Welcome to Kindergarten at Welcome to Kindergarten at Amelia ElementaryAmelia Elementary

Welcome to Kindergarten at Welcome to Kindergarten at Amelia ElementaryAmelia Elementary

Kindergarten Orientation 2012

Amelia Elementary Amelia Elementary Contact Info:Contact Info:

Address: 5 East Main Street, Amelia, Oh 45102• Principal: Stephanie Walker• Walker_s2@westcler.org• Telephone Number: 943-3800• Fax Number: 943-3642• Blog Site: www.westcler.org/ae/• Transportation Number: 752-4020

Introductions:Introductions:

Mrs. Stephanie Walker: Principal

Kindergarten Teachers:

• Mrs. Julia Smith

• Miss Lori Van Eman

• Mrs. Mona Wells

Parents and Teachers

I dreamed I stood in a studioAnd watched two sculptors there,

The clay they used was a young child’s mindAnd they fashioned it with care.

One was a teacher, the tools she usedWere books and music and art

One was a parent with a guiding handAnd a gentle, loving heart.

And when at last their work was doneThey were proud of what they

had wroughtFor the things they had worked

into the childCould never be sold or bought.

And each agreed she would have failed If she had worked alone

For behind the parents stood the school,And behind the teacher stood the home.

Homework Information:Homework Information:

• Very important to be done on child’s off days of school.

• Will have all month to work on packet and is due last week of each month.

• Homework packet follows

kindergarten report skills.• Reading Log is to be done daily

and recorded.

Example of Homework Example of Homework Calendar:Calendar:

Report Card Information:Report Card Information:

• Standards Based, Not Letter Based

• Goal is for student to be PROFICIENT by the end of the school year

• Throughout school year students will be monitored by:– “M” Making Progress– “L”: Limited Progress

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KindergartenKindergartenLanguage Arts & Literacy:Language Arts & Literacy:

A Sample of What you Child Will Be Working on in Kindergarten:

• Naming upper/lower case letters, matching those letters with sounds, and printing them.

• Comparing the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories such as fairy tales and folktales

• Retelling familiar stories and retelling the using details from the text• Using a combination of drawing, dictating and writing to describe an event,

including his/her reaction to what happened• Stating an opinion or preference about a topic or book in writing.• Taking part in classroom conversations and following rules for discussions• Speaking clearly to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas, including descriptions

of familiar people, places, things and events• Asking and answering questions about key details in stories • Understanding questioning words in discussions• Learning to recognize, spell and properly use those little grammatical words that

hold the language together (a, the, to, of, I , is , are)

Kindergarten WritingKindergarten Writing

January 2012

May 2012

Kindergarten Mathematics:Kindergarten Mathematics:A Sample of What you Child Will Be

Working on in Kindergarten:

• Counting objects to tell how many there are• Comparing two groups of objects to tell which group, if either, has more;

comparing two written numbers to tell which is greater• Acting out addition/subtraction word problems and drawing diagrams to

represent them• Adding/subtracting 10 or less, solving addition/subtraction word problems• Adding or subtracting very small numbers quickly

and accurately• Correctly naming shapes regardless of orientation

or size

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)

DIBELS is a fluency-based measurement system designed to measure important early reading skills in Kindergarten. This system measures three basic sets of skills:

1. Phonological Awareness2. Alphabetic Principle3. Accuracy/Fluency with Text

DIBELS Data:DIBELS Data:Initial Sound Fluency (ISF)Initial Sound Fluency (ISF)

ISF measures a child’s ability to choose

words starting with a given sound and ability to produce the initial sound of a word in isolation.

DIBELS Data:DIBELS Data:Phoneme Segmentation Phoneme Segmentation

Fluency (PSF)Fluency (PSF)

PSF measures a child’s ability to break words into smaller sound parts. For example: cat is made up of the sounds /C/ /A/ /T/

DIBELS Data:DIBELS Data:Nonsense Word Fluency Nonsense Word Fluency

(NWF)(NWF) NWF measures

alphabetic principle skills by

assessing a child’s ability to produce correct letter sounds or combine them to make words.

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DIBELS DataDIBELS Data Students are measured three

times during the year and classified into three categories:

1. Benchmark = Reached goal2. Strategic = Not quite at the goal3. Intensive = Significantly below the

goal

Assessment dates: Fall, Winter, Spring

Kindergarten DIBELSKindergarten DIBELSBenchmarksBenchmarks

MEASURE

FALL WINTER SPRING

Initial Sound Fluency (ISF)

10 or more initial sounds per minute

30 or more initial sounds per minute

Not Tested

Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF)

Not Tested 20 or more sounds per minute

40 or more sounds per minute

Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF)

Not Tested 17 or more letter sounds per minute

28 or more letter sounds per minute

Letter Naming Fluency (LNF)

No benchmark set for (LNF)

No benchmark set for (LNF)

No benchmark set for (LNF)

I am an Amelia Tiger.Amelia Tigers are

Respectful,Responsible, and Safe.

This is the Tiger Oath: Students start the day by reciting it . The Oath is

referenced as needed as a reminder for

appropriate behavior.

Procedures:HallwaysRestroom

Drinking fountainEntering/exiting

Classroom

Kindergarten ClassroomKindergarten Classroom

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• Thank you all for dedicating your time to your child’s academics! Here’s to a fantastic year in kindergarten!!

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