Young 5's Curriculum
*Young 5's uses the kindergarten curriculum at a modified pace.
Language Arts
Life Skills
*Young 5's uses the kindergarten curriculum at a modified pace.
Language Arts
- Recognizes letters (upper & lowercase) and produces their sound
- Recognizes and produces rhyme
- Identifies concepts of print
- Begins blending and segmenting sounds
- Identifies simple sight words
- Retells familiar stories
- Writes first and last name
- Correctly uses crayons, pencils, scissors, brushes, etc.
- Uses letters to represent words
- Beginning understanding of different genres or writing: opinion, informative, & narrative
- Identifies and create shapes
- Understands prepositions (above, below, beside, in front of, behind, next to)
- Counts to 30 by ones
- Recognizes numerals 0-10
- Counts a set of objects up to 10 and writes how many
- Compare numbers (greater than, less than, equal to)
- Extends and creates a pattern
- Understands addition and subtraction as putting together and taking apart
- Describe and compare measureable attributes
- Classify and sort objects into categories
Life Skills
- Tries his/her best
- Controls own behavior/follows classroom rules
- Cooperates with friends and teachers
- Tries to solve own problems or ask for help appropriately
- Takes responsibility for actions and belongings
- Responds appropriately/expresses self clearly
- Follows simple directions/listens attentively
- Begins/completes task in reasonable amount of time