Kindergarten Curriculum Guide - St. Pius X Catholic Community
Kindergarten Curriculum Guide - St. Pius X Catholic Community
Kindergarten Curriculum Guide - St. Pius X Catholic Community
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MATH<br />
<strong>Kindergarten</strong> students use the text, Math<br />
Advantage, published by Harcourt Brace.<br />
Instruction includes hands-on activities to<br />
develop concepts. The students will be introduced<br />
to the following areas of study.<br />
sorting and classifying<br />
patterns and movement<br />
matching and counting<br />
money<br />
measuring<br />
time<br />
identify and order numbers 0-100<br />
count to 100 by ones, twos, fives and tens<br />
introduction to addition and subtraction<br />
Each student will receive a report card at<br />
the end of each quarter. Parent-teacher<br />
conferences will be scheduled in November,<br />
but they can be requested at any<br />
time.<br />
HOME AND SCHOOL<br />
CONNECTIONS<br />
<strong>Kindergarten</strong> students will receive homework<br />
assignments from time to time.<br />
Please read to your child as often as possible.<br />
Please pray with your children and<br />
attend weekly Mass. Your support is key<br />
to their success.<br />
KINDERGARTEN<br />
CURRICULUM<br />
GUIDE<br />
SPECIALS<br />
Children in kindergarten will attend classes<br />
in art, gym, computer, music and library.<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Pius</strong> X Parish School<br />
601 South Westmore Road<br />
Lombard, IL 60148<br />
Phone: 630.627.2353<br />
Fax: 630.627.1810<br />
Email: schooloffice@stpiuslombard.org<br />
ST. PIUS X PARISH SCHOOL<br />
A community of faith, service and academic excellence
RELIGION<br />
<strong>Kindergarten</strong> children will learn through<br />
stories, activities, Scripture, prayer, discussion,<br />
and reflection about their <strong>Catholic</strong><br />
faith focusing on:<br />
traditional common prayers<br />
creation<br />
God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit<br />
celebrating with prayer services<br />
the sacraments<br />
liturgical seasons<br />
lives of the saints<br />
Our Religion text is Call to Faith,<br />
published by Harcourt Religion Publishers.<br />
READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS<br />
Our Reading/Language Arts program is<br />
Houghton Mifflin Reading: A Legacy of<br />
Literacy. The components of the program<br />
emphasize the development of skills to allow<br />
students to learn to read. Houghton<br />
Mifflin offers information and activities at<br />
their website: http:www.eduplace.com.<br />
READING /LITERATURE<br />
The children will experience literature<br />
through read aloud books, Big Books, and<br />
On My Way practice readers provided by<br />
this series. They will also experience authentic<br />
literature in the form of poetry,<br />
folktales, non-fiction, fiction and fantasies.<br />
Reading fluency will develop and improve<br />
as students are presented with the following<br />
skills:<br />
phonemic awareness<br />
phonics/decoding<br />
high frequency words<br />
comprehending the main idea<br />
concept of print<br />
sequence of events<br />
inference/making predictions<br />
compare/contrast<br />
drawing conclusions<br />
WRITING AND LANGUAGE<br />
The components of this section are oral<br />
language, writing, listening and speaking.<br />
Skills will include:<br />
vocabulary expansion<br />
using exact naming words<br />
using exact describing words<br />
using singular and plural naming<br />
words<br />
using action words<br />
shared writing<br />
interactive writing<br />
independent writing<br />
We will use these skills to write class stories,<br />
class books, and write in journals.<br />
SOCIAL STUDIES<br />
<strong>Kindergarten</strong> students will use literature to<br />
study:<br />
families<br />
community<br />
holidays<br />
SCIENCE<br />
<strong>St</strong>udents use concrete, hands-on experiences<br />
to understand science in the physical<br />
and natural world around them. They learn<br />
through observing, predicting, questioning<br />
and explaining. <strong>St</strong>udents will study:<br />
seasons<br />
weather<br />
magnets<br />
light, color, shadows<br />
plants<br />
water
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