Kindergarten

Kindergarten Objectives

SCIENCE (E.C.A.)

·        Life Science

·        Distinguishes identifiable characteristics and behaviors of fish, snails and worms

·        Identifies the certain environmental conditions required by fish, snails and worms to survive

·        Knows that different kinds of isopods can be identified by their structure and behavior

·        Identifies the certain environmental conditions required by isopods to survive

PHYSICAL SCIENCE 

·        Distinguishes the identifiable characteristics of different kinds of fabric

·        Understands that fabric is used for many things in our everyday lives

·        Understands that fabrics are made by weaving threads together using alternating patterns

·        Understands that some fabrics absorb water, while others repel water

·        Understands that fabric can be permanently dyed in a wide variety of colors

MATHEMATICS (Abeka)

·        Write counts by 1’s forward to 100

·        Counts backwards by 1’s from 20

·        Counts by 10’s forward to 100

·        Names 1-9 as digits

·        Reads and writes numbers up to 100

·        Reads and writes the number “before” and the number “after” to 100

·        Identifies number words to ten

·        Tells time by hour and half-hour

·        Knows the concepts of an inch

·        Identifies patterns

·        Identifies common geometric shapes

·        Identifies the terms less and more

·        Identifies number family concepts

·        Knows fractions “whole” and “half”

·        Knows smallest to largest number concept

·        Identifies more, less, least, most, between, before and after

·        Identifies the symbols +, -, and =

SOCIAL STUDIES (Abeka)

·        Recognizes God made people special

·        Understands people grow and change

·        Understands man’s five senses

·        Understands that all choices have consequences

·        Understands families love one another

·        Understands each family is special and unique

·        Understands families have rules

·        Understands families work together

·        Understands families have fun together

READING (Pearson)

·        Learns forms of literature

·        Listens attentively and follows single and multi-step oral directions

·        Knows directionality

·        Identifies all upper and lower case letters

·        Says the alphabet

·        Recognizes sight words

·        Recognizes and says initial consonant and vowel blends

·        Adds an ending consonant to a blend to say a word

·        Reads words, phrases and sentences

·        Recalls and/or re-reads to answer comprehension questions

·        Recognizes punctuation

·        Recognizes rhyming word pairs

·        Reads orally both individually and in a group setting

·        Choral reads as a group

·        Reads using expression and pausing appropriately

·        Learns role play

LANGUAGE (Abeka)

·        Develops left to right eye tracking a

·        Traces shapes and letters

·        Draws a picture and writes a class related sentence

·        Develops eye-hand coordination

·        Draws a picture about a story

·        Uses capitals at the beginning of sentences

·        Uses punctuation at the end of sentences

WRITING

·        Holds pencils and crayons properly

·        Draws and writes within spatial boundaries

·        Accurately traces D’Nealian letters

·        Forms D’Nealian letters, especially name with capital and lower case letters

·        Holds paper properly

·        Copies words and sentences using 3 lines

BIBLE (Abeka)

·        Recognizes the Bible as the ultimate guide for mankind

·        Knows about sin/ Adam and Eve

·        Knows God sent His Son to die for our sins

·        Memorizes correlated Bible passages

·        Knows about Christ’s death and resurrection

·        Knows about Satan and that God is stronger

·        Knows that God wrote the bible

·        Understands that all the Bible is true

·        Knows that there is only one God

·        Understands and lists the three persons of God

·        Understands how to ask for the forgiveness of sin

·        Knows that Lucifer became jealous of God and wanted to be as

                 great as He

·        Knows that Satan is God’s enemy and the enemy of all Christians