The Alpha Prek 4 Program is a full time 5 day schedule with aftercare available.

In the Alpha 4 Class  students begin to cement a strong foundation for their life long educational pursuits.  During this year, an advance level of learning and challenges will provide our students with skills.  It is an exciting time for the Pre-K 4 students as they begin to interact with children outside their classroom and join the larger school community in play and shared experiences.

Class curricula at St. Johns Grammar School are designed to be flexible and used to meet the needs of the individual student.  Teachers provide curriculum enrichment for each grade level.  The curriculum goals for the Alpha 4 class are listed below:

Social Development

* Works and plays well with other children

* Follows classroom rules

* Follows verbal directions

* Exhibits respect for others

* Participates in group activities

* Shares and takes turns

* Listens quietly

* Cooperates at clean up time

Psychomotor

* Colors with crayons

* Holds pencil to write

* Traces lines, shapes, letters

* Cuts with scissors

* Locates object by name from multiple objects

* Exhibits left to right tracking

* Follows a sequential pattern of movement

* Arranges pictures in a sequential order

* Walks on a balance beam heel-to-toe

* Hops on one foot

* Skips efficiently

* Performs jumping jacks, crawls and crosses mid line

Mathematics

* Count 0 -100

* Identifies numbers 0 - 50 +

* Uses ordinal numbers

* Writes numbers 0 - 20

* Classifies objects by common 1 - 3 attributes

* Demonstrates number to object correspondence

* Constructs sets with more or less

* Identifies geometric shapes circle, square, rectangle

   triangle, oval, diamond, pentagon, hexagon, octagon

* Adds and subtracts numbers 9 - 0

* Reads time to the hour

* Recognizes coins by name

* Practices problem solving

* Uses measurement techniques/ tools

* Constructs simple bar graphs

* Creates sequencing patterns

* Understands the difference between horizontal and vertical

Language

* Recognizes letters and sounds of letters

* Recognizes vowels and vowel sounds

* Blends letters and vowels

* Reads 10 + sight words

* Reads 20 + cvc words

* Identifies by sound rhyming words

* Recognizes opposites, same

* Develops listening skills for story time and

* Following directions (3 part)

* Writes first/last name using capitals/lower case letters

* Recognizes of color and number words

* Sequences events beginning, middle, last

* Counts number of syllables in a given word

Resources

* Spanish

* Art

* Music

* Science

* P.E.

*Sign Language