First Grade Entrance Criteria

Your child will be more successful in first grade
if they begin the year with the following skills.
Pope County Elementary First Grade Math Entrance Criteria
Recognize and write numbers to 31 Recognize basic shapes (circle, square,
triangle, rectangle)
Count orally by 1's to 100 Count sets of objects to 20
Recognize penny, nickel, dime and quarter Identify patterns
Hold scissors correctly and cut Know days of week
Know months of the year Know ordinal positions (1st, 2nd,...)
Complete picture addition problems with sums to 9
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First Grade Language Arts Entrance Criteria
Identify and write alphabet Identify rhyming words
Identify opposites Pronounce letters and sounds
Speak clearly to communicate needs Identify colors and color words
Correctly write first and last names Color within boundaries
Sit, listen, and follow directions Identify beginning sound of a given word
Know elements of a book: title, author,
and illustrator
Identify question marks, quotation marks,
exclamation marks, and periods and
know their purpose
Understand the mechanics of written language
(names begin with capital letters, spaces between
words, stories have a beginning, middle, and end)
Write left to right within boundaries
with proper spacing
Identify number words

Page updated: 31 August 2008

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