Kindergarten Objectives:
August:
*Learn sounds and word construction with the letters m, s, o, p, a, t, c, f, and h
*Use proper handwriting techniques to form letters
*Read color words
*Listen to read aloud and participate in shared reading experiences
*Identify beginning and end of story
*Spell name and recognize letters in friends’ names
* Match uppercase and lowercase letters
Math:
*Patterning
*Counting and number recognition 1-10
*Identify and explore basic shapes
*Days of the week
*Phone numbers and addresses
*Calendar Skills
* Recognize Colors and Shapes
Country: USA
Bible:
Creation
Salvation Series
September:
*Learn sounds and word construction with the letters m, s, o, p, a, t, c, f, and h
*Use proper handwriting techniques to form letters
*Spell simple short vowel words with letters
*Listen to read aloud and participate in shared reading experiences
*Identify beginning and end of story
*Identify rhyming words
*Memorize and recite familiar songs and nursery rhyme
Math:
*Patterning
*Counting and number recognition 1-10
*Identify and explore basic shapes
*Days of the week
*Ordinal numbers to 10
*Calendar Skills
Countries:
Canada and Mexico
Bible:
Mary and Martha
Adam and Eve
David and Goliath
Jericho
October:
*Learn sounds and word constructions with the letters g, b, d, u, i, p, r
*Use proper handwriting technique to form letters
*Work on b and d confusion
*Participate in read aloud discussions.
*Identify the characters, setting, author, and illustrator of a story
* Draws in journal
*Make connects between the text and themselves
*Sequence numbers and fill in the missing number to10
*Match number words and numerals up to 10
*Counting and number identification to 20
*Understand place value concepts with tens and ones
Countries:
Honduras
Brazil
Peru
Bible:
Jesus' disciples
Jonah
Good Samaritan
Jacob and Esau
Daniel
November:
Language Arts:
*Learn sounds and word constructions with the letters g, b, d, u, i, p, r
and m, s, o, p, a, t, c, f, and h (review)
*Use proper handwriting technique to form letters
*Identify the characters, setting, author, and illustrator of a story
* Memorize and recite familiar songs and rhymes
* Spell and read short vowel words
*Writes in journal using phonetic spelling
*Uses spaces between words in writing
*Makes connections between several text
Math:
*Computes addition problems with manipulatives
*Creates words problems from real life situations
*Makes graphs with real world objects
Countries:
Australia
Kenya
Zambia
Egypt
Bible:
Joseph
Thanksgiving
Lazarus
December:
Language Arts:
*Learn sounds and handwriting techniques for letters learned plus
e, l, n, v, z, w, k, and qu
*Read and spell short vowel words independently
*Write in journal using phonetic spelling and conventional spelling for short vowel words
*Write on a variety of topics
*Retells the sequence of events in a story
*Identifies beginning , middle, and end of a story
*Make connects between texts
Math:
*Use different strategies to add up to 18
*Read number words
*Skip count by twos, fives, and tens
Countries:
Israel
North Pole
Bible:
The first Christmas
January:
Language Arts:
*Read and spell words with adjacent consonants and consonant blends
*Read independently for 10 minutes
*Write a complete sentence with a capital letter and a period
*Use conventional spelling for basic words
*Identify the theme of a story
Math:
*Addition both vertically and horizontally
*Identify sum families
*Subtraction up to 9
*Counting by 5s, 10, and 2s
*Count up to 100
Countries:
North Pole
Antartica
Russia
Bible:
Zaccheaus
Moses
Abraham
Noah
Language Arts:
*Read and spell words with adjacent consonants and consonant blends
*Read independently for 10 minutes
*Write a complete sentence with a capital letter and a period
*Use conventional spelling for basic words
*Identify the theme of a story
Math:
*Telling Time to the hour and half hour
*Graphing with real world objects and representations
*Subtraction up to 9
*Subtraction with real life word problems
Countries:
Japan
China
India
Bible:
Esther
Jesus' Miracles
March:
Language Arts:
*Read and spell diagraphs sh, wh, th, ch, ck
*Read independently for 15 minutes
*Writes a story
*More conventional spelling
Math:
*Measurement with real life objects
*Telling Time to the hour and half hour
*Money- penny, nickel, dime
Countries:
France
Ireland
Italy
Bible:
Easter
April:
Language Arts:
*Review constant blends and diagraphs
*Introduce long o sounds- oa, ow, oe, and o_e
*Reads independently for 15 minutes and chooses books at their reading level
*Identify elements of non-fiction
*Composes non-fiction writing about an animal
Math:
*Tell time to the hour and half hour
*Money- penny, nickel, dime, quarter, dollar
*Measurement with a ruler, scale, and thermometer
Countries:
England
Germany
Bible:
Solomon
Cain/Able
Paul
Elijah
May:
Language Arts:
*Introduce long a sounds a_e, ai, ay
*Read independently for 15 minutes
*Reads with a partner and discusses the story
*Writes a how-to story
* Writes a story with a beginning, middle, and end
*Demonstrates several strategies to figure out unknown words
*Can orally give or write a narration from a story
Math:
*Fractions: ½, 1/3, ¼
*Critical thinking and complex patterns
*Three dimensional shapes
Countries:
Review
Bible:
Lord's Prayer
10 Commandments