Kindergarten Curriculum
Social Studies: We begin the year by working on building community and character. Students learn and practice honesty, courage, responsibility, friendship, and respect. We will also be learning about location (home, classroom, school, state). Careers are explored and their impact discussed, as well as discussing the reasons people work.
Science: This year in science, students will be taking an active, inquiring role as they explore the world around them. Through different activities and experiments, students will be learning about plants, the weather, their senses, basic properties of objects, as well as tools.
Language: Vocabularies will certainly grow this year. Students will participate during group discussions and practice the appropriate listening and talking behaviors. Students will practice using spatial language through different activities.
Reading: The literature we will be working with this year will be rhymes, fairytales, fables, fiction, and non-fiction. Students will understand the different aspects of books and how to use books. Main events will be discussed, retold, and dramatized. Poems will be set to music and/or dance. Students will learn how to connect books that are read to themselves and to the world around them.
Writing: This year, students will begin to learn how to write their letters. We will look for common words that are found in print. We will explore periods and question marks. Also, students will create their own letter stories, skits, and poems.
Math: We will follow the Houghton Mifflin Math program for Kindergarteners. Students will work on sorting, patterns, numbers, shapes, money, length, time, and beginning algebra. Through this program, we will use song, games, and stories to learn about these concepts.