Language Arts

Welcome to Kindergarten
*Identify letters Aa, Bb, Cc,

Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, 
*Identify rhyming words
*Show book knowledge
*Identify environmental print

Look at Us
*Identify letters Hh, Ii, Jj,

Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn,

Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss,Tt
*Recognize and write name
*Noting details *Compare/Contrast
*Using size words

Colors All Around
*Identify letters Uu, Vv,

Ww, Xx, Yy ,Zz
*Identify color words
*Sequence of Events
*Make predictions
*Identify initial consonants:

Ss, Mm, Rr

*Identify words: I, see

Second Quarter

We’re a Family
*Identify initial sounds:

Tt, Bb, Nn
*Identify words: my, like
*Story Structure
*Know address, birthday, telephone number
*Introduce writing a list
*Using action words

Friends Together
*Identify initial sounds:

Hh, Vv, Cc
*Identify short "a" sound / Blend
*Identify words: a, to
*Cause/Effect
*Question/Evaluate

Let’s Count
*Identify initial sounds:

Pp, Gg, Ff
*Identify words: and, go
*Categorize and Classify
*Story Structure: Beginning, Middle, End
*Using number words
*Using naming words
*Using describing words

Third Quarter

Sunshine and Raindrops
*Identify initial sounds:

Ll, Kk, Qq
*Identify short "i" sound
*Identify words: is here
*Fantasy/Realism
*Identify plot
*Ending punctuation, quotation marks

Wheels Go Around
*Identify initial sounds-

Dd, Zz
*Identify words: for, have
*Using opposites
*Writing a Class Story
*Travel words
*Compare/contrast

*Identify short "i" sound

*Identify final sound:

Xx
*Identify short "o" sound
*Identify words: said, the
*Directionality: Return Sweep
*Building Sentences
*Using Names
*Shared Writing

Fourth Quarter

Spring is Here
*Identify initial sounds:

Ww, Yy
*Identify short "e" sound
*Identify words: play, she,

can
*Building Sentences
*Identify final consonant sounds
*Use story structure
*Distinguish between a letter, a word, and
a sentence

A World of Animals
*Identify initial sound: Jj
*Identify short "u" sound
*Identify words: are, he
*Using capital letters at beginning of a sentence
*Sentence Punctuation
*Animal Names

Math

*Recognize, describe,

identify, and copy

geometric figures (circle,

square, rectangle, and

triangle)

Sorting and classifying
*Sort/classify objects by attributes (size, shape, and color).  Order objects by size, quantity, and other properties.

Patterns
*Identify, describe, and extend a repeating relationship (pattern) found in common objects, sounds, and movements.
*Construct two-part and three-part patterns.
Determine a rule for repeating/growing patterns.

Numbers: 0 - 5

Numbers: 6-12
*Given a set containing 10 or fewer concrete items, tell how many are in a set by counting items orally using 1:1 correspondence.

Calendars
*Use a calendar to: read and write numerals to 31, identify day and date, identify days of week, identify months of year, and identify "yesterday," "today," and "tomorrow."

Clocks
*Tell time to the hour by using analog and digital clocks. 

Measurement
*Use nonstandard and standard linear measures.
*Identify measuring instruments: length (ruler), weight (scale), time (digital /analog clocks), day, month, season (calendar), and temperature (thermometer).
*Identify length, area, volume, weight, and time with manipulatives.

Money
*Identify a penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar.

Addition
*Combine 2 sets of objects/count result.

Subtraction
*Given a set, remove some/count result.
*Add/subtract whole numbers up to ten concrete items. *Relate addition to increase/subtraction
decrease in quantity.

Geometry and Fractions
*Identify, model, draw, and classify two-and three- dimensional geometric shapes
*Use positional words to describe the location of objects

Greater Numbers
Use language such as less than, more than, or the same number as to describe the relative sizes of sets of concrete objects. 

Review of all math standards learned in Kindergarten this year.

Social Studies

First Quarter

Class Rules
*Demonstrate an understanding of authority, explain purposes of rules and consequences of breaking them, state sources of authority in your family and school.

All About Me
*State how people live and work together

Fire Safety
*Describe role of workers and tools needed for tasks

Johnny Appleseed
*Identify key figures, symbols, and events in American democracy.

democracy.

*Identify similarities/ differences in customs, patterns, and cultures of various regions.

Families
*Demonstrate an understanding of the way individuals, families and communities live and work together now and in the past.

*Explain how families and communities work together to meet basic needs and wants and deal with availability of goods and services.

Farmers
*Demonstrate an understanding of the world of work.
*Name a variety of jobs

Pilgrims
Native Americans
Halloween
Election Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas
*Identify similarities /differences in customs, patterns, and cultures of various regions

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Presidents' Day
*Identify key figures, symbols, and events in American democracy.
*Name historical figures, events, and national symbols that exemplify values and principles of democracy.
*Identify what it means to be a citizen.
*Demonstrate the ability to work with others, understand concept of compromise, demonstrate empathy/caring for others, respecting rights and cultural diversity of others.

*Identify the purposes and characteristics of maps, globes, and graphs

*Locate places within his or her community and in nearby communities.

Community Helpers
*Describe role of workers and the tools needed for tasks.

*Identify the purposes and characteristics of maps, globes, and graphs.

*Locate places within his or her community and in nearby communities.

Recycling
*Demonstrate an understanding of interactions between the environment and society.
*Explain ways people depend on the environment and name ways people change, care for, and endanger their environment.

Mother's Day