Kindergarten Orientation
Waugh Chapel Elementary School
June 5, 2017
Today’s Agenda
• Introductions of Teachers/Staff
• All About Waugh Chapel
• Beginning the Journey:
–What You’ll Need to Know
–What Your Students will Need
• What Your Students Will Do
– Schedule
• What Your Students will Learn
– Curriculum
Introductions
• Principal/Asst. Principal
– Mrs. Cheryl Cox
– Mrs. Lori Austin
• School Counselor
– Mrs. Kim Patterson
• Reading Teacher
– Mrs. Janet Doherty
• Kindergarten Teachers
– Ms. Teresa Abbott
– Mrs. Kim Fitzmaurice
– Mrs. Terese Sehgal
– Mrs. Kristen Shorter
– Mrs. Charlotte Rupprecht
• Kindergarten Teaching
Assistants
– Ms. Kadiatu Soumah-Murdock
– Mr. Romel Williams
• Health Room
– Mrs. Linda Grierson, School
Nurse
• School Counseling Program 2017/2018
Classroom Counseling Lessons • Grades K through 5th will receive a lesson each month based
on the needs of the students and the AACo. Essential Counseling Curriculum Small Group Counseling (Lunch Bunch) • Small groups will be held during lunch and recess periods once a week for 6 to 8 weeks • Small group topics will be based on the needs of the students and input from teachers and parents
(Topics include…anger management, study skills, divorce, family related issues, social skills, friendship, etc.)
• Small groups will begin in October • Parents may contact Mrs. Patterson directly to refer their child for a group
Mrs. Kim Patterson
School Counselor
[email protected] 410-222-6542
Independence Productive Struggle
Social Skills
Watch D.O.G.S.
• Purpose is to bring positive male role models into the building to
provide security and support.
(Dads, stepdads, uncles, granddads, male guardians, etc…)
• Assignment is to volunteer at least one day or even part of a day
to perform tasks such as:
– monitoring the school entrance
– assisting with unloading and loading of buses and cars
– monitoring the lunch room
– most importantly helping in the classroom with the teacher’s
guidance by working with small groups on homework,
flashcards, and spelling to name a few
Once they’re here…
Health Room
• Staff
– Mrs. Linda Grierson, School Nurse
– Ms. Sandra Vogel, Health Assistant
• Immunizations
• Medications
• Allergies/other health concerns
• Extra clothes (to be kept in student’s locker)
Let’s Begin the Journey
• Getting to School
– Walkers
– Car Riders
– Bus Riders
• Bus routes can be found
for the upcoming school
year on aacps.org.
• Attendance
– All absences require a parent
note within three days of
returning to school.
– After 3 consecutive absences, a
doctor’s note is required.
– A ½ day absence occurs 2
hours before dismissal and 2
hours after dismissal.
All About Waugh Chapel
Elementary! There is always lots going on at Waugh Chapel! Stay
updated 3 different ways!
Our Website:
Aacps.org/aacps/waughces
Let’s Begin the Journey
Start of the School Year:
• August Kindergarten Conferences
– September 5th and 6th
• Staggered Opening for Kindergarten students
• September 7th, 8th and 11th
– First Full Day of School for Kindergarten students:
September 12th!
Let’s Begin the Journey
Supply List
– See handout in Folder
– Please make note of what to label with your student’s
name.
• Waugh Chapel Red Folder
Once they’re here…
• Lunch
– Full price: $2.75
– Reduced price/free
lunch: Found online this
year!
– Students’ lunches have
a whole grain, protein,
dairy, fruit, and a
vegetable.
– Breakfast: $1.50
• Snack – Kindergarten morning can
be very long with their usual
late lunch time.
– Please help by sending your
student to school with a
healthy snack to provide that
boost of energy to get them
through the day! It goes in a
pencil case, as stated on the
supply list.
Once they’re here… A Sample Kindergarten Schedule
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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Before Bell Breakfast
10 mins Morning Mission Launch: Welcome and Introduction to Exploration Question
10 mins Shared Reading
30 mins Social Studies & Science: Literacy Threads & Learning Experiences
20 mins Move, Move, Move!: Healthy Minds & Bodies
15 mins Foundational Literacy Skills
60 mins Guided Reading & Literacy Centers: Literacy Supports, Exploration, and Application of Content
45 mins Lunch & Recess
60 mins Mathematics with STEM Applications
45 mins Interactive Read Aloud (15 mins)
Writing Workshop: Units of Study (30 mins)
25 mins Developmental Centers & Structured Play
60 mins Cultural Arts: P.E., Music, Art, Media, Integrated Technology, STEM, Extended Literacy
5 mins Mission Debrief & Discussion: Synthesize Daily Learning Aligned to Exploration Question
After Bell Prepare for Dismissal & Dismissal
We are an IB/PYP School!
What will they learn?
End of the year expectations
• Reading: Sight Words
What will they learn?
End of the Year Expectations
• Reading: Instructional Reading Level
Level D: Meeting
Expectations for the
End of the Year
What will they learn?
What does a ‘Level D’ look like?
Students can:
• Blend sounds of short words
• Use word chunks to predict
and check meaning of words
• Use highly descriptive pictures
to read unknown words
• Large sight word vocabulary
• Moves away from using finger
to point to words
• Reads in phrases rather than
word-by-word
What will they learn?
Math
• Counting and Cardinality
– Count to 100 by ones and by tens—not just beginning at 1.
– Write numbers from 0 to 20.
• Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of
no objects).
– Understand that when counting a set, the last number represents the total
number of the objects in the set.
– Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things
• given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects.
– Greater than, less than, or equal to (objects in two groups)
– Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.
What will they learn?
Math
• Operations & Algebraic Thinking
– Represent addition and subtraction with a variety of
objects (fingers, objects, drawings, etc).
– Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add
and subtract within 10.
– For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes
10 when added to the given number.
– Fluently add and subtract within 5.
What will they learn?
Math
• Number and Operations in Base Ten
– Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and
some further ones.
• Measurement & Data
– Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight.
– Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in
common.
• For example, directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child
as taller/shorter.
What will they learn?
Geometry
• Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and
describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above,
below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to.
• Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.
Identify and describe shapes (squares, circles, triangles, rectangles,
hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres).
• Identify shapes as two-dimensional (lying in a plane, “flat”) or three-
dimensional (“solid”).
• Analyze, compare, create, and compose shape
Camp Woodlands
• Chaperones will be needed.
• Background check can be found online:
• http://www.aacps.org/chaperone/
Only parents with a cleared background check will
be able to attend.
Your Homework:Things to
Practice over the Summer!
• Learn how to put on a jacket
• Going to the bathroom independently
• Opening snack items
• Writing their first name
• Using a tissue
• Leaving your child with a trusted adult
• Moving away from naptime
• Sitting for ten minutes
Wrap-Up
Questions???