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. More information can be accesssed below to learn about specific skills kindergartners will be learning during the school year.

S&S Kindergarten.pdf

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

ABC bootcamp,

Jolly Phonics,

Heggerty

Nursery Rhymes, Poetry,

Nonfiction and Fiction read alouds and discussion

Writing Response

Circle time sharing

Mathematics

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, both 2D and 3D in real world situations.

Activities in Kindergarten Mathematics

Some of the math activities in kindergarten include:

Use a number line displayed in the classroom, number posters with number and tens frame with corresponding quantity.
Singing songs practicing number identification.
Hands on manipulatives to practice counting with 1-1 correspondence and matching numbers with quantities.
Reading children’s literature focusing on numbers and quantities.
Using number bonds taught with hands on and engaging activities in both whole & small groups. Acting out part/part/whole with kids.
Counting on is practiced daily in large and small groups. Using rekenreks (arithmetic rack) to help with teaching this skill.
Story problems and hands on manipulatives are used to teach addition and subtraction
Lots of hands on activities to create shapes, recognize shapes, and describe shapes. Use of real 3 d shapes for kids to touch and compare & contrast.
Hands on manipulatives such as connecting links and unifix cubes as non-standard units of measurement.

Science

Science topics at the kindergarten level are embedded in their reading program. Below are many of the topics which students will read about and discuss.

Apples (life cycle)

Seasonal Changes of a Tree

Caterpillar to Butterfly

What Lives in a Shell

What Makes a Magnet

Pumpkin (life cycle)

A Log’s Life

Building With Dad (physical materials)

Shadows

Wind Flyers

How Plants Grow

Tadpole to Frog

Water Cycle

Clouds

Activities in Kindergarten Science

Our activities are seasonal/theme based around books we are reading and include some hands-on things.

Chemical reactions

Experiments with coke and mentos

Volcano (baking soda and vinegar)

Physical changes, forms (ex: ice to water)

Making slime

Social Science: My Social World

There is no designated textbook for social studies so the information is embedded in the reading program. Historical Figures, such as George Washington, Abe Lincoln, and Martin Luther King, Jr. are studied along with their contributions to society. Students are then encouraged to think about how they could possibly contribute to society now and in the future. Other social studies topics include:

Pilgrims- comparing life earlier to life now

Economics- needs and wants, goods and services

Some fiction stories incorporate maps

Activities in Kindergarten in Social Science

Read Alouds from Bookworms reading program,

Written responses/discussions

Holidays

Elections

City and states

Junior Achievement

Community Helpers

Physical Education, Music, and Art

Physical education, music, and art is provided to the students several times a week. Students are exposed to a variety of exercises, musical, and artistic experiences.

Below and Right - Line art

Activities in Kindergarten Physical Education, Music, and Art

The standards for Kindergarten Visual Arts serve as the foundation for further visual arts instruction. The standards place emphasis on cognitive, affective, sensory and motor development, using a problem-solving approach. Students learn that art is a means for personal expression, it has value, and it teaches them about other times and places. In addition, students learn that art connects us in important ways to other areas of learning. Students come to understand that their works of art are unique and valuable as forms of self-expression.

The focus in PE will be on skills such as running, throwing , and catching. Midway through the year, the focus will shift to cooperation games and game play.

As kindergartners, students will learn about the differnce between talking and singing voices, steady beat, and creating and performing music basic using long/short, fast/slow, and loud/soft. Kindergartners perform a holiday concert every year.

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