Mrs. Sandra Chavez

Miss. Analucia Martin

Kindergarten

Greetings Parents/Guardians:

We welcome you and your child to our classroom. This is going to be a great school year. Our curriculum will include Language Arts, Religion, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Music. We will begin the kindergarten year with lessons to reinforce phonemic awareness, listening comprehension, the alphabet, and beginning reading concepts. We will continue to expand on those skills throughout the school year.

The following is an outline of the Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies skills to be covered during the 2010-2011 school year.

Language Arts

Reading: Foundations For Literacy:

·         Concepts of Print

Alphabetics:

·         Phonemic Awareness

·         Decoding Phonics Analysis

·         Decoding Structural Analysis

Fluency:

·         Fluency

·         Self-Selected Reading

Vocabulary/word Identification:

·        Word Meaning Skills and Strategies

Comprehension:

·         Pre-reading Strategies

·         Comprehension Strategies

·         Comprehension Skills

Literature:

·         Genre: Fiction

·         Nonfiction

·         Poetry

·         Literary Devices and elements

·         Author and Illustrator Craft

·         Literary Responses

Study Skills, Research, And Informational Literacy:

·         Study Skills

·         Text features

·         Research and Informational Literacy

·         Technology

Writing:

·         Modes and Forms

·         Prompts

·         Writing Traits

·         Processes

·         Penmanship

·         Grammar, mechanics, and Usage

·         Spelling

Listening, Speaking, Viewing, Representing:

·         Listening

·         Speaking

·         Viewing

·         Representing

The following is a list of the High-Frequency words we will be covering this school year:

I, all

Start Smart Week 1

can, jump

Start Smart Week 2

we, run

Unit 1Week 1

the, on

Unit 1Week 2

like, get

Unit 2Week 1

a, now

Unit 2Week 2

see, red

Unit 3 Week 1

go, in

Unit 3 Week 2

to

Unit 4 Week 1

have, it

Unit 4 Week 2

is, big

Unit 5 Week 1

play, funny

Unit 5 Week 2

are

Unit 6 Week 1

for, you

Unit 6 Week 2

this, two, do

Unit 7 Week 1

and, what

Unit 7 Week 2

little, three, said, yellow

Unit 8 Week 1

here, not, was, up

Unit 8 Week 2

she, one, he, away

Unit 9 Week 1

has, blue, look, come

Unit 9 Week 2

with, down, my, find

Unit 10 Week 1

me, help, where, make

Unit 10 Week 2

*Words that are underlined are Dolch Pre-Primer Words and those that are not underlined are Dolch Primer Words.


*The 3th week in each unit will be a review.

 Math

·         Sorting

·         Geometry and Patterns

·         Positions

·         Numbers 0-10

·         Numbers to 31

·         Tables, Graphs, and Fractions

·         Addition Readiness

·         Subtraction Readiness

·        Money

·         Time

·         Measurement

·         Numbers to 100

Science

·         Looking at Plants and Animals

·         Where Plants and Animals Live

·         Looking at Earth

·         Looking at the Sky

·         Observing Objects

·         Things That Move

Social StudiesSocial Studies

·         Recognize families can be many different sizes

·         Recognize how friends play together

·         Recognize how children travel to school in different ways

·         Recognize and identify signs

·         Use graphs to share and learn about each other’s favorite animals

·         Recognize that a neighborhood is a place where people live, work, and play together

·         Categorize objects and clothing worn in different weather

·         Recognize that trees are helpful to us and our environment

·         Identify and do research about people who work with insects

·         Recognize how every person has special talents and abilities

·         Identify similarities and differences in others

Schedule

8:00-8:15   Prayer, Pledge, Lunch Count and Attendance

8:15-8:30   Snack

8:50-9:30   Oral Language, Shared Reading, Word Work

9:30-10:00  Religion

10:00-10:45   Math

10:45-11:20  D.E.A.R.

11:20-11:30  Prepare for lunch (wash hands, prayer)

11:30-12:00   Student Lunch

12:00-12:35  Computer (Mon./Wed.)  P.E. (Tue./Thurs.)

12:35-1:30    Reading Groups, Literary Centers

1:30-2:00    Library (Tue./Thurs.) Accelerated Reader

2:00-2:30 Writing: Shared Writing, Letter Formation

2:30-2:45 Closure

2:45-3:00 Prepare to go home

3:00 Dismissal

Science, Social Studies, Fun Centers:

         (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)  1:30-2:00