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Bible
Bible
Our kindergarten Bible curriculum focuses on the life of Jesus. We start the year by reviewing well-known Old Testament stories that show the need for a savior. After setting the tone for our need due to our sinful nature, we will explore the birth of Christ and His life/ministry. Finally, we will take a look at His death on the cross and what that means to us as believers in the present. The Bible curriculum is written by the Calvary Chapel Philadelphia staff pastors.
In addition to studying the Bible three days a week as a class, we also memorize a question and answer (New City Catechism) as a school each month and participate in Elementary chapels in the main sanctuary.
FUNdations
Fundations is a phonological/phonemic awareness, phonics and spelling program for the general education classroom. It is the program that CCA uses to promote spelling and reading fluency for students in grades Pre- K through 2.
Your child will participate in whole group presentations of daily Fundations lessons. We will use wipe-off boards, magnetic boards, sound cards, and Echo the Owl to teach and reinforce the sounds and rules of our language. Fundations lessons focus on carefully sequenced skills that include print knowledge, alphabet awareness, phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, decoding, vocabulary, fluency, and spelling.
To learn more, check out https://www.wilsonlanguage.com/programs/fundations/
Math
Math
This year, we will be using McGraw-Hill's My Math program at CCA. This math program is engaging and fun for students to begin exploring foundational math concepts needed in future grades. In addition to learning all about numbers and number sense, we will learn the basics of addition, subtraction, patterns, data/graphing, predicting, time, and money.
Making Meaning
As students develop phonemic awareness, they are able to sound out and decode texts. However, true reading requires the ability to derive meaning from the text. We practice this crucial aspect of literacy with the Making Meaning Program. During this part of our day, I will read both fiction and nonfiction books to the children, while teaching them the skills of listening, relating to texts, making personal connections that promote comprehension, and sharing thoughts about books with others. Critical thinking, speaking, and respecting other learners is practiced during these story time activities. Our Making Meaning books feature characters and authors from around the world, introducing the children to rich literature representing a variety of cultures and ideas. You can read about MM here:https://www.collaborativeclassroom.org/programs/making-meaning/
Small Reading Groups
The third component of our literacy program is Small Reading Groups. This is where children have the opportunity to practice the skills they've learned though small-group, individualized instruction. This is my favorite part of the curriculum, as it allows me to monitor the progress of each child. I have the privilege of watching students develop into readers, as I challenge and support each student at an appropriate pace and skill level.
Being A Writer
Students learn the skills and conventions of writing while developing a desire to write and be understood through our Being A Writer program. We will read the works of great authors who inspire us to tell our own stories and share our own ideas. Through guided writing practice, the children begin by simply labeling their illustrations with matching initial sound letters, and end the year writing complete sentences. The program components are explained on their web site: https://www.collaborativeclassroom.org/programs/being-a-writer/
Social Studies/Science
Social Studies/Science
We use Scholastic's Let's Find Out to explore different science and social studies themes. Your child will be bringing home a weekly magazine that we talked about in school, and there are online activities that you will have access to in order to explore the themes further.
Heggerty Phonemic Awareness
Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Kindergarten lessons are meant to supplement existing literacy curriculum. Lessons are taught each day with explicit teacher modeling and scaffolded support. This will improve students’ reading, spelling, and writing, as the students learn to hear the sounds in words.
Daily lessons teach early, basic, and advanced skills such as:
Rhyming and onset fluency
Isolating final or medial sounds
Blending and segmenting words, syllables, and phonemes
Adding and deleting phonemes
Substituting phonemes
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