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Kindergarten Curriculum Outline

3 & 4 Year Old | Five Year Old | Grade One
Grade Two | Grade Three | Grade Four | Grade Five
Grade Six | Grade Seven | Grade Eight

Literature:

Over In The Meadow
The Little Engine That Could
Play With Me
Marshmallow

Language Arts:

In this grade, the foundation for rhythmic reading and the basic phonetics are established (long and short sounds).
Play names and real names
The reading of words and sentences
The establishment of the mental image
The recall of the consonant chart
The alphabet - those before, after and between
Recognition of beginning consonants and final consonants of words
Letter writing with emphasis on proper pencil holding
The spelling of words
Workbooks which require the application of phonetics
Acquisition of an increased vocabulary
Comprehension Techniques which require the application of grammar

Spelling:

Phonics
Understanding of a basic spelling lesson and vowel chart
Vocabulary Building

Mathematics:

Number concepts from one to nine including the following:
Boxes: 1 – 9 (addition combinations in sequential format)
Chart of ones to nine
Number line from 1 to 9
addition and subtraction with sum or remainder to equal 9 or under
Word problems
Double digit addition – no carrying involved
Comprehension of the ones and tens house
Fractions (whole, ½, ¼)

Life Science:

Nutrition
The Human Body
The Senses
Mammals, Amphibians, Reptiles
Plants

Physical Science:

Students will know that objects are made of different physical properties
(e.g. size, shape, color) and materials (e.g. cloth, paper, brick)

 

Earth Science:

Students know changes in the weather occur from day to day. The composition of earth is land, air, and water.

Music:

Early Music Awareness – singing, movement, rhythm, solfeggio (do, re, mi), instruments, theory
Songs

French:

Classes are held 4 days a week for 15 minutes.
Curriculum from the manual French for the Young Child, which includes vocabulary, rooms in the house
Review from Preschool - colors, counting 1 – 20, parts of the body, the alphabet, etc.
All learning is oral and is reinforced by pages to color and hands-on in the classroom.
Students are taught to answer simple questions often with oui or non and continue to follow certain commands: Montrez-moi …, show me …
Sounds: ou, oi

Art:

Students in kindergarten are engaged in projects that reinforce academic material

Physical Education:

Locomotor Skills: Students will work on the following skills: running, skipping, hopping, sliding, jumping, galloping, and leaping.
Manipulative Skills: Here students will work on the following movement patterns: kicking, punting, dribbling with the feet (soccer dribble), overhand throwing, catching, and dribbling with hands (basketball dribble).
Demonstrate full range of motion in leg swings and stretches, basic locomotor skills and good posture.
Practice safe use of playground equipment, participate in physical activities and demonstrate good sportsmanship

Computer:

Learn to open and close programs without assistance.
Continue to learn to locate and use letters and numbers on the keyboard as well as capitals and special characters.
Begin to learn touch-typing with a program called Read, Write and Type.

Poetry

Crafts

Heritage Study

Deportment and Character Development

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