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Kindergarten Curriculum

Autumn 

Language Arts:
  • Upper and lower case letters identification
  • Letter sounds
  • Labeling pictures
  • Beginning sound and ending sounds
  • Beginning to write short sentences
  • Best guess spelling
  • Writer's Workshop launch, small moment stories
  • One-to-one matching while reading (point to words)
  • Sight Words
  • Guided reading

Math:
  • Count to 20
  • Identify and write numbers to 10
  • Patterning
  • 2D shapes
  • Become familiar with math manipulatives
  • Visual discrimination (ex., domino matching)

Science:
  • 5 Senses
  • Trees
  • Leaves

Winter

Language Arts:
  • Small moment stories
  • Include spaces between words
  • Add feelings words to writing
  • Add speech bubbles to writing
  • Beginning, middle, and ending sounds
  • Blend sounds together to make words
  • Segment words
  • Digraphs and blends
  • Sound-a-bet books
  • Best guess spelling
  • Write CVC words
  • Guided reading


Math:
  • Count to 100
  • Identify and write numbers to 20
  • Beginning addition to 5
  • Ten frames
  • Tally marks
  • Matching numbers to ten frames
  • 3D Shapes
  • Comparing weight and length

Science:
  • Wood and paper
  • Seasons
  • Weather


Spring

Language Arts:
  • Small moment stories
  • All about stories
  • How to Books
  • Author study (Mo Willems and Jane O'Connor)
  • Add interesting details to words and pictures
  • Use interesting vocabulary
  • Include ending punctuation
  • Begin a sentence with an uppercase letter
  • Spell sight words correctly 
  • Read the 45 kindergarten sight words
  • Digraphs and blends


Math:
  • Count to 100
  • Identify and write numbers to 30
  • Fluent addition to 5
  • Fluent subtraction to 5
  • Use tools and strategies to help solve more complex addition and subtraction equations
  • Ten frames
  • Compare and contrast 3D and 2D shapes
  • Compare length and weight
  • Concepts of time


Science:
  • Animals 2X2 (goldfish, snails, worms)
  • Plants