Kindergarten Program: Frequently Asked Questions
8 Elements to Early Literacy | Extended Day | California Content Standards
At Farallone View, all classrooms provide grade level standard-based instruction and adhere to district grade level objectives. Our uniqueness lies in the ability to offer two types of learning environments: the traditional classroom and looping program. In the traditional classroom environment, students master the content standards one grade level at a time with a different teacher each year. Occasionally, combination classes are offered. In the looping program, students remain with the same teacher for two years. This is a multi-age setting where classes are made up of K-1 or 2-3 students. The K-1 and 2-3 California content standards are intermixed and students master them over a period of two years. All classes follow the California content standards, deliver Cabrillo Unified’s Every Child a Reader and Writer Literacy Program through Readers and Writers Workshops, as well as offer 30 minutes of daily English Language Development.
What will my child learn in kindergarten?
Your child will learn:
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What reading and writing skills will he/she learn?
Your child will learn to: |
- Name and write upper and lowercase letters
- Match sounds to letters
- Blend sounds to make words
- Rhyme words
- Read and write words
- Retell stories
- Ask and answer questions about stories
- Write simple sentences
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What math skills will he/she learn?
Your child will learn to: |
- Count and order numbers up to 30
- Name and write numbers up to 30
- Name and compare shapes
- Draw and cut out shapes
- Sort things into groups
- Distinguish time, months and days of the week
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What social skills will my child learn?
Social skills your child will learn: |
- Share with others and take turns
- Be creative and curious about learning
- Use school equipment appropriately
- Speak in complete and coherent sentences
- Tell stories in order
- Listen and follow one and two-step oral directions
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What about exercise?
Your child will have: |
- Opportunities to play on the swings, slide, and playground structure at recess and lunch
- Opportunities to play with balls and games with other children at recess and lunch
- Opportunities to participate in our physical education program, which emphasizes non-competitive activities and cooperative learning
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What can I do at home to prepare
my child for school?
Provide your child with: |
- Healthy foods and plenty of sleep
- Clear and consistent daily rituals/routines
- Clear and consistent expectations and consequences
- Preschooling
- Celebrate successes
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Here are a few things you can do together: |
- Talk and tell stories together
- Use your imaginations
- Read together daily
- Play with letters and sounds
- Sing songs
- Blend sounds into words and rhyme words
- Complete simple experiments
- Play with numbers, shapes, blocks or puzzles
- Play with time, calendars, months and days of the week
- Play with money, count numbers and/or shapes
- Draw and cut out shapes together
- Start a collection of animals, rocks, baseball cards, etc.
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