Kindergarten Curriculum

Language Arts - A Beka and Concerned Communications

Phonics and Reading

• Recognition of name, sound, and picture of long and short vowels and consonants
• Sounding of blends, one-vowels and two-vowel words, and consonant blend words
• Beginning phonics rules and spellings
• Reading of sentences and stories with one-vowel and two-vowel words, consonant blends and special sounds

Manuscript Writing

• Letters, blends, words and sentences
• First and last name

Language

• Recognition

Science - A Beka

• Plants - God's Plan for Seeds
• Color
• Animals - God's Plan for Animals
• Health and Human Biology - God's Plan for Me Earth and Space
• God's Plan for Weather
• God's Plan for Seasons

Arithmetic - Scott-Foresman/Addison Wesley

Whole Number Concepts & Operations

• Numeration
• Addition
• Subtraction
  Number Sense, Estimation Strategies & Mental Math Strategies

Geometry

• Plane & Solid Shapes
• Classification
• Patterns

Measurement, Time & Money Mathematical Processes

• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Reasoning

Visual and Creative Thinking

• Connections
• Communication

Data & Statistics

• Graphing
• Data & Statistics

Bible - A Beka

• Choruses
• Memory verses
• Bible Doctrine
• Lessons on Salvation Series, Genesis, Life

Other Topics

• Music
• Chapel
• Library

Kindergarten Homework:

• Weekly Bible memory verse
• November Through January - Blend book weekly assignments
• January through June - Reading books weekly go home
• April - sometimes short spelling tests (optional)
• Practice papers sent home with those who need reinforcement
• "Question of the Week"