CABOT SCHOOL
Kindergarten Curriculum Map:  2005-2006

* = ongoing


      Social
 Competencies
Phonics/Literacy/ Spelling/Vocab/
      Reading

       Writing

    Mathematics
      Science/
   Technology

  Social Science
      Technology
       Integration


September




-Get to know each other; names
-Class rules
-Intro. Open Circle
-Introduce
New Phonics*
-Word Wall*
-Shared Reading*
-Read Aloud*
-Oral story telling*
-Whole class shared writing & dictation
-Modeling of daily message*
-Intro handwriting program (upper case letters)*
Daily routines*
-Counting
-Comparing sets
-Reading, writing & representing #s
-Ordinal #s
-Simple graphs*
-Observing nature
-Fall harvest
-Using a proscope*

-All About Me*
-Pledge of Allegiance
-Constitution Day
-Identify and use computer, mouse
& printer with help



October




-Listening    
skills
-Including everyone
-Cooperating with each other
-Independent reading/conf.*
-Individual assessments
-Writers workshop routines*
-Labeling pictures; pictures match words*


Continuation of September skills

-Exploring Properties of Sand
-Changing Seasons*

-All About Me*
-Changing Seasons*
-Fall Holidays
-Identify and use appropriate desktop icons and menu items
(Ex:  Baileys Book House;  Millies Math House)


November




-Compliments
-When to tell an adult; when to solve your-
self

-Introduce
Guided Reading*
-Hearing and recording sounds*
Using word walls & known words*
-Spaces between words*
-Taking risks*
-Two dimen-sional shapes
-Symmetry
-Three dimen-
sional shapes

-Living Things
-Growing Bulbs

-All About Me*
-Thanksgiving
-Veteran’s Day

-Continuation of October skills (ex:  Kidpix)


December




-Teasing
-Similarities & differences
-Non verbal
signals


-Assessments
-Same as November*
-Capitals and periods*


-Patterns and Logic

-Living Things
-Growing Bulbs

-All About Me*
-December holidays

-Learn to navigate
within an appli-cation with assistance
(Ex:  Sammy’s Science House; Trudy’s Time and Place House)


January


-Feelings
-Getting calm
-Intro. Problem solving process


-Read around the room*

-Intro. to lower case letters

-Length, Weight and Capacity


-Weather
-All About Me*
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
-Family*
-Learn to print a document with assistance
CABOT SCHOOL
Kindergarten Curriculum Map:  2005-2006

* = ongoing                                                                                                     


        Social
Competencies
Phonics/Literacy/Spelling/Vocab
      Reading

       Writing

    Mathematics
      Science/
   Technology

  Social Science
      Technology
       Integration


February






-Practice prob-lem solving
-Role plays


-Distinguishing vowels and consonants*


-Continuation of writers workshop and handwriting skills
-Temperature, time and money
-100th day of school


-Weather

-Family*
-Chinese New Year


-Continuation of January skills


March





-Practice prob-
lem solving
-Friendships


-Concept words*

-Simple revision and publishing
-Beginning, middle and end
-Comparing #s
-Addition and Subtraction
-representing numbers in different ways
-Place value


-Learning By Design

-Family*
-Spring Holidays

-Introduction to paint tool palette


April






-Leadership
-Self talk

-Assessments
-Reading strategies*

-Introduce letter writing format


Continuation of March list


-Praying
Mantis

-Family*
-Spring Holidays
-Using paint tools to create individual projects
(ex: Wiggleworks)


May





-Creative thinking
-Review individual sounds
-Assessments continued

-Continue writing and publishing

-Positions and locations
-Directions and maps


-Praying
Mantis

-Family*
-Memorial Day
-Continue individual skills development (possible culminating project


June




-Ending the yr.
*memories
*what we learned
*advice for the next class
-Review and completion of year long literacy projects

-Celebration of writing

-Review and supplemental math activities

-Exploring properties of water

-Completion of long term projects
-Flag Day
-Continue individual skills development (possible culminating project