1
• I can talk with others. SL.K.1
• I can participate in a conversation. SL.K.1
• I can tell what a story is about. SL.K.2
• I can ask and answer a question about what I have heard. SL.K.2
• I can ask and answer a question to get help, get information or clarify something that is not understood. SL.K.3

I Can Share What I Know

• I can tell about people, places, things and events with prompting and support. SL.K.4
• I can use drawings to add details. SL.K.5
• I can speak clearly. SL.K6
• I can recite familiar stories, poems, nursery rhymes and lines of a play. IA.3