Kindergarten

• Stewards of the Week
• Study Skills Introduced
• Kindergarten and 6th Grade Mass buddies
• Service Project: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
• Kindergarten and 3rd Grade Reading and Writing Buddies
• Help prepare Thanksgiving Mass for Parish
• Parent-Lead Learning Centers
• Memorize a 6-12 line poem for our Primary Speech Program
• Intro to all subject areas: PE, Music, Computers, Art and Library

Religion:

• Understanding of Creation, The Family of God, and the Gift of Jesus to us at Christmas
• Prayer and Mass; learning Grace before and after meals
• Intro to the Life of Stewardship: Prayer, Formation, Hospitality and Service

Language Arts:

• Learn upper and lower case letters; sounds, development of Phoemic awareness, learn sight words; comprehension of fiction and nonfiction information.
• Intro to conventions of writing; prints first/last name and familiar words, construct simple sentences.
• Follows direction with adults and work in groups.
• Participates in Primary Speech Assembly by memorizing and reciting 6-12 lines of poetry.

Math:

• Numbers Sense: Reads, Writes, orders numbers to 31, counts to 100, counts sets of objects to 20.
• Problem Solving: Uses strategy to solve a question
• Algebraic Sense: Creates, copies, extends patterns, creates stories for + and –
• Geometric Sense: Identify and sort shapes, understands position words (over/under)

Science:

• Intro to Systems-properties and characteristics (plants have roots, stems, leaves, seeds, flowers)
• Simple investigations/ projects and record observations
• Intro to the idea of science solving problems for society (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)

Social Studies:

• Help create rules that benefit the community
• Learn about leaders; that they instill justice and fairness
• Learn to make choices, express opinions/hear the opinions of others.