Kindergarten Curriculum Letter
Fourth Quarter
March 2011
Kindergarten Parents,
During the fourth nine weeks, your child will be working on the following Academic
Knowledge and Skills (AKS) in the kindergarten curriculum.
Please consult the AKS handbook received on registration day for further explanation of
each objective.
Language Arts
During the fourth quarter, kindergarten students will continue reading and writing daily.
Kindergarten students will use their verbal skills to describe people, places, things, and
actions. During reading, students will ask and answer questions about read-alouds. They
will also understand how print can persuade. Students will begin reading with expression,
and apply phonics rules to reading. Students will also be expected to read thirty sight
words per minute. Persuasive writing will be introduced during the fourth quarter.
Students will state and support their opinion in their writing. The writing process of
prewriting, drafting, revising, editing and publishing will be incorporated into the daily
writer’s workshop. Kindergarten students will also continue to experience different genre
formats.
AKS:
Listening/Speaking/Viewing-9
Reading-20, 28, 41, 30, 42, 43
Writing – Persuasive-51, 54, 61, 62, 63, 64
Word Study-34, 50, 46
Math
Kindergarten students will use their previous math knowledge to estimate using
benchmark numbers five and ten, share objects equally (divide), and create, solve, and
explain story problems. We will continue using weight and capacity to measure as students
compare and order objects. Students will use their previously taught information about
coins to make fair trades with pennies and nickels and pennies and dimes.
AKS:
Numbers 26, 27, 30
Measurement 41
Operations 33
Science
Plants and animals will be discussed throughout the fourth quarter. Students will
recognize the differences between living and non-living things and be able to explain the
characteristics of living things. Plants and animals will be grouped according to their
observable features as they are compared and contrasted. Students will explore the
differences and similarities of parents and baby animals.
AKS:
Characteristics of Science 4c
Living- Nonliving Things 12, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d,
Comparing Plants and Animal 13 13a, 13b, 13d, 13e, 13f, 13h
Social Studies
During the fourth quarter, students will be learning about our nation. Students will
identify the purpose of national holidays, and describe customs related to Flag Day and
Independence Day. Books related to our nation will be read throughout the fourth
quarter. Students will also identify the purpose of Memorial Day and how it is celebrated
in diverse communities and families.
AKS
Our Nation 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Observing Memorial Day 44, 45, 46, 47
Health
Students will recognize the connection between food and health.
AKS:
Nutrition 7
Home Activities
There are many activities you can do at home with your child that will help your child and
help us in school as well. Some ideas include rote counting to 100, practicing addition and
subtraction problems, reading nightly to your child, practicing tying shoes, working on
sight word recognition and encouraging your child to write independently at home.