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WCSS Curriculum
Five Year Old Kindergarten
The Language Arts Curriculum is divided in three areas: Speaking/Listening, Reading/Liturature, Writing/Language. This curriculum is based upon state and national standards and recommendations for the Language Arts.
Language Arts Speaking/Listening
Display basic skills necessary for oral communication- Convey ideas in discussions and conversation.
- Restate the ideas of others.
- Retell a story in proper sequence.
- Recite simple poems and prayers.
Participate effectively in classroom discussions- Take turns speaking
- Volunteer information in a discussion
- Begin to establish eye contact
- Respond with talk when others initiate a conversation
- Hold conversations with peers and familiar adults
- Demonstrate respect for the opinions of others
Demonstrate the skills of listening- Practice letting others speak without interruption
- Follow basic directions to complete a task
- Restate information that is heard
Practice critical thinking skills- Ask questions when ideas are not clear
- Begin to learn the difference between fact and opinion
- Understand the need to communicate with family and friends
- Begin to learn the difference between a question and a statement
Language Arts Reading/Literature
Recognize that print represents a spoken language and conveys meaning- Understand the concept of print by:
- Recognizing the parts of a book
- Indentifying letters, words and sentences
- Reading from left to right
- Demonstrate phonemic awareness by understating words are made up of sounds such as:
- Identifying rhyming words
- Blend sounds
- Demonstrate voice/print match
- Use sound/symbols and visual cues such as:
- Learning letter names and sounds
- Recognizing letter patterns and word families
- Recognizing high frequency words
Use effective strategies to achieve purpose in reading- Use strategic skills for comprehension such as:
- Listening for meaning
- Activating prior knowledge
- Making predictions/draw conclusions.
- Retell stories accurately including:
Interact with literacy texts to achieve deep meaning- Express feelings and opinions about stories
- Understand literary terms such as:
- Respond to literature through creative expression including:
- Movement
- Music
- Art
- Drama
- Writing
Language Arts Writing/Language
Write to communicate for a variety of purposes- Write labels, notes, charts, and captions
- Begin writing simple sentences
- Begin to use personal experiences to generate writing
- Begin writing story ideas with pictures
Use elements of writing- Understand the relationship between oral and written language
- Write each letter of the alphabet in upper and lower case
- Write own name and other important words
- Know the difference between pictures and print
- Sound out words as an aid to invented spelling
Interact with literary texts to achieve deep meaning- Begin to use pre-writing techniques such as:
Brainstorming
Questioning
Sharing writing with others
Our Social Studies curriculum is based upon both state and national standards for Social Studies education.
Social Studies
History- Distinguish between past, present, and future time
- Compare and contrast past and present holiday traditions
- Become introduced to some important people and events in Wisconsin and U.S. history
Geography- Identify North America on a map and a globe
- Use basic map skills
- Use appropriate terms to identify individual homes and neighborhoods
- Make comparisons among seasons
Economics- Begin to understand the difference between needs and wants
- Identify goods and services
- Begin to understand the role of consumer, producer, and provider
Behavioral Science- Identify cooperative behaviors
- Develop a sense of interdependence
Political Science/Citizenship- Recognize individual responsibility to society
- Identify the purpose of rules and laws
- Learn and recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Peace and Justice- Attempt to solve conflicts in a peaceful way
- Participate in simple service projects that benefit others
- Participate in simple activities that improve the environment
Our Religion curriculum focuses on the four pillars of the Catholic Church: Creedal Church, Liturgy and Sacraments, Moral Life, and Christian Prayer.
Religion
Creedal Church - Learns that God created the world out of love.
- Knows that God gives us our senses to discover and enjoy creation.
- Learns that God's special gift to us is His son, Jesus.
- Learns that Jesus showed us how to love one another.
- Learns that the church as God's family
Liturgy and Sacraments- Begins to participate in prayer experiences and/or liturgies.
- Recognizes Christian symbols (water, candles, cross).
- Learns that through Baptism we become children of God.
- Learns about Jesus' Last Supper (as foundation for later learning about the Eucharist).
- Begins to say, "I'm sorry" and "I forgive you".
Moral Life- Expresses thankfulness for God's love.
- Learns that doing good is acting like Jesus.
- Shows respect for people of all cultures, languages, races and abilities.
- Reaches out to others through service experiences.
- Learns that, while on earth, saints loved God and showed concern for others.
Christian Prayer- Experiences prayer as talking to God.
- Participates in different kinds of prayer - praise, thanksgiving and asking.
- Experiences listening as prayer.
- Prays the sign of the cross with appropriate gestures.
- Begins to learn "The Lord's Prayer".
Our Math curriculum is based upon both state and national standards for Mathematics education.
Math
Number Operations and Relationships- Understand number value: sets, one more than, one less than.
- Counting by 1s, 5s, and 10s to 100
- Identify and write numbers 1-30
- Identify numerical value 1-10.
- Understand the process of addition and subtraction
- Use manipulatives to show addition and subtraction through 10.
- Use manipulatives to count and compare numbers.
Probability and Statistics- Read graphs to identify more, less, least (how many more, how many less).
Geometry- Identify basic shapes
- Match shapes to create designs
- Use shapes to create new designs
- Create and copy symmetrical pattern block designs
Measurement- Tell time on the hour.
- Understand the value of the penny, nickel, and dime.
- Know the months of the year.
- Use manipulatives to estimate and measure.
- Estimate and compare amounts and sizes.
- Locate and identify temperatures on a thermometer.
Algebraic Relationships- Identify and copy ABC patterns
- Create ABC patterns with manipulatives
- Sort and classify objects with one or more common attributes
- Use math symbols to represent simple equations (+,-,=)
Our Science curriculum is based upon both state and national standards for Science education.
Science
Science Inquiry- Know that learning can come from careful observations and simple experiments.
Science and Technology- Recognize that technology affects our lives in many ways.
History and Nature of Science- Recognize that science is constantly changing as new facts are acquired.
Catholic Social Teachings- Participate in service projects and identify these with Christian community.
Physical Science - Explain that things move in different ways.
- Explore that the position and motion of an object can be changed by pushing or pulling.
- Observe that non-living things do not move by themselves.
- Explore that magnets can be used to make some things move without being touched.
Life Science- Explore that animals need certain conditions for energy and growth.
- Identify the characteritics of living and nonliving things.
- Know that animals closely resemble their parents.
Earth and Space Science- Investigate how the observable properties of sand change when sand is mixed with water.
- Observe that rocks come in many different shapes, colors and sizes.
- Discover that wind is moving air and has strength and direction.
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