Kindergarten Curriculum Map

August/September

Language Arts

• Handwriting
• Unit 1 Wonders

Writing     

•  Ideas
• Being a Writer (Basic drawing/writing skills)

Social Studies

• Community
• Spatial sense

Math

• Numbers 0 to 5

Science

•  Unit 5: Our 5 Senses

October

Language Arts

• Unit 2 Wonders
• Unit 3 Wonders

Writing     

•  Ideas 
• Telling My Stories (Narrative)

Social Studies

• Kings and Queens
• Christopher Columbus

Math

• Compare numbers 0 to 5
• Numbers 6 to 10

Science

•  Unit 1: Pushes and Pulls

November 

Language Arts

• Unit 3 Wonders

       Writing     

•  Ideas
• Writing Books with a Pattern

     Social Studies

• Pilgrims
• Native Americans

Math

• Compare numbers 0 to 10
• Classify and Count Data
• Understand Addition

Science

•  Unit 1: Pushes and Pulls (cont.)

December

Language Arts

• Unit 4 Wonders

Writing

• Ideas, Organization
• How-To (Procedural Non-Fiction)

     Social Studies

• Wants vs. Needs
• Holidays Around the World

Math

• Understand Addition
• Understand Subtraction 

Science

• Holidays Around the World

January

Language Arts

• Unit 5 Wonders

Writing

• Ideas, Organization
• Opinion and Persuasive

     Social Studies

• Continents and Oceans

      Math

• More addition and subtraction
• Count numbers to 20

      Science

• Unit 2: Needs of Plants and Animals

February 

Language Arts

• Unit 6 Wonders
• Unit 7 Wonders

      Writing

• Ideas, organization
• Fiction and Fairy Tale (parts of a story)

    Social Studies

• Presidents and American Symbols 

Math

• Count numbers to 20
• Compose and Decompose number 11 to 19
• Count numbers to 100

      Science

• Unit 2: Needs of Plants and Animals (cont.)

March

Language Arts

• Unit 7 Wonders
• Unit 8 Wonders

       Writing

• Ideas, Organization, Conventions
• Fiction and Fairy Tale (cont.)

Social Studies

• Science Biographies

Math

• Count numbers to 100
• Identify and describe shapes

Science

• Unit 4: Weather Patterns

April

Language Arts

• Unit 8 Wonders
• Unit 9 Wonders

Writing

•  Ideas, Organization, Conventions
• Non-fiction (stories and research)

Social Studies

• Community and Partnership

Math

• Analyze compare and create shapes

Science

• Unit 3: Changing Environments

May

Language Arts

• Unit 9 Wonders
• Unit 10 Wonders

Writing

• Ideas, Organization, Conventions

      Social Studies

• Year End Review

Math

• Describe and Compare measurable attributes

Science

• Unit 3: Changing Environments (cont.)

*Greenhouse classroom: lessons in plants, plant life cycles, farms, etc. 

*Science Lab: lessons including magnetism, Jane Goodall, healthy bodies, recycling