TK/Kindergarten Curriculum Guide
READING
Guided Phonics and Beyond
Guided Phonics and Beyond is a program used to focus on skills such as language arts skills, phonological awareness, phonics, high-frequency words, word structure, grammar, and mechanics.
Additional resources will supplement the program. Students will learn how to identify the main idea of each story, as well as master sequencing. Our objectives are to develop a curiosity about books and an eagerness to read.
PHONICS
Our objectives are to enhance recognition of consonant sounds, develop the ability to recognize and reproduce long/short vowel sounds, master rhyming words, blends, digraphs, and work with word families.
MATHEMATICS
Numbers up to 120
Addition
Subtraction
Place Value
Geometry and Fractions
Measurement
Money
Time
Graphs and Data
HANDWRITING
Our objectives are as follows:
Practicing writing upper and lowercase letters with ease
Working to enhance formation of letters (keeping letters between the lines, developing strokes, etc.)
Developing the ability to write complete sentences
Answering questions about a story
Introducing creative writing
SCIENCE
Health Education/Germs and Diseases
Safety
The Four Seasons
Trees
Weather
The Heart
Bears
Insects
Plants
SOCIAL STUDIES
All About Me
Environmental Awareness
Roles and Functions in Families
Important People in Our Lives
People Skills
Wants and Needs
Rules of Social Groups
Growth, Learning, and Change
Workers in the Community
Transportation
Special Americans
American Symbols and Traditions
Reading Maps
ARTS AND CRAFTS
Our seasonal and thematic art projects will include cutting, gluing, painting, and coloring. These fun projects are used to nurture our students’ imagination, as well as enhance their fine motor skills.
SPECIALTY CLASSES:
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- DANCE
- MUSIC
- PHYSICAL EDUCATION
- ART
- COMPUTER
