Kindergarten Curriculum
Kindergarten Reading
Reading Themes:
| Theme 1 Look at Us!
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Theme 6 Sunshine and Raindrops
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| Theme 2 Colors All Around
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Theme 7 Wheels Go Around
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| Theme 3 We're a Family
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Theme 8 Down on the Farm | |
| Theme 4 Friends Together
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Theme 9 Spring Is Here
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| Theme 5 Let's Count
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Theme 10 A World of Animals | |
In addition ,we use multiple Children’s Literature Books (fiction and non-fiction)
In Kindergarten students are involved in reading related activities and reading instruction for approximately 90 minutes of their day. Our program is a phonics-based curriculum with a center approach. We utilize our centers to reinforce the concepts being taught. We teach phonemic awareness using a variety of methods. We recognize that one of the best predictors of reading success is the skill of identifying letters and sounds. We focus on this alphabetic principle through out the year. In addition to this we introduce writing skills, literature enhancement, word recognition, listening and reading strategies. Reading skills are integrated through out our curriculum.
1. Students will dictate oral sentences to the teacher. (1.1.1)
2. Students will recognize and discriminate high frequency words. (1.1.1)
3. Students will make letter/sound associations. (1.1.1)
4. Students will name lowercase and uppercase letters of the alphabet. (1.1.2)
5. Students will make the sounds and state the name of all the vowels and located vowels in one-syllable words. (1.1.2)
6. Students will recognize and generate rhyming words. (1.1.2)
7. Students recognize that reading goes from left to right. (1.1.3)
8. Students will state what authors and illustrators do. (1.1.3)
9. Students will print periods, commas and capital letters. (1.1.3)
10. Students will be able to respond orally to literal questions and make predictions. (1.1.4)
11. Students will use appropriate voice level when speaking. (1.1.4)
12. Students will place pictures in correct order and retell the story. (1.1.4)
13. Students will develop an attitude that reading is a process of getting meanings. (1.1.4)
14. Students will listen to many types of books. (1.1.4)
15. Students will distinguish between truth (fact) and make-believe (fiction) in literature. (1.1.4)
16. Students will act out nursery rhymes and fairy tales. (1.1.5)
17. Students will print uppercase and lowercase letters with recognizable accuracy and comfort. (1.1.6)
18. Students will identify and print own full name correctly. (1.1.6)
19. Students will speak in total sentences. (1.2.1)
20. Students will participate in various class and group discussions. (1.2.1)
Kindergarten Language Arts
DESCRIPTION
Language Arts Communications skills are integrated and required of all students throughout the day. Students spend 20-30 minutes daily on focused practice of writing skills. These include penmanship practice, journaling and responding to literature.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. Students will use appropriate language to communicate complete ideas.
2. Students will use listening strategies (1.3.1)
a. Stop actions,
b. Clear away distractions,
c. Look at or toward the speaker.
3. Students will demonstrate effective pencil grip. (1.1.6)
4. Students will reproduce written symbols – all letters, numbers (0-20), 4 basic shapes (1.1.2, 1.1.6.)
5. Students will be able to write his/her first and last name in manuscript with correct use of capitals and lower case letters.(1.1.1)
6. Students will identify that sentences are words that make sense together. (1.1.4)
7. Students will track in left to right order. (1.1.3, 1.1.4)
8. Students will be able to dictate a sentence. (1.1.7)
9. Students will demonstrate ability to follow oral and visual directions. (1.3.1)
10. Students will express ideas verbally. (1.2.1)
11. Students will respond to literature. (1.1.5)
WRITING ACTIVITIES
Dictionaries, journaling, writing center, and story writing
MULTICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
1. Students learn about personal attributes and how we are similar to and different from one another.
2. Differences between families are discussed (size, make up, customs).
3. Individual uniqueness are discussed and celebrated.
4. Students participate in oral discussions and respond to questions related to multicultural literature.
Kindergarten Math
NORRIS ELEMENTARY MATH PHILOSOPHY
The Norris Elementary curriculum committee recognizes and appreciates the need for math in our ever-changing world.
So that each student can develop to their full potential, they will be provided with opportunities that will develop computational, conceptual and application skills in mathematics.
It is also our goal to develop an appreciation of math as it relates to everyday experiences. To foster a better understanding of mathematical concepts and recognize the many different learning styles, we advocate the use of a language-based manipulative approach.
Math Text
McGraw-Hill Mathematics, Macmillan/McGraw Hill, 2002
Mathematics is taught 45 minutes a day everyday we have kindergarten. Calendar activities are also a part of the math program, which is an additional 15 minutes a day. The program concentrates mainly on the following math concepts: patterns, sorting and classifying, one to one correspondence using objects, number sense, number recognition and writing to 10, introduction to addition and subtraction facts to 10 using manipulative. In addition the concepts of time, money, and measurement is incorporated.
1. The learner will be able to use words to describe objects.
A. Be able to sort and describe objects by color, shape and size. (1.6.2)
B. Be able to use the words for size and position (more/less, most/least, few/many, large/small, big/little, heavy/light, thick/thin, over/under, above/below, top/bottom, right/left/middle, beside/in front of/behind, first/second/third/etc.). (1.4.1)
C. Know basic shapes (square, circle, triangle, rectangle). (1.4.2)
2. The learner will be able to understand two-part patterns (AB, AAB, ABB, AABB).
A. Be able to predict what comes next. (1.6.1)
B. Be able to copy a pattern from a picture or model. (1.6.1)
C. Be able to add to patterns. (1.6.1)
D. Be able to make two-part patterns. (1.6.1)
3. The learner will be able to count moveable objects up to 20.
A. Be able to count up to 20 from memory. (1.1.2)
B. Be able to touch and count objects up to 20 in the right order (one to one correspondence). (1.1.4)
4. The learner will be able to match sets with numbers to 20. (1.1.4)
5. The learner will be able to recognize numbers 0 to 20 in random order.
A. Be able to point to numbers when asked to. (1.1.2)
B. Be able to name numbers in random order. (1.1.2)
6. The learner will be able to write the numbers 0 to 20 using correct number formation.
7. The learner will be able to do addition, up to 10, using manipulative. (1.2.1)
1. Students will write number words.
2. Students will draw pictures for graphs.
1. Students will hear names from different cultures in story problems, which are read to them.
2. Students will be exposed to patterns used by the Native American culture.
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