Kindergarten Curriculum
Welcome to Kindergarten at Ambrose Elementary! This is sure to be an exciting time for you as your child begins their official journey to becoming a life-long learner. My main goal for your child is to love school! The Green Frogs and I will work together to create a classroom where everyone feels included, appreciated, and safe. You will see your child blossom into an early reader and writer in addition to building many math skills. We will explore several topics in science and social studies. The focus of our lessons will be on participation and process rather than a product. Children will be supported and challenged in a way that will help them grow in confidence and problem solving. "Childhood is a journey, not a race." I look forward to working with you to make this a wonderful year for your child! Listed below is a brief overview of the kindergarten curriculum.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS & LITERACY
READING STANDARDS FOR:
Literature
Retell familiar stories.
Informational Text
Ask and answer questions about a text.
Identify book components (front cover, back cover, and title page.)
Foundational Skills
Demonstrate an understanding of concepts of print (left to right, top to bottom,
spaces, etc.)
Demonstrate an understanding of the sounds of language (rhymes, onset &
rime, syllables.)
Apply phonics and word analysis skills (letter sounds and high frequency words.)
WRITING STANDARDS
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose.
Write or dictate routinely for a range of tasks and purposes.
SPEAKING & LISTENING STANDARDS
Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners.
Describe familiar people, places, things, and events.
Express thoughts, feelings, and ideas.
LANGUAGE STANDARDS
Demonstrate conventions of standard English (print letters, use letter-sound relationships.)
Sort common objects into categories.
SOCIAL STUDIES
CIVICS: Classroom Citizenship
Understand and follow rules.
Take on responsibilities. Be helpful and respectful to others.
GEOGRAPHY: Connections Among Places
Describe locations (up, down, in front of, behind, between, etc.)
Use maps and other representations to show and explain the location of important places.
HISTORY: Shared Traditions
Describe how holidays are special because they celebrate important events or people in history.
ECONOMICS: Work & Commerce
Describe some things people do when they work inside and outside of the home (class/home jobs, community helpers, etc.)
SCIENCE
EARTH & SPACE SCIENCES
EARTH’s SYSTEMS - Observe weather patterns over time.
EARTH & HUMAN ACTIVITY - Prepare for, and respond to different types of weather.
LIFE SCIENCE
Recognize that plants and animals grow and change over time.
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
ENERGY - Determine that sunlight warms things on Earth.
MATHEMATICS
COUNTING and CARDINALITY
Know number names and the count sequence (count to 100 by ones and tens.)
Count to tell the number of objects.
Compare numbers and number of objects (more/less, greater than/less than, equal.)
OPERATIONS and ALGEBRAIC THINKING
Understand addition as putting together and subtraction as taking away.
Know addition and subtraction facts up to 10.
MEASUREMENT and DATA
Classify (sort) objects and count the number of objects in each category.
GEOMETRY
Identify and describe 2D and 3D shapes.
