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Welcome to Kindergarten
Kindergarten Curriculum
WReligion
Students are taught that all are God’s creation the shared
responsibility all have in serving as stewards of His gifts. His
greatest gift, the person of Jesus Christ is central to the Religion
studies. Prayer, liturgical events on the Church calendar, the Holy
Family, the lives of the saints, the Mass, the parish, and family
life are topics taught as part of our religion curriculum.
&Language
Arts
An
understanding that print has meaning is required as the building
block for the skills of letter recognition, word recognition, and
sequencing. Essential components of the curriculum are phonics,
comprehension, punctuation, and handwriting skills.
¯Mathematics
Concepts include recognition of colors and positional
words, addition, subtraction, graphing, patterns, money, time,
geometry, measurement, and problem solving strategies. The students
will also be learning to identify, count, and write the numbers to
31.
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Science
Study the characteristics of living things, body parts,
the senses, the earth, and the sky is conducted.
�Social
Studies
Various themes such as school friends, neighbors, needs
and wants, the city and the country, and holidays are studied.
RECESS
Students have morning and lunch recesses. They bring a healthy
snack to eat during the morning. They are encouraged to nap or rest
in the afternoon for approximately 30 minutes.
F Supplemental
Curriculum
Kindergarten students receive
instruction in Spanish, art, music, and physical education.
They also visit the media center as well as the computer
lab.
Students attend Mass
weekly with the rest of the school.
#Art
Students are exposed to basic elements of drawing through shapes and
colors.
¯Music
Students explore elements of Music such as rhythm,
movement, long and short sounds as well as upward and downward tonal
movement.
¨Media
Students explore the Media Center through basic concepts of titles,
authors, and subjects. Students can check out books appropriate to
their age level.
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Physical Education
Students are exposed to fitness assessments, traveling/locomotor
skills, Body management/Gymnastics/Dance, Soccer. Volleyball,
Football, Basketball, Track, T-ball and individual dual sports such
as Golf, Tennis, and Badminton are taught.
,Spanish
Student learn elements of conversation through greetings,
salutations, colors, numbers, and basic vocabulary.
:Technology
Students are introduced to technology through the
classroom as well as in the computer laboratory. Students learn the
appropriate use of the computer, mouse, keyboard, recognizing icons,
and maneuvering through simple tutorial programs.
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