St. Emily Kindergarten

Dear Parents and Incoming Kindergartners,

We welcome you to St. Emily Full-Day Kindergarten and would like to briefly describe our kindergarten curriculum, events and activities to you!

Curriculum

Reading/Language Arts: Each week we focus on one letter and its sound. At the beginning of the year we concentrate mainly on rhyming because it is a key factor in learning to read. We begin our reading series, Harcourt Storytown, in October/November. This series includes:

1. Reading/Recognizing 30+ sight words

2. Defining new vocabulary words

3. Reading Comprehension

4. Parts of a Story (beginning, middle, end, problem, solution, characters, setting)

5. Literacy Centers

6. Journal Writing (capitalization, top to bottom/left to right progression, ending marks)

7. Word Families

Math: We begin the year reviewing and learning colors, shapes, and directional words. Throughout the year we focus on numbers/counting, graphing, patterns, skip counting, time and money, measurement, and addition/subtraction.

Science- Our science unit is cross-curricular with our sound of the week. We learn about animals that start with the sound of the week for reinforcement. We also have themed units throughout the year such as farm, underwater, space, sink/float, planting, insects, butterflies, rainforest and zoo animals.

Religion- This is a basic introduction to God, Jesus and the Church. We learn what it means to be a good Christian and to respect all living things. We learn key terms and prayers involved in mass and begin attending church weekly in November.  We also attend other church services throughout the year such as Advent Candle-lighting, Stations of the Cross, Triduum, Rosary, May Crowning, etc.

Social Studies: We have themed units throughout the year, some of which correspond with the sound of the week. Some examples are community helpers, family, ourselves, holidays, maps, school, our country’s land, theUnited   States, the Three R’s (respect, responsibility, and right choices).

 

 

 

Activities and Events

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pumpkin Farm Field Trip	Daisies	Talent Show
All-School Field Trip (Musical/Play)	French Club	Christmas Program
Zoo Field Trip	Thanksgiving Feast	Kindergarten Graduation
Septemberfest	Kindergarten Picnic	Fire Safety Field Trip
Junior Achievement	Track-a-Thon	Officer Friendly Visit
Classroom Holiday Parties	School Spirit Assemblies	Catholic Schools Week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are more than willing to answer any questions you may have concerning next year. Please feel free to email or call us if you have questions or are simply interested in more information about our full-day kindergarten program.

Kristine Tagbo and Mallory Cepa