K5 Fifth Year Kindergarten

Scripture Study and Spiritual Growth

• Able to pray without relying on memorized prayers.
• Actively participating in family home evening.
• Actively involved in service.
• Has "quiet time" with childrens scripture books; looking at the pictures and reading simple stories.
• Memorizing longer passages of scripture.
• Very familiar with major scripture characters and stories as well as doctrine and character traits.

Language Art

• Phonics skills increased to include the following: 1) Ending double consonants; help jump belt sand 2)The letter S added to the end of words to make plurals; cats dogs goats nuts 3) 's added to words to show possession; Ann's cat's Bob's 4) Consonant blends; st bl str cl sh ch tr sw etc. 5) Single vowel that is long; he me she so etc. 6) Long vowel sound with the letter y; ay as in pray 7)The letter Y making the long sound of i; fly sky etc.
• The addition of the sight word "to"
• Reading short, simple readers.
• Grammar skills include recognizing that sentences start with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark or exclamation point.
• Understands rhyming words.
• Handwriting skills includes copying words and sentences as well as some writing from dictation.
• Many poems committed to memory.
• Library skills include proper conduct, book care, role of the librarian, book selection and checkout procedure. Child should have their own library card, (if your library permits it).
• Presentation of short speeches, (show and tell).
• Can retell stories in his own words.
• Good use of synonyms; i.e couch, sofa; trash, garbage, etc.
• Can make up a logical ending to a story.
• Recites full name, full address and telephone number as well as parents full names.

Arithmetic

• Can count by 2's, 5's and 10's.
• Knows the ordinal numbers first-tenth.
• Recognizes number words from one-ten.
• Writes numbers to 100 from memory.
• Understands greater than and less than.
• Simple story problems.
• Addition and subtraction through 10.
• Measurements; can measure with a ruler and understands longer and shorter and heavier and lighter.
• Can tell time on an analog clock to the quarter hour. Can read a digital clock correctly.

Science/Social Studies/Health

• Understands the five senses.
• Knows weather terms.
• Knows the seasons.
• Knows about the various holidays.
• Knows about the American flag.
• Can recite the Pledge Of Allegiance.
• Beginning map skills; recognizes the United States and his home state.
• Understands the parts of a community; bank, post office, fire station, police station, etc.

Basic Readiness

• Knows the names of days, months, holidays.
• Understands today, yesterday and tomorrow.
• Understands a calendar.
• Computer skills: Able to run programs without assistance, familiar with keyboard layout, uses the mouse without difficulty, computer terms, computer respect and care.

Arts and Crafts

• Mixing of colors to get new colors.
• Explains the story behind own art work.
• Appreciation of art work of others.
• Introduction to the different types of art forms, painting, sculpting etc.
• Introduction to the art of different cultures.

Music

• Playing of simple musical instruments.
• Beginning music reading skills.
• Listening to different styles of music including the music of different cultures. (Perhaps learning a few simple songs in different languages)
• Exploration of music as a ministry.
• Improved singing skills; timing, proper loudness, proper posture.

Physical Education

• Rules of games.
• Sportsmanship.
• Care of outdoor equipment.
• Safety.
• Relationship between activity, rest and nourishment to promote a healthy lifestyle.

Manners and Helping

• Understands that every family member is expected to contribute to the household activities.
• Willingly and cheerfully helps with the household chores. (Children naturally enjoy helping. Parents need to encourage this!)
• Increasing responsibility.
• Girls should learning kitchen safety and helping with the cooking. Boys should be helping dad with the outside activities; yard work, car maintenance etc. (I strongly advocate teaching life skills early on! Although some may accuse me of being in the dark ages in regard to male and female roles, I believe that the Bible teaches these role differences!)
• Proper behavior in different settings and at different functions, i.e, out in public, at friends houses, at a store, at church, when guests are visiting, etc.
• Should be using good manners consistently without reminding.
• Should be consistent with regular routines without reminding; for example, after getting up in the morning the child should remember to get dressed, make the bed, brush hair etc before coming to breakfast.

Personal Care

• Able to take care of all personal hygiene needs without assistance. (However, parents should continue to watch the child brush their teeth until age six to ensure the child consistently brushes correctly).