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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.
December Curriculum
December Curriculum
Biographies
The Wright Brothers: Orville and Wilbur
Poetry
Week 14 (December 3/4): Little Jack Horner (Mother Goose)
Week 15 (December 10/11):
Star Light Star Bright (Mother Goose)
Early To Bed (Benjamin Franklin)
Week 16 (December 17/18): Recitation Day
Literature
The Gingerbread Man
The Velveteen Rabbit
Twas the Night Before Christmas
Nature Study
Winter Plants
coniferous trees
pine cones
poinsettias
Handwriting and Literacy
Week 14 (December 3/4): x, v
Week 15 (December 10/11): e, z
Week 16 (December 17/18): worksheet page 99
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 14 (December 3/4)
Week 14 (December 3/4)
Handwriting: Practice writing lowercase “x and v.”
Literature: Bake and decorate gingerbread men/women or gingerbread cookies.
Nature Study: Observe different kinds of evergreen trees. Look for the needles and pine cones.
Biographies:
Practice memory statement: The Wright Brothers were American inventors who built and flew the first powered airplane.
Read/Listen to “To Fly” chapters 1-5 on Learning Ally.
Poetry: Practice reciting Little Jack Horner. December poetry recitation is December 17/18.
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