Kindergarten Curriculum:
Religion
Students will learn:
• that God made them special
• that God made the world around them
• to be thankful for all God has given them
• that Advent is a time of waiting and preparing for Jesus
• that Christmas is Jesus’ birthday
• how they can discover God’s goodness through their senses
• that Jesus is a loving friend and helper
• that they can help and share
• about God’s plan for Springtime
• to celebrate Lent, Holy Week, Easter
• that God knows their feelings
• what prayer is
• to develop an awareness of saints
• to participate in weekly liturgies
• to participate in service projects
• about the life of Mary
Reading and Language Arts
Students will learn:
• names of alphabet letters
• sounds of alphabet letters
• sight word vocabulary
• punctuation symbols
• to write upper and lowercase letters
• recognize own name in printed form
• write their name
• color within lines
• cut with scissors on the line
• apply direction to reading and writing (left to right)
• to participate in group activities
• developmental spelling
Math
Students will learn:
• to sort & classify
• various vocabulary
• graphing, data, probability
• patterning
• to rote count numbers to 100 by 1’s and 10’s
• to rote count numbers to 100 starting at any number
• write and identify numbers to 20
• place value (tens and ones)
• problem solving strategies
• geometry: two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes
• measurement, weight, length, estimation
• to identify a penny, nickel, dime and their value
• to count forward, backward
• number patterns
• even & odd numbers
• ordinal numbers
• telling time to the hour
• simple addition & subtraction
Science
Students will learn:
• about the 5 senses
• about weather and seasons
• about the properties of matter: solid, liquid and gas
• about the day and night sky
• about light, sound and heat
• about living & nonliving things
• about plant parts
• about life cycles
• about animals & animal habitats
Social Studies
Students will learn:
• need for rules
• helping others and taking turns, sharing
• themselves, friends & friendship
• respect & responsibility
• problem solving
• emotions
• how people learn
• purpose of a school
• landforms, bodies of water
• map reading/direction/drawing
• understand globe, continents, oceans
• use globe to understand day and night
• environment /pollution/recycling
• different kinds of homes
Specialists
Physical Education
Computers
Library
Drama