What is the Kindergarten curriculum? St. Hedwig School Kindergarten Curriculum Language Arts � Open Court Series � Emphasis on letter/sound recognition and proper letter formation � Sight words introduced with �Word of the Week� books throughout the school year � Use of Open Court early readers � Writing skills modeled and encouraged through prompts, daily logs, and free-write with journals � Songs, stories, poetry, crafts, and games are all part of the learning process � Instruction given as a whole group, small group, one-on-one with teacher, aide, or parent volunteer � Monthly read-aloud forms/prizes to encourage reading at home Mathematics � Houghton Mifflin Series � Sample units include number sense, graphing, sorting/classification, patterning, measurement, geometry, time/calendars, money, addition and subtraction facts Religion � Sadlier, We Believe Series � Units include the life of Jesus as a boy to adult, Church year, Church holidays and holy days, God made the world, God made us, we learn about God through our families � Attendance at Mass � Daily prayer � Prayer corner � weekly intentions Social Studies � Houghton Mifflin Series � Sample units include our world long ago and today, our country/holidays, introductory mapping skills � Science � Houghton Mifflin Series � Sample units include weather, five senses, seasons, plants Physical Education � Two days a week for half an hour, taught by our PE teacher, Mr. Capp Music � Two days a week for half an hour taught by our Music Teacher, Mrs. Jabro