Kindergarten

                          Families will also receive a receive a school wide newsletter each month.

  Penny Lane Schools adhere to the Illinois K indergarten Early Learning Standards.
  These standards and quality indicators reflect current knowledge, research findings and shared beliefs about high-quality,
  developmentally appropriate early childhood care and education in the context of programs for kindergarten students and their
  families. “Standards are an essential first step for designing effective curricula since they represent an agreed upon agenda
  for teaching and learning. The Illinois Early Learning Standards Kindergarten are excellent because they recognize the
  interconnectedness of emotional, social, cognitive, and physical development and learning—the whole child. Like all good
  standards, they should be used as the base for reflective teachers as they create learning experiences that build on what
  children already know and capture their interest in learning.” Barbara Bowman President Emeritus Erikson Institute.

We use Teaching Strategies GOLD to create lesson plans, child portfolios and assessment.
You can:
• View your child’s electronic portfolio that includes photos, scanned artwork, and other
electronic samples of his/her interactions at school.
• Complete a developmental survey to assess your child’s progress and view reports on your
child’s development. This survey also helps us to get a complete picture of your child’s skills
and abilities, so that we can better support his/her learning here in the classroom.
• Get personalized activity recommendations for your child that are based on our
assessments of your child’s development. These fun and engaging activities are directly
related to our curriculum, so you can support your child’s learning at home.
• Learn more about child development, our curriculum, early childhood education, and
parenting through an extensive resource center including articles and websites.

Chicago Ridge
Kindergarten Page

Oak Lawn
Kindergarten Page

With research-based lessons,
dynamic activities, rich
problem solving, and built-in
systems for assessment,
intervention and test
preparation, Houghton Mifflin
Math is unmatched as the
program for a new generation
of math learners.

StoryTown is a place where
everyone loves to read.
StoryTown's foundation is
cemented through systematic,
explicit instruction in the key
elements of reading: phonemic
awareness, phonics,
vocabulary, fluency, and text
comprehension. It's built
around a wonderful variety of
nonfiction and fiction-including
news articles, biographies,
research, narratives, poems,
plays, and fantasy. A core
reading program and a guided
reading program with Leveled
Reader System

Our Science provides standards-based
content develops inquiry skills mastery
through scaffolded inquiry. Integrates
powerful reading, writing, and math support.
It makes all students feel like the king of the
jungle!

My World teaches the
foundational skills they need
for long-lasting social
studies success.Students
will study units each with its
own BIG IDEA and core

lessons that correlate with the IL Kindergarten Learning Standards. Units
covered are: Family and Friends (Culture- Groups, Leaders, and Rules), A
Big Wide World (Geography and Economics- People, Places and Jobs),
Long Ago and Today (History- Change Over Time), Our Country, It's a
Great Place (Citizenship-Symbols, Heroes, and Leaders).