Readiness skills that students should know and be able to perform on the first
day of
First Grade
Reading
Identify all capital and lower case letters
Know all letter sounds
Write first and last name with capital letter and lower
case letters
Match voice with word in print
Know Kindergarten sight words (30)
Tell what an author and illustrator do
Predicts parts of a story
Rhyme words
Understand the difference between letters and words
Know colors
Retell a story
Math
Sort, make patterns, and classify
Identify shapes
Count, read and write numbers through 50
Recognize coins (penny, nickel, dime)
Add and subtract through 10 using manipulatives
Personal Safety
Tie shoes
Recite first and last name, age, birthday, address, and
telephone number
Zip up coat
