Handwriting Without Tears
Paper with only two lines
No more than 15 minutes a day
Hands on; active learning
Promote good pencil grip
Teaching in a developmental order
Promote left-to-right directionality
Coloring as an essential component of fine motor & handwriting development
Continuous, meaningful review
Capitals, then lowercase letters, then numbers
No more than 15 minutes a day
Hands on; active learning
Promote good pencil grip
Teaching in a developmental order
Promote left-to-right directionality
Coloring as an essential component of fine motor & handwriting development
Continuous, meaningful review
Capitals, then lowercase letters, then numbers
Everyday Math
Numeration and Order
• Counts to 110+ by ones
• Reads, writes, and sequences numbers from 0 to 100+
• Creates “number stories” pictures and books (addition and subtraction)
• Skip counts by 2s, 5s, and 10s to 30+
• Counts using tally marks
• Understands concept of 0 as a place holder; place value
• Understands one more, one less, before, and after
• Can recognize and use a number line
• Understands concept of greater than and less than
• Understands one-to-one association of numbers and objects
• Understands basic place value and exchanging ones for tens
• Recognizes and uses ordinal numbers
Patterns, Functions, and Sequences
• Continues and creates three-part patterns
• Can recognize and utilize patterns in “What’s My Rule?”
• Explores and creates patterns using pattern blocks
• Creates and copies patterns using 1, 2 or 3 objects
Measurement
• Utilizes and understands measurement vocabulary
• Utilizes measurement tools
• Estimates quantity; heavier than, less than, taller than, shorter than
• Introduction to non-standard measurement
• Introduction to volume and area
Money
• Recognizes coins and can identify penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar
• Understands buying power of money
• Introduction to coin exchange
• Recognizes cent and dollar signs
Time
• Understands use of calendar and components
• Explores concepts of minutes
• Introduction to parts of a clock
• Orders events in a time line
• Compares timed events
Geometry and Spatial Sense
• Describes characteristics of shapes
• Introduction to two- and three-dimensional shapes
• Uses geometric shapes to draw pictures
• Creates mosaics and designs with pattern blocks
Data and Probability
• Understands weather chart
• Introduction to bar graph, pictograph and surveys
• Introduction to probability and chance
Operations
• Introduction to operations vocabulary
• Uses plus, minus, and equal signs in number stories and models
• Tells, creates, and writes addition and subtraction stories
• Makes estimates mentally and on a number line
• Introduction to number families (fact families)
• Finds missing addends
• Counts on a number line and 100 chart
• Introduction to basic fractions: whole & half
• Subtracts by ones
• Counts to 110+ by ones
• Reads, writes, and sequences numbers from 0 to 100+
• Creates “number stories” pictures and books (addition and subtraction)
• Skip counts by 2s, 5s, and 10s to 30+
• Counts using tally marks
• Understands concept of 0 as a place holder; place value
• Understands one more, one less, before, and after
• Can recognize and use a number line
• Understands concept of greater than and less than
• Understands one-to-one association of numbers and objects
• Understands basic place value and exchanging ones for tens
• Recognizes and uses ordinal numbers
Patterns, Functions, and Sequences
• Continues and creates three-part patterns
• Can recognize and utilize patterns in “What’s My Rule?”
• Explores and creates patterns using pattern blocks
• Creates and copies patterns using 1, 2 or 3 objects
Measurement
• Utilizes and understands measurement vocabulary
• Utilizes measurement tools
• Estimates quantity; heavier than, less than, taller than, shorter than
• Introduction to non-standard measurement
• Introduction to volume and area
Money
• Recognizes coins and can identify penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar
• Understands buying power of money
• Introduction to coin exchange
• Recognizes cent and dollar signs
Time
• Understands use of calendar and components
• Explores concepts of minutes
• Introduction to parts of a clock
• Orders events in a time line
• Compares timed events
Geometry and Spatial Sense
• Describes characteristics of shapes
• Introduction to two- and three-dimensional shapes
• Uses geometric shapes to draw pictures
• Creates mosaics and designs with pattern blocks
Data and Probability
• Understands weather chart
• Introduction to bar graph, pictograph and surveys
• Introduction to probability and chance
Operations
• Introduction to operations vocabulary
• Uses plus, minus, and equal signs in number stories and models
• Tells, creates, and writes addition and subtraction stories
• Makes estimates mentally and on a number line
• Introduction to number families (fact families)
• Finds missing addends
• Counts on a number line and 100 chart
• Introduction to basic fractions: whole & half
• Subtracts by ones
Interactive Science
1st Unit - Science, Engineering, and Technology
The Nature of Science
Solve Problems
2nd Unit – Life Science
Living and Nonliving Things
Plants and Animals
3rd Unit – Earth Science
Earth and Sky
4th Unit – Physical Science
Objects
Matter and Mixtures
Motion
The Nature of Science
Solve Problems
2nd Unit – Life Science
Living and Nonliving Things
Plants and Animals
3rd Unit – Earth Science
Earth and Sky
4th Unit – Physical Science
Objects
Matter and Mixtures
Motion
Social Studies
In Kindergarten, we take a virtual tour “around the world,” which is closely linked to what your child is learning in World Cultures.
The following is a tentative outline for the year. Please note that this is a rough estimate, and can change based on student curiosities. Each unit will include art, music, food and cooking, field trips, and a study of the people and culture of the area. If you have any connections to any region, we would love to have you share pictures, artifacts, stories, games, or food from around the world!
September: Ourselves, Our Families, Our Community
October: Islands and Oceans
November: North America and Native American Cultures
December: Holidays and Celebrations Around the World
January: Asia
February: Australia
March: Central & South America and Winterim (Topic to be Determined)
April: Africa
May: Europe
The following is a tentative outline for the year. Please note that this is a rough estimate, and can change based on student curiosities. Each unit will include art, music, food and cooking, field trips, and a study of the people and culture of the area. If you have any connections to any region, we would love to have you share pictures, artifacts, stories, games, or food from around the world!
September: Ourselves, Our Families, Our Community
October: Islands and Oceans
November: North America and Native American Cultures
December: Holidays and Celebrations Around the World
January: Asia
February: Australia
March: Central & South America and Winterim (Topic to be Determined)
April: Africa
May: Europe