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Kindergarten has changed a lot over the years! Here is a list of the skills that your child will learn in kindergarten.
What We Learn In Kindergarten
Math
1. Position Words
2. Classifying Objects
3. Sorting
4. Data and Graphs
5. Patterns
6. Numbers 0-100
7. Money – pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters,
dollars
8. Measurement – length, capacity, weight,
temperature
9. Time – calendar, to the hour, to the half
hour
10. Addition Concepts to 10
11. Subtraction Concepts from 10
12. Geometry and Fractions – 2D and 3D
13. Fractions, Equal Parts, Halves
Reading/Language Arts
Concepts of Print
- Understand directionality
- Print awareness
- Identify separate sounds
- Understand that letters make up words
- Name upper and lowercase letters
- Book handling
Phonological Awareness
- Recognize and generate rhyming words
- Blend and segment sounds
Phonemic Awareness
- Count phonemes
- Isolate initial, medial, and final sounds
- Short and long vowels sounds (silent e)
- Add, delete and substitute phonemes
Phonics and Decoding/ Word Recognition and Fluency
- Know the alphabet
- Sound/letter correspondence
- Blend sounds into words
- Blend common word families
- Identify and read high frequency words
- Plural nouns
Comprehension Strategies and Skills
- Ask and answer questions
- Draw inferences/ predictions and conclusions
- Retell a story
- Story structure (beginning, middle and end)
- Cause and effect
- Compare and contrast
- Reality vs. Fantasy
- Using illustrations
- Main idea and key detail
Literary Elements
- Character
- Plot development/ events
- Setting
Writing Applications
- Capitalization
- Spacing
- End punctuation
- Complete thought
Religion
God Gives Us Many Gifts
- Everything God made is good
- God gives us these gifts because He loves us and cares for us
- God wants us to take care of His gifts
God Is Our Creator
- God made everyone and loves all people
- God gives us our senses to discover His world
- God gives us our family and friends to share His love
Jesus Shows Us God’s Love
- Jesus is one of us
- Jesus was kind, good, and caring
- We should be like Jesus
Jesus Wants Us To Share God’s Love
- The Church is God’s family
- At Baptism we become members of the Church
- Jesus showed us how to pray
- Jesus wants us to care about others
The Church Year – Ordinary Time, Advent, Christmas, Lent, The Three Days, and Easter
- God wants us to celebrate His love for us.
- Jesus asks us to live as He did.
- Prayers: The Sign of the Cross, Hail Mary, Our Father,
Guardian Angel, Glory Be, Grace Before and After Meal
Science, Social Studies, STEAM, Art, Social Play, will all be incorporated into the day of kindergarten.
The children will also attend specialized classes which are Library, Music, Gym, Computers, Spanish and Art.
