PLANNING FOR YOUR CHILD’S KINDERGARTEN EXPERIENCE
How will the full-day kindergarten differ from the half-day kindergarten experience?
HALF-DAY FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN KINDERGARTEN STUDENT DAY 8:40 - 12:00 8:40 - 3:17 (200 daily minutes) (397 daily minutes) ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 105 daily minutes on average 105 daily minutes on average 525 minutes per week 525 minutes per week MATH MINUTES 80 daily minutes on average 80 daily minutes on average 400 minutes per week 400 minutes per week SPECIALS 300 minutes per week of specials ● SNACK ● 75 minutes per week of 200 minutes per week of snack, SOCIAL- EMOTIONAL ● snack, social emotional social emotional learning, and LEARNING (SEL) learning, and self-directed self-directed play SELF-DIRECTED PLAY ● play (SDP) 60 minutes daily of lunch/recess LUNCH/RECESS/SDP ● and self-directed play
How might sample schedules for half-day kindergarten and full-day kindergarten be structured?
SAMPLE HALF-DAY KINDERGARTEN SCHEDULE Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 8:40 ARRIVAL 8:40-9:00 CALENDAR/NUMBER CORNER (BRIDGES FOR MATHEMATICS) 9:00-10:00 ELA ELA ELA ELA ELA 10:00-10:15 SNACK & SELF-DIRECTED PLAY/RECESS/SEL ELA ELA ELA ELA ELA INFORMATIONAL READING- INFORMATIONAL READING- INFORMATIONAL READING- INFORMATIONAL READING- INFORMATIONAL READING- 10:15-11:00 *SCIENCE *SOCIAL STUDIES *SCIENCE *SOCIAL STUDIES *SCIENCE 11:00-12:00 MATH MATH MATH MATH MATH 12:00 DISMISSAL 12:00-12:30 TEACHER PLAN
SAMPLE FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN SCHEDULE Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 8:40 ARRIVAL 8:40-9:00 CALENDAR/NUMBER CORNER (BRIDGES FOR MATHEMATICS) ELA 9:00-9:40 ELA (9:30 SNACK) ELA ELA 9:40-10:10 MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC ELA 10:10-10:40 ART SNACK/SDP/RECESS SNACK/SDP/RECESS SNACK/SDP/RECESS SNACK/SDP/RECESS ELA: INFORMATIONAL ELA: INFORMATIONAL ELA: INFORMATIONAL ELA: INFORMATIONAL ELA: INFORMATIONAL 10:40-11:20 TEXT-SCIENCE* TEXT- SOCIAL STUDIES* TEXT-SCIENCE* TEXT- SOCIAL STUDIES* TEXT-SCIENCE* LUNCH/RECESS/ LUNCH/RECESS/ LUNCH/RECESS/ LUNCH/RECESS/ LUNCH/RECESS/ 11:20-12:20 SELF DIRECTED PLAY SELF DIRECTED PLAY SELF DIRECTED PLAY SELF DIRECTED PLAY SELF DIRECTED PLAY INTERVENTION & INTERVENTION & INTERVENTION & INTERVENTION & INTERVENTION & 12:20-1:00 ENRICHMENT ENRICHMENT ENRICHMENT ENRICHMENT ENRICHMENT 1:00-1:30 PE PE PE PE PE 1:30-2:30 MATH MATH MATH MATH MATH 2:30-2:45 SDP/SEL SDP/SEL SDP/SEL SDP/SEL SDP//SEL 2:45-3:04 ELA ELA ELA ELA ELA 3:04-3:17 SDP/DISMISSAL SDP/DISMISSAL SDP/DISMISSAL SDP/DISMISSAL SDP/DISMISSAL
What are “Specials”? How often do full-day kindergartners attend these?
WEEKLY SPECIALS IN FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN Art: 60 minutes once ● per week Music: 30 minutes ● three times per week PE: 30 minutes five ● times per week
What is SEL? I don’t remember this from my kindergarten days!
GETTING READY FOR KINDERGARTEN
Ensure Healthy Habits & Good Nutrition ● Complete medical, dental, & vision exams Get plenty of sleep ● Eat a healthy breakfast ● Get fresh air and exercise ● Practice good hygiene ● ● When sick, stays at home for 24 hours fever free!
Guide Your Child’s Personal Care Knows basic hygiene & practices appropriate toilet habits ● Puts toys away when finished ● Eats independently ● Knows how to tie or fasten shoes ● Works to button or zip jacket ● Appropriately asks for assistance ●
Foster Positive Self-Esteem and Good Choices Foster persistence & resilience ● Encourage creative, independent play ● Play board game and guide following rules & ● taking turns Read with your child each night ● Discuss making good decisions & offer ● limited choices Plan ahead to ease transitions from one activity to the next ● Talk about Kindergarten ●
GREAT BOOKS ABOUT STARTING KINDERGARTEN and FOR SUPPORTING DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNERS
Teacher Expectations for Kindergartners Say his/her full name & how he/she travels to-and-from school ● Hold & use a pencil, crayons, & scissors ● Sit & listen for about 15 minutes ● Carry out two- or three-step directions ● Finish a task that is started ● Follow simple rules & be willing ● to take turns
Kindergarten “Meet and Greets” ● You will be contacted by your child’s school with a date in May 2018 with a ‘Meet and Greet Date” ● See the school, classroom, and get to know other families and children
Kindergarten Registration Two-Step Process ● Pre-Registration Packet ○ Deadline is February 1st, 2018 ● Complete Registration (online) ○ April through August 2018
What is the process for Pre-Registration? ● Deadline: February 1st ● Documents needed ○ Proof of residency document ○ Original certified birth certificate ● Required Forms ○ 2018-2019 Kindergarten Pre-Registration Form ○ Kindergarten Pre-Registration Preference ○ Home Language Survey ● Requested ○ 5-year-old Physical & Immunization Form, if completed ■ This form will need to be submitted before the beginning of the school year
What is the process for Registration? Complete Registration Online (April - August) ● Families will need to log into the Infinite Campus Parent Portal ○ to complete registration process New families will be emailed login instructions ○ Kiosks will be available at the District Office and schools for ○ parents who do not have access to the Internet Health forms (immunizations, physical, eye/dental) are due ○ August 20th, 2018 (forms can be dropped off at District Office during the summer) Registration Fees ● Beginning June 1st ○ Families will be able to pay registration fees through the ○ online system
$2500 for full-day (due July) ● 1st Bill in July 2018 ○ Fee waiver based on ○ National School Lunch TUITION Program Eligibility Hardship waiver can be ○ obtained through the Business Office or on the website No fee for half-day ●
DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM
Las Metas * The Goals
DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM APPLICATION Available on our Webpage www.nssd112.org/dual
DUAL LANGUAGE LOTTERY SELECTION Selection Criteria English Learners (ELs)--who speak Spanish as primary home language--are ● automatically invited to participate in the dual language program in K-8 Screened students who are proficient in English & Spanish are also automatically ● invited to participate in the program Any other District 112 student may apply for the dual language program via lottery ● (if accepted, will be assigned to a school with dual language programming) English proficient students with siblings in the program receive first priority ● Green Bay Preschool Dual Language students receive second priority ●
District-provided free bus transportation to all K-8 ● students residing 1.5 miles or more from home schools, or residing less than 1.5 miles from assigned school where walking to school constitutes a serious hazard as determined by the Illinois Department of Transportation Students not eligible for free transportation may ● be allowed--for a fee--to ride the bus based on available space Transportation request must be received no later ● TRANSPORTATION than July 1 for a pick-up and/or drop-off location different than the home address An annual Kindergarten trial bus run is offered to ● all bus riders Current Lincoln parents will be informed by the end ● of the current school year whether their child is eligible for transportation The bus route information letter will be sent to ● families ten days before the first day of school District 112 provides special education ● transportation for students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) whose needs require special education transportation as a related service
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