Curriculum

MES Kindergarten Curriculum Map**

	Language Arts	*Math	Science	Social Studies
August	Book/Print Awareness, and Phonemic AwarenessUnit: School		Get Ready, Get Set, Science!: 5 senses, safety	All About Me (Name, Address, Phone #, Birthday)Families and Friends
September	Book/Print Awareness, and Phonemic AwarenessUnit: Shadows		Seasons: FallLiving and Non-livingThings: Animals	All About Me:school, room, neighborhood. city, state, country(map skills)
October	Book/Print Awareness, and Decoding/EncodingUnit: Finding Friends		Day/Night	Continents/ Christopher Columbus(map skills)
November	Decoding/EncodingNursery RhymesUnit: Wind			Early Exploration and Settlement (Native Americans and Pilgrims)
December	Holidays around the worldUnit: Wind			Multicultural Awareness: Holidays and Different Customs
January	Sight Word RecognitionUnit: Stick To It		Gravity and Motion Seasons: Winter	Martin Luther King, Jr./Civil Rights
February	Cultural Awareness/Black HistoryUnit: Red, White, and Blue		Properties of matter	Presidents and American Symbols
March	Unit: Teamwork		Rocks and SoilsSeasons: Spring	Presidents and American Symbols
April	Fairy TalesUnit: Teamwork and By the Sea		Living and NonLiving Things: Plants	Community Workers
May	Nonfiction LiteratureUnit: By the Sea		Seasons: Summer

*Our school is implementing the Everyday Mathematics program. This program provides content that is presented and explored in age-appropriate ways. This spiraling curriculum allows for content to be continuously reviewed and extended to maximize student learning. Over the course of the year, kindergarten students will do many hands-on activities related to a range of mathematical topics, including counting, numeration, measurement, geometry, patterns, sorting, and data collecting.**Teachers will differentiate instruction to provide the support needed for all students to succeed.

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