Kindergarten at St. Francis de Sales begins at 7:40 am and dismisses at 2:10 pm with the rest of the school. Some of the highlights of the year include an introduction to computer and library skills, a Thanksgiving Feast, the 100th Day of School celebration, and Pajama Day. Field trips include visits to the pumpkin farm, Marriott Theater, Lake Zurich fire station, and ELA library.
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Curriculum
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Kindergarten
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RELIGION
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- PRIMARY TEXT: Blest Are We, RCL Benziger
- God Creates the Skies, the World, the Animals, People, and Me
- Jesus Comes to Us
- Jesus Gathers Friends, Tells Stories, Gives Thanks, Celebrates, Lives God's Love
- Mary, mother of Jesus
- Prayer, Service, Liturgy, Feasts, and Seasons
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MATHEMATICS
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- PRIMARY TEXT: Envision, Savvas Learning Company
- Number Recognition and Writing Numbers 0-20
- Counting to 100
- Understanding Addition and Subtraction
- Data collection using Graphs
- Introduction to Measurement: Length, Height, Capacity, Weight
- Composing and Decomposing Numbers 11-19
- Identifying and Describing Shapes (2D and 3D)
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READING
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- PRIMARY TEXT: SuperKids, Zanier-Bloser
- Letter Recognition Aa-Zz
- Rhyming Words
- Syllables
- Introduction to Phonics-Letter Sound Recognition
- Introduction to High-Frequency Sight Words
- Introduction to Story Elements: Character, Setting, Plot
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LANGUAGE ARTS
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- PRIMARY TEXT: Voyages in English, Loyola Press
- Introduction to Parts of Speech: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives
- Introduction to Handwriting
- Introduction to Capital Letters at the beginning of a sentence, Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points
- Write 1-2 complete sentences.
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SCIENCE
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- PRIMARY SOURCE: Mystery Science
- The Nature of Science
- Introduce Scientific Method
- Cause/Effect
- Living and Non-Living Things
- Plants and Animals
- Earth and Sky
- Weather conditions and temperature
- Matter and Mixtures
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SOCIAL STUDIES
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- Understanding Rules of Society
- National Symbols
- Community Helpers
- Holidays
- U.S. States and Capitals
- U.S. Map
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