Pre-Kindergarten & Kindergarten
Teacher: Mrs. Tessa Ellsworth
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Teacher: Miss Abby Miller
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Our Program
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PRE-KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS ATTEND TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS
KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS ATTEND MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS Bible:
Pre-K and Kindergarten: Our curriculum is Bible Grade K by Purposeful Design Publications. Students recite 26 memory verses and Psalm 100 during the school year. Kindergarten students also have an additional Bonus Verse each month that goes along with our chapel theme. Language Arts: Pre-K: We focus on one letter a week. We use Guided Phonics + Beyond®, Letter People songs, Heidisongs, and poems. We focus on learning sound/symbol relationships through games, songs, and center activities. Students who show an understanding of sounding out words can begin reading our kindergarten reading books from Modern Curriculum Press Readers. Students are introduced to two sight words every week through songs and "write, find, build" activities. We use Modern Manuscript for handwriting. We use Pre-K Literacy® for literacy. We focus on essential questions, comprehension, story elements, writing genre, phonemic awareness, and vocabulary. It is a close read method, so we focus on the same book for three weeks. Kindergarten: We review the letters and sounds of the alphabet. We use Guided Phonics + Beyond® and Secret Stories® which are aligned to the Science of Reading. We expand our phonics knowledge of blending sounds, learning word families, and sight words through songs, phonics activities, and games. We are introduced to five new sight words every week through songs and "color, build, and write" activities. We also use KinderLiteracy® for literacy. We focus on essential questions, comprehension, story elements, writing genre, phonemic awareness, and vocabulary. It is a close read method, so we focus on the same book for two weeks. Our writing units are storytellers and illustrators, illustrators and authors, authors, narrators, and opinionators. We use Modern Manuscript for handwriting. Our reading program is differentiated so that all students can build life-long skills. When students are ready to begin reading, we have sixty phonics-based books from Modern Curriculum Press Readers for the students to read. Once a student has completed the readers, they are able to continue reading our level one Accelerated Reader books. Mathematics: Pre-K: We use Tara West Pre-K Math Curriculum. Our math units include the following: Introduction to Sorting, Introduction to Shapes, Introduction to Patterns, Introduction to Positional Words, Comparing to 10, Introduction to Measurement, Complex Sorting, Complex Patterns, Complex Shapes, Complex Comparing, and Complex Measurement. Kindergarten: We use KinderMath® Kindergarten Math Curriculum. Our math units include the following: numbers 0-5, Sort and Classify, Numbers to 10, Comparing Numbers to 10, Measurement, Numbers 10-19, Shapes, Numbers to 100, Comparing Sets, Addition to 10, Addition to Word Problems, Subtraction to 10, Graphing, Time to the Hour, and Money Values. Science: Kindergarten: The curriculum consists of teacher-developed units. Our science units include the following: Five Senses, Pushes and Pulls, Plants are Living Things, Animals are Living Things, and God Created Earth with Nonliving Materials. Special projects and field trips are used to enhance the units. Social Studies: Kindergarten: Our curriculum consists of teacher developed units. Our social studies units include the following: Who am I?, Where am I?, How do I get what I need and want?, and How do I get along with others?. Special projects are used to enhance the units. Enrichment Classes: Pre-K: Students attend Library, Music, and PE once a week. Kindergarten: Students attend Chapel, Art, Library, Music, and PE once a week. |
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