Kindergarten Curriculum

Cuba Kindergarten Curriculum Guide

Date:	Theme:	Phonics:	Grammar:	Sight Words:	Math:	Science/SS:	Practical Skill:
08/06-08/10	School	Intro to ABC’s	Writing Name	----	Positions	----	School Rules
08/13-08/17	Me	A, B, C, D, E	Writing Name	I, am	Writing Numbers	Body Parts	Problem Solving
08/20-08/24	Colors	F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N	Nouns for People	I, am	Numbers to 5	Good Citizenship	Feelings
08/27-08/31	Shapes	O, P, Q, R, S	Nouns for Places	I, am, the, little	Numbers to 5	Classify	Responsibility
09/04-09/07	Friends/Manners	T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z	Nouns for Things	we, run, a, can, play	Numbers to 10	Different Cultures	Cooperation
09/10-09/14	Apples	M	Nouns for Animals	like, cat, to, and, dog	Numbers to 10	Science Tools	Healthy Food
09/18-09/21	Careers	T	Nouns	not, do, you, want	Ordering by Size	Community Helpers	Safety
09/24-09/28	5 Senses	A	Plural Nouns	all, here, big, is	Ordering by Size	5 Senses	Healthy Habits
10/08-10/12	Fall Changes	S	Proper Nouns	she, with, are, he, funny	Ordering up to 10	4 Seasons	Computer Skills
10/15-10/19	Fire Safety	P	Adjectives for Color/Shapes	make, will, am, me, pretty	More Than and Fewer Than	Local Government	Computer Skills
10/22-10/26	Pumpkins	C	Adjectives for Sizes/Numbers	what, us, call, my, jump, see	Size and Position	Life Cycle	Computer Skills
10/29-11/02	Nocturnal Animals	I	Adjectives for Opposites	house, no, said, let, in, come	Numbers 0 to 20	Environment (land, water, sky)	Computer Skills
11/07-11/09	Veterans Day	I	Adjectives	Review	Numbers 0 to 20	Military	Pledge of Allegiance
11/12-11/16	Families	N	Verbs	Review	Numbers 0 to 20	Families	Phone Number
11/19-11/20	Thanksgiving	R	Verbs	Review	Review and Assess 3-6	Historical Comparison	Phone Number
11/26-11/30	Nursery Rhymes Fairy Tales	D and K	Verbs that add –s	help, ride, work, find, there, Sunday	Solid and Flat Shapes	Living vs. Non-Living	Phone Number
12/03-12/07	Nursery Rhymes Fairy Tales	F	Past Tense Verbs	keep, away, ran, can’t, on, this, if, Monday	Solid and Flat Shapes	Living vs. Non-Living	Anger Management
12/10-12/14	Christmas and Polar Express	O	Sentences	good, have, read, any, did, or, too, Tuesday	Solid and Flat Shapes	Wants vs. Needs	Writing First and Last Name
12/14-12/19	Christmas and Polar Express	O	Sentences	good, have, read, any, did, or, too, Tuesday	Christmas Fun	Wants vs. Needs	Writing First and Last Name
01/02-01/04	Gingerbread Man	H	Complete Sentences	your, when, that, say, look, go, hot, Wednesday	Numbers to 100: Counting by 2	Map Skills	Positive Attitude
01/07-01/11	Gingerbread Man	L	Complete Sentences	your, when, that, say, look, go, hot, Wednesday	Numbers to 100: Counting by 5 and 10	Map Skills	Positive Attitude
01/14-01/18	Winter Changes	Consonant Blends	Telling vs. Asking Sentences	put, friend, it, be, where, get, at, Thursday	Numbers to 100:  Patterns in Numbers	States of Matter	Birthday
01/23-01/25	Martin Luther King Jr.	G	Telling vs. Asking Sentences	put, friend, it, be, where, get, at, Thursday	Comparing Sets	Prejudice	Birthday
01/28-02/01	Hibernation	E	Uppercase Letters/Periods	Color Words	Comparing Sets	Adaptations	Birthday
02/04-02/08	Dental Health	E	Uppercase Letters/Periods	Color Words	Ordinal Numbers	Banks and Economics	Birthday
02/11-02/14	Valentine’s Day	J and W	Uppercase Letters/ Q. Marks	who, about, an, yes, today, cold, now, Friday	Counting On	Respect	Address
02/19-02/22	President’s Day	X	Uppercase Letters/Q. Marks	up, sleep, as, they, give, use, how, Saturday	Counting Back	National Symbols	Address
02/25-03/01	President’s Day	U	Dates	Review	Combining Sets	National Symbols	Address
03/04-03/08	Dr. Seuss	U	Dates	fast, please, down, for, him, her, why, upon	Combining Sets	Sound	Address
03/12-03/15	St. Patrick’s Day	V and S	Exclamation Marks	could, walk, has, take, of, laugh, drink, far	Combining Sets	Rocks	TBA
03/18-03/21	Wind and Weather	Y and Q	Exclamation Marks	had, don’t, some, them, by, very, old, went	Classifying and Sorting	Water Cycle	TBA
03/25-03/29	Eric Carle	Beginning and Ending Sounds	Quotation Marks	Number Words	Addition	Life Cycles	TBA
04/08-04/12	Plants	Beginning and Ending Sounds	Quotation Marks	was, around, tell, eat, think, our, gave, once	Subtraction	Seeds and Plants	TBA
04/15-04/19	Plants	Medial Sounds	Sentences vs. Fragments	came, found, out, his, ask, draw, ate, fall	Subtraction	Seeds and Plants	TBA
04/22-04/26	Earth Day	Medial Sounds	Sentences vs. Fragments	going, write, stop, into, got, made, new, would	Measurement	Recycling	TBA
04/29-05/03	Baby Animals	th, wh, sh, ch	Complete Sentences	best, together, over, long, off, small, sit, were	Money	Animal Needs	TBA
05/06-05/10	Habitats	th, wh, sh, ch	Complete Sentences	Review	Money	Habitats	TBA
05/13-05/17	Graduation	Review	Review	Review and Final Test	Time	Magnets	TBA