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The Kindergarten classes at Sacred Heart School are academically based with
lessons in Religion,
Language Arts, Math, Science Social Studies and Health.
We strive to develop the whole child with
additional classes in Art, Music,
Computer Lab, Library and Physical Education. There is an option
of a half-day
program or full day program.
KINDERGARTEN CURRICULUM
RELIGION
Series: Faith First
- Creation - Exploring the world God made and their responsibility to care
for it.
- God – Learn about God’s love through the gifts of creation.
- Jesus Christ – Learn about Jesus’ birth and life on earth.
- The Church – Learn about the Church as a family created by God and
knowing their own
membership in the Church
- Christian Morality – Know that God created us to know, love
and serve
him
- The Sacraments – Introduced to the sacraments through symbols.
- Salvation History – Know that God has a plan for creation and that
all people are called to the justice, love and peace.
- Christmas and Easter Stories
LANGUAGE ARTS
Series: Reading Street
Reading Skills:
- Recognize common environmental symbols/signs/words
- Bring to use left to right, top to
bottom directionality to track print
- Identify book parts (cover, title, picturee, text)
- Identify letters and their sounds
- Identify short vowels sounds in words
- Read simple readiness words
Vocabulary
- Understand word meanings
- Rhyming words
Comprehension
- Sequencing
- Retelling stories with accuracy
- Main idea
- Predicting outcomes
- Drawing conclusions
Writing Skills
- Print upper and lower case letters
- Write first and last name
- Use words and/or pictures to convey ideas
- Apply phonics skills to personal spelling
LISTENING
- Attend during read aloud and other sharing
- Wait for turn
- Avoid unnecessary interruptions
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- Use complete sentences to share ideas orally
- Develop the skill of brainstorming
- Listen to and follow verbal directions
- Recognize appropriate time to speak
- Join group oral activities
MATHEMATICS
Series: Progress in Mathematics
- Sorting and classifying
- Solid/plane shapes
- Patterning, ordering and graphing
- Numbers: counting,
grouping, naming order, writing
- Time: hour, before/next, first, next, last, day/night
- Money: penny, nickel, dime
- Beginning concepts: addition/subtraction
- Estimation and reasoning
- Problem solving
SCIENCE
Series: Science
- Five senses – Identify the functions of
the five senses and how we
use them.
- Weather – Recognize types of weather and
how they affect us, the water
cycle, and dressing appropriately.
- Animals –
Different animal groups, animal movement, habitats, body
coverings.
- Plants –
Parts of plants, functions of the parts and how we use plants.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Series: Greet the World
- Learn about the world around us.
- Recognize that rules keep us save and help
us get along with others
- Recognize the importance of community helpers
- Holidays (Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, Dr. Martin Luther King Day)
HEALTH
- Fire safety – STOP, DROP & ROLL, personal safety, fire prevention
- Nutrition – Five food groups, difference between healthy and unhealthy
foods,
importance of eating healthy foods.
- Dental health – The how and why of taking care
of our teeth.
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