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                                                             Overview of K-3, K-4, K-5                                                                 

(Half Day and Full Day)

 

K3:

 

Language:

• Recognition of letter names A-Z

• Letter sounds

• Recognition of beginning sounds of pictured words (short vowel and consonants)

• Formation of letters in upper and lower case

• Language development and listening skills

 

Social Studies:

• Colors

• Shapes

• Animals

• Transportation

• Countries

• Community Helpers

• Health and Safety

• Manners

Numbers:

• Counting 1-30

• Number concepts 1-15

• Shapes

Bible:

• Bible lessons

• Memories verses

 

Daily snack and recess

Weekly PE and Music

Parent/Teacher Conferences in October and March

Holiday Parties

Participation in school musical programs (Christmas and Spring)

 

 

 

 

K4: (Half Day)

 

Character Development:

• Problem-solving based on “What would Jesus do?”

• Respect

• Manners

• Making good choices

• Obedience

• Leadership

Structured classroom setting:

• Each child has his/her own desk and chair

• Pledges/Calendar

• Letter recognition and letter sounds introduced with songs or stories

• Reading words/reading sentences

• Writing all alphabet letters/ Writing child’s first name

• Number recognition and writing numbers 1-20

• Counting to 100

• Language and vocabulary development

• Arts & Crafts

 

Daily snack and recess

Weekly PE and Music

Parent/Teacher Conferences in October and March

Holiday Parties

Participation in school musical programs (Christmas and Spring)

 

K4 (full day)

 

Review of concepts that were learned in the morning session.

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50 states of America

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• Learn to locate each state on the map

• Book about State

• State quarter (commemorative)

• State Flag and State Animal/Bird

• Famous people, places, food/crop

• Write and illustrate

• Art/Craft

• Science experiments

• Lights, Camera, Action! (re enact a favorite thing learned about the state)

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K5 (half day):

 

Phonics:

• Reading short and long vowel words

• Read words w/ special sounds (th, sh, ch, etc.)

• Sight words (the, to, do, you, etc.)

• Sentence structure & punctuation marks

• Reading groups beginning in November

Writing:

• Trace and write print words and sentences

• Copy words and sentences from the chalkboard

Spelling:

• Short spelling tests given in spring

Numbers:

• Count to 100 by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s

• Number recognition 1-100

• Addition up to the 10’s family

• Telling time to the hour, half hour and a quarter after

• After and before numbers

• Number words 1-10

• Introduction to subtraction (Spring)

Social Studies:

• Community Helpers

• Our Country

• Children Around the World

Science:

• God’s World

• The Seasons

• Animals

• The 5 Senses

• The Weather

• The Seashore

Bible:

• Memory verses each week

• Bible lessons

Daily snack and recess

Weekly PE and Music

Parent/Teacher Conferences in October and March

Holiday Parties

Participation in school musical programs (Christmas and Spring)

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Full Day K5

(p.m. session):

 

Review of concepts that were learned in the morning session and go over papers

 

Phonics:

• Rhyming words and riddles

• Learn 10 nursery rhymes (vocab, sentence strips, sequencing, acting them out as a class)

• Learning additional sight words

• Additional reading time

Creative Writing:

• Write and illustrate 4-5 books

Writing:

• Cursive writing (beginning 2nd semester)

Numbers:

• Count 1-200 by 1’s and 10’s

• Number recognition 100-200

• Telling time by 5’s around the clock

Social Study:

• Expand on each unit

• Learn to locate 12 countries on map and globe

• Science experiments

Bible:

• Look and find pictures

Directional Drawing Lessons:

• Houses, people, facial expressions, horizon lines, perspectives

 

P.M. K5 classes will get an additional PE class on Tuesday afternoons and an Art class on Thursday afternoon