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
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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