Curriculum

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