Kindergarten

EL Education - Kindergarten

Kindergarten lesson plans, slideshows, and other resources for the EL Education curriculum

Math - Kindergarten

Math resources, lesson plans and curricular support for kindergarten

Science - Kindergarten

Science resources, including support for FOSS

Early Literacy Central

Assessment materials,

i-Ready guides and SIPPS support

Kindergarten/TK Resources

Kindergarten Common Core Standards
Physical Education and Health Resources PK-2
Early Literacy Central (assessment materials and supports)
Early Literacy Suggested Assessment Calendar

Assessments

Standard English Immersion

Dual Language 90/10

Dual Language 50/50

Other Resources

English Language Arts - Kindergarten

EL Education is the provider of the new ELA curriculum that has been adopted by OUSD for grades K-5, starting in the 2021-22 school year.* The curriculum is standards-based, and relies heavily on fiction and nonfiction trade books. OUSD teachers can find EL Education materials and lesson plans at EL Ed Central. While there are normally four modules in a school year, teachers can opt to teach three modules during this first year of adoption.

* OUSD Dual Language schools use the Benchmark Education curriculum for language instruction.

Fall

Toys and Play

What can we do to make playing together fun? What makes toys fun? Which classroom toy do we prefer and why?

Llama Llama Time to Share by Anna Dewdney
Have Fun, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
Toys Galore by Peter Stein
Playing with Friends by Rebecca Rissman

Winter

Weather Wonders

What is weather? How can I be prepared for any type of weather? What is weather like around the world? How does weather affect people? How can I write a story that teaches my reader about weather?

Umbrella by Taro Yashima
Brave Irene by William Steig
On the Same Day in March: A Tour of the World’s Weather by Marilyn Singer
Weather (National Geographic Readers) by Kristin Baird Rattini)
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Six per Classroom)
Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse
Weather Words and What They Mean by Gail Gibbons

Spring

Trees Are Alive

What do all living things need to live and grow? What do researchers do? How do we know that something is living? How do living things depend on trees to meet their needs?

The Tree in the Ancient Forest by Carol Reed-Jones
What’s Alive? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Are Trees Alive? by Debbie Miller
Be a Friend to Trees by Patricia Lauber

Math - Kindergarten

Eureka Math²(Eureka Math "Squared") is the adopted OUSD curriculum for elementary schools. The curriculum is aligned to California Common Core standards, which describe what students should know and be able to do in each subject in each grade.

Fall

Module 1
Counting and Cardinality

Module 2
Two- and Three-Dimensional Shapes

Winter

Module 3
Comparison

Module 4
Composition and Decomposition

Spring

Module 5
Addition and Subtraction

Module 6

Place Value Foundations

Science - Kindergarten

For elementary science instruction, OUSD uses FOSS (Full Option Science System), a research-based science curriculum developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley. This curriculum emphasizes hands-on activities and is aligned to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The order of the three modules varies from school to school, depending on the rotation of physical science kits at each school site.