Kindergarten

In Kindergarten, our small class size allow us to provide one-to-one instruction to students as needed. In Reading, we use the Rowland Reading Program: Meet the Superkids and The Superkids’ Club. The Superkids Reading Program is a phonetically based sequential program where students continually “hear it, see it, say it, and write it.” Every lesson incorporates phonemic awareness, blending, decoding, encoding, dictation, and handwriting.

We use Signapore Math, we begin with colors, shapes, patterns, measurement (small, large, etc.) and number recognition to thirty. Then, we move into identifying coin money and telling time to the hour. Lastly, we practice measuring with rulers, understanding fractions, and adding and subtracting using various methods. Math is also incorporated into our daily opening. In Religion, the kindergartners learn the following prayers: the Lord’s Prayer, the Hail Mary, the Glory Be, and Grace. We learn about the different seasons in the church and listen to Bible stories. Our parish priest visits our classroom for fifteen minutes every Tuesday. Kindergartners are gift-bearers at our weekly all-school Mass. Third grade Mass buddies sit with us at Mass to help us learn what to do.

Besides our third-grade mass buddies, we have other people who help us in kindergarten. On, Fridays, the fourth graders are the kindergartners’ reading buddies. At the beginning of the year, fourth graders read to the kindergartners; however, by the end of the year, the kindergartners are reading to the fourth graders!

In Kindergarten, students make a remarkable change from being dependent at the start of school to independent by the end of the year. It is rewarding to witness this change.