K4 Syllabus – 2026-2027

Contact Information:

jzfleming@greenville.k12.sc.us

864.452.0519

Website:

https://sites.google.com/a/greenvilleschools.us/jzfleming1/

SC Early Learning Standards: https://ed.sc.gov/instruction/early-learning-and-literacy/early-learning/standards/

eLearning Instructions

Inclement Weather and Quarantine Instructional Plan for Parents

Revised August 2021

The state Education Oversight Committee approved Greenville County Schools as an eLearning district in the fall of 2020. This designation allows the district to conduct eLearning on inclement weather days or when the district must close a school due to quarantines. eLearning days are not counted against the district and therefore does not require the use of make-up days. Below are the procedures and expectations for students on elearning days. 

Inclement Weather

For the purpose of inclement weather days, eLearning is defined as live instruction throughout the day. This live instruction may be whole group, small group, and/or individual sessions similar to the Virtual Program instruction. Students are expected to log on to the live instruction during inclement weather days. If students are unable to join the live meets due to power loss, sickness, etc., work must be made up within five days of returning to school. 

Class and School Quarantines 

In the event a school or a class within a school has to be quarantined, students should join the live instruction at home via Google Meets. If students cannot join the Google Meets, they must contact their teacher or they may be counted as absent for that day. 

Individual Student Quarantines

Individual students who have to be quarantined need to contact their teacher in order to continue their school work at home. In some cases, teachers may be live streaming their classes and in other situations this may be work posted on Google Classroom. Teachers are not required to live stream since they will have brick and mortar students they must teach. We do encourage teachers to live stream, but ultimately that is up to each individual teacher to live stream, post work or send work home for students on quarantine. 

Parent Teacher Communication:

If you need to reach the teacher, please feel free to call or send an email. I will try to respond to all emails, notes and return your call within 24 hours.

Grading Guidlines:

A letter or numerical grade is not issued in 4K, and no progress reports are issued. However, these are the report card progress ratings:

M -consitently meets or exceeds end-of-year expectations for standard

P- shows expected growth/progress in meeting end-of-year standard

B- is beggining to progress toward meeting end-of-year standard

N- needs intensive support at school and home to develop end-of-year standard

 If left blank, the standard was not addressed or assessed during the reporting period.

Materials Needed for Class:  Please bring tote bag and yellow folder daily.  Please bring a towel on Mondays of each week. 

Missed or Make-up Work:

Students who miss work will be allowed 5 days to complete assignments. 

Classroom Expectations:

Classroom Expectations:  We will follow our class rules, AJ Essential 18 and the discipline matrix.

*Class Rules:

1. Raise your hand

2. Share

3. Listen

4.  Be kind

5. Follow Directions

6. Keep your hands to yourself

Classroom Expectations:  We will follow our class rules, AJ Essential 18, and A.J. Behavior Expectations

     * Essential 18:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mG364PwkcVrm44wq9l4r0SnZy3kFeFZM/view  

     * A.J. Behavior Expectations:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JNQI0092NBmu8MR5DC3aMn0TxVtp9G8C_ta-O6hJsNA/edit

Homework

Materials Needed for Class:

4K Supply List

Everyday Essentials: Please bring folder and school provide tote bag daily. Please no bookbag. Please send a clean towel (standard) each Monday. Please no beach towels or blankets.  

Daily Schedule:

K4 Daily Schedule

7:30-8:00            Sign In, Restroom/Handwashing/Fine Motor 

                                    Practice

8:00- 8:10              Good Morning Song/ABC Review Song/Count to 100 

                                     Song

8:10-8:20   Community Meeting/ Growth and Character 

                              Education

8:20-8:45       Writing

8:45-9:00         Phonics

9:00 -9:50        Plan-Do-Review

9:50- 10:20          Literacy Small Group

10:20-10:50         Lunch- Table D/Line B

10:50-11:00    Restroom/Handwashing/Brain Break

11:00 -11:10   Shared Reading

11:10-11:20    Interactive Read Aloud

11:20- 12:05    Math Small Groups/Calendar Math

12:05-12:50    Related Arts

                   Monday:  Music

                   Tuesday: PE

                   Wednesday: Media

                   Thursday: STEAM

                   Friday: Art

12:50-1:00    Snack/Restroom Handwashing

1:00-1:20  Physical Activity   

1:20-1:50       Quiet Time

1:50-2:00      Closing Circle 

2:00-2:10     Pack-Up

2:15               Dismissal

*Friday: 8:45- 10:15 – Center Time (RTI Pull-outs), 11:10-12:00- Whole Group Craft

*All times are subject to change.

eLearning Guidelines for Inclement Weather:

A question will be posted in the Google classroom for attendance, and your response is required before 11:59 pm to be counted present for that day.  A choice board assignment will be posted in google classroom for your child to complete and submit in Google classroom. 

Listed below are the units of study for K4 students at AJW.   These curriculum units are based on the K4 standards used district wide in Greenville County to ensure success for all students.  Children are challenged throughout the year to go beyond these standards as appropriate.  All units are approximately 6 weeks in length. 

Listed below are the units of study and standards for K4 students district wide.  Children are challenged throughout the year to go beyond these standards as appropriate.  All units are approximately 6 weeks in length. 

• Unit 1:  Welcome to School / Standards

APL-1m: Discover things that interest and amaze them and seek to share them with others.

APL-1n: Communicate interest to others through verbal and nonverbal means.

APL-1o: Show interest in a growing range of topics, ideas, and tasks.

APL-1p: Demonstrate interest in mastering new skills.

APL-2l: Ask questions to find out more about the things that interest them, including questions about future events.

APL-2m: Choose among different ways to explore the environment based on experience.

APL-2n: Use what they know from experience to understand what is happening now.

ESD-5r: Follow social rules, transitions, and routines that have been explained to them.

CD-9f: Describe characteristics of the places where they live and play.

• Unit 2:  All About Me and My Family / Standards

APL-1m: Discover things that interest and amaze them and seek to share them with others.

APL-1n: Communicate interest to others through verbal and nonverbal means.

APL-1o: Show interest in a growing range of topics, ideas, and tasks.

APL-1p: Demonstrate interest in mastering new skills.

APL-2l: Ask questions to find out more about the things that interest them, including questions about future events.

APL-2m: Choose among different ways to explore the environment based on experience.

APL-2n: Use what they know from experience to understand what is happening now.

ESD 1o: Describe themselves in concrete ways, with greater detail and accuracy.

ESD-1p: Express awareness that they are members of different groups.

ESD-2n: Express positive feelings about themselves by showing and/or telling others about themselves, things they like, or things they have done.

ESD-5w: Express respect and caring for all people, including people with disabilities.

ESD-5x: Recognize and honor cultural differences.

CD-6k: Talk about a wide circle of family members and other people important to the family, their relationships to each other, and shared experiences.

CD-6l: Adopt roles of a wide variety of family and community members during dramatic play, using props, language, and actions to add detail to their play.

CD-8g: Talk about how other children have different family members and family structures than their own.

CD-9g: Observe and talk about changes in themselves and their families over time. 

• Unit 3:  The Amazing Alphabet / Standards

APL-1m: Discover things that interest and amaze them and seek to share them with others.

APL-1n: Communicate interest to others through verbal and nonverbal means.

APL-1o: Show interest in a growing range of topics, ideas, and tasks.

APL-1p: Demonstrate interest in mastering new skills.

APL-2l: Ask questions to find out more about the things that interest them, including questions about future events.

APL-2m: Choose among different ways to explore the environment based on experience.

APL-2n: Use what they know from experience to understand what is happening now.

LDC-12e: Demonstrate an interest in learning the alphabet.

LDC-12f: Show they know the letters function to represent sounds in spoken words.

LDC-12g: Recognize and name many letters of the alphabet, especially those in their own name and in the names of others who are important to them.

LDC-12h: Make some sound-to-letter matches, using letter name knowledge.

LDC-13f: Represent thoughts and ideas in drawings and by writing letters or letter-like forms.

LDC-14d: Use known letters and approximations of letters to write their own name and some familiar words.

LDC-14e: Try to connect the sounds in a spoken word with letters in the written word.

LDC-15i: Use a variety of writing tools and materials with increasing precision.

LDC-15j: Imitate adult writing conventions that they have observed. 

• Unit 4:  Discover the Night / Standards

APL-1m: Discover things that interest and amaze them and seek to share them with others.

APL-1n: Communicate interest to others through verbal and nonverbal means.

APL-1o: Show interest in a growing range of topics, ideas, and tasks.

APL-1p: Demonstrate interest in mastering new skills.

APL-2l: Ask questions to find out more about the things that interest them, including questions about future events.

APL-2m: Choose among different ways to explore the environment based on experience.

APL-2n: Use what they know from experience to understand what is happening now.

CD-10k: Collect items from nature and classify them using physical characteristics.

CD-10l: Notice and react to the natural world and the outdoor environment.

CD-10m: Describe some things plants and animals need to live and grow.

CD-10o: Notice and describe weather conditions, position of the sun and moon at different times, and seasonal changes.

CD-11o: Ask questions and identify ways to find answers.

CD-11p: Compare objects, materials, and phenomena by observing and describing their physical characteristics.

CD-11q: Use an increasing variety of tools to investigate the world around them. 

**This is subject to change.

• Unit 5:  Changes and Traditions Around Us / Standards

APL-1m: Discover things that interest and amaze them and seek to share them with others.

APL-1n: Communicate interest to others through verbal and nonverbal means.

APL-1o: Show interest in a growing range of topics, ideas, and tasks.

APL-1p: Demonstrate interest in mastering new skills.

APL-2l: Ask questions to find out more about the things that interest them, including questions about future events.

APL-2m: Choose among different ways to explore the environment based on experience.

APL-2n: Use what they know from experience to understand what is happening now.

CD-8h: Show acceptance of different cultures through exploration of varying customs and traditions, past and present (how people dress, how people speak, food, music, art, etc.). 

CD-9g: Observe and talk about changes in themselves and their families over time. 

CD9h: Observe and talk about how people adapt to seasons and weather conditions (put on sunscreen on sunny days, wear rain gear). 

CD-10k: Collect items from nature and classify them using physical characteristics.

CD-10l: Notice and react to the natural world and the outdoor environment.

CD-10m: Describe some things plants and animals need to live and grow.

CD-10o: Notice and describe weather conditions, position of the sun and moon at different times, and seasonal changes.

CD-11o: Ask questions and identify ways to find answers.

CD-11p: Compare objects, materials, and phenomena by observing and describing their physical characteristics.

CD-11q: Use an increasing variety of tools to investigate the world around them.

MTE-5o: Describe the weather as hot or cold.  (Continue to engage in explorations with temperature).

• Unit 6:  Fairy Tales / Standards

APL-1m: Discover things that interest and amaze them and seek to share them with others.

APL-1n: Communicate interest to others through verbal and nonverbal means.

APL-1o: Show interest in a growing range of topics, ideas, and tasks.

APL-1p: Demonstrate interest in mastering new skills.

APL-2l: Ask questions to find out more about the things that interest them, including questions about future events.

APL-2m: Choose among different ways to explore the environment based on experience.

APL-2n: Use what they know from experience to understand what is happening now.

LDC-10o: Imitate the special language in storybooks and story dialogue with accuracy and detail. 

LDC-10r: Relate personal experiences to an increasing variety of events described in familiar and new books. 

LDC-10s: Ask more focused and detailed questions about a story or the information in a book.

LDC-10t: Discuss storybooks by responding to questions about what is happening and predicting what will happen next. 

LDC-10u: Discuss storybooks by responding to questions about the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

• Unit 7:  Being an Explorer / Standards

MTE-5o: Describe the weather as hot or cold.

CD-10k: Collect items from nature and classify them using physical characteristics.

CD-10l: Notice and react to the natural world and the outdoor environment.

CD-10p: Notice, describe, and attempt to explain properties of materials and changes in substances.

CD-11n: Represent what they learn during scientific exploration through drawing, modeling, building, movement, or other methods.

CD-11q: Use an increasing variety of tools to investigate the world around them.

APL-1m: Discover things that interest and amaze them and seek to share them with others.

APL-1n: Communicate interest to others through verbal and nonverbal means.

APL-1o: Show interest in a growing range of topics, ideas, and tasks.

APL-1p: Demonstrate interest in mastering new skills.

APL-2l: Ask questions to find out more about the things that interest them, including questions about future events.

APL-2m: Choose among different ways to explore the environment based on experience.

APL-2n: Use what they know from experience to understand what is happening now. 

• Unit 8:  Ramps, Wheels, and Things That Go! / Standards

CD-3l: Use language to describe their thinking processes with adult support.

CD-3m: Work on a project over several days, solving problems, and making their work more elaborate.

CD-11o: Ask questions and identify ways to find answers.

CD-11p: Compare objects and materials by observing and describing their physical characteristics.

CD-11r: Make and check predictions through observations and experimentation, with adult support and guidance.

CD-11s: Manipulate the environment to produce desired effects and invent solutions to problems.

CD-11t: Engage in the scientific process by observing, making predictions, recording predictions (through photographs, drawings or dictations), developing plans for testing hypotheses, trying out ideas and communicating outcomes.

CD-11u: Analyze the result of an attempted solution and use new information to solve a problem. 

**This is subject to change.