Kindergarten

Image of the Southwest owl logo with the word Kindergarten next to it

  • Joy Truax & Claudia Kelly 

    • jatruax@wsfcs.k12.nc.us

    • ckkelly@wsfcs.k12.nc.us

  •  Cathy Seivers & Cherie Tramber

    • ckseivers@wsfcs.k12.nc.us

    • echarpertramber@wsfcs.k12.nc.us

  • Meredith Tuttle & Karen Fiorani

    • mptuttle@wsfcs.k12.nc.us

    • kefiorani@wsfcs.k12.nc.us

  •  Sierra Hauser & Misty Hughes

    • shauser@wsfcs.k12.nc.us

    • mlhughes@wsfcs.k12.nc.us

Kindergarten Curriculum

English Language Arts

Students will: 

  • Randomly name and print capital and lowercase letters

  • Say all letter sounds 

  • Recognize and read high-frequency words 

  • Use a combination of drawing, writing and dictating to write about a specific writing prompts with teacher assistance 

  • Independently illustrate and write sentences

  • Read and tell elements in a story in detail 

  • Answer comprehension questions about a story - verbally and written

 Math

Students will: 

  • Rote count to 100 by 1's and 10's 

  • Recognize and write numbers 

  • Compare numbers 

  • Recognize and describe 2D and 3D shapes 

  • Classify and story objects 

  • Model addition and subtraction to 10 

  • Apply and solve word problems to 10 

  • Know addition and subtraction number facts to 10 

  • Compose and decompose numbers 

  • Fluently and and subtract within 5 

Social Studies

Students will: 

  • Understand the importance of obeying rules in the classroom and school

  • Understand the characteristics of honesty and fair play

  • Learn how to use a map to locate places in the classroom, school and home

  • Identify land and water features using a map and globe 

  • Identify physical features on a map and globe 

  • Understand basic economic concepts 

Science

Students will: 

  • Understand change and observable patterns of weather that occur from day to day and throughout the year 

  • Understand how objects are described based on their physical properties 

  • Compare characteristics of animals that make them alike and different from other animals

  • Understand the positions and motions of objects and organisms observed in the environment