In Kindergarten, students will. . .

RELIGION:

· Recognize that God is their Creator

· Realize that they are part of God’s family

· Learn Bible stories

· Recognize that God loves them

· Know that Mary is the Mother of Jesus and us

· Learn stories of angels and saints

· Learn the Our Father , Hail Mary and prayer to Guardian Angel

· Learn how to make the Sign of the Cross

· Realize that love is shown through actions

· Learn how to express sorrow and forgive others

Text: Christ Our Life: God Loves Us: (Loyola Press)

LANGUAGE ARTS

Reading

· Identify letters of the alphabet

· Recognize colors

· Develop listening skills

· Learn sounds of the alphabet through phonics instruction

· Identify and sequence story details

· Recall and retell stories

· Identify rhyming words

· Appreciate stories, poems, and illustrations

· Vocally express ideas and experiences

· Learn basic sight words

· Learn to read stories with pictures, then words

· Print their names

· Identify beginning and ending sounds

· Demonstrate left-to-right

Text: A World of Wonders (Scott Foresman)

Writing:

· Develop skill in handling writing materials

· Trace and write their name

· Trace and write all uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers

· Learn to work from top to bottom and left to right

MATH

· Identify and make number patterns 1-10

· Identify numbers 1-30

· Recognize differences in size, shape, and length of objects

· Identify and complete patterns

· Identify and draw basic geometric shapes

· Develop problem solving skills

· Sort and classify a variety of objects

· Identify money: penny, nickel, dime, and quarter, dollar

· Identify different measuring tools

· Learn to count by ones, fives, and tens

· Identify and sequence number order

· Introduction to basic addition and subtraction

Text: Exploring Your World (Silver Burdett Ginn)

SCIENCE

· Recognize that everyone is alike but also different

· Describe how people change as they grow

· Describe and learn healthy habits

· Recognize and describe the function of the eye, ear, and skin

· Identify the five senses

· Observe and record daily weather changes

· Describe how weather conditions affect people’s activity and clothing

· Identify the four seasons

· Describe characteristics of living things

· Identify ways to keep the environment clean

Text: Science Anytime (Scott Foresman)

SOCIAL STUDIES

· Recognize that we all belong to a community

· Identify the jobs of community helpers

· Learn fire prevention skills

· Learn stranger danger rules

· Use globes to identify land vs. water

· Recite their address and phone number

ART

· Experience a wide variety of art media

· Develop hand-eye coordination

· Appreciate the work of others as well as their own

· Respect materials

· Identify types of lines and shapes

· Identify colors and textures that are the same and different

· Be able to draw, paint, cut, and glue at appropriate age level

· Establish a sense of pride in their accomplishments

MUSIC

· Singing

· Listening

· Exploration of rhythm

· Movement

· Appreciation of various styles of music

· Create new verses to songs

· Understand that music can be written down

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

· Curriculum will be centered on locomotor, nonlocomoter and manipulative skills

· Some activities are (but not limited to):

· Clap games,

· Tag games

· Running Techniques

· Dance/rhythm

· Jump Robe

· Proper stretching

· Gymnastics

TECHNOLOGY BENCHMARKS

· Turn computer On and Off

· Be familiar with Menu, Compose, Graphic, Print

· Type own name

· Dictate story to mentor/buddy

· Create a picture and label with letters

· Become familiar with the keyboard

· Practice locating letter and number keys

· Practice locating Return keys

· Use two hands

St. Anthony School Curriculum Guide

Developed, 2003