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Less1

PREKINDERGARTEN

OUTCOMES

Listening and Speaking
Reading and Writing
Math

SCIENCE
Social Studies
Theatre
Art
Library
Music
Physical Education


Language Arts Outcomes

Listening and Speaking

• Students will demonstrate positive listening behaviors.

• Students will demonstrate confidence in communicating orally.

• Students will listen and speak for a variety of purposes.

• Students will express themselves appropriately for prekindergarten-age children.

Reading and Writing

• Students will demonstrate an interest in print material.

• Students will construct meaning when observing pictures and listening to a wide variety of literature.

• Students will acquire information about people of the nation and world, including those who are differently abled, through pictures and print.

• Students will represent ideas, experience, and feelings through graphics.

• Students will exhibit knowledge of basic literacy concepts.


MATHEMATICS

PREKINDERGARTEN

 

Outcome 1: Students will demonstrate a positive attitude toward mathematics.

Outcome 2: Using concrete objects, students will represent, compare, and order quantities 0 to 8 and associate them with their corresponding symbols.

Outcome 3: Students will place objects and their bodies in specified positions (relative to other objects) in order to complete a task.

Outcome 4: Students will classify two- and three-dimensional objects on the basis of their geometric attributes, and will find examples of them in the everyday world.

Outcome 5: Students will make relative comparisons among objects and events in the environment on the basis of size, length, height, weight, time, temperature, and cost.

Outcome 6: Students will acquire strategies for solving mathematical problems.

Outcome 7: Students will listen, speak, read, and write to acquire and demonstrate mathematical concepts in the area of quantity, geometry, and measurement.

 


SCIENCE

PREKINDERGARTEN

Concepts of Science

• In life science, students will demonstrate their acquisition and integration of body systems and biological variation.

• In physical science, students will demonstrate their acquisition and integration of the concept of cause and effect by observing and describing changes in liquids.

• In earth/space science, students will demonstrate their acquisition and integration of the concept of classification and will acquire information about science and the habits of mind characteristic of scientists.

Attitudes

• Students will demonstrate a positive attitude toward science and gain confidence in the ability to practice science by participating in teacher-guided activities and choosing science-related experiences as self-directed activities.

Nature of Science

• Students will demonstrate the ability to interpret and explain information generated by the exploration of scientific phenomena by examining their predictions in light of the findings from their investigations.

Habits of Mind

• Students will demonstrate ways of thinking and acting inherent in the practice of science by exhibiting curiosity, persisting with an investigation, and reflecting upon the sources of their ideas and understandings.

Processes

• Students will experiment with a variety of methods and materials to conduct scientific investigations.

Applications

• Students will apply science by brainstorming and acting on ways to use their knowledge to benefit others and the environment.

 


SOCIAL STUDIES

PREKINDERGARTEN

 

Political Systems

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the historical development and current status of the principles, institutions, and processes of political systems by helping to develop and following procedures for working harmoniously together in the classroom.

Understanding and Attitudes

• Students will demonstrate attainment of understandings and attitudes needed to secure a reasoned commitment to human dignity, justice, and democratic processes by exhibiting appropriate interpersonal behaviors in school and cooperating with peers to identify, plan, and carry out a project that contributes to the well-being of the school or community.

Valuing Self and Others

• Students will demonstrate attainment of a positive self-concept and empathy toward others by using information about self and family to gain insight into the needs, capabilities, and responsibilities of people at different stages in the life cycle.

Peoples of the Nation and World

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the history, diversity, and commonality of people by describing how their daily routines and activities are similar to and different from those of children in other times and places in the nation.

Geography

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of geographic concepts by collaborating with peers to establish learning centers and work areas in the classroom and investigating how land and water are used, polluted, and consumed.

 

Economics

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the historical development and current status of economic principles, institutions, and processes by distinguishing between wants and needs and using multiple means to obtain goods that are wanted or needed.

Skills and Processes

• Students will demonstrate the ability individually and as part of an interactive group to gather and interpret data and use it to resolve problems related to social issues of personal relevance.


 

ART EDUCATION

PREKINDERGARTEN

 

Outcome 1: Students will perceive and respond to ideas, images, forms, experiences, and the environment through the visual arts.

Outcome 2: Students will recognize the visual arts as a vehicle of expression for individuals and social groups throughout history.

Outcome 3: Students will demonstrate the attitudes and skills required to organize concepts and ideas for creative expression.


 

THEATER

Performance

• Students will use knowledge, techniques, and materials to perform and produce theatrically.

Aesthetics

• Students will perceive and respond to experiences in the theater arts.


 

LIBRARY MEDIA EDUCATION
PREKINDERGARTEN

 

Outcome 1: Students will demonstrate the ability to locate and use materials and equipment in the classroom.

Outcome 2: Students will acquire and apply critical thinking skills and strategies.

Outcome 3: Students will demonstrate an interest in and appreciation for books and their creators by voluntarily exploring and responding to literature reflecting a variety of genres, forms, and cultures.

Outcome 4: Students will examine, comprehend, and create print and non-print materials.

 


MUSIC AND DANCE EDUCATION

PREKINDERGARTEN

 

Music

• Students will respond to the elements of music through performance.

Dance

• Students will use knowledge, feelings, and a variety of technical skills to move creatively.

• Students will listen to and perform music from everyday life around the world.

• Students will use the expressive elements of music and dance


 

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

PREKINDERGARTEN

 

Fine Motor

Students will use fine motor and eye-hand coordination skills with adequate proficiency to participate fully in daily program activities.

Large Motor

Outcome 1: Students will move effectively, efficiently, and creatively by integrating movement concepts into their skill development. (Psychomotor)

• Demonstrate clear contrasts between fast/slow, gradual/sudden, erratic/sustained movements while stationary and traveling.

• Move in ways that show variation in flow (smooth/jerky and free/restricted).

• Move on different paths (backward/forward, diagonal, left/right, straight/curved).

• Move body parts in unison, sequence, and opposition.

• Travel in different ways in a large group without bumping into others or falling.

• Demonstrate a movement series required to complete a given task.

Outcome 2: Students will exhibit competence in a variety of locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative skills performed individually and in groups. (Psychomotor)

• Spontaneously, in response to verbal cues, and with or without musical accompaniment, execute fundamental locomotor skills such as: hopping, jumping, walking, climbing, running, sliding.

• Kick, roll, and toss a ball; catch a ball that has bounced once; throw overhand and underhand.

• Perform egg, log, and pencil rolls.

 

• Walk forward on a low balance beam.

• Spontaneously, in response to verbal cues, and with or without musical accompaniment, execute stability movements: bend, sway, turn, stretch, twist, kneel, swing, hang.

• Jump a swinging rope held by others.

Outcome 3: Students will demonstrate an appropriate level of physical fitness consistent with their individual potential. (Psychomotor)

• Engage in regular daily, active, and rigorous play utilizing large muscles.

• Complete an obstacle course that requires a combination of running, walking, climbing, and lifting.

• Hang by hands.

Outcome 4: Students will display a knowledge of motor skills, rules, and strategies that supports safe and effective performance in physical activities. (Cognitive)

• Recognize locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

• Identify the object of a simple game and tell how it is achieved.

• Identify safety hazards and safe playing areas at school and home.

• List types of clothing and accessories that promote safe participation in physical activities.

• State reasons for safe and controlled movements.

Outcome 5: Students will design personal fitness programs based on fitness principles and a recognition of the health benefits of physical activity. (Cognitive)

• Respond to basic psychomotor and fitness-related terms.

• Identify some changes in the body during physical activity.

• Identify a few common exercises and perform them properly.

• Develop a locomotor pattern, perform it vigorously, and discuss the effects on their bodies.

 

Outcome 6: Students will employ critical and creative thinking skills and strategies. (Cognitive)

• Solve movement problems involving the use of specific body parts, i.e., nose, ear, elbow, knee, shoulder.

• Explore and identify ways various pieces of equipment can be used.

• Explain the differences between demonstrated movement patterns involving directionality terms.

Outcome 7: Students will display enjoyment and a positive self concept through opportunities to participate successfully in sport, fitness, and creative movement experiences. (Affective)

• Engage in physical activities with peers for fun.

• Express pride in their physical efforts, capabilities, and accomplishments.

• Seek opportunities to use their movement skills.

Outcome 8: Students will show an appreciation of individual differences and the beneficial relationships that can be established and enhanced through physical activity experiences. (Affective)

• Take turns and share equipment.

• Interact cooperatively with peers.

• Provide assistance to peers who request help.

Outcome 9: Students will demonstrate personal autonomy, responsibility, honesty, and a positive competitive spirit while working respectfully and cooperatively with others. (Affective)

• Willingly listen to and follow directions for playing a game or performing a psychomotor skill.

• Display pride in trying, persevering, or completing a task successfully.

• Express positive feelings that result from participating in physical activity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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