Pre-K Through Grade 5: The Formative Years
Pre-Kindergarten
Pre-K is where children begin to develop a relationship with learning and, through play, develop early knowledge about the world. Children focus on skills needed for reading, expanding their vocabularies, learning about numbers and solving math problems, and hands-on learning in social studies and science. They also continue developing their social and emotional skills.
Kindergarten
The kindergarten classroom stimulates children's curiosity to learn more about the world around them. It's the job of the teacher to help children become comfortable working in a classroom setting and to introduce some basic literacy and math-related skills.
1st Through 5th Grades
Elementary children learn important skills and knowledge through direct instruction from their teachers, opportunities for problem solving, and independent mastery. Instructional technology is used to engage students in critical thinking, research using approved resources, and communication of their ideas. Children develop concepts and knowledge in:
View the "Welcome to Elementary School" video.
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{Pre-Kindergarten - Grade 5}
For content area overviews, choose from the sections at the left.
Ask principals and teachers about the curriculum and teaching strategies.
Visit FCPSTeach, a valuable source for complete information about the FCPS curriculum. Here you can obtain details about a specific content area by clicking on the appropriate link to the left. For copyright reasons, some parts of this site are accessible only to authorized educators; these password-protected links appear under the "Secured Area" heading on each discipline's page.
Read Fitting the Pieces Together
Child Development Pre-K to 5th Grade, guides for Parents
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