Kindergarten Curriculum Overview
Subject
Reading
Quarter 1
Story elements
Beginning,
middle, ending
sounds
 Exploring
informational
texts
 Sequencing
stories
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Quarter 2
Informational
texts/text features
Short a
Letter sounds and
relationships
Content specific
vocabulary
Short o
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Quarter 3
Content specific
vocabulary
Story maps
Making
predictions
Digraphs (sh, ch,
th)
Consonant blends
Short i
Short u
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Quarter 4
Elements of poetry
Comprehension of
informational text
Main idea of text
Asking questions about a
text
Short e
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Writing
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Learning to be a
writer
Writing about
ideas
Conventions of
writing
Pre-writing
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Writing about
memories
Word choice
Adding details
Writing with a
beginning, middle,
and end
Editing writing
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Math
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Positional
words
Graphing
Patterns
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 Using descriptive
words in writing
 Peer editing
 Adding sensory
details to writing
 Writing ‘How To”
books
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Writing narratives
Writing biographies
Asking questions
(conducting an interview)
Adding vocabulary
Revising/editing
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 Counting to 100 by
ones and tens
 Comparing sets of
numbers
 Ordinal numbers
 Grouping by tens
and ones
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Measurement:
length, width,
height
2D (plane) shapes
and 3D (solid)
shapes
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Addition through ten
Subtracting from 10
Story problems
Place value (decomposing
ten and some ones)
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(decomposing
numbers)
Social
Studies
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Science
Civics
Rules
Leaders and
roles of
community
members
American
symbols
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Earth/Space Sciences
 Weather
 Weather
Patterns
 Seasons
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Geography
 Landforms
 Bodies of water
 Human/Physical
features
 Maps
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Life Sciences
Plant Life Cycles
Human Life Cycles
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Economics
Needs and wants
Goods and
services
Natural and
Human-made
resources
Making choices
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Life Sciences
 External features
of
plants/animals/hu
mans
 Classifying
animals
 Habitats
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Culture
Family heritage
Family Traditions
Family keepsakes
What makes us unique
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Life Sciences
External features of
animals
Animal habitats
Animal survival
Comparing/Contrasting
similar looking animals
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