Kindergarten Curriculum
Below is a breakdown of our curriculum at the Kindergarten Academy. Your child is sure to have many amazing learning experiences this year!
Reading
Reading
- Parts of a book
- Concepts of print (punctuation, word/letter, directionality)
- Parts of a story (character, setting, events, problem, solution)
- Comprehension
- Making predictions
- Reading strategies
- Responding to literature
- Reading fluency
- Making connections to books
- Retelling a story
- Visualize/think aloud while reading
- Parts of a non-fiction book
Word Work
- Words with different sounds
- Words with same sounds
- Uppercase/lowercase letter identification
- Sight words
- Beginning sounds
- Rhyming words
- Connect sounds to letters
- Ending sounds
- Blending sounds to make words
- Segmenting sounds
- Word families
- Middle sounds
- Vowels
Writing
- Kid-writing
- Writing process/narrative
- Writing process/informative
- Making alphabet letters
- Conventions of writing (words, spaces, periods, sentences)
- Stretching out words
- Using word wall to enhance writing
- Descriptive words
- Story sequence
- Writing letters, lists and instructions
Math
- Numbers and counting
- Sorting
- Graphing
- Shapes
- Patterns
- Measurement
- Money
- Symmetry
- Addition/subtraction
- Probability
Science
- Fish
- Worms
- Isopods
- Environment
- Five senses
- Trees
- Farms
- Balls and ramps
- Social Skills
- Following directions
- Asking for help
- Being asked to play
- Appropriate voice tone
- Reporting to the teacher
- Sharing
- Making an apology
- Listening
- Showing respect