Kindergarten

Religion

By the end of kindergarten, students will have an age-appropriate understanding of the following concepts:

The world is a gift from God
God loves us
We are friends of Jesus
We live as friends of Jesus
We celebrate special days and feast days of the saints

Kindergarten students will begin learning and frequently pray the following:

The Sign of the Cross
The Our Father
The Hail Mary
Prayer to the Guardian Angel
Blessing with Holy Water
Grace Before Meals
Simple Mass responses

Kindergarten students will celebrate the Liturgical Year in class and with the entire parish community.

Religion Enrichment Activities:

Art
Weekly music \with parish music director
Dance and movement
Song
Faith families
School and parish wide service projects
Weekly Mass

Language Arts

Reading:

Students demonstrate reading readiness by knowing letters, words and sounds. They apply this knowledge to read leveled reading books. The following skills will be developed, but not limited to:

Phonemic awareness
Decoding and word recognition of CVC words and high frequency words
Reading Comprehension strategies
Vocabulary and Concept Development
Concepts of print

Writing:

Use CVC words, high frequency sight words and phonetically spelled words to write
Write by moving left to write and from top to bottom
Write upper and lower case letters independently using proper letter formation
Write numbers 0-20 attending to form and proper spacing
Early Reader Step up to Writing strategies
Participate in leveled Guided Reading Groups

Listening and Speaking:

Recognize and use clear and coherent sentences when speaking
Understand and follow one and two step directions
Listen attentively

Math

Kindergarten Curriculum focuses on the following math concepts:

Sort and classify objects
Shapes
Patterns
Read, write and understand numbers 0-30
Comparing sets
Addition Concepts
Subtraction Concepts
Time to the hour
Measurement
Geometry
Estimation
Problem solving
Calendar

Math Enrichment activities include:

Music
Math centers
Math games
Manipulatives/hands-on practice
Art

Science

Life Science-Animals
Life Science-Plants
Earth Science-Land, Air and Water
Earth Science-Weather
Physical Science-Objects Around Us
Physical Science-Investigating Water

Social Studies

Following rules
Being a good citizen
What can stories teach us?
Symbols
Community Helpers
Location Words
Maps and Globes
Neighborhoods
Calendars
Times Past

Additional Subjects

Physical Education
Music class
FAME/Fine Arts Program
Library
Computer Lab