Information for Families and Caregivers of Kindergarten Students (webpage)

Unit 1: Numbers to 5 & 10

Learning Targets

• Students count to 20s by 1s
• Students count, order, and compare numbers to 10
• Students write numbers to 10

Unit 2: Numbers to 10

Learning Targets

• Students begin to develop number sense with combinations to make 5 and 10
• Students explore numbers between 0 and 10 by building and using a 10-bead number rack
• Students continue to develop number sense with numbers up to 10 by recognizing and matching numbers
• Students explore shapes and patterns as they compose and decompose shapes

Unit 3: Bikes & Bugs: Double, Add & Subtract

Learning Targets

•  Students learn how to count groups of objects by 2s up to 20
• Students add and subtract 1 from a number up to 10
• Students are introduced to the concept of doubles
• Students solve story problems involving adding and subtracting 1, as well as doubling quantities
• Students work on ordering and comparing numbers 

Unit 4: Paths to Adding, Subtracting, & Measuring

Learning Targets

• Students use the number line to count forward and backward from 0 to 50
• Students count, add and subtract numbers
• Students compare and measure length
• Students solve and subtract story problems to 10

Unit 4: Paths to Adding, Subtracting, & Measuring

Learning Targets

• Students use the number line to count forward and backward from 0 to 50
• Students count, add and subtract numbers
• Students compare and measure length
• Students solve and subtract story problems to 10

Unit 5: Two-Dimensional (2D) Geometry

Learning Targets

• Students explore differences between 2-dimensional (2D) and 3-dimensional (3D) shapes
• Students identify, describe, and draw 2-dimensional (2D) shapes
• Students sort and compare shapes on graphs

Unit 5: Two-Dimensional (2D) Geometry

Learning Targets

• Students explore differences between 2-dimensional (2D) and 3-dimensional (3D) shapes
• Students identify, describe, and draw 2-dimensional (2D) shapes
• Students sort and compare shapes on graphs

Unit 6: Three-Dimensional (3D) Shapes & numbers Beyond 10

Learning Targets

• Students name and describe 3-dimensional (3D) shapes
• Students understand place value of numbers from 10 to 20
• Students solve number combinations to 10

Unit 6: Three-Dimensional (3D) Shapes & numbers Beyond 10

Learning Targets

• Students name and describe 3-dimensional (3D) shapes
• Students understand place value of numbers from 10 to 20
• Students solve number combinations to 10

Unit 7: Weight & Place Value

Learning Targets

• Students weigh objects and earn the concept of heavier and lighter
• Students add and subtract story problems to 10
• Students count groups of objects by 10s and 1's

Life Science: Animal Needs Unit (Animal Secrets)

Learning Targets

• Students obtain information through virtual observations of different animal behaviors and use this evidence to explain that one of the basic needs of animals is food
• Students obtain information through media about how different animal homes are built. They use this evidence to explain that animals need shelter
• Students obtain information through virtual observations of different animal behaviors. They use this evidence to explain that one of the basic needs of animals is shelter
• Students take a nature walk to look for evidence of animal homes

Life Science: Plant Needs Unit (Plant Secrets)

Learning Targets

• Students make observations of plants in order to identify their needs and that they are, in fact, living things
• Students investigate to determine the basic needs of plants. They observe to identify ways young plants resemble the parent plant and how the plant changes as it proceeds through its life cycle
• Students obtain evidence of living organisms by virtually keeping watch of a log and the living things that visit it

Life Science: Plant Needs Unit (Plant Secrets)

Learning Targets

• Students make observations of plants in order to identify their needs and that they are, in fact, living things
• Students investigate to determine the basic needs of plants. They observe to identify ways young plants resemble the parent plant and how the plant changes as it proceeds through its life cycle
• Students obtain evidence of living organisms by virtually keeping watch of a log and the living things that visit it

Earth & Space Science: Severe Weather Unit (Wild Weather)

Topic and Learning Targets

• Students obtain information of different types of severe weather to observe and describe how the weather changes during these events and what students can do to prepare and stay safe
• Students create a simple tool that allows them to observe how hard the wind is blowing. They use this tool to observe weather changes and describe the pattern of faster wind speeds right before a storm
• Students obtain information through observations of the weather. They communicate the information by acting as weather watchers and creating drawings of the weather conditions

Earth & Space Science: Weather Patterns Unit (Circle of Seasons)

Learning Targets

• Students track the weather daily and analyze the data by collecting, recording, and sharing their observations to observe patterns of weather changing throughout the day and from day-to-day
• Students evaluate information in a series of unnamed drawings of each season. They use these clues to identify characteristics of each season and describe the yearly cyclical pattern
• Students identify the reasons why birds lay eggs in the spring. Then, they develop a bird nest model and use this model as evidence for how animals can change the environment to meet their needs

Earth & Space Science: Weather Patterns Unit (Circle of Seasons)

Learning Targets

• Students track the weather daily and analyze the data by collecting, recording, and sharing their observations to observe patterns of weather changing throughout the day and from day-to-day
• Students evaluate information in a series of unnamed drawings of each season. They use these clues to identify characteristics of each season and describe the yearly cyclical pattern
• Students identify the reasons why birds lay eggs in the spring. Then, they develop a bird nest model and use this model as evidence for how animals can change the environment to meet their needs

Physical Science: Sunlight & Warmth Unit (Sunny Skies)

Learning Targets

• Students make observations of the pavement heating up after being warmed by the Sun. Then, they design a solution to build a shade structure that can reduce the warming effect of sunlight
• Students carry out an investigation to test which materials can redirect the light and heat of sunlight (*This lesson has students increase the warming effect of sunlight on an area)
• Students construct an explanation for why marshmallows melt in one car and not in another car. Then, they conduct a virtual investigation to determine that the warmth of the Sun is the cause of the melted marshmallows

Physical Science: Pushes & Pulls Unit (Force Olympics)

Learning Targets

• Students observe different machines and use those observations as evidence for why machines make work easier
• Students observe construction equipment being used in different ways to move objects
• Students carry out an investigation to determine how far back they should pull a model wrecking ball to knock down a wall, but not the houses behind it
• Students play a game of bumper bowling to observe the way that objects can move in straight lines, zigzags, and back and forth
• Students conduct an investigation of how to protect a town from a falling boulder. They design a solution to safely guide the direction of the boulder away from the town
• Students define a problem they would like to solve and then design a solution using what they know about the locations of objects and how they can move

Civics Unit

Learning Targets

• Students participate in making logical decisions using democratic processes
• Students identify ways civic participation can take place

History Unit

Learning Target

• Students ask questions and discuss ideas about the past

Geography Unit

Learning Target

• Students recognize that geographic tools represent places and spaces.

Economics Unit

Learning Targets

• Students explain how individuals make choices based on needs and wants
• Students describe choices people make about how to use the money they earn.

Geography Unit

Learning Target

• Students identify how the environment influences the way people live