Primary School, Kindergarten-Second Grade at Lyman Campus
Kindergarten Curriculum At-a-Glance Kindergarteners investigate, experiment and discover. They acquire independence over the year and learn when and how to ask others for help; develop responsibility for themselves and others; gain confidence and gain social skills crucial to success. Based on findings from Laurel’s Center for Research on Girls, students use growth mindset, an element of resilience, to frame their learning and take appropriate risks and accept challenges. Girls discover that they are learners and feel a strong sense of community within their school. Literacy: • Develop core knowledge of letter sounds through Fundations, a multi-sensory phonics/phonemic awareness program to support decoding and encoding skills
• Explore numbers and place value with tens and ones in numbers to 100
• Explore reading through guided and individual experiences
• Solve story problems using addition and subtractionDevelop skills in joining and separating sets (using + and – and =), patterns, measurement, data analysis and the identification and comparison of size
• Study selected authors
• Discover geometry with two-dimensional shapes and solid shapes
• Learn uniform letter formation and pencil grip
• Use models to explain reasoning
• Journal to process thinking and develop a voice
• Learn methods of mathematical communication through connections and representation
• Acquire skills in sight-word recognition and comprehension
Social Studies: • Explore relationships between environment, people and ecosystems through themes on the rainforest, the Hawaiian Islands, Kenya, the polar regions and the Sonoran Desert • Examine the influence of geography and climate on specific habitats and animals • Interpret and use maps to demonstrate understanding of relative size, location and shape
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Mathematics:
Science: • Engage in scientific inquiry: posing questions, predicting, observing, collecting and analyzing data • Conduct field investigations at the Butler Campus • Explore habitats, specifically those of spiders and insects, with a particular focus on honeybees
• Explore causes, consequences and solutions to global problems
• Study the ecology of the Hawaiian Islands, the wildlife and savanna of Kenya, the rainforest, the Sonoran Desert and the polar regions
• Engage in Storypath units that promote global exploration, such as Safari in Kenya: The Land and the People
• Investigate units on agricultural engineering, botany, gardening, nutrition and fighting germs (creating healthy habits)
• Foster creativity through role-play and the integration of music, dance and art
• Participate in outdoor experiential education–Learning at Butler Days and seasonal gardening
