PreK and Kindergarten Curriculum

Language Arts 

• Daily classroom story time and library 
• Use of the school library with ability to check out books 
• Sharing, which fosters speaking skills and inquiry 
• Tracing and beginning writing skills

Math

• Numbers and operations: Developing an understanding of whole numbers
• Counting, one-to-one correspondence, recognizing and writing numerals 0-10
• Geometry 
  • Identifying geometric shapes and spatial relationships
  • Drawing and comparing shapes, using language to describe space (above/below, front/back)
• Measurement: Comparing objects (same/different, more/less, heavy/light, long/short)
• Algebra: Making patterns

Science

• Senses: touch, hearing, sight, smell and taste
• Movement: sink/float, magnetic/non-magnetic, absorption, size and weight
• Hibernation, weather, health and nutrition, plants, insects, butterflies, animals 

Social Studies 

• School rules, safety rules, fire and emergency safety
• Social/emotional skills: listening, feelings, self-regulation, and play 
• Holidays, famous persons, American symbols

Religion

• Textbook topics: Sunday Gospel readings and reflections to learn of God’s love for all
• Priest-led church tours to learn about the altar, the Sacrament of Baptism, the church year and vestments 
• Celebrate the feast day of St. Francis, St. Nicholas, Our Lady of Guadalupe, and others 
• Journey through Advent and Lent to learn about two great feasts of the church year, Christmas and Easter
• Begin and end school day with prayer 
• Participate in school Masses and a class Mass during the school year
• Support of schoolwide service projects
• Virtue education curriculum: students practice living out a new virtue every week
• Buddy Program: Pre-K and seventh grade meet throughout the year for various activities including art, service, prayer, reading, and play

Library and Media Literacy

• Attend Library/Media Literacy class weekly
• Develop an appreciation for reading
• Develop library skills around locating, evaluating, and utilizing shared resources
• Build upon reading skills in order to better comprehend, interpret, and evaluate informational and fictional text  
• Demonstrate responsible citizenship in using library materials and resources
• Collaborate as members of a social and intellectual community

Health and Social Emotional Learning

• Integrated into various areas of the curriculum including PE, science and religion
• Learn and practice healthy social behaviors in the Second Step Violence Prevention and Bullying Prevention Programs

The Arts

• Two days of music every week 
• One day of art every week

Physical Education
Pre-K students attend PE 3 days a week (60 minutes). The goal of physical education is to develop physically literate individuals who have the knowledge, skills and confidence to enjoy a lifetime of healthful physical activity. To pursue a lifetime of healthful physical activity, a physically literate individual: 

• Has learned the skills necessary to participate in a variety of physical activities
• Knows the implications and the benefits of involvement in various types of physical activities
• Participates regularly in physical activity
• Is physically fit
• Values physical activity and its contributions to a healthful lifestyle

Pre-K school students also have two recesses (morning break and lunch) each day.
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• Recognize and name all upper and lowercase letters
• Learn and practice correct letter formation
• Phonological awareness
• Daily read-aloud story time
• Shared and guided reading groups 
• Decoding and word recognition 
• Use of St. Rose School’s Library Media Center
• Show and tell: fosters speaking and listening skills

Math

• Counting and cardinality
• Know number names and the count sequence
• Count to tell the number of objects
• Write numbers 0-20
• Operations: Understand that addition is adding to and subtraction is taking apart
• Numbers and operations: Work with numbers 11-20 for place value
• Measurement: Describe and compare measurable attributes of a variety of objects
• Geometry: Identify and describe shapes both plane and solid figures

Science

• Promote scientific inquiry through observation, evidence, critical thinking, inquiry and use common scientific language
• Compare living and non-living things
• Compare traits of plants and animals
• Examine the way things move
• Gather information using the five senses
• Create structures using simple materials
• Weather and seasonal changes

Social Studies

• Identify celebrations honoring people and events
• Distinguish between the past and present
• Explain how people can care for the environment
• Understand why we need rules in our school and the community
• Global awareness through stories and use of maps and globes

Religion

• God made the world
• When we pray, we talk to God
• Jesus is the Son of God and Mary
• The Church is a large family that belongs to God
• God’s rules help people make good choices
• Introduction to saints and their lives
• Seasonal lessons and liturgical celebrations
• Bible stories
• Memorize prayers: sign of the cross, Glory Be, Hail Mary and Angel of God
• Begin and end school day with prayer and learn to offer special intentions
• Participate in all-school Masses
• Promote participation in the monthly St. Francis lunch project and other school-wide service projects
• Virtue education curriculum: students practice living out a new virtue every two weeks

Library and Media Literacy

• Attend Library/Media Literacy class weekly
• Develop an appreciation for reading
• Develop library skills around locating, evaluating, and utilizing shared resources
• Build upon reading skills in order to better comprehend, interpret, and evaluate informational and fictional text  
• Demonstrate responsible citizenship in using library materials and resources
• Collaborate as members of a social and intellectual community

STEM and MakerSpace

• Conduct STEM activities in our MakerSpace weekly supporting what is being taught in the classroom. 
• Develop keyboarding skills using the Typing Club program 
• NGSS Engineering Design Skills
  • K-2-ETS1-1 Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation. 
  • K-2-ETS1-2 Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem

Health and Social Emotional Learning

• Integrated into various areas of the curriculum including PE, science and religion
• Learn and practice healthy social behaviors in the Second Step Violence Prevention and Bullying Prevention Programs

The Arts

• Two days of music every week 
• One day of art every week

Physical Education
Kindergarten students attend PE 3 days a week (90 minutes). The goal of physical education is to develop physically literate individuals who have the knowledge, skills and confidence to enjoy a lifetime of healthful physical activity. To pursue a lifetime of healthful physical activity, a physically literate individual: 

• Has learned the skills necessary to participate in a variety of physical activities
• Knows the implications and the benefits of involvement in various types of physical activities
• Participates regularly in physical activity
• Is physically fit
• Values physical activity and its contributions to a healthful lifestyle

Kindergarten students also have two recesses (morning break and lunch) each day.

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