
Overview of the Kindergarten Curriculum
Reading and Language Arts
Your child will participate in activities to enhance his/her skills in the following
communication arts areas:
Pre-reading and reading activities
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Letter identification
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Letter-sound relationships
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Letter formation (printing upper and lower case letters)
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One-to-one correspondence
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Determining real and make-believe
Writing activities
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Drawing a picture to convey meaning
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Holding a pencil correctly
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Copying words
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Identifying and writing sight words
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Writing words and sentences
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Revising writing in a group setting
Speaking and listening activities
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Dictating lists, stories, and descriptions
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Listening to others
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Listening to stories / Telling stories
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Story retelling
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Reciting poems
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Participating in class discussion
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Show & Tell
Mathematics
Your child will participate in activities to enhance his/her skills in the following
mathematics areas:
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Counting forward from 0 to 100
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Color Recognition
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Recognizing and writing numerals 0 to 100
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Skip counting by 2, 5, and 10
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Counting backwards from 20 to 0
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Reading numerals to 100
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Estimating time on an analog clock
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Naming the value of money
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Naming geometric shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, cone, sphere,
and cube)
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Showing Addition and subtraction facts to 10
Science
Your child will participate in activities to enhance his/her skills in the following science areas:
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Five senses
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Weather elements
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Production processes involving plants and animals
