Curriculum

Grade K

Science

• The human body and 5 senses
• Animals and their habitats
• Living and non-living
• Weather and climate

Social Studies

• Fairness and justice
• Timelines
• Our Country
• Our World
• Junior Olympics – Israel

Mathematics

• Exploration of numbers to 20
• Addition and subtraction within 10, fluently within 5
• Measurement
• Identify, describe, compare and create geometric shapes

Reading/Literature

• Concepts of print
• Phonemic awareness
• Letter-sound relationships
• Phonics and word recognition
• Vocabulary acquisition and use
• Speaking and listening skills

Spelling and Writing

• Learning manuscript letters and their sounds
• Conventions of print
• Writers workshop: developing the life-long skill of communicating ideas through drawings and words

Religion

• Knowledge of the faith
• Liturgical education
• Moral education
• Prayer
• Church and community life
• Missionary spirit