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Curriculum Guide - Kindergarten
Kindergarten - Marking Period 1
Literacy – Reading Skills
Skills
- Learn early concepts about print: book orientation and directionality
- Learn to read by thinking about letters
- Strengthen phonological awareness and oral language development
- Be immersed in story structure through high interest teacher read alouds
- Participate in both private and partner reading experiences
- Expected Reading Level: AA
Fundations/Phonics Skills
- Identify all 26 letters and their sounds
- Read some high frequency words
- Notice and read environmental print
Resources
- Provide special space and time for reading and writing to occur at home.
- Take your child to the local library to take out books.
- Use district app “ClassLink: to access programs that promote reading and phonological awareness (Learning A-Z, Starfall, etc.)
Literacy – Writing Skills
Skills
- Become accustomed to rules and routines for writing workshops
- Generate ideas both independently and with teacher support
- Learn how to tell stories orally, through pictures, and then through words.
- Label objects on pages of a writing piece
- Begin writing phrases and simple sentences
- Use familiar texts to model good writing and make reading/writing connections
Fundations/Phonics Skills
- Utilize correct formation of lowercase letters
- Use capitalization, punctuation and correct size and spacing
Resources
- Encourage your child to write letters and make cards for family members
- Create a place in your home where you can display your child’s writing
- Fundations Letter Formation Chart
Math
Skills
- Recognize numbers 1-10
- Count in sequence 1-10
- Count to tell the number of objects 1-10
- Write numbers 1-10
- Compare numbers 1-10
- Identify and Classify Shapes
- Circle
- Square
- Rectangle
- Triangle
- Oval
- Introduction to adding and subtracting number stories
Resources
- Google: YouTube counting or shape songs. Ex. Jack Hartman, The Singing Walrus
- Play card, dice and board games so that your child is able to practice number recognition and counting.
- Use district app “ClassLink” to access programs that promote counting and shapes (Starfall)
Computer Science & Digital Fluency
Skills
- Use the keys of the keyboard to practice spelling:
- Their names
- High-frequency words
- Reading skills
Resources
- This website has free games to help students get familiar with locating letters.
Social Studies/Science
Skills
- Discuss what makes them special & unique
- Discuss different types of families and who are members of their family
- Learn about seasons and weather
- Learn about ways to be respectful
- Learn about different communities: Class, School and community they live in
- Learn the many roles of scientists
- Explore weather while acting as meteorologists
- Create a blizzard in a bottle
- Experiment with Ice and heat
- Report findings in a dedicated Science Notebook
Resources
- Visit local cultural attractions (LICM, Aquarium, etc.)
- Visit a farm, go apple/pumpkin picking
- Discuss diverse holidays and traditions that have been a part of your family culture
- Build a family tree
- Take a neighborhood walk to look for signs of fall/animals getting ready to hibernate
Social Emotional Learning
Skills
- Identify likes, dislikes and personal strengths.
- Learn why it is important to follow directions.
- Learn why it is important to share & take turns.
Resources
- The RULER anchor tools (Class Charter, Mood Meter, Meta-Moment, Blueprint)
Enrichment
Skills
- Use of iPad apps to guide learning in letter and number learning with increased independence.
- Use of RazKids to promote early reading skills.
Resources
Family Engagement
- Meet the Teacher Night 9/10/25
- Marking Period 1 Progress Reports 10/24/25
- American Education Week - Week of 11/17/25
- Marking Period 1 Report Cards 12/5/25
- Check the calendar for PTA & School Events
Developmental Milestones (As per the CDC)
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Enrichment
- Literacy and Math Centers
- STEAM activities
Kindergarten - Marking Period 2
Literacy – Reading Skills
Skills
- Develop concepts about print; especially one-to-one matching
- Solidify alphabetic knowledge
- Build a bank of high-frequency words
- Think and talk about texts
- Begin to independently read text by utilizing: finger pointing, recognizing high-frequency words, and CVC decoding
- Build vocabulary to support the work of decoding and reading fluency
- Expected Reading Level: B
Fundations/Phonics Skills
- Expand phonics and word analysis skills to decode CVC words
- Utilize knowledge of high frequency words
- Differentiating between real and nonsense words
Resources
- Review high frequency word list - 109 Power Words
- Children learn by example – Have your child use the district ClassLink app to access Bookflix. Your child will have the opportunity to listen to all types of read alouds.
Literacy – Writing Skills
Skills
- Write a narrative story based on true events that have happened in their lives
- Include setting, feelings, characters, and speech bubbles to independent writing
- Continue to work on including grade appropriate punctuation to their writing pieces
- Explore the genre of informational writing and participate in shared writing experiences
- Use transitional words to create their own how-to writing piece
Fundations/Phonics Skills
- Continue to practice correct letter formation and sized and space in daily writing
- Apply strategies for spelling new words
- Implement knowledge of high frequency words
Resources
- Make writing fun by using different writing tools such as markers, pens, and crayons
- Have your child create your grocery list using illustrations and words
Math
Skills
- Recognize numbers 1-10
- Count in sequence 1-10
- Count to tell the number of objects 1-10
- Write numbers 1-10
- Compare numbers 1-10
- Identify and Classify Shapes
- Circle
- Square
- Rectangle
- Triangle
- Oval
- Introduction to adding and subtracting number stories
Resources
- Google: YouTube counting or shape songs. Ex. Jack Hartman, The Singing Walrus Kindergarten Math Expressions Unit 2 Quick Practices
- Play card, dice and board games so that your child is able to practice number recognition and counting.
- Use district app “ClassLink” to access programs that promote counting and shapes (Starfall)
Computer Science & Digital Fluency
Skills
- Identify and explain classroom and home rules related to computing technologies and digital information
Resources
This is a list of safe apps and websites for your child to visit at home:
Social Studies/Science
Skills
- Learn about:
- Citizenship and how to be a good citizen
- Rules and why people need to follow them
- Making good choices and being responsible
- Holidays and symbols of our country
- Understand beginning theories of physics
- Discover concepts of force using:
- bottle caps, balls, & toy cars.
- Report findings in Science Notebooks
Resources
- Visit local museums
- Discuss diverse holidays & traditions that other people celebrate
- Visit tourist attractions in New York City
- Take a virtual tour of NYC
- Take a neighborhood walk to look for signs of winter/animals getting ready to hibernate
Social Emotional Learning
Skills
- Take another person’s perspective
- Show care and concern through kind and helping behaviors
- Use facial expressions and body language clues to understand emotion
- Practice inclusive and friendly actions to build positive relationships
Resources
- Second Step
- The RULER anchor tools
- Class charter
- Mood Meter
- Meta-moment
- Blueprint
Family Engagement
- Parent Teacher Conferences 12/10/25
- Marking Period 2 Progress Report 1/30/26
- Marking Period 2 Report Cards 3/19/26
- Check the calendar for PTA & School Events
Developmental Milestones (As per the CDC)
- Counts to 10
- Writes their name
- Does simple chores(matching socks, clearing the table after eating)
- Follows rules of a game and takes turns
- Answers simple questions about a book or story
- Hops on one foot
- Keeps a conversation going with three back and forth exchanges
Enrichment
- Literacy and Math Centers
- STEAM activities
Kindergarten - Marking Period 3
Literacy – Reading Skills
Skills
- Attend to story elements during class lessons, shared reading, and independent reading
- Decode words with three, four, and five phonemes
- Decode words with consonant digraphs and blends
- Monitor own reading for meaning and use fix-up strategies
- Actively read using strong reactions and curious questions
- Participate in reading playdates where students will use decodables and authentic texts
- Expected Reading Level: D
Fundations/Phonics Skills
- Demonstrate knowledge of advanced decoding skills
- Be proficient in reading high frequency words
- Read with fluency and intonation
Resources
- Use the attached link to access free decodable readers:
Literacy – Writing Skills
Skills
- Continue studying informational texts
- Create own informational text (all about) based on shared learning experiences in the classroom
- Learn how to organize writing using headings
- Write a small moment story and zoom in on a moment in time based on personal experiences
- Use a variety of tools to revise and edit independent writing pieces
Fundations/Phonics Skills
- Master correct letter and word formation
- Be adept in using strategies to write unknown words
- Exhibit knowledge of high frequency words and use them in daily writing
- Organize simple sentences
Resources
- Use the PebbleGo app to do research at home and write an all about book
Math
Skills
- Recognize and count in sequence 1-100
- Count to tell the number of objects 1-100
- Write numbers 1-100
- Demonstrates the ability to skip count by 5's by 10's
- Understands addition as putting together and adding to
- Understands subtraction as taking apart and taking from
- Adds and subtracts within 10
- Introduction to 3-Dimensional shapes
- Identify greater than/less than
Resources
- Encourage your child to sue real world math problems; cooking, taking a walk, money, etc.
- Practice addition and subtraction fluency to 10
- Play card, dice and board games where your child needs to add or subtract to strengthen fluency
- Google: YouTube counting to 100, adding and subtraction to 10 and shape songs.
Computer Science & Digital Fluency
Skills
- Recognize familiar computing technologies that we use in our lives.
Resources
Have students track all the ways they see technology outside of the classroom, such as the timer on the stove telling you how long to bake an item
Social Studies/Science
Skills
- Discuss what makes them special & unique
- Discuss different types of families and who are members of their family
- Learn about seasons and weather
- Learn about ways to be respectful
- Learn about different communities: Class, School and community they live in
- Learn the many roles of scientists
- Explore weather while acting as meteorologists
- Create a blizzard in a bottle
- Experiment with Ice and heat
- Report findings in a dedicated Science Notebook
Resources
- Visit local cultural attractions (LICM, Aquarium, etc.)
- Visit a farm, go apple/pumpkin picking
- Discuss diverse holidays and traditions that have been a part of your family culture
- Build a family tree
- Take a neighborhood walk to look for signs of fall/animals getting ready to hibernate
Social Emotional Learning
Skills
- Think of appropriate solutions to conflict
- Consider others’ feelings and fairness when solving problems
- Practice taking turns, sharing, and cooperating
Resources
- Second Step
- The RULER anchor tools (Class charter, Mood Meter, Meta-moment, Blueprint)
Family Engagement
- Parent Teacher Conferences, 3/25/26 & 3/31/26
- Marking Period 3 Progress Report 5/15/26
- District Art Show 5/19/26
- Marking Period 3 Report Cards, 6/26/26
- Check the calendar for PTA & School Events
Developmental Milestones (As per the CDC)
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Enrichment
- Washington Avenue Learning Center Butterfly Experience
- Field Trip
- Long Island Children’s Museum Workshop
- Enrichment for All Module
- Literacy and Math Centers
Standards Based Report Cards
** Students are assessed based upon their performance in a given marking period. **
Level 1 or “Below Standards”
means your child seldom meets requirements for grade-appropriate work, demonstrates minimal understanding of learned concepts and skills, and assistance is necessary to produce work.
Level 2 or “Working towards Standards”
means your child meets some requirements for grade appropriate work, is beginning to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of learned concepts and skills, and produces quality work inconsistently.
Level 3 or “Meeting Standards”
means your child meets requirements for grade-appropriate work, demonstrates knowledge and understanding of learned concepts and skills, and produces quality work.
Level 4 or “Exceeding Standards”
is achievable but may be harder to come by. Your child can achieve this level by consistently demonstrating their ability to: Meets requirements and exceed expectations for gradeappropriate work, which is demonstrated through their ability to apply and discuss these concepts.