Kindergarten Five Year Olds

JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN

FIVE YEAR OLD'S AFTER AUGUST 1st

KINDERGARTEN

FIVE YEAR OLD'S BEFORE AUGUST 1st

JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN AGES:

  • If your five year old turns five after August 1st, he/she will be in Junior Kindergarten.
  • Individualized academic plans for each student created to challenge each student individually

KINDERGARTEN AGES:

  • If your five year old turns five before August 1st, he/she will be in Kindergarten.
  • Individualized academic plans for each student created to challenge each student individually

CLASS TIMES:

  • All Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten classes are 5 days a week, all day and classes start at 8:30AM.

LITERACY

In order for students to be proficient readers, they must be able to decode, read fluently, determine text importance, talk about reading, write about reading, interpret text and reflect on text importance.

In order for students to be proficient writers, they have to be able to use the writing process to produce writing pieces, effectively use conventions and grammar to communicate, have authentic audiences, spell proficiently, celebrate successful writing.

  • A strong foundation in phonological awareness
  • Knowledge of the alphabet
  • Knowledge of print and its uses
  • Building comprehension and responding to books and other texts
  • Building foundational writing skills

MATH

In order for students to be mathematicians, they have to have conceptual understanding of concepts, be strategic problem solvers, build on foundational skills, have automaticity of math facts.

  • Building number concepts and operations
  • Exploring and describing spatial relationships and shapes
  • Comparing and measuring
  • Knowledge of patterns
  • Problem solving, reasoning, and flexible thinking skills
  • Building math communication skills

SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL

In order for students to be problem solvers and contributors in society, they need to have safe opportunities to fail, be given opportunities to create and explore without rigid guideline or expectations, be able to collaborate and negotiate with others who think differently than they do, be able to peacefully resolve conflict, use digital tools with responsibility, and build social skills through play.

  • Regulates own emotions and behaviors
  • Establishes and sustains positive relationships
  • Participates cooperatively and constructively in group situations

PHYSICAL

  • Gross motor development
  • Fine motor strength and coordination

LANGUAGE

  • Listening skills and understanding of increasingly complex language
  • Using language to express thoughts and needs
  • Using appropriate conversational and other communication skills
  • Learning Spanish

COGNITIVE

  • A positive approach to learning
  • Remembering and connecting experiences
  • Classifying information
  • Using symbols and images to represent something not present

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

In order for students to be scientists, they have to be able to investigate, observe, explore and be curious about the world around them.  They have to understand the science behind the investigations, observations, explorations and curiosity. The have to be able to write in scientific ways.

  • Using scientific inquiry skills
  • Knowledge of the characteristics of living things
  • Knowledge of the physical properties of objects and materials
  • Knowledge of Earth’s environment
  • Using tools and technology to perform tasks

SOCIAL STUDIES

In order for students to be responsible citizens, they need to have knowledge of the United States, understand current events and issues in our community and country, be problem solvers, understand our country and world’s history and the impact it has on our society.

  • Knowledge of self
  • Showing understanding of people and how they live
  • Exploring change related to people or places
  • Geographic Knowledge

THE ARTS

  • Exploring the visual arts
  • Exploring musical concepts and expression
  • Exploring dance and movement concepts
  • Exploring drama through actions and language