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2012-13 Events
Visit from Santa
Pancake Breakfast
Classroom Curriculum
Kindergarten is a time of wonder, awe and learning! It is an exciting time for children and their families and represents a major threshold in a child’s life at a critical stage of development. In Kindergarten, children’s receptivity to new influences and their capacity to learn are at their peak. During this period, they acquire a variety of important skills, knowledge, and attitudes that affect their abilities to learn, their personal development, their relationships with others, and their future participation in society. St. Francis Elementary School is dedicated to nurturing the young child spiritually, academically, physically, socially, and emotionally through a faith-based curriculum in a caring, Catholic environment.
Our Philosophy
The St. Francis Kindergarten philosophy is to provide a loving and caring environment that enhances the spiritual, cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development of every child through active participation. Learning is a process that each child masters at his or her own developmental pace. It is our goal to work with you to provide your child with a love for learning.
Religion
We begin and end each day with prayer. In religion we learn about God's great love for us, that He is always present with us, and that we can always talk with Him through prayer. Many of our activities revolve around the liturgical seasons of Advent and Lent.
The world is a gift from God
- God loves us
- We are friends of Jesus
- We celebrate special days
- Bible stories
- Gospel stories
- Prayers
Language Arts/Reading
Through observation, inquiry, and questioning kindergarteners begin to develop higher order thinking skills crucial to their future academic growth.
• Phonemic awareness
Rhyming words
Beginning and ending sounds
Blending phonemes
Reading color words
Number words
Sight words
• Reading strategies
Predicting/inferring
Decoding
Summarizing
Cause and effect
• Comprehension skills
Compare and contrast
Noting important details
Story structure (beginning, middle, and end)
Characters and setting
Inferences
Drawing conclusions
Sequence of events
Fantasy and realism
• Vocabulary
Concept words
Naming words
Describing words
Action words
Rhyming words
Singular and plural naming words
• Writing
Drawing and labeling
Writing description
Journal writing
Writing class stories
Making books
Mathematics
- Sorting
- Geometry and Patterns
- Positions
- Numbers to 100
- Tables, graphs, and fractions
- Addition readiness
- Subtraction readiness
- Money
- Time
- Measurement
Social Studies/Science
- Fall/Johnny Appleseed
- Seasons and weather
- Five senses
- Animals
- Dinosaurs
- Solar System
- Transportation
- Community helpers
- Friends and family
- Under the sea
- Plants
- Fire safety
Our kindergarten program also includes snack time, center time, rest time, music, art, Spanish, library, physical education, and computer classes. |
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PHONE: 703-221-3868