Kindergarten Curriculum

Kindergarten

Curriculum

Language Arts and Literacy

To identify upper and lower case letters and the sound associated with individual letters.
To identify the letter when the corresponding sound is produced.
To orally blend sounds of letters to form words and to read some decodable. words
To recognize that sounds are represented by letters and can be written down in a sequential manner.
To develop an understanding of the concepts and mechanics of print.
To use inventive spelling to record sounds heard in words.
To recognize some common words.
Develop sense observation and problem solving skills.
To demonstrate comprehension skills and to respond to literature and classroom experiencesappropriately.
To use oral language to extend learning and describe location, size, color, shape and kindergarten concepts.
To record thoughts, feelings, events, responses to literature, ideas and experiences with pictures, inventive spelling and conventional text.
To follow directions.
To recognize, identify and provide rhymes
To engage in choral speaking, singing and rhyming activities
To write most upper and lower case letters from a model.
To print first and last name with a model.
To differentiate between real and make-believe.
To sort and categorize letters, words and pictures.
To display positive attitude toward early reading and writing.

Math

To identify basic shapes.
To sort and classify objects by more than one attribute (size, color, shape).
To identify, copy and extend a pattern.
To develop observation and problem solving skills
To compare and identify groups by fewer, more or same.
To use one-to-one correspondence to identify, compare and determine quantity.
To identify, count, compare and order numbers through 30.
To identify, order and write numbers 1 – 20.
To model, count and identify the same quantity using different arrangements between numbers 0 – 20.
To use concrete models, coins and pictures to solve addition and subtraction problems.
To sequence events.
To develop an understanding of measurement (using non-standard and standard units of measure, clocks, calendars, etc.) .
Students will develop an understanding of collecting, organizing and recording data.
To identify equal sets and parts.
To identify a penny and to use pennies to count 10 cents.
To identify positional words (top, bottom, middle, before, after, between, above, below, left, right)

Science/Health

To develop an understanding of living things.
To understand that each human is unique and humans grow and change.
To observe and describe common objects and their properties by using the 5 senses.
To describe plants and animals that live in specific habitats
To explain how habitat loss can endanger plants and animals and to identify ways to preserve our environment.
To sort things according to living and non-living organisms.
To identify patterns in nature.
To describe current weather conditions and recognize how those conditions affect our daily lives.
To recognize that the sun supplies heat to the Earth
To recognize that some objects will sink and some will float or sink when placed in water.
To answer questions about their surroundings.
To become aware of ways people contribute to our understanding of science.
To develop an understanding of feelings
To distinguish between helpful and harmful ways to use various substances.

Social Studies

To identify important areas in the school.
To better understand self, other people and feelings.
To develop and appreciate an understanding of differences among people.
To better understand what families are.
To better understand the needs of people.
To know where people live.
To better understand change.
To develop an understanding of how and why certain holidays are visited in various countries.
To develop an understanding of basic principles of safety.

Handwriting

To use spatial directions.
- Identify top, middle and bottom.
- Identify above/below, above/through, over/under, up/down, left/right, forward/back, and straight/slant.
To use gross hand and arm muscles effectively.
To use small muscles of hands and fingers.
- Color within specified boundaries.
- Reconstruct simple patterns and shapes.
- Write vertical, horizontal, curved and slanted strokes.
To understand lift to right progression.
To identify and write upper and lower case letters using recommended sequence of strokes with the aid of a model.
To identify and write the numbers zero through twenty with the aid of a model.
To form letters the correct size using the paper’s lines as a guide.
To leave adequate space between letters and words.
To vertically position letters.
To write his/her first and last name with and without a model.
To copy words, letters, and numbers from a paper and chalkboard.
To sit properly to write.
- Sit up straight in the chair.
- Feet flat on the floor.
- Place arms on the desk with the elbows just off the edge of the table/desk.
- Non-writing hand holds the paper steady.
To correctly grip the pencil.
To determine hand dominance.
To position the paper correctly.
- Right handed – position paper square with edges of the table/desk.
- Left handed – position paper so that it slants to the right.