Kindergarten

Religion

Students will learn:

• that God made them special
• that God made the world around them
• to be thankful for all God has given them
• that Advent is a time of waiting and preparing for Jesus
• that Christmas is Jesus’ birthday
• how they can discover God’s goodness through their senses
• that Jesus is a loving friend and helper
• that they can help and share
• about God's plan for Springtime
• to celebrate Lent, Holy Week, Easter
• that God knows their feelings
• what prayer is
• to develop an awareness of saints
• to participate in weekly liturgies
• to participate in service projects
• about the life of Mary

Reading and Language Arts

Students will learn:

• names of alphabet letters
• sounds of alphabet letters
• sight word vocabulary
• punctuation symbols
• to write upper and lowercase letters
• recognize own name in printed form
• write their name
• color within lines
• cut with scissors on the line
• apply direction to reading and writing (left to right)
• to participate in group activities
• developmental spelling

Math

Students will learn:
 

• to sort & classify
• various vocabulary
• graphing, data, probability
• patterning
• numbers
• problem solving strategy
• geometry & fractions
• measurement, weight, length, estimation
• to identify a penny, nickel, dime and their value
• count forward, backward
• number patterns
• even & odd numbers
• ordinal numbers
• telling time
• simple addition & subtraction

Science

Students will learn:

• about living & nonliving things
• about life cycles
• about plant parts
• about animals & animal habitats
• to name & draw parts of the human body
• about weather and seasons
• about the 5 senses

Social Studies

Students will learn:
 

• need for rules
• helping others and taking turns, sharing
• themselves, friends & friendship
• respect & responsibility
• problem solving
• emotions
• how people learn
• purpose of a school
• memorize emergency numbers & strategies
• memorize full name, address, phone number
• landforms, bodies of water
• map reading/direction/drawing
• understand globe, continents, oceans
• use globe to understand day and night
• weather, seasons, temperature changes
• sense organs
• dignity of each person
• freedom & rights
• America’s symbols
• proper diet, rest, exercise
• environment /pollution/recycling
• different kinds of homes
• desert and desert life

Health

Students will learn:
 

• personal health
• consumer health
• growth & development
• emotional & intellectual  health
• community & environmental health
• physical activity & fitness
• disease prevention & control
• safety & injury & violence prevention
• harms of alcohol/tobacco & drugs

Art

Students will learn:
 

• line
• color
• shape
• texture
• painting
• drawing
• symbols of holidays