Expectations:
Social Skills:
Acquire good etiquette and learn positive interaction with others.
Learn to relate to peers.
Handle a full day away from parents.
Develop sharing relationships with other peers.
Academic Skills:
Speech
Speak fluently and answer in complete sentences.
Speak clearly and distinctly.
Clearly express themselves verbally.
Learn to share ideas with class.
Share their well-developed thoughts and be understood by their peers and adults.
Math
Introduction to basic addition and subtraction.
English
Sentence structure and punctuation.
Phonics.
Write sentences about stories that have been read to them.
Speak in class about stories that have been read to them.
Science
Understand the four seasons, five senses, plants, animal families, dinosaurs, and the planets.
Take nature walks.
Create a garden and grow a root plant.
History/Social Science
Basic understanding of 50 states and directions (North, South, East, and West).
Basic knowledge of the Pilgrims’ journey on the Mayflower and Native Americans.
Reading
Reading readiness by addressing words phonetically.
Reading comprehension.
Writing
Writing neatly and focus on forming letters correctly.