Kindergarten Curriculum Night

Reading and Language Arts

Reading Students will identify the letters in the alphabet (upper and lower case) each quarter. Students will also produce the corresponding sounds for each letter in the alphabet (including long and short vowel sounds) each quarter. Students will recognize and read a total of 92 sight words during the school year. Students will blend sounds together. Students will identify initial, final, and medial sounds in CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. Students will produce a word that rhymes with a given word and distinguish between a set of word that either do or do not rhyme.

Reading (cont.) Each quarter, students will take 2 listening comprehension tests. One story is a Familiar Read (read 3 times). The other story is a Cold Read (read 1 time). Quarters 2-4, students will be required to do a Running Record; each student will read an on-grade level passage and will be scored on both fluency and accuracy. Students will break a word apart into individual sounds and substitute initial and final sounds to make new words. Students will produce the opposites for the words given. Students will be asked to identify long and short vowel sounds in words.

Writing Each quarter, students will be assessed on a specific piece of writing: Quarter 1 and Quarter 2: Narrative Quarter 3: Informational Quarter 4: Opinion Quarters 1 and 2, the students’ writing will be graded using the following checklist. Holds pencil correctly Holds and cuts appropriately with scissors Uses classroom resources for spelling words (i.e. word walls, charts…) Prints many upper and lowercase letters Spells simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of letter-sound relationships. (i.e. beginning sounds) Capitalizes the first word of each sentence Capitalizes the pronoun “I” Uses punctuation appropriately Uses spaces between words Illustration matches words/labeling Writes to a narrative prompt: Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely related events Tell about the events and the order in which they happened Provide a reaction to what happened Quarters 3 and 4, students' writing will be graded using a rubric that is broken down into 3 areas: Purpose, focus, and organization Evidence and elaboration Conventions

Math

Counting and Cardinality Students will be required to count to 25, 50, 75, and 100 by ones. Students will be required to count to 100 by tens. Students will count forward from a given number up to 20. Students will match each groups of objects to number cards and write numbers up to 20. Students will compare numbers and groups of objects (greater than, less than, and equal to). Students will demonstrate fluency with subitizing

Operations and Algebraic Thinking Students will represent addition and subtraction with objects up to 10. Students will fluently add and subtract up to 5. Students will solve addition and subtraction word problems. Students will be shown a number on a ten frame and find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number. Students will be required to solve unknown addends using objects, drawings, and equations.

Numbers and Operations in Base Ten Students will compose and decompose teen numbers. 10+4=14

Measurement and Data Students will identify how two objects are different using measurable attributes (weight and length). Students will classify objects into given categories, count the number of objects in each category, and determine which category has the most and which has the least.

Geometry Students will recognize and name 2 dimensional shapes, as well as 3 dimensional shapes. Students determine whether a shape is 2 dimensional or 3 dimensional. Students will describe similarities or differences between 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional shapes.

Science

Nature of Science Students will collaborate with a partner to collect information. Students will make observations of the natural world using the five senses. Students will keep records of investigations. Students will create visual representations of an object with labeling. Students will understand that learning comes from careful observations. Students will recognize the five senses and related body parts.

Earth and Space Science Students will explore the Law of Gravity. Students will recognize the repeating pattern of day and night. Students will understand that the Sun can only be seen in the daytime. Students will understand that the moon can be seen at night and sometimes during the day. Students will observe that things can be big or small based on observable distance from Earth. Students will observe that some objects are far away and some are nearby as seen from Earth.

Physical Science Students will observe properties, such as size, shape, temperature, weight, and texture. Students will recognize that the shape of materials can be changed by cutting, tearing, crumpling, smashing, and rolling. Students will about learn sound vibration. Students will observe that things move in different ways, such as fast, slow, etc. Students will learn that a push or a pull can change the way an object is moving.

Life Science Students will recognize the five senses and related body parts. Students will recognize that some books and other media portray animals and plants in non-realistic ways. Students will compare plants and animals in their physical features (looks) and behaviors (things they do).

Social Studies

Civics and Government Students will define and give examples of rules and laws, and why they are important. Students will explain the purpose and necessity of rules and laws at home, school, and community. Students will demonstrate the characteristics of being a good citizen. Students will demonstrate that conflicts among friends can be resolved in ways that are consistent with being a good citizen. Students will describe fair ways for groups to make decisions.

American History Students will develop an understanding of how to use a timeline. Students will develop an awareness of a primary source. Students will compare children and families of today with those in the past. Students will recognize the importance of celebrations and national holidays as a way of remembering and honoring people, events, and our nation's ethnic heritage. Students will compare our nation’s holidays with holidays of other cultures. Students will listen to and retell stories about people in the past who have shown character ideals and principles including honesty, courage, and responsibility. Students will use words and phrases related to chronology and time to explain how things change and to sequentially order events that have occurred in school. Students will understand that calendars represent days of the week and months of the year.

Geography Students will describe the relative location of peoples, places, and things by using positional words. Students will explain that maps and globes help to locate different places and that globes are a model of the Earth. Students will identify cardinal directions (north, south, east, and west). Students will differentiate land and water features on simple maps and globes. Students will locate and describe places in the school and community. Students will know one’s phone number, street address, city or town, and that Florida is the state in which the student lives. Students will identify basic landforms and bodies of water. Students will describe and give examples of seasonal weather changes and illustrate how weather affects people and the environment.

Economics Students will describe different kinds of jobs that people do and the tools and equipment used. Students will recognize that the United States currency comes in different forms. Students will recognize that people work to earn money to buy things they need or want. Students will identify the difference between basic needs and wants.