Literacy
Students will learn...
Identifying and generating rhyming words.
Building independence and stamina when reading and writing.
Learning letters and sounds
(A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, M, N, O, R, S, T, U)
Math
Students will learn…
Counting and matching the amount/quantity to the written number.
Practicing 1:1 correspondence and number recognition.
Sorting and comparing items by characteristics such as color, quantity, size, shape, etc.
Social Studies
Students will learn…
All About Me!
"I am unique."
"I am different from all others."
"I like some things and do not like others."
"Some things are easy for me and some things are hard for me."
"People are the same in some ways and different in some ways."
Questions to ask your Kindergartner
How many things can you count?
How high can you count?
How are you the same or different from a friend?
Can you tell me 2 words that rhyme?
Literacy
Students will learn...
Identifying letters and sounds (by the end of the month the letters T, B, F, M, N, I, U, C, A, O, G, D, S, E, R, P, J, L, H, K will have been introduced).
Identifying sight words in print (can, am, see, the, go, we). See webpage to practice more kindergarten words.
Using letter and sound knowledge to read and write words.
Math
Students will learn...
Describing, identifying, and comparing two-dimensional shapes.
Constructing and deconstructing shapes.
Counting and representing larger quantities (greater than 10).
Science
Students will learn...
Living things change with the seasons (Fall).
Seasons affect the way people live.
The difference between living and non-living things.
Plants and animals have life cycles.
Questions to ask your Kindergartner:
What are some of the letters you know? What sounds do the letters make?
What are some ways you can describe a circle? Square? Triangle? Rectangle?
What are some changes you have noticed now that Fall is here?
Literacy
Students will learn
Building independence and stamina when reading and writing.
Using letter and sound knowledge to read and write words.
Reading and writing high frequency words.
Writing personal narrative stories.
Math
Students will learn
Different units of measurement.
Comparing numbers: “more”, “less”, and “same”.
Science
Unit: Bulbs
Students will learn
The difference between living and non-living things.
Plants and animals have life cycles.
What plants need in order to grow (food, water, air, and light).
Questions to ask your kindergartner:
What changes have you noticed in your bulb?
What do all living things need to grow?
What are some real life stories you can write about in Writer’s Workshop?
Name two numbers. Which is more? Which is less?
Literacy
Students will learn
Building independence and stamina when reading and writing.
Using letter and sound knowledge to read and write words.
Reading and writing high frequency words.
Writing personal narrative stories.
Math
Students will learn
Combining amounts
Adding to or subtracting from one quantity to make another quantity
Representing and solving addition and subtraction number story problems
Decomposing numbers to 10 in different ways
Using numbers, and/or addition notation, to record how many
Science
Unit: Winter
Students will learn
How living things may change with the seasons.
Seasons occur in a cycle.
Seasons affect the way people live.
Social Studies
Unit: Families
Students will learn
There are many kinds of families and a variety of people make up a family.
Families have traditions and share them in different ways.
A family is a group of people that are connected to each other in some way.
Questions to ask your kindergartner:
Can you read some of these words from your classroom website? (under the “kindergarten sight words” tab)
Give your child a consonant-vowel-consonant word (lot, bag, dip, tub, red) and ask them to tap and blend to read it.
Can you show me how to add 2 numbers together? (choose numbers that seem like an appropriate challenge for your child)
What changes do you notice in the weather?
What are some signs of winter you can see outside? What are some activities you like to do in the winter?
Literacy
Students will learn
Building independence and stamina when reading and writing.
Using letter and sound knowledge to read and write words.
Reading and writing high frequency words.
Writing “how-to” informational books.
Math
Students will learn
Strategies for counting to 100 (for the 100th day of school).
Using subsets to count a set of objects.
Using numbers, pictures, words, and/or addition notation to represent a quantity.
Using numbers to record measurements.
Using a number line as a tool for counting and solving math equations.
Social Studies
Unit: Friendship
Students will learn
The golden rule is to treat others how you would like to be treated.
Small acts of kindness help others.
Questions to ask your kindergartner:
What strategies can you use to figure out a word you don’t know when reading?
What are some “how to” books you could write?
Share addition and subtraction number stories to solve.
What are some ways you can show kindness to others?
Literacy
Students will learn
Answering comprehension questions about text
Learning to read and write sight words from the word wall
Practicing digraphs (-th, -ch, -sh, -ck)
Learning new reading strategies with “just right” books
Planning ideas for writing
Writing “All About” books on a chosen topic during Writer's Workshop
Using writing conventions (spaces between words,
punctuation)
Practicing lowercase letters
Math
Students will learn
Solving addition and subtraction problems
Using notation to describe addition and subtraction situations
Decomposing the numbers to 10 in a variety of ways
Finding and exploring combinations of a number
Science
Current Science Unit: Spring
Students will learn
Living things and the environment change with the seasons
Seasons change the way people live and behave
Questions to ask your Kindergartner:
What signs of spring do you notice?
What are some words that contain digraphs?
Can you tell me an addition number story?
Can you tell me a subtraction number story?
Literacy
Students will learn
Isolating the final sounds in words
Segmenting blends (g-r-i-n, s-t-i-ck, w-e-n-t)
Practicing digraphs (-th, -ch, -sh, -ck)
Learning new reading strategies with “just right” books
Writing “All About” books on a chosen topic during Writer's Workshop
Using writing conventions (spaces between words,
punctuation)
Practicing lowercase letters and begin to use in writing
Math
Students will learn
Strategies for counting and keeping track of larger quantities
Counting by groups of 2 and groups of 10
Collecting and representing sets of data
Finding and exploring number combinations
Science
Current Science Unit: Spring
Students will learn
Living things and the environment change with the seasons
Seasons change the way people live and behave
Questions to ask your Kindergartner:
What are some ways our everyday lives change in the spring?
Can you think of a word that starts with –th? -ch? –sh?
How many different number combinations can use find to make 5? 6? 10?
Literacy
Students will learn
To respond to comprehension questions about text.
To read and write sight words from the word wall.
To read and write words with a “silent e” (long vowels).
New reading strategies with “just right” books.
Persuasive writing during Writer’s Workshop.
To provide reasons to support opinions.
To use writing conventions (spaces between words, punctuation).
Proper formation of lowercase letters and start to use them in writing.
Math
Students will learn
Decomposing 10 into two addends.
Recognizing, identifying, and writing the teen numbers.
Representing a teen number as a set of ones, and decomposing it into a group of ten and some number of ones.
Understanding what weight is and comparing the weight of pairs of objects.
Science
Unit: Living Things and Ladybugs
Students will learn
Attributes of living things that hatch from eggs.
The life cycle of the ladybug.
Unit: Summer
Students will learn
Living things change with the seasons.
Seasons occur in a cycle.
Seasons affect the way people live.
Questions to ask your Kindergartner:
Can you think of a word with the “silent e” at the end of it?
Can you write the number 13? 19? What number comes after (choose any teen number)?
What changes do you notice in the ladybugs?
What are you wondering about the ladybugs?