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Language Arts
READING
¨ Understand how print works.
¨ Identify letter names and consonant sounds.
¨ Apply rhyming patterns.
¨ Use illustrations to help find the meaning in stories.
¨ Retell stories.
¨ Participate in hearing stories read aloud and presented in groups.
¨ Comprehend a variety of materials read aloud.
WRITING
¨ Form upper and lower case letters correctly.
¨ Label pictures.
¨ Select a Topic
LISTENING/VIEWING
¨ Develop the ability to hear and manipulate the individual sounds in a word (phonemic awareness).
¨ Demonstrate matching consonant sounds and letters.
¨ Match rhyming words.
¨ Demonstrate appropriate listening behaviors.
¨ Demonstrate comprehension by following two-step oral directions and appropriately answering questions.
SPEAKING
¨ Develop easily understood and correct speech.
¨ Speak to inform through “show and tell.”
¨ Recite poems and fingerplays.
¨ Take turns speaking.
Math
¨ Demonstrate meaning of numbers and number relationships describing and using whole numbers to 30.
¨ Demonstrate the ability to explore, model, and describe patterns ina variety of ways.
¨ Select, organize, and describe data.
¨ Recognize, name, and describe the relationships of two-dimensional shapes.
¨ Measure, describe, and compare the relationships between objects using a variety of non-standard units.
¨ Understand the concept of addition and subtraction.
Science
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
¨ Examine, describe, and classify based on common physical properties.
LIFE SCIENCE
¨ Distinguish living from non-living matter.
¨ Compare and contrast the characteristics of baby and adult animals of the same species.
EARTH/SPACE SCIENCE
¨ Describe what can be observed in the sky with an unaided eye.
¨ Describe the characteristics of the seasons.
¨ Recognize how humans are affected by weather.
Social Studies
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
¨ Define the concepts of past, present, and future through personal events.
¨ Explore American holidays and celebrations.
GEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES
¨ Understand how the earth’s land and water relate to personal environments, direction, maps, and globes.
CIVIC PERSPECTIVES
¨ Recognize the need for rules and common goals.
¨ Understand the roles of group members.
¨ Identify state and national symbols.
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES
¨ Describe needs, wants, and choices.
SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND WORLD PERSPECTIVES
¨ Describe family structure and culture including housing, clothing, food, customs, communication, traditions, and celebrations throughout the world.
¨ Explore family life in various cultures.
Performing Arts
BEAT
¨ Clap hands to show the steady beat of the music.
¨ Move to a steady beat using nonlocomotor and locomotor movements.
¨ Sing and play instruments to a steady beat.
MELODY
¨ Move to show high and low sounds.
¨ Perform a song using singing voice.
¨ Sing the notes sol, mi, la.
FORM
¨ Move to show same and different phrases in music.
¨ Sing, play,, or create an introduction to a song or rhyme using concepts of beat, rhythm, melody, and expressive qualities.
EXPRESSIVE QUALITIES
¨ Sing and move to piano (soft) and forte (loud) music.
¨ Listen, move, sing, and play fast and slow music.
TECHNIQUE
¨ Play and care for the small unpitched percussion instruments and tone bars using correct technique.
DRAMA
¨ Behave appropriately while att3ending dramatic or musical performances (reinforced at all grade levels).
Physical Education
PHYSICAL FITNESS
Demonstrate correct techniques in flexibility and balancing exercises.
Perform a variety of balancing activities.
React to the specific signals of an activity.
MOVEMENT SKILLS
Demonstrate a variety of movement skills.
Recognize and move to various beats.
Demonstrate a variety of expressive movements.
Visual Arts
COMMUNICATION
Create lines with a variety of tools and media.
Identify types of lines.
Identify geometric shapes.
Identify the six basic colors.
Create texture in a composition using a variety of materials and tools.
HISTORY AND CULTURE
Study at least three artists who are relevant to other academic subjects.
VISUAL LEARNING
Display originality by producing artwork.
MEDIA, TECHNIQUE, AND PRODUCTION
Use crayon and finger paint to produce artwork.
Use layering and blending techniques.
Use clay to produce artwork.
This is the minimum Littleton Public School curriculum for Kindergarten
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