Winter Activities

We had fun making snowmen with paper, buttons, cotton, snowflake confetti and googly eyes.

 The DK students went glitter crazy with the squeezy glitter on their snowflakes.

 The children made snowmen with their names.  Each snowball had 1 letter on it.  They added faces, hats and arms.

We put our sight words into practice with some winter writing.  The children drew about what they like to do in the winter.

What We Have Been Doing in January!

In Science we have been working on the 4 seasons. We discussed characteristics of the 4 seasons.  The DK students learned about the seasons of an apple tree pictured below.

DK Behavior Plan

DK Behavior Plan

During the first weeks of school we will discuss the importance of good behavior and why we have rules.

The classroom rules will be:

1.      We raise our hands to speak.

2.   We work quietly at our seats.

3.   We keep hands to ourselves.

4.   We use voices soft and sweet.

5.   We are helpful to our friends.

6.    We keep our places neat. 

Our classroom rules are in the form of a poem so they are easy to remember. 

Accepting Responsibility For Our Actions

Even at the young ages of 4 and 5, children need to learn the importance of accepting responsibility for their actions.  In our classroom we will keep track of our behavior with color coded faces.  Every child will have a clothespin with his/her name on it.  Each day will begin with everyone's clothespin in the middle.  Our goal is to keep all the clothespins on yellow, orange or pink throughout the day.   

If a child breaks a rule, he/she is first given a verbal reminder about the correct way to behave as a warning.  If the same child continues to misbehave or has difficulty following the rules later the same day, he/she will be asked to move his/her clothespin to green which has a sad face.  If a child continues to have a difficult time they are reminded again and move their clothespin down.

If a child is doing an exceptional job at any given time during the day the child will move their clothespin up to orange, followed by pink.  If the child continues to do an outstanding job I will wear the child’s clothespin on my clothes for all to see. 

Each day a Behavior Report will come home in the Home/ School folder.  The child will place the color on their chart that correlates with the color they were on that day.

A child is not “stuck” on a particular color, they are able to move up and down throughout the day.

Religion Curriculum

Religion Curriculum

“God Made the World”

God Made People-  God made me, God made my family, God made my friends, God made my helpers, God made my church family.

God Made Holy Things- God made churches, God made the Bible, God made music, God made water, God made food.

God Made the Earth- God made land, God made air, God made light, God made color, God made weather.

God Made Living Things- God made flowers, God made trees, God made animals, God made birds, God made fish.

God Made Surprises- God made butterflies, God made big things, God made little things, God made countries, God made laughter.

Special Seasons and Days- Halloween/Feast of All Saints, Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Birthdays.

Science Curriculum

Unit A:  Looking at Plants and Animals       

-How do animals move?                           -How can I sort animals?

-What body parts do animals have?             -What parts do plants have?

        -How do animals grow and change?            -How do plants grow and change?

        -How are plants the same and different?

Unit B:  Where Plants and Animals Live

        -What are living and nonliving things?   -What do living things need?

-Where do animals find food?                -What lives in a pond?

        -What lives in a meadow?

Unit C:  Looking at Earth

        -What are Earth’s materials?                  -What is Earth’s land like?

-What can I learn about Earth’s water?     -How does the land change?

        -How can I care for the Earth?

Unit D:  Looking at the Sky

        -How can I describe the weather?        -What is fall weather?

        -What is winter weather?                    -What can I see in the sky?

        -What is spring weather?                    -How does the sun seem to move?

        -What is summer weather?

Unit E: Observing Objects

        -How do I use my senses?              -How can I sort objects?

        -How can I change objects?            -What are things made of?

        -How do parts work together?          -What things are solids, liquids, and

                                                        gases?

Unit F:  Things That Move

        -What makes a shadow?                  -What things make heat?

        -What makes sound?                      -How do things move?

        -What are pushes and pulls?            -What things fall down?

Social Studies Curriculum

Dk Social Studies Curriculum

Unit 1:  Who We Are

-     Families, Homes, Getting Along, Positions, School Rules, Solving Problems, School Helpers

Unit 2:  Communities

-     Neighborhoods, Maps, Signs, Rules, Community Helpers, Communities, Celebrations

Unit 3:  Word

-     Work, Jobs, Jobs Then and Now, Earning Money, Using Money, Making Choices, Needs and Wants, Needs/Food, Needs/ Clothing, Needs/ Shelter, From Here to There

Unit 4:  Our Earth

-      Weather, Seasons, Forests, Plains, Mountains, Oceans, Maps, United States Map, World Map, Globe, Conserve Resources

Unit 5:  The U.S.A.

-     National Symbols, First Americans, Explorers, Thanksgiving, Celebrations, Changes in Travel, Scientists and Inventors

Unit 6:  Family Stories

-     Alike and Different, Everyday Routines, Family Celebrations, Then and Now, Special Foods, Games, Places We Go

Math Curriculum

DK Math Currriculum

Welcome to Kindergarten:  Introduction lessons

Chapter 1:  Positions and Patterns

Chapter 2:  Sorting

Chapter 3:  Represent and Read Numbers 0-5

Chapter 4:  Comparing Sets, Data, and Graphing

Chapter 5:  Plane Shapes and Fractions

Chapter 6:  Solid Shapes

Chapter 7:  Represent and Read Numbers 6-12

Chapter 8:  Using Numbers 0-12

Chapter 9:  Time

Chapter 10:  Money

Chapter 11:  Length

Chapter 12:  Weight and Capacity

Chapter 13:  Addition

Chapter 14:  Subtraction

Chapter 15:  Numbers 10-20

Chapter 16:  Numbers Greater Than 20