Updated January 2019
Expected Reading and Writing Accomplishments Kindergarten
Writing• Writesmostdictatedlettersand
somewords• Writesmanyupperandlower
caseletters• Inventsownspelling• Makesscribblesorstringsof
randomletterswithnospaces• Writesownname(firstandlast)•
Writesfirstnameoffriendand
classmatesReading• Knowspartsofabook• Pretendsreadsfamiliartext•
Recognizesupperandlower
caseletters• Knowsmostsoundsforletters•
Recognizessightwords,suchas
"I","my","you","is"and"are"• Retellsstories•
Answersquestionsaboutstories
readaloud• Familiarwithgenresoftextsuch
asfairytales,signs,labels,poems,newspapers
Grade 1 Writing• Writesforothers• Spellsthree-andfour-short
vowelwords• Organizeswriting• Usesbasicpunctuation(periods
andcommas)• Usesinventedspellingwhen
necessary• Consciousofspelling
conventions• Composesdifferenttexttypes
(stories,journalentries,etc.)withappropriateillustrations
Reading• Readsaloudaccurately• Soundsoutunfamiliarwords•
Countssyllablesinaword• Blendsandbreaksdownsounds
inmostonesyllablewords• Readingvocabularyof300to
500words• Discusses"how","why"and
"what-if"questions• Predictswhatwillhappenina
story
Grade 2 Writing• Decideswhattoincludeina
writingpiece• Discusseshowtoimprove
writingforotherstounderstand• Withsomehelp,writesawell-
structuredbookreport• Writesstories,reports,letters
ande-mails• Correctsspellinginownwriting•
Editswritingforfinal
presentationReading• Soundsoutmulti-syllablewords
suchasTimbuktu• Readsdifficultorirregularly
spelledwords,suchasstrong,break
• Remembersfactsanddetailsfromtext
• Readsforpleasure• Answers"how","why"and
"what-if"questions
FormoreABRACADABRAresources,pleasevisittheParentResourcepagehttps://grover.concordia.ca/resources/abra/parent/en/
CEAP • CSLPCentre d'études sur l'apprentissage et la
performanceCentre for the Study of Learning and Performance
ABRACADABRA
Thefollowinglistscommonmilestonesforyounglearners.Usethislisttotrackprogressandaccomplishments.Ifyourchildisnotachievingamilestone,talktotheirteachertoseehowyoucansupporttheirdevelopment.
