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Kindergarten

Click on the Kindergarten, SAIL (Science and Art Integrated Learning), Music, Physical Education, and Spanish links below to view the Kindergarten curriculum.

  • Kindergarten

    Humanities Concept Based Units
    • Our Healthy Selves
    • Self and Family Identity
    • Peaceful Changemaker
    • Where is My Place in the World - Geography and Mapping
    Language Arts
    • Alphabet recognition
    • Letter/sound association — hard consonants and short vowels
    • Individualized Phonics/Word Work/Spelling Patterns - Long and short vowels, blends, and digraphs
    • Decoding skills, reading strategies, comprehension skills
    • Independent reading, shared reading, and individual and small group reading instruction
    • Individualized sight word practice
    • Proper pencil grip and writing position
    • Proper formation of upper and lower case letters using Handwriting without Tears
    • Spelling phonetically and conventionally
    • Writing mechanics (capitalization, spacing, end punctuation)
    • Writing stories through the use of pictures and labels
    • Writing in complete sentences
    • Identifying as authors and illustrators
    • Reading and writing in different genres
    • Read alouds to help students develop comprehension and a love for reading
    Mathematics
    • Kindergarten curriculum, following Common Core Standards
    • Math in Focus 
    • Numeral recognition to 100 and beyond
    • Counting, sorting, number sense
    • Skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s to beyond 100
    • Proper use of math vocabulary words
    • Problem solving
    • One to one correspondence
    • Decomposing and composing numbers
    • Solve addition and subtraction problems using basic facts
    • Writing and solving number stories
    • Subitizing
    • Place Value
    • Comparing and ordering numbers
    • Sorting and classifying using attributes
    • Flat and solid shapes
    Health and Wellness
    • Zones of Regulation 
    • Yoga for Classrooms for mindfulness, breathing practices, and self-regulation
    • Social and Emotional Development
    • Responsive Classroom
    • Cooperating and collaborating with peers
    • Healthy Selves: Taking care of our bodies, hearts, and minds
    Library
    The Library provides diverse print and digital resources to the classrooms to support units of study. The Library organizes visits from outstanding children's authors and illustrators to enhance curricula. In weekly Library classes students:
    • Listen to and talk about a diverse collection of books
    • Locate picture and nonfiction books
    • Understand the books are organized and use a shelf marker when browsing
    • Continue to use illustrations to independently enjoy a book
    • Discuss picture book art and distinctive styles and techniques
    • Learn about Early Reader book collection
    • Choose a book to take home from suggested shelves/collection
    • Learn how to log into Sora by OverDrive to borrow ebooks and audiobooks

  • Music - Kindergarten

    • Rhythm reading combinations of quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests.
    • Developing healthy vocal technique.
    • Keeping a steady beat using body percussion and classroom instruments.
    • Echoing and improvising melodic patterns.
    • Moving expressively in both locomotor and non-locomotor ways to different genres and styles of music.
    • Singing songs that incorporate classroom curriculum units as well as songs for seasonal and holiday performances.
    • Listening to music of various genres and styles and recognizing changes in the melody, tempo, and dynamics.
    • Identifying instruments of the orchestra and instrument families by sight and sound.
    • Singing and using hand chimes to reinforce solfege syllables.

  • Physical Education - Kindergarten

    • Exploring movement, balance, and spatial awareness
    • Learning manipulative skills: roll, toss, catch, and kick
    • Playing games that are more collaborative than competitive
    • Focusing on creative movement and the joy of physical activity
    • Introducing elements of fitness: endurance and strength
    • Practicing fair play, sharing equipment, and respect (for others, self, and equipment)

  • SAIL - Kindergarten

    • Make discoveries through hands-on investigations in science and art
    • Utilize tools such as magnifying lenses, droppers, beakers, and various art media
    • Use diverse and inclusive children’s literature to complement learning goals
    • Discover elements of weather through observation and the construction of weather instruments
    • Develop a caring attitude toward all living things 
    • Celebrate the seasons by complementing art and nature projects
    • Explore force and motion and simple machines

  • Spanish - Kindergarten

    The Spanish Curriculum at Shore starts in Pre-K, providing students the opportunity to learn basic foundations, repetitive vocabulary, listening skills, and high-frequency structures. Students learn Spanish most organically and naturally with comprehension input through stories, songs, culture, celebrations, photos, and games. The Spanish curriculum is cumulative and builds over time across the Lower School levels.
    In Kindergarten, students continue to learn basic level vocabulary, review topics previously studied and add more terms to each thematic vocabulary. Using manipulatives, puppets, visual and concrete materials, students listen to short comprehensible stories, sing, dance, and taste cultural essential topics.
    • Greetings and introductions
    • Emotions
    • Expressing feelings and likes/dislikes with the verb "Gustar"
    • Vocabulary for body parts, colors, animals, foods, clothing, expressing feelings, and family
    • Numbers 1 to 20
    • Giving and responding to basic commands (e.g., run, walk, jump, eat, dance, touch)
    • Responding to questions (e.g., ¿Qué es?, ¿Qué color es?, ¿Cuántos?, ¿Dónde?)
    • Introduction to high-frequency words (e.g., Hay, dice, otra vez)

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