5 Year-Old Kindergarten

Meet our teacher, Mrs. Armistead!

This year, our Traditional K5 class will be studying the following A-Beka curriculum:

Note: Our Accelerated K5 class begins reading very early in the school year and does not spend as much time as the Traditional K5 class on basic phonics rules. Since the Accelerated K5 starts early, the students are able to cover many more advanced phonics sounds. Our Accelerated K5 has a strong focus on reading, writing and comprehension. The remainder of the curriculum is the same for both classes.

Language Arts:
Phonics and Reading:
Recognition of name, sound, and picture of long and short vowels and consonants Sounding of blends, one- and two-vowel words, and words with special sounds
Beginning phonics rules and special sounds
Reading of sentences and stories from twelve books containing one- and two-vowel words and special sounds

Cursive Writing:
Letters, blends, words, and sentences
Writing of name

Language:
Recognition of sentences by capital letters and periods

Poetry:
Thirteen poems committed to memory

 

Science:

Plants:
God's Plan for Seeds
Health and Human Biology:
God's Plan for Me

Animals:
God's Plan for Animals
God's Plan for the Seashore

Earth and Space

God's Plan for Weather
God's Plan for Seasons

 

Arithmetic:

Number recognition, counting, and writing 1-100 Using number words 1-10 and first-tenth
Number concepts 1-100 Value of coins and dollar bill
Numbers before and after 1-100 Telling Time
Numbers largest and smallest 1-100 Using the calendar
Counting and writing by tens to 100 Days of the week
Counting and writing by fives to 100 Addition facts through 10
Counting and writing by twos to 100 One-step story problems in addition
Number sequences by ones Beginning subtraction

 

Social Studies:
Community Helpers
Children of the World
America: Our Great Country (map studies, famous Americans and places)

 

Bible:
This year, our K5 will be studying the following ACSI curriculum:
God and Me

Familiar Bible stories emphasizing God's love for me. Units Titles include God Cares For Me, God Wants Me To Be His Child, God Teaches Me, God Helps Me To Live For Him, God Sent Jesus To Die For Me, and God Has A Plan For Me.

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