Grade: Junior Kindergarten Subject: Language Development Division: Preschool    

LEARNING OBJECTIVES SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES

EVALUATION

Strategies for:

Print Concepts • Demonstrate

understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

Phonological Awareness

• Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds

Students will:

• Follow words from left to right, top to bottom and page by page

• Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequence of letters

• Understand that words are separated by spaces in print

• Recognize and name all upper-and lower-case letters of the alphabet

• Recognize and produce

rhyming words

• Count, produce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words

• Blend and segment onset rimes of single-syllable

Use of: • A-Z word building

• Letter sound activities

• Flashcards

• Sight words (Popcorn

Words)

• Word walls

• Games

• Sight word bingo

• Rolio

• Phonics musical chairs

• Word family slides

• Letter sound activities

• Letter shapes

• Picture cues

Use of: Assessments:

• Initial sounds

• Letter sounds

• Character names

• Beginning sounds in words

• Write letter in response to sound

• Word reading accuracy

• Segmentation accuracy

• Letter sound fluency

• Word recognition fluency

How assessments will occur:

• Observation

• Oral assessments

Grade: Junior Kindergarten Subject: Language Development Division: Preschool    

LEARNING OBJECTIVES SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES

EVALUATION

spoken words

• Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes)

• Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words

• White boards

• Phonics vests

• Smartboard

• iPads

• Written assessments

 

Grade: Junior Kindergarten Subject: Science/Social Studies Division: Preschool    

SKILLS LEARNING OBJECTIVES INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES

EVALUATION

Strategies for: SCIENCE

• Student Observation

• Introduction to Research

• Recording Measurement and Data

Students will: SCIENCE

• Learn about the four seasons

• Explore the parts of plants, trees, and flowers

• Learn about the five senses

• Explore magnets

• Identify observable characteristics and behaviors of animals

• Record observations and explanations using pictures, words, or numbers

• Share information, observations, and ideas with others

• Participate in science experiments

Use of: SCIENCE

• Observation

• Exploration • Science journals • Hands-on

experimentation • Partner ”labs” • Mathematics

Use of: SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES

• Teacher observation

• Student participation

• Self-monitoring

Grade: Junior Kindergarten Subject: Science/Social Studies Division: Preschool    

SKILLS LEARNING OBJECTIVES INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES

EVALUATION

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Junior Kindergarten Classroom Expectations and Behaviors

• Student Responsibility

• The World Around Them

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Participate in classroom and community helpers

• Participate in holiday celebrations

• Explore student/classmate responsibilities

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Student participation and

exploration

 

Grade: Junior Kindergarten Subject: Social Emotional Development Division: Preschool    

LEARNING OBJECTIVES SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES

EVALUATION

Students will:

• Express feelings verbally

• Act appropriately

• Gain respect for others

• Be introduced to character education

• Have sense of worth

• Feel a sense of belonging

• Be responsible for making choices

• Gain independence

Strategies for:

• Creating a Caring Community of Learners

• Language Development

• Discovery

• Confidence and Positive

Self-Esteem

Use of:

• Role play

• Recognition

• Choice of activities

• Sharing thoughts and ideas and ideas at circle time

• Active participation in class routines

• Independent use of art and building materials

Use of:

• Teacher observation and recording

 

Grade: Junior Kindergarten Subject: Math Division: Preschool    

SKILLS LEARNING OBJECTIVES INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES

EVALUATION

Strategies for:

• Counting and Cardinality

• Operations and

Algebraic Thinking

• Number and Operations in Base Ten

• Measurement and Data

• Geometry

Students will:

• Know number names and the count sequence

• Count to tell the number of objects

• Compare numbers

• Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from

• Work with numbers 11-

19 to gain foundations for place value

• Describe and compare measurable attributes

• Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category

• Identify and describe

Use of:

• Manipulatives

• Teddy bear counters

• Tangrams

• Connecting cubes

• Geoboards

• Geometric solids

• Graphs

• Real coins

Use of: Assessments

• Identifying and naming shapes

• Counting by 1’s to 100

• Identifying numbers 0-10; sequencing numbers 0-10

• Counting objects in a set; matching sets of objects using one-to-one correspondence

• Matching sets and numbers

• Sorting and identifying the sorting rule

• Copying and extending patterns

• Identifying ordinal position

Grade: Junior Kindergarten Subject: Math Division: Preschool    

SKILLS LEARNING OBJECTIVES INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES

EVALUATION

shapes

• Analyze, compare, create and compose shapes

• Creating a real graph

• Naming the days of the

week; copying geoboard designs

• Identifying a penny, nickel, dime; acting out addition and subtraction stories

• Counting by 10’s to 100; comparing and measuring length

• Counting by 5’s to 50; identifying geometric solids; covering designs using tangrams

 

Grade: Junior Kindergarten Subject: Hebrew Division: Preschool    

LEARNING OBJECTIVES SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES

EVALUATION

Students will:

• Begin to use conversational Hebrew vocabulary

• Be able to answer simple questions such as: who are you? How old are you? Where? What? etc.

• Will learn to recognize and sound out the Hebrew alphabet

• Identify numbers in Hebrew

• Identify colors in Hebrew

• Have informational conversations with peers in Hebrew

Strategies for:

• Be able to verbalize each color and number when asked

• Follow basic directions such as: “come here”, “go there”, “give me”, etc.

• Recognize and say each alphabet letter when asked.

Use of:

• Teacher model/student repeat

• Board games

• Hands on materials

• Puppets

• Variety of letters in different fonts

• Music and movements

• Art projects

Use of:

• Observation

   

Grade: Junior Kindergarten Subject: Judaics/Jewish Holidays Division: Preschool    

LEARNING OBJECTIVES SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES

EVALUATION

Students will: • Understand the tradition

of the Jewish holidays

Strategies for:

• Understand each holiday • Understand how each

holiday was created • Understand the

significance of each holiday

• Understand the values

associated with each holiday

• Understand symbol

associated to each holiday

Use of:

• Role play stories of each holiday

• Visual aids to see each holiday through specific videos

• Listen to music and movement to traditional holiday songs

• Incorporate puppetry and characters for each holiday

• Incorporate traditional food related to each holiday

• Explore each holiday through scientific reasoning

• Incorporate a creative art projects that coincides with each holiday

Use of:

• Asking questions that pertain to the holidays

• Q&A when explaining

what they have learned • Observe students while

they are role-playing

 

Grade: Junior Kindergarten Subject: Judaics/Moral Values Division: Preschool    

LEARNING OBJECTIVES SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES

EVALUATION

Students will: • Understand the moral

values associated with the Jewish tradition

Strategies for:

• Usage of vocabulary such as Mitzvot (good deeds), Kavod (care for people), Hachnasat(care for people) , Orcheem (care for people), and Tzesdakah,(care for people) Tikkum Olam (care for the earth), and Tza’ar Ba’alay (care for animals)

• Understand the important

moral values embedded in vocabulary

Use of:

• Learning and putting together the Mitzvah tree and Mitzvah leaves

• Learning to be a Mitzvah Mench

• Tzedakah boxes

• Participation in Tikkum Olam projects

• Participation of Tza’ar Ba’aly Chayim project (ASPCA)

Use of:

• Students bring in their Mitzvah leaves

• Report completion of

Mitzvah • Students bring Tzedakah • Students talk about their

experiences when they help people

• Students recycle • Students talk about

helping their pets

     

Grade: Junior Kindergarten Subject: Judaics/Shabbat Division: Preschool  

LEARNING OBJECTIVES SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES

EVALUATION

Students will: • Understand the

significance of Shabbat

Strategies for:

• Define Shabbat and understand the traditional meaning

• Begin to understand the

significance of Shabbat • Understand what role

the student plays in Shabbat

• Learn and recite the

blessings • Understand the meaning

and usage of Shabbat shalom friends and family

Use of:

• Participation in weekly Shabbat service

• Interaction with felt board stories and Shabbat books

• Celebrate Shabbat songs on a weekly basis

• Sensory materials pertaining to Shabbat

• Go through cooking challah bread step by step

Use of:

• Inquiry questions about Shabbat

• Observation while

students are participating in Shabbat services

• Observation of student

role-playing with Shabbat materials

     

Grade: Junior Kindergarten Subject: Judaics/Torah Subjects Division: Preschool    

LEARNING OBJECTIVES SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES

EVALUATION

Students will: • Understand the

importance of the Torah

Strategies for:

• Listen to each Torah story and understand the names and concepts incorporated in each Torah story

• Understand the values

related to each Torah story

Use of:

• Reenacting the Torah story using props, puppets, and dress-up

• Use mathematics concepts relating to stories

• Use of music and movement to correlate with each story

• Use of visual and auditory aids

• Creative projects correlating the Torah stories

Use of:

• Whole class discussion with teacher

• Observation of students

during play • Listen to students while

retelling stories

     

Grade: Junior Kindergarten Subject: Music & Movement Division: Preschool    

     

LEARNING OBJECTIVES SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES

EVALUATION

Students will:

• Experience many opportunities to extend their language, musical and physical abilities.

• Be encouraged to sing

songs, listen to recordings, play of circle and movement games.

• Participate in group music and movement activities.

Strategies for:

• Supporting the child’s total development—physical, emotional, social and cognitive

• Providing opportunities for children to choose from among a variety of music and movement activities, materials, and equipment of varying degrees of difficulty

• Allowing children time to explore music and movement through active involvement

• Facilitating learning through active interaction with adults and other children as well as with music and movement materials

Use of:

• Providing plenty of space and time indoors and outdoors

• Allow children to explore

and exercise skills such as running, jumping, galloping, catching a ball, etc.

• Positive and pleasurable

experiences with rhythm and movement will encourage children to repeat these experiences

Use of:

• Systematic observation of behavior as time on task, number of instances of an event or behavior, and participation tendencies over time

• Checklist or reports to

record and describe verbal and nonverbal behavior

• Rating scales to provide

data related to quality of responses, such as degrees of accuracy, originality, or involvement

Grade: Junior Kindergarten Subject: Yoga Division: Preschool    LEARNING OBJECTIVES SKILLS INSTRUCTIONAL

TECHNIQUES EVALUATION

Students will:

• Learn knowledge of the body, body awareness, and its components through manipulating their bodies and maximizing their mobility

• Improve mental and physical health by building muscular strength and increasing physical balance

• Improve mental and physical balance by achieving mental clarity, balance, sense of accomplishment and self-esteem

Strategies for:

• Developing creative thinking skills and encourage original thought

• Developing mental clarity and balance from the effort of trying different poses

• Fostering emotional growth by balancing their emotions, relaxing their minds, and strengthening their concentration through meditation exercises

• Building social skills by working together as a whole class.

Use of:

• Cooperative work through skits, role playing, music, and games

• Presenting the children

with new poses each week

• Positive experiences

with yoga will encourage children to repeat these experiences

Use of:

• The child’s practice and flexibility of yoga poses

• The child’s

demonstration of yoga poses and movements over time

• Systematic observation

of behavior as time on task, number of instances of an event or behavior, and participation tendencies over time