St. Stephen's Armenian Elementary School
- 47 Nichols Avenue
- Watertown, MA 02472
- (617) 926-6979
"St. Stephen's Armenian Elementary School is a Child
Centered
American-Armenian Institution Committed to Excellence"
Kindergarten English Curriculum
The curriculum of St. Stephen's Armenian Elementary School is comprised of literacy, mathematics,science, social studies, physical education and the fine arts. The Learning Goals under each core area represent the schools end of the year expectations for students in kindergarten. The kindergarten curriculum will include but not be limited to these topics. The developmental level of students as well as their varying abilities and interest will be taken into account when designing and implementing instruction.
Literacy
Concepts about print:
- Identify cover page of a book
- Follow left-to-right progression
Decoding:
- Identify consonants and corresponding sounds
- Identify vowels and corresponding short vowels sounds
- Demonstrate understanding of one-to-one letter/sound correspondence
- Sound out CVC words
- Identify and use rhyming words
Comprehension:
- Retell main events from story read aloud
- Sequence events
- Recognize fantasy vs. reality
- Identify main characters
- Make predictions about text
- Relate story to personal experience
Writing:
- Contribute to class writing activities
- Use phonetic spelling to write
- Write words to convey thoughts
- Dictate sentence/stories
- Use known letters or approximations of letters to represent written language
- Demonstrate understanding that print carries a message
- Draw pictures with labels to sequence stories
- Edit the spelling and capitalization of their names
- Edit for correct spacing
- Draw pictures with labels to sequence stories
Communication:
- Follow directions
- Take turns during discussions
- Show appropriate sitting behavior during group discussion
- Give opinions and descriptions
- Express feelings
Mathematics:
Number System:
- Connect numbers to quantities they represent
- Represent quantities with numbers, words or pictures
- Sequence numbers to 20
- Identify and write numbers to 20
Computation:
- Combine amounts
- Compare amounts
- Use objects to measure length and distance
- Solve addition and subtraction story problem
- Use different ways to represent quantities
Data:
- Collect information by counting
- Sort and classify objects according to common attributes
- Collect and represent data using graphs and charts
- Conduct surveys
Probability / Statistics:
- Identify patterns
- Create patterns
- Copy patterns
- Use patterns to make predictions
Measurement:
- Compare objects of various sizes
- Compare volume, length and weight of common objects
- Demonstrate proper use of balance as tool for comparing weight
Geometry:
- Sort shapes according to common attributes
- Describe shapes
Communication:
- Use appropriate language to describe and compare amounts
- Use pictures, numbers or words to record solutions to problems
Science
Insects:
- Identify basic needs of living things
- Learn that there are different types of insects
- Label the parts of insects
- Represent life cycle of butterfly through drawings
- Learn about different habitats of insects
Eggs and Chicks:
- Learn about the life cycle of chickens
- Learn that some animals hatch from eggs
- Identify animals that hatch from eggs and those that are not
- Sequence events in the life cycle of chickens
- Describe similarities and differences between animals and their offspring
Skills
- Make appropriate predictions
- Create observational drawings
- Collect and graph data
- Handle insects and animals appropriately
Social Studies
Schools:
- Understand that school is a place for learning
- Recognize that there are individual differences among students in the classroom
- Identify school rules
- Use a school map to show location of classroom
Families
- Understand that families differ in size and composition
- Recognize that families live in many types of homes
- Learn that families share rules and responsibilities
- Learn that people in different parts of the world have families that are both similar to and different from theirs
- Differentiate between needs and wants
Let's Explore
- Name the four seasons
- Describe activities that occur during each season
- Identify activities that take place in a city
- Identify activities that take place in a farm
- Recognize that plants, animals and people need water
Our Country, Our World
- Learn that the United States is made up of 50 states
- Recognize the space and names of their country
- Recognize the American Flag
- Say the Pledge of Allegiance
- Learn that people live on Earth
- Describe ways to protect the Earth
American Holidays
- Learn that Columbus day commemorates Columbus' trip to what is now America
- Learn that Native Americans were the first inhabitants of our country
- Learn that Thanksgiving is a holiday on which Americans give thanks
- Learn that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. worked to make laws fair for all Americans
- Learn that President's Day commemorates George Washington and Abraham Lincoln
- Learn that Independence Day is celebrated as the birthday of our country
Skills:
- Make predictions
- Sequence events
- Sort objects according to common attributes
- Identify similarities and differences
- Learn that a map is a drawing of a place
- Use a map to locate rooms in their school