Kindergarten Curriculum

The following is a grouping of skills from all areas of the curriculum that your child is expected to master or be developing by the end of kindergarten.

Language Arts

• Identifies front, back, title, author and illustrator of a book.
• Demonstrates top to bottom, left to right progression
• Distinguishes letters from words and words from sentences
• Identifies all uppercase and lowercase letters
• Demonstrates knowledge of beginning sounds by printing correct letter symbols with corresponding pictures
• Orally tells what sound is heard at the beginning and ending of words
• Recognizes and creates rhymes
• Count of syllables in a word
• Reads one syllable and common words by sight such as "the", "I", "is"
• Makes predictions
• Demonstrates comprehension of stories by orally retelling or acting out
• Prints name correctly "on line"
• Prints alphabet letters legibly without a model
• Uses writing (letters, pictures, and words) to express own meaning
• Writes from left to right and from top to bottom
• Writes some simple heart words spelled correctly and longer words phonetically (as they sound)
• Orally state the names of the days of the week and months of the year
• Identifies the eight basic colors
• Understands and follows one and two step spoken directions
• Compares and contrasts

Mathematics

• Demonstrates 1 to 1 correspondence
• Sorts and classifies objects by position, shape, size, color, number of corners, etc.
• Identifies, copies, extends, and creates patterns
• Can count to 20 by 1s and count to 100 by 10s
• Identifies the five basic shapes (circle, oval, square, rectangle, triangle)
• Draws the five basic shapes

• Identifies numerals (0-20)
• Labels sets (0-20) with correct numeral
• Compares sets of objects and uses the terms equal, more than, or less than correctly
• Can count backwards from 10
• Identifies coins (penny, nickel, dime, quarter)
• Joins and separates sets of objects
• Tells time to the hour (Developing)
• Identifies half versus whole (Developing)
• Divides sets of objects into equal groups
• Measures length with a variety of non standard measurements
• Compares measurements and uses the terms shorter, longer, taller, heavier, warmer, cooler, holds more, etc. correctly
• Uses positional words to explain location  (left, right, on, off, inside, between, above, below, etc.)
• Interprets graphs and charts
• Names ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th)
• Makes up a number story involving addition
• Sequence events in order
• Estimate how many when given an amount (Developing)
• Name geometric shapes (cylinder, rectangular solid)

Fine Motor Skills

• Holds pencils and scissors correctly
• Cuts on lines
• Outlines and colors neatly within the lines

Gross Motor Skills

• Hops on both feet together
• Hops on one foot (left and right)
• Marches
• Gallops
• Skips

Home Skills

• Recites address from memory (including city and state)
• Recites telephone number from memory 
• Recites birth date
• Demonstrates the ability to put on and fasten outer clothing (unassisted)
• Ties shoes

Social and Work Habits

• Puts forth best efforts in work
• Takes care of school materials
• Uses self control to follow school rules
• Works independently
• Completes work in a reasonable amount of time
• Follows directions
• Listens attentively to others
• Stays on task
• Willingly participates in activities

Kindergarten students are introduced to many science, social studies, health and technology topics as well, but are not expected to have mastered all of these areas.  

Science

• Physical Science: Describe objects around us, touch, feel, color mixing, patterns
• Life Science: Describe living things around us, animal life cycle, plants,
• Earth Science: Describe weather and the sky
• Science in a Personal and Social Context: What keeps us healthy
• Science and Technology: How does technology keep us healthy, thermometers, TV. radio (weather)

Social Studies

• Self: describing self, differences from others, changes over time,
• Friends: Fiends, Diversity
• Family: Family forms, past, present and temporal order
• Going Places: Simple picture maps, transportation

Health & Safety

• Healthy and Active Lifestyle: Nutrition, Food groups, Eating healthy, Exercise, Physical Fitness, Personal Care, Dental Hygiene
• Injury Prevention: 911, Fire procedures, Stranger danger, Following playground rules, and Adult supervision
• Disease: Germs, Body care
• Wellness: Differences in peers and gender, Concern, Expressing emotions
• Growth: Body parts, Five senses
• Life Skills: Everyone is special, Resolving conflicts and Decision making

Instructional Technology

• Basic Operations and Concepts: Name mouse, monitor and keyboard, Operate CD software, Operate the mouse, Launch a program, Quit from a program and Use tools in Kid Pix
• Keyboarding: Recognize letter/keys and correct body position
• Social and Ethical Issues: Follow rules for using the equipment