Kindergarten - Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Strell

Listed Below are concepts & skills we are working on in class:

Religion:

·         Sign of the Cross and daily prayers…Focus on Hail Mary

Reading/Phonics:

• 8 basic color words (red, blue, yellow, green, purple, orange, black, brown) and number words 0-10 (zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten)  
• Letter recognition (capital and lower case) and letter sounds
• Matching the capital letter to the lower case letter (example Hh)

Handwriting/Fine Motor:

•   Practice writing letters and numbers in proper form
•     Work on left to right progression
• Practice writing our names correctly on the lines
•   Coloring neatly within the lines
•   Cutting and pasting

Math:

•       Practice counting, number recognition/formation, patterns and shape identification
•     Model and count objects with number names and written numerals
•     Count to 100 by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s
•   Recognize given pattern (AB Pattern)
•   Identify basic shapes
•   Math vocabulary words: match, pair, model and number words 0-10

Science and Social Studies:

•     Discuss daily weather and the four seasons
•   Learn about the months and days
• School rules/routines and drills
•     Good manners

Health:

•   Discuss healthy choices in food and play
•   Safety
•   Proper hygiene