Religion
Our Kindergartners will experience their religious education through many
activities. Prayer, stories and scripture will be highlighted along with reflecting upon our Catholic faith. 
 
Students will be introduced to:

• Mary - Mother of Jesus
• The Holy Family - Jesus, Mary and Joseph
• Scripture
• The Holy Trinity
• The Bible
• Liturgical seasons
• Saints
• Weekly Mass
• Respect and forgiveness
• Traditional prayers: Sign of the cross, Hail Mary, Our Father, Prayer to the Guardian Angel, Grace Before Meals and Spontaneous Prayer
• Written prayers at our Prayer Center
• Our Quiet Hearts – silent prayer

 
 
 
Language Arts - Literacy
In entering our Kindergarten, many of our students will begin their educational journey with different levels of emerging readiness.
 
Our focus will be:

• Writing from left-right
• Print uppercase and lowercase letters
• Learn to communicate in writing -grade appropriate
• Draw a picture to show a sequence of a story
• Draw, dictate and write to state an opinion, inform, and narrate an event

 
Literature
Our Kindergarten will be introduced to many Reading-Foundation Skills, Reading Fluency and Comprehension Skills and Reading Text Features.
 
Our focus will be:

• Name uppercase/lowercase letters in alphabetical and random order
• CVC word pattern
• Name consonant, short vowel, and long vowel sounds
• Rhyming
• Divide words into syllables
• Compound words
• Text connections
• Sight words
• Identify characters, setting, plot and main idea of the story
• Read with grade appropriate fluency
• Recognize fiction from nonfiction
• Identify authors and illustrators

 
Handwriting
Our Kindergarten students will experience which hand is their comfortable dominant hand for writing.  Many will be assisted with the proper pencil grip to help guide them on the correct way to hold their pencil.
 
Our focus will be:

• Using a pencil grip
• Forming letters neatly and correctly
• Apply in our daily work

Spelling and Vocabulary
The Kindergarten students will be learning sight words each week through Our Reading Program.

 Our focus will be:

• Learning the required sight words
• Using these sight words in our daily written work

 
Mathematics
Our Kindergarten students develop their math skills through many hands-on manipulatives.
 
Our focus will be:

• Identify numbers 0- 100
• Skip count by 10’s
• Count by 1’s to 100, 2’s 20, 5’s to 100 and 10’s to 100
• Sort and classify objects
• Estimate
• Measurement with non-standard units
• Patterns
• Ordinal counting to 10
• Identify plane and solid shapes
• Analyze, graph and interpret data
• Addition and subtraction using manipulatives to 10

 
Science
Our Kindergarten students will explore many experiences through our Scientific World.
 
Our focus will be:

• Forces and Interactions: Pushes and Pulls
• Ecosystem: Animals, Plants and their environment
• Seasons
• Weather and Climate
• STEM activities

 
Social Studies
Our Kindergarten students discover the world around us, past, present and future.
 
Our focus will be:

• Neighborhoods
• Past, present and future
• Holidays
• History
• Values and traditions in the U.S.
• Families
• Goods vs. Services
• Geography
• Awareness of city, town, state and country