Curriculum

• Recognize and connect letters of the alphabet with phonemic sounds, and decode to words in order to articulate and read words.
• Blend vowel-consonant sounds to form words.
• Apply knowledge of phonics to read simple sentences.
• Match a letter to a spoken phoneme.
• Recognize classroom labeling, color words, names, and place words.
• Use pictures and context to make predictions about story content.
• Use letters and phonetically spelled words to write about experiences, stories, people, objects, and events.
• Spell independently using pre-phonetic knowledge.
• Identify basic facts and ideas in what has been read, heard, or viewed.
• Listen and respond to stories based on well known characters, themes, plots, and settings.
• Recognize and use complete, coherent sentences in oral presentations that relate an experience or story in a logical sequence.
• Demonstrate awareness of cultural diversity through exposure to different stories, including Bible stories.
• Recite short poems, rhymes, and songs.

• Number Sense
• Recognize the relationship between numbers and quantities.
• Recognize, name, count, and represent numbers up to 30.
• Use concrete objects to represent simple addition and subtraction.
• Estimate amounts involving ones and tens.
• Explore number through organized play.

• Identify, sort, and classify objects by color, shape, size, and texture.
• Identify objects that do not belong in a group and determine why this is so.

• Collect and graph information about common objects and events in the environment.
• Identify, describe, and extend simple patterns using concrete objects and pictures.

• Explore the concept of time and units of measuring time.
• Compare non-standard units of length, weight, and capacity through organized play.
• Describe geometric features of common objects in the environment by common attributes.

• Use math manipulatives to solve simple problems.
• Offer oral explanation on the process used to problem-solve using manipulatives.

• Describe materials in terms of physical properties (color, size, shape, flexibility etc.).
• Explore the properties of water as a solid, liquid, and gas.

• Recognize that the Earth is composed of land, air, and water.
• Explore the concept of weather and seasonal change.
• Recognize the need to conserve natural resources.

• Understand how to treat others as Jesus did by respecting other, making responsible choices, and following rules.
• Explore the occupations and contributions of people in the community through guided play experiences.
• Distinguish between land and water on maps and globes.
• Recognize national and state symbols.
  
  

Religion

• Learn that God is our Father and Creator of all things.
• Recognize Jesus as the Son of God.
• Understand that Jesus shows us God’s love.
• Recognize creation as a gift from God.
• See God’s gifts revealed through nature.
• Learn formal prayers and experience a variety of prayer forms.
• See the Bible as the story of God’s people.
• Experience liturgical seasons, feasts, and special celebrations and their themes.
• Actively participate in the celebration of
• Eucharist through prayer responses and song.
• Begin developing personal responsibility, recognizing that decisions have consequences.
• Reach out to others in a spirit of Christian stewardship and service.
• Explore the concept of family and learn that we are all connected in the family of God.
  

Formal Prayers in Kindergarten

• Sign of the Cross
• Our Father
• Hail Mary
• Grace Before/After Meals
• Selected Responses at Mass