Pre-Kindergarten Curriculum

MATH

1. Arithmetic and Number Concepts/Number and Operation Concepts

The student will:

• Count, compare, recognize, and begin writing numbers
• Solve problems using patterns, concrete materials, and logical thinking
• Explore addition in various contexts
• Understand one-to-one correspondence
• Use estimation techniques with concrete materials
• Use real things to show number

2. Geometry and Measurement Concepts

The student will:

• Respond to directional terms, such as ”right“,”left“,”up“, and ”down“
• Sort and classify objects by size and shape
• Compare and order objects by length, width and height
• Select and use non-standard units to measure objects

3. 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

4. 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 picture graphs (more, least, and equal) with one attribute
• Gather data about themselves and their surroundings

5. Mathematical Skills and Tools

The student will:

• Count, recognize, write numbers 0-10
• Compute sums to ten with manipulatives
• Orally counts to 20
• Count back from 20
• Estimate numerically and spatially (e.g., estimate up to 20 objects in a jar)
• Compare size of objects using non-standard units
• 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
• Show mathematical ideas in a variety of ways (numbers, pictures, graphs, and models)
• Explain solutions to problems

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
• Sentence construction (discriminates among a letter, a word, and a sentence)
• Letters (uppercase)
  • Identification of
  • Differentiation among
  • Location of (with prompt)
  • Writing of (as dictated by teacher)
• Usage

2. Writing The students will:

• Write first name appropriately using uppercase
• Form uppercase letters
• Form simple sentences by putting words in a logical order
• 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
• 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)
  • 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 (numbers, pictures, graphs, and models)
• Explain solutions to problems

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)