Kindergarten

Kindergarten Scope & Sequence

The Kindergarten Scope & Sequence shows what teachers plan to teach each quarter of the school year. The scope and sequence lists the academic expectations for each academic subject. Click on the document to expand and see all of the subjects. In addition, access more information below to learn about specific skills you can expect kindergartners to learn during the school year.

Updated Kindergarten Curriculum Map

English Language Arts

In kindergarten, students will learn the alphabet and the basic features of letters and words. Students will break down spoken and written words into syllables and letters and identify the sounds each letter makes. These important skills will enable children to learn new words and to read and understand simple books and stories. Students will also learn to write and share information in a variety of ways, including drawing, writing letters and words, listening to others, and speaking aloud.

Activities in Kindergarten ELA

Activities in these areas will include:

• Naming and writing upper and lowercase letters

• Matching letters to sounds and using other methods to figure out unfamiliar words when reading and writing

• Learning and using new words

• Identifying words that rhyme

• Reading common words such as the, of, you, are, she, and my

• Asking and answering questions about a story the teacher reads out loud

• Identifying characters, settings, and major events in a story

• Recognizing the person, place, thing, or idea that an illustration shows

• Participating in discussions by listening and taking turns speaking

• Using a combination of drawing, speaking, and writing to describe an event, give information about a topic, or share an opinion

• Taking part in shared reading, writing, and research projects

• Expressing thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly

Curricular Materials in English Language Arts

Wonders, a comprehensive literacy curriculum, is designed to meet the challenges of today’s classroom and reach all learners. A wealth of research-based print and digital resources provide unmatched support for building strong literacy foundations, accessing complex fiction and nonfiction texts, writing to sources, and building social emotional learning skills. Whether in the core classroom, an English language learner, or benefiting from intervention support, Wonders provides students equity of access to rich texts and rigorous instruction.

Words Their Way™ is a curricular approach to phonics, vocabulary, and spelling instruction for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. The program is implemented as a supplemental curriculum in the district and aims to provide a practical way to study words with students. The purpose of word study (which involves examining, manipulating, comparing, and categorizing words) is to reveal logic and consistencies within written language and to help students achieve mastery in recognizing, spelling, and defining specific words.

Math

In kindergarten, your child will focus primarily on two important areas. The first is learning numbers and what numbers represent. The second is addition and subtraction. Students will also learn to identify and work with shapes.

Activities in Kindergarten in Math

Activities in these areas will include:

• Counting how many objects are in a group and comparing the quantities of two groups of objects

• Comparing two numbers to identify which is greater or less than the other

• Understanding addition as putting together and subtraction as taking away from

• Adding and subtracting very small numbers quickly and accurately

• Breaking up numbers less than or equal to 10 in more than one way (for example, 9=6+3, 9=5+4)

• For any number from 1 to 9, finding the missing quantity that is needed to reach 10

• Representing addition and subtraction word problems using objects or by drawing pictures

• Solving addition and subtraction word problems involving numbers that add up to 10 or less or by subtracting from a number 10 or less

Excerpt provided by the Council of the Great City Schools at https://www.cgcs.org/Page/244

Curricular Materials in Math

Students will experience activities that ensure a progression of knowledge in McGraw-Hill My Math curriculum materials throughout kindergarten to fifth grade. This framework is a foundation for rigorous standards, resulting in a program that provides the conceptual understanding, key areas of focus, and connection to prior concepts and skills for each grade.

Science

During their kindergarten year, students will get a general understanding of the basics of earth and energy. They will experience lessons and experiments giving them their first experiences with several parts of science. They will learn how to observe the weather, how different plants and animals need different types of foods, and how objects move and what can interrupt that motion.

Social Science: My Social World

In kindergarten, the focus is on the foundation of social studies concepts. Kindergartners will learn the basics of how society works and should acquire multiple skills.

Activities in Kindergarten in Social Science

Students will learn to:

describe roles and responsibilities of people in authority
explain the need for rules
explain how environmental factors, such as weather, can impact people’s lives
understand how people and goods move from one place to another
compare life in the past with life today
explain why our national holidays are important and what person is linked to those holidays

Physical Education & Health

The goal of physical education is to develop physically literate individuals who have the knowledge, skills and confidence to enjoy a lifetime of healthful physical activity.

Activities in Kindergarten in PE & Health

To pursue a lifetime of healthful physical activity, a physically literate individual:

• Has learned the skills necessary to participate in a variety of physical activities.

• Knows the implications and the benefits of involvement in various types of physical activities.

• Participates regularly in physical activity.

• Is physically fit.

• Values physical activity and its contributions to a healthful lifestyle

Adapted from Moving into the future: National standards for physical education (2nd ed.), National Association for Sport and Physical Education, 2004. Reston, VA: Author.

Physical Development and Health standards for kindergarten are embedded into the following K-2nd grade band of expectations:

Acquire movement and motor skills and understand concepts necessary to engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity.
Achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness based upon continual self-assessment.
Develop skills necessary to become a successful member of a team by working with others during physical activity.
Demonstrate Personal Responsibility During Group Physical Activities.
Understand principles of health promotion and the prevention and treatment of illness and injury.
Understand human body systems and factors that influence growth and development.
Promote and enhance health and well-being through the use of effective communication and decision-making skills.

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