Curriculum

=Curriculum= Here's a collection of handy resources to help you and your child navigate through Kindergarten. It includes curriculum related information as well as details about specific classroom activities.

Literacy Handout
Click for helpful handouts to help when you are reading with your child.

Exit Expectations
Curriculum guides for parents were developed by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee so schools and parents could identify what students should know and be able to do at the end of each grade based on national state and local standards. Click [|here] to view these exit expectations.

**Ball Words**
Part of the kindergarten reading instruction is the introduction and mastery of sight words. While students in the Archdioceses are only required to learn approximately 30 words by the end of kindergarten, we find that the kids are capable and excited to learn more than that. For this reason, we offer them the opportunity to learn up to 220 words this year. That is 11 sets of 20 words. Each set of words is placed on a different type of ball or sports equipment. The first set of ball words are what we call Baseball Words. Students will work on this set until they receive a Baseball Word Champ Certificate and a new list of ball words to master.

Along with practicing their words during our reading time or when they finish their work early, they are also welcome to practice at home if they choose. For this reason, we have provided the lists below. Students will also be given the new ball list to take home when a list is mastered.

Each set can be found here:

Scholastic Book Orders
Shop with ease at [|www.scholastic.com/bookclubs]. Our class acitivation code is H7RNM.

Hot Lunch
Order your childs hot lunch here at [].

Click to print paper that is being used in Writer's Workshop.
 * Writer's Workshop Paper**

A fantastic handwriting program to teach pre-printing, printing, and cursive handwriting for children from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. SFB has recently implemented this program across our lower grades. You can read more about it at http://www.hwtears.com/parents or print these handy resources:
 * Handwriting Without Tears**

Reading Strategies
A Reading Strategy Guide to use before, during and after reading one-on-one with your child. Please reinforce these questions and prompts as they will help your child develop stronger reading comprehension skills.

Math Websites & Apps
http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/math.html This site has multiple websites with MATH programs. I strongly suggest funbrain math arcade. It is fun for kids and promotes basic math skills. http://www.turtlediary.com/kindergarten-games.html Great site with a variety of Math games to help reinforce skills we learned and continue practicing. Below are several MATH Apps if you have apple devices.
 * 1) [|Grover’s Number Special]: Grover the waiter appears in this app (Sesame Street’s first). Kids make meals by counting ingredients, then catch the ingredients by sliding the iPhone back and forth. Parents may want to turn off the sound to avoid Grover’s chattiness. Age: 2 years and up. $2.99.
 * 2) Silly Numbers: Fun math game for kids who are learning to count. Each number’s animation and saying adds to the experience. From 1 Tasty Pie to 12 Delicious Donuts to 8 Fabulous Hats and so on. This app puts a silly spin on some serious counting. Age: 2 years and up. $3.99.
 * 3) [|Dotty Shapes]: Connect the numbers in order to create shapes in this math app. Counting is fun again (and again) with this app. Age: 2 years and up. 99 cents.
 * 4) [|Math Monkey]: Math Monkey is like an Angry Birds for kids. Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in 40 levels. Have fun shooting cupcakes at different targets! Age: 6 years and up. $2.99.
 * 5) [|Mimi the Counting Monkey]: Naturally, a monkey will want to know how many bananas he has. In this counting game, the first level involves using simple bananas to solve more complex problems. Age: 3-6 years and up. 99 cents.
 * 6) [|Pattern Recognition]: This app features an old game with new tricks. Rows of colored shapes appear in sequences, which kids have to identify and complete. The game comes in different versions according to your child’s age. Our son has been enjoying the Kindergarten app this week. Age: 4 years and up. 99 cents.
 * 7) Math Bumpies: This math app teaches kids addition and subtraction. Kids bump, jump, and roll their way through the game’s 10 levels. The app saves players’ stats so progress is easy to see. A Top 100 Educational Game. Age 6 years and up. 99 cents.
 * 8) [|PopMath Lite]: This app puts simple math equations and their answers in bubbles, which float around the screen waiting for players to pop them. Kids solve each equation, then pop it and its answer in quick succession. Winner of the iPhoneFootPrint Excellence Awards in Education. Ages 7 years and up. Free
 * 9) [|Coin Math]: What’s more motivating than money? A matching game involving money! Kids become familiar with U.S. coins and their values while sorting them into piggy banks. Then they add up the correct amount of change to buy a snack or toy. Age: 6-8 years and up. $1.99.
 * 10) [|Sums Stacker]: At the bottom of the screen are three numbers; atop these numbers sit stacks of coins, word numbers, Roman numerals, and other counting items. The aim of the game is to arrange each stack so that it adds up to the number it sits on. Parents may tire of the chimes and chirping crickets that play during the game. Age: 5 years and up. $1.99.