02.++Georgia+Performance+Standards

The //**Georgia Performance Standards for Kindergarten**// that are addressed with the activities in this Traveling Trunk are as follows:

**Social Studies**:
 * **SSKH1**  The student will identify the purpose of national holidays and describe the people or events celebrated. //(// //Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, MLK Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day)//
 * **SSKH2** The student will identify important American symbols and explain their meaning. (National and State flags //(United States and Georgia flags; Bald eagle; Statue of Liberty; Lincoln Memorial; Washington Monument; White House; Pledge of Allegiance; Star Spangled Banner)//

**Math**:
 * **MKN1** Students will connect numerals to the quantities they represent.
 * h. Identify coins by name and value (penny, nickel, dime, and quarter).
 * **MKP4** Students will make connections among mathematical ideas and to other disciplines.
 * a. Recognize and use connections among mathematical ideas.
 * b. Understand how mathematical ideas interconnect and build on one another to produce a coherent whole.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">**Language Arts**:
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">**ELAKLSV1** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The student uses oral and visual skills to communicate. The student
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">a. Listens and speaks appropriately with peers and adults.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">b. Follows two-part oral directions.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">c. Repeats auditory sequences (letters, words, numbers, and rhythmic patterns).
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">d. Recites short poems, rhymes, songs, and stories with repeated patterns.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">e. Describes people, places, things, locations, and actions.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">f. Increases vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interests and knowledge.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">g. Communicates effectively when relating experiences and retelling stories heard.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">h. Uses complete sentences when speaking.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">i. Begins to use subject-verb agreement and tense.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">Music **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">:
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">**MKGM.1a** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Sing simple melodies in a limited range using appropriate head voice accompanied and unaccompanied.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">**MKGM.1b** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Echo simple singing and speech patterns.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">**MKGM.1c** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Sing from memory multiple songs representing various genres, tonalities, meters, and cultures including at least one song in a foreign language.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">**MKGM.2a** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Echo simple rhythmic patterns using body percussion as well as classroom instruments with appropriate technique.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">**MKGM.2b** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Perform a steady beat using body percussion as well as classroom instruments with appropriate technique.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">**MKGM.7a** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Evaluate musical performance of themselves and others.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">**MKGM.9a** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Sing, listen, and/or move to music from various historical periods and cultures (e.g.holidays)
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">**MKGM.10b** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Perform choreographed and non-choreographed movements.


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">In addition to GPS, our district has the following standards for technology in Kindergarten: **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">**first quarter:** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 24px;">mouse skills
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">**second quarter:** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 24px;">use drawing tools to create a picture
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">**third quarter:** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 24px;">type text and add an image
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">**fourth quarter:** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 24px;">use a mouse to create a graph