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Big Ideas in Kindergarten
Big Ideas in Kindergarten
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
Literature
Stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end.
Characters/setting, conflict/problem, and resolution/ending can be identified in stories.
Stories can spark joy and enrich life.
Nature Study
The natural world can be observed using our senses.
Observations of the natural world can be recorded.
Biographies
A biography is a story about a real person that lived in a real place.
Poetry
Language has rhythm, rhyme, and repetition that can be felt if read or listened to aloud.
Literacy
Letters connect to sounds.
Sounds connect to letters.
The English language follows rules.
Handwriting
Printed letters have structure and form.
January Curriculum
January Curriculum
Biographies
Wilson Bentley
George Washington
Poetry
Week 17 - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Jane Taylor)
Week 18 - The More it Snows (A. A. Milne)
Week 19 - I Do No Mind You Winter Wind (Jack Prelutsky)
Week 20 Recitation Day
Literature
The Tortoise and the Hair
How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have
Tug of War
Momotaro Peach Boy
Nature Study
Winter Sky and Snowflakes
Handwriting and Literacy
We have finished learning all the lowercase letters and will move into writing words. We will be listening for sounds as well as segmenting words into syllables.
Week 17 (January 7/8, 2026): snow, star
Week 18 (January 14/15, 2026), snowflake
Week 19 (January 21/22, 2026), mitten, Washington
Week 20 (January 28/29, 2026)
Optional Home Extension Activities
Timeline: Students received a timeline, that will be kept at school, to keep track of people we study throughout the year. Send a small photograph (roughly 1" square) of your student for them to add to the last spot on their timeline.
Timeline: Students received a timeline, that will be kept at school, to keep track of people we study throughout the year. Send a small photograph (roughly 1" square) of your student for them to add to the last spot on their timeline.
Learning Ally: Set up your student's account on Learning Ally. You will receive an email with login information. I will assign books to students' accounts throughout the year, and they can listen or follow along while the book is read to them.
Week 17 (January 7/8, 2026)
Week 17 (January 7/8, 2026)
Handwriting:
Practice writing your first and last name with correct capital/lowercase letters.
Practice writing weekly words: snow, star.
Literature: Discuss the moral of the Tortoise and the Hare.
Nature Study:
Watch a video of a snowflake growing. http://www.snowcrystals.com/videos/videos.html
Explore snowflakes. https://snowcrystals.com/
Read/listen to “The Snowy Day” on Learning Ally.
Biographies:
Practice memory statement: Wilson Bentley was an American photographer, who took photographs of snowflakes.
Read/listen to “Snowflake Bentley” on Learning Ally.
Poetry: Practice reciting Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Recitation day is January 28/29.
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