Kindergarten at Evergreen Elementary!

The most important year of your child’s education.

A Typical Day In Kindergarten Includes:

CalendarPhonemic AwarenessWhole group reading lessonsReading Centers/ Guided ReadingWritingMathScience/Social StudiesDevelopmental Centers

CalendarPatterningNumber recognitionNumber senseCounting to 100 by

1’s and 10’sConcepts of more,

lessPlace valueGraphingData analysis

FUNDATIONS•Letter recognition•Letter-sound relationships•Letter formation•Blending: c-a-t=cat•Segmenting: dog=d-o-g•Sight words•Uses visual, auditory and kinesthetic approaches

Songs used to teach rhyming, Songs used to teach rhyming, segmenting, letter sound awareness, segmenting, letter sound awareness, even how to spell sight wordseven how to spell sight words

Involves games that teach and use Involves games that teach and use movement as well as hands on which movement as well as hands on which are developmentally appropriateare developmentally appropriate

Scaffolding of skills Scaffolding of skills

Reading CentersIndependent

activities that focus on current skills

Students have an assignment then free exploration

Centers include: Reading, Writing, Listening, Computers and ABC/Word Play

Guided Reading GroupsAbility based grouping and lessonsDesigned to take your child from current

ability level and build upon those skillsEarly focus is pre-reading skills that

include: rhyming, letter recognition, sound recognition and application

Books are chosen that help to build reading strategies , decoding skills, and comprehension

Meet with teacher or para-educator daily

Lunch TimeStudents make

their own choices of entrée and sides.

A combination of 3 fruit and vegetable choices

40 minutesResponsible for

care of area and lunchbox

WritingDevelopmental in

stagesLettersLetter stringsCopying wordsInvented/ Sound

spellingSentences on topic

with conventions

MathHands on with

manipulativesTeach students to

recognize strategies used to solve problems in order to explain how got to the answer

Lessons include focus, whole group, math workshop, discussion and practice

Math SkillsNumber recognitionNumber sense- what

makes that number what it is

Number formationShapes- 2-D and 3-

dimensionalTime conceptsMoney: coins and

values

Patterning- recognizing, extending, and creating

GraphingData analysisComparisonMeasurement: using

non-standard unitsAttributes

Science/ Social StudiesScience

WeatherSun, Moon, StarsHabitatsLife CyclesSoundMotionLandforms

Social StudiesRulesCitizenshipPatriotic symbolsEconomicsGeography-

landforms/ mapsTraditions/ Holidays

Developmental CentersPlaying to learnBuildingLegosArtComputersPuzzlesReadingMathScience

What does that mean for my kindergartener?

The bar has been raised and we are

going for the gold.

Reading and Language Arts

AttendanceVery important to be IN schoolArrive ON timeCan greatly impact student progressSchedule doctor appointments and vacations

around the school day/ yearCalendar available on SMCPS website to aid

planning

Together we can build a solid foundation!