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Kindergarten — Year Plan

Age focus: ~5–6

Goal by June: Read simple CVC words, write letters, count/compare to 20, know personal info & basic money, map of home/state basics

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Year outcomes (must-have)

Literacy

• - Name & write Aa–Zz
• - 25+ letter–sound correspondences
• - Blend & read CVC words (cat, mop, sun)
• - Spell simple CVC with finger-tapping sounds
• - Listen to read-alouds and retell beginning/middle/end

Math

• - Count to 100 by 1s; to 20 with one-to-one
• - Compare more/less/same
• - Add/subtract within 5 (then 10) with objects
• - Name shapes; simple patterns
• - Coins: penny & nickel recognition

Science

• - Seasons, weather journal
• - Plants need water/light
• - Animals & habitats (basic)
• - Five senses experiments

STEM (included)

• - Unplugged computational thinking: sequences, debug-the-robot-parent
• - Engineering: 5-block tower (ask → build → improve) starting Week 1
• - Science stays senses / weather / plants — not mixed with flag-and-jobs social studies
• - AI literacy (gentle): a computer only does the steps you give it

History / Geography

• - Family timeline
• - Community helpers
• - US flag / map of the United States (and optional home-state map)
• - Continents intro (7)

Life Skills

• - Full name, age, parent phone (memorize)
• - Handwashing, table manners
• - Sort laundry colors; set napkin/fork
• - Penny counting games

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36-week overview

| Weeks | Literacy focus | Math focus | Theme |

|-------|----------------|------------|-------|

| 1–4 | Letters m,a,t,s,p,i + handwriting | Count 0–10, compare | Me & my home |

| 5–8 | n,d,g,o,c,k + CVC start | Numbers to 15; +1/−1 | Neighborhood |

| 9–12 | e,u,r,h,b,f,l + digraph intro | Numbers to 20; add within 5 | Weather & seasons |

| 13–16 | j,v,w,x,y,z + fluency games | Add/sub within 10 objects | Plants |

| 17–20 | Review all sounds; CVC mastery | Shapes & patterns | Animals |

| 21–24 | Blends (st, sp) light intro | Teen numbers; 10-frames | Maps & home-state geography |

| 25–28 | Decodable sentences | Money: pennies | Community |

| 29–32 | Fluency + writing words | Measure with cubes | Kitchen science |

| 33–36 | Capstone readers | Mastery review + games | Life skills fair |

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Sample — Week 1, Day 1

Literacy (20 min) — Letter Mm / sound /m/

Visual: Mouth closed, hum /m/ with picture of milk & mouse

I do: “This is M. Sound /m/. Watch my mouth.”

We do: Trace M in air ×5, say /m/

You do: Trace worksheet Mm; find 3 objects that start with /m/

Review: none yet

Math (15 min) — Count to 5

Concrete: 5 beans

Script: Touch each bean → say number. Shuffle → recount.

You do: Make piles of 3 and 5; which is more?

Life Skills (10 min)

Practice saying full name clearly 3 times. Parent records on phone for pride playback.

Science (10 min)

Go outside. Child names 3 things they see, 3 they hear (senses).

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Weekly mastery check (Friday)

1. 1. Point to Mm — what sound?
2. 2. Write Mm
3. 3. Count 7 objects
4. 4. Say full name

Pass: 3/4 correct → continue Week 2

Fail: repeat Day 3–4 of Week 1

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Full week scripts & flashcards

• - 36-week scripts: weeks/week-01 (week-01.md … week-36.md)
• - Phonics flashcards (printable): flashcards/ — open index.html, see README.md for I/We/You use
• - Regenerate weeks: python3 tools/generate_kindergarten_weeks.py

Materials list (home)

Pencil, crayons, 20 counters, paper, scissors, glue stick, US / home-state map printout (Week 21+), printed flashcards