Junior Kindergarten Curriculum Overview
READING:
GOALS
- To introduce the alphabet and how it works
- To provide students with an introduction to how the sounds of the language work together
- To give students early reading and writing experiences at which they can be successful
- To help students focus not only on the importance of learning but also the joy it brings to our lives
USING
- Phonemic Awareness - the ability to hear and discriminate sounds in words
- Letter Recognition/Sounds & Letters - learning names and shapes of the letters and later the sound/letter relationship
- Big Books & Read Aloud - engage students in literature and familiarize them with print and book conventions
MATH:
GOALS
- Numeration- number recognition, counting, order, odd/even
- Data and Chance-tally marks, bar graphs, Venn diagrams, probability
- Geometry
- Patterns
- Measurement- money, clocks and calendars