What Can I Expect My Child to Learn in Pre-K?
The Mid-Del Pre-K program uses the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Pre-K.
You can expect your child to leave Pre-K being able to:
Effectively communicate using speaking and listening.
Recognize spoken words that rhyme.
Isolate the common initial sound in a group of words.
Write some uppercase and lowercase letters including a majority of the letters in their first name with prompting.
Name a majority of uppercase and lowercase letters.
Produce some sounds represented by letters.
Read their first name in print.
Begin to retell or re-enact major events or details from a read-aloud.
Answer basic questions (e.g., who, what, where, and when) about texts, photographs, or illustrations during shared reading or other text experiences with prompting.
Name and sort familiar objects into categories.
Make observations of the physical and natural world. N
otice and describe similarities and differences among plants, animals, and objects.
Understand the importance of rules and responsibilities.
Use basic directional terms in relation to the student’s relative location.
Use words and phrases, such as before and after, as they relate to chronology and time to explain how things change.
Compare two objects with a common measurable attribute using words such as longer/shorter; heavier/lighter; or taller/shorter.
Recognize, duplicate, and extend repeating patterns.
Compare two sets of 1-5 objects using comparative language such as same, more, or fewer.
Count up to 5 items in a scattered configuration; not in a row or column.
Use one-to-one correspondence in counting objects and matching groups of objects.
Count up to 10 items in a row or column.
Understand the last numeral spoken, when counting aloud, tells how many total objects are in a set.
Recognize and name written numerals 0-10.
Count aloud forward in sequence by 1s to 20.