Students study the harvest, five senses, living things, wood, insects, zoo animals, and the ocean. Students study ourselves and the people around us, as well as holidays and celebrations around the world. Physical Education, Art, Music, Guidance, and Library are also included in kindergarten. Included in Vocabulary are words related to the reading series, basic sight words, and words related to Science and Social Studies units. Grammar concepts taught include capitalization and punctuation, sentences, nouns, verbs, plurals, compound words, contractions, adjectives, and opposites.
Students write in journals daily.
They are expected to apply grammar rules in their writing, use correct capitalization and punctuation, and stay on the topic. Opening and closing sentences are expected. They also read trade books at individual reading levels and take Accelerated Reader tests on these books. Poetry folders are sent home weekly, familiar poems are read aloud. Word attack skills, sight words, word families, and sequencing are also taught.