Welcome to Kindergarten! With The Kindergarten Team… Mrs. Jeanne Cano Ms. Stephanie Casper Ms. Nancy Randolph Mrs. Satya Kennedy August 2017 A ne new w ad adventur nture e be begins! gins!
Principal/Parent/ Teacher/Student Contracts: All parents must have a signed contract on file in the office. Parents/guardians may choose to sign the form and turn them right back to the teacher TONIGHT! [Third Graders will also receive a letter about MOWR for folks at home. ]
3 B’s of Good Behavior Be safe. Be respectful. Be responsible.
Behavior & K “Token system” Students have one Behavior is marked green , yellow , red each day on token on their desks. Homework Report . SPARC room… Daily goal is to keep all tokens. (See handbook for more information.) We don’t expect perfection, but look for efforts to maintain & to comply to reasonable requests.
Rewards… Verbal praise Stickers and stamps 3 B coupons Special privileges Extra explore time Extra computer time Fun Friday Activities
On school mornings… Get up early enough to not be rushed. Make sure you have needed items (KTA folder, library book, homework, snack) in your backpack. Eat a healthy breakfast. Turn your brain on high!
Morning Class Responsibilities Empty backpacks at table independently. Student puts water bottles & snacks in proper place. Student gets out lunchbox for lunch count & place lunchboxes in basket/bin. Put library books in basket/bin. Take out daily blue KTA folder to be reviewed (with completed homework). Zip backpacks & put away backpacks in cubbies.
Arizona College and Career Readiness Standards Increased academic rigor Goal setting & tracking progress Helps to identify learning styles & strengths Promotes independence & responsibility as well as cooperation & collaboration skills Promotes communication skills Preparation for Standardized Testing
Spalding Daily Oral Phonogram Practice (OPR) Students will receive phonogram practice cards to use for homework at home (keep in your “kit.”) Daily Written Phonogram Practice (WPR) Grammar and Language Use Text Structure and Literary Appreciation Quizzes on Friday on phonograms and dictation words (beginning around Nov.) In class spelling notebooks will be used
Reading Notes High Frequency ,“Sight” Words plus frequently used words Flash cards will be provided & daily Spalding notebooks are important! Identify in print, read & use in personal writing Phonemic Awareness - playing with and recognizing patterns in language. Phonics - understanding how oral language is represented in written form. Decoding - applying phonetic knowledge to decipher text -- sound, sound, blend. Comprehension understanding, and interpreting read text. Scholastic Book Clubs: Flyers may come home with homework. Option to order online with a credit card. This is not a fundraiser, only an easy way to get cheap books. Couldn’t be easier & is an optional choice . Library books may be kept for a full week but are due on the assigned library day. Your child may return his/her book early if desired.
Helpful Hints for Reading at Home Review front cover, title Listen to your child page, the jobs of author & read the text 3 times. illustrator. Help with tricky Have your child retell the words: many can be story in his/her own words. sounded out. Keep the paper books & revisit them to help with fluency. Let your child see Celebrate growth (e.g. you reading for HFW acquisition, enjoyment & a fluency, & purpose. comprehension)
Writing Notes Please do not spell End of year goals for words for your child. students: • Writing in complete For free writing tasks , sentences accept phonetic • Writing with approximations. supporting detail Praise efforts. TOOLS: Kindergarten writing letter chart looks different from grown- spacers Word Wall up writing & that’s okay. brain power!!!
Math Notes Numbers as representing Number sense – quantity Emphasis on the process deep understanding of Comparing and contrasting our number system length, value and how it works Sorting and identifying by Being fluent; attribute “seeing it” Predicting outcomes and analyzing data Analyzing and solving math problems in more than one way
Math Curriculum Saxon Investigations Specific, explicit lessons Spiral curriculum: Content repetition allowing Emphasis on rote, drill, & application/deepening of practice for basic skill concepts over time mastery Process oriented – Spiral curriculum: Content variety of methods to get repetition with new to right answer learning introduced Use of manipulatives to Use of manipulatives to go from concrete to abstract go from concrete to abstract Mastery achieved by Performance based doing – applying, using assessment + pencil & basic skills in higher order paper problem-solving
Fluency Expectations Grades K-6 Kindergarten K.OA.A.5: Fluently add & subtract within 10 1.OA.C.6: Add & subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for 1 st Grade addition & subtraction within 10 2 nd Grade 2.OA.B.2: Fluently add & subtract within 20 using mental strategies. By end of grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers. 2.NBT.B.5: Fluently add & subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, &/or the relationship between addition & subtraction. 3.OA.C.7.: Fluently add & subtract within 100, using strategies 3rd Grade such as the relationship between multiplication & division or properties of operations. By end of grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.. 3.NBT.A.2.: Fluently add & subtract within 1000 using strategies & algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, &/or the relationship between addition & subtraction. 4 th Grade 4.NBT.B.4: Fluently add & subtract multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm. 5 th Grade 5.NBT.B.5: Fluently multiply multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm. 6 th Grade 6.NS.B.2: Fluently divide multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm. 6.NS.B.3: Fluently add, subtract, multiply, & divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.
CGI – Cognitive Guided Instruction Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) is guided instruction that promotes problem solving skills as well as the understanding that there is more than one way to come to an answer to a problem. This also include being able to articulate one’s thinking and sharing “how” the problem was solved with others.
Instructional Resources & Approaches: Science, Social Handwriting is Studies, & Health manuscript, use current Kyrene aligned with resources Spalding. Writing is a focus Recitations are to support Spalding required by quarter reading program & for ALL grade across all content levels. areas
Technology Smartboard interactive presentation tool 5 laptops in classroom + stand alone Computer lab time each week + Your child will login using a username & password, access approved websites, practice skills, word process, create a slide show presentation, & more.
HOMEWORK Read to, or with , your child for 10-15 minutes, every night . Check the weekly newsletter, e-mails and homework folder for additional assignments and practice opportunities. Homework Kit is a kindergarten resource for you to keep & use at home . Please save all games & other learning tools from school together in the folder. Homework comes home Please, contact us if you M-Th & is due the next day . have any questions. (Confusion is a curable condition.)
Homework is Teachers are looking for: Identified in Parent signature daily on KTA folder: Homework Report. o Content areas/subjects are Work completed to best designated by days of ability – including a of the week… quality effort AND all o Parents are asked to colored . check completed work for accuracy Student writes name on o Parent signature is ALL work to receive required daily for acknowledgement of credit . homework & student “Kit” work completion. behavior (Let’s check it out!)
“Word of the Week” samples… HFW: Type on computer: they they they they they they
“Number of the Week” samples…
Homework Tips Set aside homework or skill practice time daily . Work in a quiet place without distractions (if possible). TURN OFF THE TELEVISION! Keep homework & library book in your backpack or in another safe place. Parents should assist but not do the work. ( Parents sign the daily “Homework Report.”) Always closely supervise handwriting practice. Divide work time into several sessions if frustration ensues.
On School Nights Kids Should… Do their daily reading and homework. Eat a healthy dinner. Tell grown-ups about 2 or more things he/she learned or did. Go to bed in time to get at least 9 to 10 hours of sleep.
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