Welcome to Kindergarten!
Ms. Hanna Johnson
Our Kindergarten program is designed to give your child a strong start in school and life by helping them to develop valuable skills that provide them with every opportunity to succeed at school.
Kindergarten at St Matthew School is more than simply academic rigor. Our goal is for your child to develop faith and build a relationship with God, grow in the service of others, prepare for the 21st-century competencies, and use Christ as a model for love and learning of self and others.
Curriculum
Social Studies
- Recite their address and phone number, learn about themselves and their classroom community, understand and create timelines, appreciate other cultures and traditions.
Math
- Count to 100, write and identify numbers 0-20, count objects to 20, Compare numbers 1-10, Solve addition and subtraction to 10, Compose and decompose numbers to 10, FLUENTLY add and subtract to 5, place value to 19, describe using vocabulary words: length and weight, compare two objects, classify, sort and count objects, identify shapes, model, build and draw shapes, describe objects in a location.
Literacy
- Enjoy reading, name all capital and lower case letters, produce sounds of consonants & short vowels segment – break down a word into individual sounds, blending – taking individual sounds & blending them into a word
Read and write sight words – see list of sight words, comprehend a story by naming parts of story – characters, setting, problem, main events (beginning, middle, and end), and solution to the problem, name the parts of a book (title, author, illustrator), participate in library classes, show directionality – writing starts on the left and goes right, write first and last name correctly, form letters correctly and use phonics in writing.
Religion
- Develop and deepen their relationship with God, recite the Our Father, Hail Mary, before and after meal prayers, and, guardian Angel prayer, do the sign of the cross, Church behavior, celebrate Advent, Lent, and other liturgical celebrations, name Bible stories in the Old and New Testament, name at least three of the 7 Catholic Social Teachings, plan, participate, and celebrate a school Mass.
Science
- Physical Science – push-pull and position, liquids and solids, Earth and Space Science, Life Science – plants and animals.
Art & Music
- Name elements of art – Our Art Docent program, in which a parent volunteer teaches a preplanned lesson based on the elements of art – once a month, music classes twice a week.