Kindergarten

Our full day kindergarten classes follow the Mesa Public Schools curriculum,  which is aligned with the Arizona Academic Standards.

Reading:

The goal of MPS is for every child to be a successful and independent reader. Skills taught in kindergarten include:

• Concepts of Print
• Phonemic Awareness
• Phonetic Skills
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension-Literary Text (fiction)
• Comprehension-Informational Text (nonfiction)

Writing:

Through daily writing activities, students will develop the elements or traits of beginning writing.  These include:

• Ideas
• Organization
• Voice
• Word Choice
• Sentence Fluency
• Conventions- write the 26 letters of the alphabet; use a capital letter to begin important words; attempt end punctuation; use knowledge of letters and sounds to spell simple words with some consonants and a few vowels.

Writing Applications:  Through a variety of writing applications, students will begin developing their written communication skills. These include:

• Write a narrative or story by drawing, dictating, or writing.
• Create list, observations, or journals.

Math:

In math, kindergarten students will learn:

• count, read, and write numbers to 20
• count forward to 20 and backwards from 10
• model, order, and compare numbers to 20
• determine ordinal positions first through fifth 
• identify all number combinations and manipulative sets of numbers 0-10
• use objects to explore concepts of addition and subtraction
• model addition and subtraction facts to 10 using objects
• add and subtract models of halves
• identify penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar
• identify the symbols:+,-,=
• data analysis, graphing, and discrete mathematics
• patterns and algebraic thinking
• geometry and measurement 
• problem solving