- Penn Forest Elementary
- Kindergarten Home
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Kindergarten is a special time for growing and learning with new friends while encountering exciting new experiences. It is the beginning of each child's path to educational success as well as a critical foundation for life long learning.
Kindergarten Teachers' email:
Sue Ann Blades
540-562-3900 Ext. 60639
Kristin Hiner
540-562-3900 Ext. 60609
Nancy Dillon
540-562-3900 Ext. 60630
Curriculum
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Language Arts
- Sort and classify objects
- Speak in complete sentences and contribute to group discussions
- Print first and last names correctly from memory
- Recognize letters and their sounds
- Speak in complete sentences and contribute to group discussions
- Blend sounds to read simple three letter words
- Understand sound/letter relationships
- Dictate sentences and record experiences drawing pictures, letters and words\
- Demonstrate comprehension skills as well as display interest in books and stories
- Identify rhyming words
Math
- Recognize and draw shapes
- Identify, describe and extend simple patterns
- Compare sets of more, less, or equal objects
- Compare objects using attributes of length, weight, height, temperature
- Measure with non-standard units
- Count sets of objects 0-10 and match sets to numerals
- Count forward to 30 and backward from 10
- Create and use simple graphs
- Add and subtract simple sets of 10
- Recognize penny, nickel, dime and quarter
- Tell time to the hour
- Explore with measurement tools
Themes We Explore
- Myself and family
- My senses
- My school
- Rules and safety
- Health habits
- Community helpers
- Animals and plants
- Caring for our world
- Food and nutrition
- Seasons and weather
- Water
- Light and shadow
- Holidays
- Famous Americans
- Patriotism
- Magnets
- Computers and technology
- Maps and economics