Kindergarten

Curriculum

Language Arts 

Reading

·  Shared Reading and Read Aloud- teacher reads stories aloud to children for enjoyment, comprehension, storytelling activities, and concepts of print.  Children and teacher read big books together with large print and familiar vocabulary.

·  Robust Vocabulary List- words that are commonly used but require explanation (such as complex, absurd & create)

 Heggerty

·  Phonemic Awareness- rhyming, beginning and ending sounds, identifying same beginning/ending sounds, identifying and clapping out the number of beats (syllables) a word has, segmenting words into separate sounds, blending sounds to make a word.

UFLI (Phonics Curriculum)

Letter and sound identification

High Frequency words

Segmenting and blending sounds to build words

Writing

Guided writing experiences

Handwriting practice

Math (envision math 2.0)

      *Numbers 0 to 5

      *Compare Numbers 0 to 5

      *Numbers 6 to 10

      *Compare Numbers 6 to 10

      *Compare Numbers 0 to 10

      *Classify and Count Data

      *Understand Addition

      *Understand Subtraction

      *More Addition and Subtraction

      *Count Numbers to 20

      *Compose and Decompose Numbers 11 to 19

      *Count Numbers to 100

      *Identify and Describe Shapes

      *Analyze, Compare, and Create Shapes

      *Describe and Compare Measurable Attributes

Social Studies:

* Apples and Johnny Appleseed

* Back to School/School Rules

*Who We Are

* Pumpkins and Fall

* Halloween

* Fire Safety

* Columbus Day

     * Thanksgiving 

* Pilgrims and Native Americans

*The USA

* December Holidays

* Winter

* Needs and Wants

* Dr. Martin Luther King

* Presidents and the White House

* Valentine’s Day

* Heart Health and Nutrition

* Dental Health

* Day 100

*Communities/Workers

* St. Patrick’s Day

* Spring Holidays

* Easter

*Families

Science:

* Plants

*Our Earth, Our Home

* Weather and Sky

* Exploring Matter

* Animals

* Motion, Gravity, and Magnets