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K12-ARTS-KINDER GARDEN

This course introduces students to the world of art. Students learn about paintings and sculptures. They see art that looks realistic and art that looks imaginary and discover how artists use lines, shapes, colors, patterns, textures, and forms in artworks. Students discuss portrait, landscape, and still life artworks. They draw, paint, and sculpt their own artworks that are inspired by the artworks they study.

This course requires the following household materials, though substitutions or digital alternatives may be available in some cases:

cardstock*

clay, oil-based modeling or self-hardening*

crayons, colored pencils, oil pastels, and/or markers

glue, nontoxic

lunch bag, paper*

mirror

paper, construction or white

paint, poster or tempera and/or watercolor

paintbrush

scissors, round-end safety

straws, drinking*

tape

yarn or string

Substitutions are suggested in Lesson 1 of the course.

Unit 1:

How Artists Design Artworks

Unit 2:

People in Art

Unit 3:

Paintings and Sculptures

Unit 4:

Still Life and Landscape

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

Listening Skills

Speaking Skills

Reading Skills

Writing Skills

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Basic Concepts

Number Concepts

Environment Concepts

Thinking Skills

CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS

Art and Craft

Musical song and dance

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

Indoor and Outdoor Play

Health and Hygiene

Nutrition

SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The English Language Arts K program comprises two courses, ELA K and Phonics K. The program provides kindergarten students with a complete early literacy learning experience. Students work through structured lessons that emphasize reading readiness, phonics, language skills, literature, writing skills, and handwriting through a combination of teacher-led instruction (either live or via embedded video within the course) and independent practice, both online and offline. The program provides a strong foundation in comprehension and vocabulary to instill a lifelong interest in reading and learning.

Phonics prepares students to become independent readers through teacher-led, systematic, multisensory instruction in a developmentally appropriate manner. Students review letter names, practice phonological awareness, and learn decoding skills and sight words. Letter tiles, a variety of interactive games and activities, and decodable readers (brief stories that consist entirely of words students can read independently) support multimodal learning.

Read-aloud instruction through a wide variety of texts kindles the imagination and builds knowledge while developing listening skills, comprehension, and vocabulary. Students acquire the critical skills and knowledge required for reading and literacy. Text selections include engaging classic literature, exciting contemporary titles, and informative nonfiction topics in a variety of formats including trade books, magazines, and e-books.

Poems and nursery rhymes help students further expand vocabulary and comprehension while developing a love of language. Drawing, and later writing, in students’ My Writing Journal K lays the foundations of the writing process as students brainstorm, discuss, illustrate, and share ideas with others.

Targeted handwriting activities provide gentle instruction to help students print letters correctly.

This course requires the following household materials:

crayons

dictation notebook

glue

index cards

scissors, round-end safety

sight words box

SEMESTER 1 - Language Arts

Unit 1: Teamwork

Unit 2: Get Moving

Unit 3: Family Time

Unit 4: Fun with Fairy Tales

Unit 5: Midsemester A Reflect, Review, and Read

Unit 6: We Belong

Unit 7: Small Creatures

Unit 8: What's Your Name?

Unit 9: Important Tales

Unit 10: Midyear Reflect, Review, and Read

Unit 11: Amazing Animals

Unit 12: Friendship

Unit 13: Grow!

Unit 14: Our Earth Is Awesome

Unit 15: Midsemester B Reflect, Review, and Read

Unit 16: Bodies Can Do Cool Things

Unit 17: Three!

Unit 18: Hot and Cold

Unit 19: End-of-Year Reflect, Review, and Read

SEMESTER 2 - Phonics

Unit 1: Sounds /m/, /t/, /n/, /p/, /ē/, /h/, /d/, and /ŏ/

Unit 2: Sounds /b/, /f/, /ā/, /g/, /ō/, and /j/

Unit 3: Sounds /s/, /ă/, /w/, /z/, /ī/, and /l/

Unit 4: Sounds /th/, /th/, /ĕ/, /k/, /v/, and /r/

Unit 5: Sounds /ĭ/, /ŭ/, /ch/, and /y/

Unit 6: Sounds /sh/, /aw/, & /kw/ and Syllables

Unit 7: Sounds /oi/, /ū/, and /ks/

Unit 8: Sounds Long Double o and /ow/

Unit 9: Sounds for Letters a, m, s, t, b, f, c, h, and j

Unit 10: Word Families –at and –am

Unit 11: Sounds for Letters l, n, p, & r and Vowels

Unit 12: Word Families –an and –ap

Unit 13: Sounds for Letters o, d, g, k, and v

Unit 14: Word Families –op and –ot

Unit 15: Sounds for Letters i, qu, and z

Unit 16: Word Families –in, –it, and –ip

Unit 17: Sounds for Letters u, w, and x

Unit 18: Word Families –ug and –un

Unit 19: Sounds for Letters e and y

Unit 20: Getting Stronger: Letters, Sounds, and Word Families

Unit 21: Digraphs sh and th

Unit 22: Getting Stronger: Word Families and Digraphs

Unit 23: Digraphs wh and ch

Unit 24: Getting Stronger: Digraphs

Unit 25: Word Families with –tch and –ck

Unit 26: Getting Stronger: Review Letters and Sounds

Unit 27: Word Families with Long and Short Vowels a and e

Unit 28: Getting Stronger: Long and Short Vowel Word Families

Unit 29: Word Families with Long and Short Vowels i and o

Unit 30: Getting Stronger: More Long and Short Vowel Word Families

Unit 31: Endings –s and –es

Unit 32: Getting Stronger: Vowels

Unit 33: Endings –ff, –ll, –ss, and –zz

Unit 34: Getting Stronger: Vowels, Plurals, and Word Families

Unit 35: Compound Words

Unit 36: Letters & Sounds, Words, and Sentences