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Curriculum Kindergarten
Faith Alive, our Bible curriculum, is used for all age
levels. It is a highly visual and activity oriented program that
helps communicate the Word of God at an appropriate age level. Each
week our young learners are introduced to a Bible story, basic
Christian concepts, and a weekly Bible memory verse. Every morning
the children meet together for morning devotions, which include
singing and praying before they go to their class. A member of the
church staff shares with the children during morning devotions once
a week. Parents are encouraged to join us for our morning devotion
time.
Reading and Phonics
Reading - Read, Write
and Listen is our basic reading program. This curriculum is composed
of 24 letterbooks. Some of the skills that are learned:
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Shape of the letter
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Sound of the letter
in the initial, medial and final position of a word
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Letter sounds that
build to form words, sentences and stories
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Reading words,
sentences and stories
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Auditory recognition
and discrimination
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Writing letters,
words and sentences
Long vowel sounds and
diagraphs are introduced to increase the students reading
vocabulary.
Sight words/high
frequency words are also introduced to increase the students
reading vocabulary. Mystery words and sentences are words and
sentences that the students read, write and illustrate to practice
sight and high frequency words.
Creative Literature Implementation Program (C.L.I.P.) is
another way of bringing literature in the classroom. Each age level
has a special literature book for every month. This is a whole
language approach to learning. The teacher pulls ideas for
everything from cooking to science to social studies from the
C.L.I.P. book.
Unit- Unit consists of special emphasis from C.L.I.P.
(science and social studies), and seasonal themes.
Journal Writing- The goal of journal writing is to get the
student thinking more about how letter sounds form words. During
journaling the student is encouraged to work independently to form
words and sentences.
Spelling- Spelling is introduced half way in the school year.
It consists of a list of 5 rhyming words and a bonus word.
Homework- Homework is assigned on Monday and returned to
school on Friday. Homework includes 2-3 of the following: writing
practice, phonics, math reading, spelling and Bible verse
memorization.
Specials
Music & Movement and Spanish are part of our weekly
program. Gardening is also a highlight of our learning
environment.
Dramatic play, cooking, water table, hands-on science and art
activities are a few of the age appropriate learning centers
that are available in the classroom. The classroom is also equipped
with computers.
Math
Saxon is our math curriculum. It is a hands-on approach in learning
math concepts. The objectives that the students cover are:
- skip count by 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10's
- compare and order numbers
- identify place value to 100
- identify ordinal position to tenth
- identify a sorting rule
- identify and extend patterns
- solve routine and nonroutine problems
- master all basic addition facts and most of the
basic subtraction facts
- add and subtract two-digit numbers without
regrouping
- use comparison symbols
- picture and name fractions
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- identify a fractional part of a set
- measure using inches, feet, and centimeters
- compare volume, mass, and area
- tell time to the half hour
- order events by time
- count pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
- identify and draw polygons
- identify geometric solids
- tally
- identify events as certain, likely, or impossible
- create, read, and write observations from real
graphs, pictographs, and bar graphs
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