Full Day Kindergarten School Curriculum

MATH

1. Arithmetic and Number Concepts/Number and Operation Concepts

The student will:

• Count, compare, recognize, and write numbers
• Solve problems using patterns, concrete materials, and logical thinking
• Explore addition and subtraction in various contexts
• Understand one-to-one correspondence
• Decide what operation to use (addition/subtraction)
• Use number conservation
• Use estimation techniques with concrete materials
• Develop and discuss strategies for estimating quantities
• Demonstrate understanding of half (1/2) of a whole
• Recognize coins by name
• Use real things to show number

2. Geometry and Measurement Concepts

The student will:

• Respond to directional terms, such as “right” and “left”
• Sort and classify objects by size and shape
• Create geometric patterns using concrete and pictorial models
• Compare and order objects by length, width and height
• Select and use non-standard units to measure objects

3. Functions and Algebra Concepts

The student will:

• Recognize, describe, and extend a variety of simple linear patterns
• Use simple patterns in response to verbal stimulus e.g., draw the kitten and mittens from “The Three Little Kittens”
• Link written symbols to words, objects, and numbers

4. Problem Solving

The student will:

• Determine resources and strategies for solving simple problems
• Use manipulatives or draw sketches to model problems
• Orally explain solutions to simple problems

5. Statistics and Probability

The student will:

• Collect, sort, organize, and describe data with one attribute
• Construct graphs using real objects, make true statements using graph
• Read and interpret bar and picture graphs (more, least, and equal) with one attribute
• Gather data about themselves and their surroundings
• Use manipulatives, investigate all possible combinations and arrangements within certain constraints involving a limited number of variables

6. Mathematical Skills and Tools

• Count, recognize, write and order numbers 0-20
• Compute sums to nine with manipulatives
• Orally counts 1-100
• Count back from 20
• Estimate numerically and spatially (e.g., estimate up to 25 objects in a jar)
• Compare size of objects using non-standard units
• Identify pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and dollar bills
• Identify and draw triangles, quadrilaterals (squares and rectangles) and circles
• Refer to geometric shapes and terms correctly with concrete objects or drawings, including triangles, squares, rectangles, circles; refers with assistance to quadrilaterals
• Use appropriate mathematical terms vocabulary, and language, based on prior conceptual work
• Show mathematical ideas in a variety of ways )words, numbers, pictures, graphs, and models)
• Explain solutions to problems
• Comprehend mathematics from reading and from other sources

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Conventions, Grammar, and Usage of the English Language

The student demonstrates a basic understanding of the rules of the English language in written and oral work, and selects the structures and features of language appropriate to the purpose, audience, and context of the work.

The student demonstrates control of:

• Grammar
• Paragraph Structure
• Punctuation (recognize sentence ending)
• Sentence construction (discriminates among a letter, a word, and a sentence)
• Letters (upper and lowercase)
  • Identification of
  • Differentiation among
  • Location of (with prompt)
  • Writing of (as dictated by teacher)
• Spelling
• Usage
• Capitalization (recognize sentence beginning)

Strategies for revising include:

• Adding and deleting explanations
• Clarifying difficult passages
• Rearranging words, sentences, and paragraphs to improve or clarify meaning
• Sharpening the focus
• Reconsidering the organizational structure

2. Writing

The students will:

• Write first and last name appropriately using upper and lowercase letters
• Form lower and uppercase letters
• Write incorporating correct spacing
• Recognize and use right sight words in his/her writing
• Develop a writing vocabulary of at least 10 words related to his/her experience
• Incorporate words from a model into his/her writing
• Use knowledge of phonemes to encode
• Form simple sentences by putting words in a logical order
• Write simple statements
• Experience pre-writing strategies:
  • Brainstorming
  • Webbing
  • KWL chart
  • Observation chart

3. Speaking, Listening, Viewing

The student will:

• Maintain eye contact
• Use appropriate voice level
• Speak clearly
• Use visual aids (objects and pictures)
• Role play
• Follow multi-step directions
• Conferences with adults
• Watch films/videos
• Use computer programs
• Experience a variety of print material
• Orally tell a story

4. Literature

The student will:

• Identify literary elements
  Book handling skills
  • Front/back
  • Title
  • Text
  • Pictures
  • Left to Right tracking
• Differentiate between work of author and work of illustrator
• Experience at least 25 pieces of quality literature from a variety of genres
• Demonstrate early reading strategies
  • Directionality (left −right /top-bottom)
  • Identification of known words
  • Matching one to one
• Develop comprehension skills in response to literature to include
  • Identifying characters
  • Predicting outcomes
  • Establishing setting
  • Understanding and establishing sequence
  • Understanding direct cause and effect
  • Understanding and recognizing themes

5. Mathematical Communication

The students will:

• Use appropriate mathematical terms, vocabulary, and language, based on prior conceptual work
• Show mathematical ideas in a variety of ways (words, numbers, pictures, graphs, and models)
• Explain solutions to problems
• Comprehend mathematics from reading and from other sources

SCIENCE

Content Standards

The student will produce evidence that demonstrates understanding of:

• The four (4) seasons and five (5) senses
• Properties of objects and materials, such as similarities and differences in the size, weight and color of objects
• Characteristics of organisms, such as survival and environmental support; the relationship between structure and function; and variations in behavior
• Life cycles of organisms, such as how environment determines the characteristics of an organism
• The importance of the Sun to provide the light and heat necessary for survival

SOCIAL STUDIES

Social Studies Standards

• Culture (purposeful, celebrated holidays, what constitutes a family)
• Time, Change, Continuity (sense of time, progression, growth, change, schedule, event sequencing)
• People, Places, Environments (classroom map relative to self; each room"s location, function; adults" occupations, careers; identify names, addresses, phone, school and classroom teachers)
• Science, Technology, Society (transportation and communications)
• Global Connections (compare and contrast seasonal changes in other geographical areas)