Kindergarten 9 Week Plans
FOURTH QUARTER
Units & Special Activities:
Plants
Animals and Insects
Earth Day/Recycle
Transportation
Japan and Kenya
Betsy Ross/Patriotic Symbols
Water-Sink and Float
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)
 Use available technology for reading and writing (K.13)
Mathematics
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Identify and describe one set as having more, fewer, or the same using the concept of
one-to-one correspondence. (K.1)
Tell how many are in the set by counting orally (up to 15). (K.2)
Write the number to tell how many are in the set; count and select the corresponding
number from a group of numbers. (K.2)
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)
Model adding and subtracting whole numbers using up to 10 concrete objects. (K.6)
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 events (K.10)
Identifies, describes, traces, and locates geometric figures regardless of their positions
and orientations in space two objects. (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
Betsy Ross and holidays such as Memorial Day and Independence Day. (K.1)
Describe everyday life in the present and the past and recognize that things change over
time. (K.2)
Use positional words to describe relative locations. (K.3)
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)
Develop awareness and use simple maps and globes. (K.4/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 water flows and has properties. (K.5)
Investigate and understand the basic needs and life processes of plants and animals. (K.7)
Investigate and understand that materials can be reused, recycled, and conserved. (K.11)
Health
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Explain the importance of seeking guidance from parents/guardians and other trusted
adults. (K.5)
Identify expectations for personal behavior in school and social settings. (K.6)