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English Language Arts

Standards

• (Revised 2020)

Resources

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Kindergarten Units

Parent Resources for ELA

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• Act 20 Resources & Family Activities

Math

Standards

• (revised 2020)

Resources

Kindergarten Units

Parent Resources

• – collection of activities, organized by mathematical content, uses familiar routines that can be used by students and families.
• – free apps that are based on the visual models student use in Bridges in Mathematics

Social Studies

Standards

Kindergarten Units

Science

Standards

Kindergarten Units

Social Emotional Learning

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) helps children develop the skills they need to succeed in school and in life. These include:

• Understanding and managing emotions
• Making responsible decisions
• Showing empathy and kindness
• Building positive friendships
• Solving problems in peaceful ways

SEL supports the whole child—academically, socially, and emotionally—helping students feel safe, confident, and ready to learn.

Elementary school is a time when children are learning how to navigate the world around them. As they grow, they begin to understand themselves, others, and how to work together. SEL helps students:

• Develop self-confidence and independence
• Learn how to handle big emotions
• Build friendships and resolve conflicts
• Follow directions and stay focused in class
• Create a strong sense of belonging at school

When students feel supported socially and emotionally, they are more engaged in learning and better prepared for future academic success.

91ÖÆƬ³§ uses the Second Step Elementary program, a trusted, research-based curriculum that teaches SEL skills in a developmentally appropriate and engaging way.Ìý Second Step lessons are taught in the elementary classroom and focus on:

• Skills for Learning – Listening, focusing attention, and being assertive
• Empathy – Understanding and caring about others’ feelings
• Emotion Management – Recognizing strong emotions and calming down
• Problem-Solving – Using step-by-step strategies to make good choices

Lessons include stories, songs, discussions, games, and role-playing to help students practice their skills in fun and meaningful ways.

Physical Education

All K-5 students in the 91ÖÆƬ³§ participate in physical education for 75 minutes per week.

Music

All K-5 students in the 91ÖÆƬ³§ participate in general music for 45 minutes per week.

Kindergarten learning objectives for music:

Students will experience and interact with the following:

Emerging Rhythm Skills:

• Pulse/Steady Beat

Emerging Melodic Skills:

• Melodic direction (not pitch matching)
  • Pitch moving up or down (contour)
  • High and low
• Imitate vocal glissandi
• Echo simple melodic patterns using head voice.
• Sing simple songs in head voice.
• Speak simple chants.
• Spontaneously create an original tune using two or more notes

Emerging instrumental skills:

• Perform the pulse on classroom instruments (percussion).
• Use proper playing technique classroom instruments (percussion).
  • Depending on access:
    • Rhythm sticks
    • Shakers
    • Wood block
    • Hand drum
    • Body percussion

Emerging interaction with music

• Imitate creative movement with or without music.
• With guidance, identify the expressive intent of music.
• Experience various styles of music.

Grade Level Musical Elements

• Four voices
  • Singing
  • Speaking
  • Whisper
  • Shouting
• Loud and soft
• Slow and fast tempo

Art

All K-5 students in the 91ÖÆƬ³§ participate in art for 45 minutes per week.

Kindergarten learning objectives for visual art:

Elements and Principles of Art:

• Line:
  • Identifies and uses a variety of line qualities such as: Thick, Thin, Vertical, Horizontal, Diagonal, Zigzag, Curved, Straight, Broken.
• Shape:Ìý
  • Identifies and uses six basic geometric shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval, rhombus).
• Color:
  • Identifies primary colors (red, yellow, blue).
• Pattern:
  • Decorates art with repeating elements.

Artistic Process:

• Experiments with new materials and processes (Including 2D and 3D materials).
• Explains how artists get their ideas.

Craftsmanship:

• Identifies good craftsmanship.

Responding:

• Explains what an art museum is and why it is important.
• Describes art with details.

Connecting:

• Explains how art is a form of communication.
• Describes what a picture represents.

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