Kindergarten Overview

Kindergarten

  • Full Day 5 day program

  • 8:30 am - 3:15 PM

 
 

Curriculum Highlights

Religion: 

One in Christ by Concordia Publishing House

  • Bible Stories from Genesis – Revelations

  • Weekly memory verse to help them remember Jesus in their daily lives

Reading: 

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Learning to Write Series. 

Letter Books A-Z Students will learn:

  • Name, sound and formation of each letter

  • Identify the letter and letter sounds in the initial position

  • Teach the formation of capital and lowercase letters

  • Develop word attack skills and blend letter sounds into words

  • Learn memory words

  • Develop reading comprehension skills

  • Discriminate between similar letters

  • Teach association skills

  • Spell dictated words

  • Follow oral directions

  • Enjoy reading and listening to stories

Math: 

Savvas

  • Numbers 0 to 5

  • Compare Numbers 0 to 5

  • Numbers 6 to 10

  • Compare Numbers 0 to 10

  • Classify and Count Data

  • Understand Addition

  • Understand Subtraction

  • More Addition and Subtraction

  • Count Numbers to 20

  • Compose and Decompose Numbers 11 to 19

  • Count Numbers to 100

  • Identify and Describe Shapes

  • Analyze, Compare, and Create Shapes

  • Describe and Compare Measurable Attributes

Social Studies: 

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Friends and Neighbors

  • Friends and Family

  • Where We Live

  • Working Together

  • I Am a Citizen

  • People Work

  • Things Change

Science: 

HMH SCIENCE - Demensions

  • Engineering and Technology

  • Forces and Motion

  • Plants and Animals

  • Sun Warms Earth

  • Weather

  • Earth’s Resources

Thematic Units:

  • Fire Safety

  • Dental Health

  • Historical Events

  • Holidays

Weekly Specials:

Once a week students will attend a thirty minute sessions in each subject

  • Art

  • Computers

  • Library

  • Music/Choir

  • Spanish

  • STEAM

Other Kindergarten Activities:

  • Classroom Parties (Halloween, Christmas, & Valentine’s Day)

  • 100th Day of School Celebration

  • Field Trips

  • Lutheran Schools Week (January)

  • Surprise Reader (Parent’s sign up to come in and read a story to the class)