Open Court Literacy
Thematic Unit: Shadows
Introduction of letter recognition and related sounds
Phonemic Awareness - Hearing and distinguishing sounds in words
Emphasis on beginning and ending sounds in words
Print Concepts - title, direction (reading left to right, top to bottom), and one-to-one correspondence (pointing to each word as it is read).
Penmanship - formation of letters on the "road" (lines on the paper).
Reading comprehension - asking questions, predicting, confirming predictions, clarifying, drawing conclusions, making connections, cause and effect, visualizing, reality vs. fantasy, sight word recognition, and vocabulary.

Click Here for ideas to help your child with reading and writing concepts and skills.

McGraw Hill Math
Chapter 4: Patterns
Chapter 5: Numbers to 5
Chapter 6: Numbers to 10
Chapter 7: Numbers to 20
Chapter 8: Numbers to 100
Click Here for ideas to help your child with math concepts and skills.

Back to Kindergarten Home
First Quarter Curriculum
Third and Fourth Quarter Curriculum