Our Kindergarten program includes:

• 5 days of class from 8:15 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

• Adhere to Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards 

• University of Florida Linguistics Institute Foundations lessons

• Spanish, Art, & Music classes

• Team sports

• Weekly Stretch-n-Grow Exercise class

• Teacher to Student Ratio of 2:12

• Weekly Chapel

 

Curriculum Areas:

Religion:

• Demonstrates an understanding of the Christian Curriculum

• Demonstrates an understanding of Christian social teachings

• Demonstrates reverence during prayer

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Math:

• Understands and applies math language, symbols, and reasoning to solve problems

• Count to 100 by ones, fives and tens

• Reads and writes numerals from 0-20

• Compares numbers by greater than, less than, equal to

• Solves addition and subtraction problems by using objects or drawings

• Works with numbers 11-19 to gain a foundation for place value

• Describes measurable attributes of objects such as length or weight

• Identifies, describes, compares, and creates shapes

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English/Language Arts/Reading & Writing:

• Demonstrates an understanding of spoken’words, syllables, and sounds

• Recognizes and produces rhyming words

• Can isolate and pronounce initial, medial, and final sounds in words

• Demonstrates basic knowledge of one-to-one letter sound correspondence

• Reads grade level appropriate sight words

• Retells stories and recalls key details such as main idea, characters, and setting

• Recognizes and prints upper and lowercase letters

• Uses correct capitalization and punctuation

• Uses a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose texts or narrate events

• Participates in shared research and writing activities

• Independently read and recognize first100 sight words

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Science/Social Studies:

• Explores, investigates, and collaborates on age-appropriate scientific concepts

• Demonstrates an awareness of American history, people, events, and timeline

• Develops an awareness of good citizenship and fair ways to make decisions

• Uses age appropriate science and social studies vocabulary terms

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Citizenship/Learner Behaviors – Students are expected to:

• Follow class and school rules

• Work well with classmates

• Respect the rights and property of others

• Respect authority figures

• Communicate and listen attentively

• Follow directions and routines independently

• Complete tasks in a reasonable amount of time

• Show a positive attitude and interest in learning

• Complete and return homework

• Take care of personal needs

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