KindergartenCurriculum Night

September 13, 2011

Agendas• Main communication between school & home• Transportation changes• Absence notes• Record nightly reading on yellow reading log• Work marked as “Incomplete” or “Please

finish”, etc. should be returned in agenda ASAP

Thursday Folders

• Go home on Thursdays

• Keep all work completed work at home

• Return EMPTY folder on Friday morning

Homework

• Nightly reading – between 15 – 30 minutes. Write the number of minutes spent reading in the agenda and initial

• Can include reading to or reading by your child

• Nightly practice of sight words (must be recognized by “sight” – not sounding out)

• Beginning in October, complete activities on homework calendars

Curriculum• We use the Common Core State Standards for language arts and math (44 states have

adopted this as their curriculum)

• We use the N.C. Standard Course of Study for Science

• We use the N.C. Essential Standards for Social Studies

• The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy.

• Provides consistency across the states. See: http://www.corestandards.org/frequently-asked-questions for more information.

Our Daily Schedule7:30 - 8:00 - Unpack / Morning Enrichment8:00 - 8:15 - Calendar8:15 - 9:00 - Science (M, T, W) S.S. (Thur. Fri.)9:00 - 9:50 - Specials (except Mondays – 2:10 – 3:00)9:50 - 10:00 – Snack10:00 - 12:00 - Literacy (Imagine It! and Workshop)12:00 - 12:30 – Writing12:35 - 1:00 Lunch1:00 – 1:30 – Recess1:30 – 2:45 – Math2:45 – 3:00 – Daily Wrap Up3:00 - Pack Up / Dismissal

Specials

• Monday – Art

• Tuesday – Music

• Wednesday – P.E. (wear tennis shoes. No outdoor recess on this day)

• Thursday – Media (return library books on Wednesdays)

• Friday – Computers/Science Lab

Science Themes(integrated through the general curriculum as much as possible)

• Animals• Plants• Weather (including seasons)• Matter• Moving Right Along (simple machines)• 1 lab lesson in the classroom each week• Science Lab as special every other week

Social Studies Themes

• Families• Unique Individuals• Citizenship• Changes (over time, within the community)• Holidays and special days in the community• Geography (simple maps and symbols)• Economic concepts (wants & needs)• Technology (transportation, media, computers)

Literacy

• Identification of letters & letter sounds• Phonemic awareness: the ability to distinguish

and manipulate individual sounds (phoneme isolation, phoneme identity, phoneme substitution, oral segmenting, oral blending, sound deletion, onset-rime manipulations (i.e. j-ump, st-op, str-ong).

• Listening Comprehension• Sight Words (know by sight – not sounding out)

Literacy Themes

• Off to School• Patterns• Finding Friends• By the Sea• Stick to It• My Shadow• Teamwork• Ready, Set, Grow• Red, White, and Blue• Windy Days

Literacy Workshop

• Small groups that target specific skills (listening comprehension, phonemic awareness, computers, science, words, etc.)

• I meet with small groups 2 times per week, sometimes more, if needed.

Math

• Investigations (hands-on exploration)• Number sense• Problem solving• Counting and cardinality (to 100 by 1’s and 10’s,

write numbers to 20, etc)• Algebra (addition & subtraction)• Number & Operations (place value 11 – 19)• Measurement & Data (compare, graphing)• Geometry (identify 2-D and 3-D shapes, compare)

Writing

• Lucy Caulkins – Writer’s Workshop• Predictable Charts (I am, I see, etc.)• Telling stories through pictures (5 color rule)• Labeling pictures with letters / sounds (inventive

spelling- don’t panic!)• Writing short sentences to tell a story across 3 fingers

(by end of year)• Guided visualizations

What is inventive spelling?Deer pair ants, Ur stoodnt wil b brnging hom riting, doo not b

skaird ov the speling. The inglish langwij iz kunfewzing two lern. Cidz uz “phonetic” speling in thair wrk to xpres thair thouts. Foursing cidz too uz cunvenshunal speling reedoss thair dezir and abillite to right. It iz mi joub to teech ur child 2 uz reesorsis and lerning to beecum a grate ritr. U can hlp ur child bi incoruging thim at eech divelupmentil stag. Axk ur child to reed and esplane thair riting to u. Az ur child lerns about the inglish langwij that wil mak the tranzishun to “adult writing”. Thank u 4 ur saport, Ms. Johnson

What is PBIS?

• PBIS stands for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

• Majors vs. Minors• Office Referrals• Are you making a good choice?• What should you be doing?• Interventions – time away, loss of privilege• What is a bee? What are “bee” incentives?

Bee Incentives

25 = candy50 = hat day75 = recess on PE day100 = wacky hair day125 = pajama day150 = class choice with teacher approval175 = game day on non-PE day of recess200 = educational video at 2:15 on a Friday

Progress Reports & Report Cards

• Grading Scale (3, 2, 1)• Sent home mid quarter • Sign and return• 1st quarter conferences will be held in October.• Conferences will be held on an as needed

basis thereafter.

Miscellaneous

• Pay Pams is the easiest way to pay lunch money www.paypams.com

• Please send an easy-to-open snack each day• Scholastic Book Clubs• Sight Word List• Check my wiki page often for informationhttp://kara-johnson.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/