Carthage R-9 Kindergarten is an academically rigorous program that focuses on reading, writing, math, social studies, and science using the Missouri Learning Standards as a guide. Teachers guide students through a highly structured day that allows them to explore each subject through engaging methods of instruction. Some of the topics covered in kindergarten are listed below.
English Language Arts
Writing and reading all letters and sounds
Reading high-frequency words
Reading 3 or 4 letter words and short text passages
Asking and answering questions in response to books read aloud to them.
Social Studies
How to Work and Cooperate within a Group
Community Helpers
Symbols of our Nation (The Flag, The Pledge of Allegiance)
National Holidays and Traditions
Basic Economics
Math
Read and write numbers to 20
Addition and Subtraction within 10 using pictures or objects
Counting to 100 by 10s and 1s
Counting backwards from 10
Understanding a number can be broken apart in different ways
2D and 3D Shapes
Identify pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
Science
Plants and Animals
Seasons and Weather