Fourth Quarter of Kindergarten:
Getting Ready for First Grade
Themes:
Spring, Life Cycles, Fairy Tales, Ocean, Off to First Grade
Math:
Decomposing Numbers (tens and ones)
Teen Numbers
Rote count to 100 and Count by Tens
Counting on from any number (0-100)
Review of all concepts/skills
Story Writing:
Informational Writing
***FOCUS ON Conventions (Capitalization/Spacing/Punctuation)
Handwriting:
Master Lower Case Writing
Mastery of Trick Word Writing
Language Arts:
Wit and Wisdom Unit Topic: The Continents
Non-Fiction Text Features
Review all Reading Comprehension Strategies
Mastery of Retelling (using characters and setting with beginning/middle/end detail)
Vowel Combinations (ee, ea, out, ow, ai, ay, oa)
Blends (bl, fl, tr, spr, etc.)
Diagraphs (ch, sh, th, wh)
Fluency and Stamina in Leveled Text
Social Studies:
Citizenships
Likes/Differences between Cultures (world, community, school)
Science:
Lifecycles (animals, humans, plants)
Technology:
Use Technology as a Tool for Research and Writing
Identify Informational Text on Internet (sources)