Tanque Verde Lutheran Kindergarten Curriculum
We are excited about our Kindergarten curriculum! It will include Language Arts (Reading/Writing/Literature/Phonics), Science, Social Studies, Math, Health/P.E., The Arts (Music, Drama, and Art), and Foreign Language (exposure to Spanish). The 'Desert' will be our central theme for the year and will be interwoven throughout the curriculum. It will be incorporated in our Language Arts (using The Jolly Phonics Curriculum, making individual books, Creative writing), Math (Using the Saxson Math Program, along with number and counting activities), Science (Ecology, water conservation, rocks and fossils, plants and animals), Health (sun safety), and Social Studies (Arizona Native American culture, United States and the World). A Field Trip to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum will culminate our year. We will be using the D'Nealian (Modern Manuscript) method of writing. We follow State guidelines for our curriculum.
Kindergarten 2007-2008 Calendar
| Tue., Aug. 14 | School Starts |
| Mon., Sept. 3 | No School (Labor Day) |
| Thurs., Sept. 6 | Open House 6:30-7:30 |
| Fri., Sept. 7 | Grandparents Day 1:30 |
| Mon.-Fri. Sept. 18-22 | Book Fair |
| Thurs., Oct. 4 | Picture Day |
| Fri., Oct. 12 | No School |
| Fri., Oct. 19 | 1st Quarter Conferences |
| Mon., Nov. 12 | No School (Veteran's Day) |
| Fri., Nov. 16 | Picture Day - (2nd retake) |
| TH/Fri., Nov. 22 & 23 | No School (Thanksgiving Holiday) | Thurs., Dec. 20 | Christmas Chapel 1:30-2:30 |
| Fri., Dec. 21 - Jan. 4 | No School (Christmas Holiday) |
| Mon., Jan. 7 | School Resumes |
| Mon., Jan. 21 | No School (Martin Luther King Day) |
| Mon., Feb. 4 | 2008-09 Registration for all Preschool Children and Kindergarten |
| Sun., Feb. 10 | Preschool/Kindergarten Sunday (11:00am) |
| Th/Fri. Feb. 21 & 22 | No School (Rodeo Holiday) |
| Fri. Mar. 7 | All School Field Day |
| Fri., Mar. 14 | 3rd Quarter Conferences |
| W/TH/F/M, March 19,20,21, & 24 | No School (Easter Holiday) |
| Fri., April 25 | Dad's Dessert 1:30-2:30 |
| Fri., May 9 | Mother's Day Tea 1:30-2:30 |
| Fri., May 22 | Last Day of School and End of the Year Celebration 6:30 |