Kindergarten 9 Week Plans
THIRD QUARTER
Units & Special Activities:
Winter
Shadows
Dental Health
Presidents Day: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln
Senses
Language Arts: Reading
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Hold print materials in the correct position and distinguish between print and pictures
(K.5)
Identify the front cover, back cover, and title of a book
Read and explain own writing and drawings (K.6)
Recognize all letter and produce letter sounds (K.7)
Identify beginning sounds of words (K.7)
Uses finger to accurately track words in familiar text (K.7)
Listen to a variety of literacy forms including stories and poems and discuss meanings of
words (K.8)
Identify the roles of author and illustrator and use story language in discussions and
retellings (K.9)
Make predictions about stories (K.10)
Language Arts: Oral Communication and Writing
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Listen to a variety of literary forms, including stories and poems. (K.1)
Develop and expand vocabulary. (K.2)
Contribute appropriately and meaningfully to group discussions and express ideas,
thoughts, and feelings orally. (K.3)
 Discriminate between spoken sentences, words, and syllables; identify and produce
words that rhyme; and identify words according to shared beginning and/or ending
sounds. (K.4)
 Print uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet independently and write first and
last name (K.11)
 Draw pictures and/or use letters and phonetically spelled words to write about
experiences, stories, people, objects, or events (K.12)
Mathematics
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Identify the ordinal position of each object (first through tenth) (K.3)
Count by 1’s, 5’s and 10’s to 100. (K.4)
Identify parts of a set or region that represent fractions (halves/fourths). (K.5)
Recognize coins, determine coin values, and counts coins to 10 cents. (K.7)
Identify instruments used to measure length, weight, time, and temperature and their
functions. (K.8 )
Telling time to the hour. (K.9)
Measure and compare two objects or events (K.10)
Identifies, describes, traces, and locates geometric figures and compares the size and
shape of plane geometric figures(K.11/K.12)
Gather and display data by counting, tallying, and graphing. (K.13/K.14)
Sort and classify objects according to attributes. (K.15)
Identify, describe, and extend repeating patterns. (K.16)
Social Studies & Social Development
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Recognize that history describes events and people of other times and places, such as
Abraham Lincoln and George Washington (K.1)
Identify simple maps to explain how they are used and why they are important and to use
positional words to describe relative locations (near/far, above/below, behind, in front)
(K.3-K.5)
Demonstrate attributes of a good citizen (K.8)
Recognize the American flag, the Pledge of Allegiance and know that the President is the
leader of the United States (K.9)
Science
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Conduct investigations, make observations and draw conclusions (K.1)
Investigate and understand that students have senses to allow them to explore their world
(K.2)
Investigate and understand that the position, motion, and physical properties of an object
can be described (K.4)
Investigate and understand that shadows occur when light is blocked by an object (K.8)
Health
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Understand the concept of being healthy, including positive and negative emotions,
personal hygiene practices, and the effects of germs (K.2)