Montessori Homeschoolers Kindergarten Class-ELA, Math, Science, Phonics(5x/Week)

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Shooting Star Academy’s full curriculum Kindergarten class gives learners a complete classroom experience with handwriting, science, storytime, beginning linguistics in Spanish, English Language Arts, and Montessori math. Our teachers work hard to ensure each student’s needs are met, and we love helping children improve all of their scholastic skills!

Each lesson begins with calendar time, charting the weather, sharing time, and warm-up songs. 

English days consist of Montessori handwriting with a sand tray (or appropriate substitute), Animal Alphabet Phonics, beginning Spanish concepts (like “what day of the week is it?”, or “what is the most common weather type in class?”), and/or story time. 

Science days incorporate STEM projects or experimental worksheets that will be based on our monthly themes. Projects will be completed once per month, and we will work on matching, identifying, and classifying the other weeks. 

Math days use a variety of techniques between Montessori and Reggio Emilia. This age group will have topics that range from counting to 20 all the way to fractions and telling time. We will use several manipulatives over the course of the year which will be posted as necessary over the course of the year. 

All manipulatives will be provided weekly to the student and parents in the classroom tab by the assigned teacher the Sunday before scheduled classes to give families time to prepare.

One scheduled week is taught as follows:

Monday: Science Exploration
Tuesday: Math Concepts
Wednesday: Storytime, Phonics, beginning reading, 
Thursday: Math Concepts
Friday: Handwriting practice, basic grammar, and story retelling

Here are samples of the curriculum for one week:

Week of October 31: Spirit Week!
Monday: Science “Monster Potions and Molecules” presentation (dress up day) 
Tuesday: Math - Counting up to 100. Two digit adding and subtracting (wacky hair day)
Wednesday: Story time “My first book of five senses”,** Animal Alphabet Phonics, pink series words (snack show and tell)
Thursday: Counting up to 100. Two digit adding and subtracting (inside out day)
Friday: writing nouns and articles, Spanish - ”the eyes” (pajama day)


**WE TAKE OFF ONE WEEK IN NOVEMBER, TWO WEEKS AT THE END OF DECEMBER, AND ONE WEEK IN APRIL. WE ALSO DO NOT HAVE CLASS ON US NATIONAL HOLIDAYS. THESE WEEKS ARE SKIPPED AND THE DAYS ARE REFUNDED.**


The monthly themes are:

January - Birthdays/Human Body
February - Friendship/States of Matter
March - Farm/All About Plants
April - Weather/Types of Weather
May - Rainforest Exploration/Insects
(Summer classes run from June-August)
September - Camping/Forest 
October - Professions/The Five Senses
November - Space/Outer Space
December - Winter!/Arctic and Polar Animals

*A full book schedule is included in the Supply list section.
**TEACHERS WILL BE READING THESE BOOKS IN CLASS, YOU DO NOT NEED TO PURCHASE THEM. THEY MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.