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As you are coming in…. This year, I will be using the secure REMIND app for mass blasts of reminders for Kindergarten. RIGHT NOW: Please text @ truekinder to 81010
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As you are coming in….. • This year, I will be using the secure REMIND app for mass blasts of reminders for Kindergarten. • RIGHT NOW: Please text @truekinder to 81010 • I will not receive your phone number, and you will not have mine. This is a secure way for me to send texts to our class as a group.
Welcome to Kindergarten Curriculum Night! Mrs. Megan True Wednesday, August 30, 2017
A Little Bit About Myself… • Graduated from Illinois State University • Masters in Reading from Concordia University • Currently live in Libertyville with my husband • This is my 5th year teaching • I teach Pre-K summer school
My Philosophy • Every child feels successful. • Learning is fun AND meaningful. • Our classroom is warm, inviting and feels safe. • I feel it’s important to develop the “whole” child—both socially and academically.
What does a typical day in look like in Full- Day kindergarten?
morning Meeting • Greeting Song • Daily Message • Shared writing / reading • Skills: letters and words, rhyming, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, spacing
Calendar Time/Math • Days of the Week • Months • Place Value • Tallies • Weather • Counting by 1’s 5’s and 10’s, counting backwards • Heggerty Program for daily phonemic awareness practice • Harcourt Math Expressions
Journal Time • Children respond to a prompt in writing and/or drawing • Daily • Work on spacing, punctuation, inventive spelling, proper letter formation
Reading & Writing • Center for the Collaborative Classroom • Shared Reading (big books, poems, charts, songs) • Comprehension Skills • Guided Reading starting in late fall • Independent Reading
Centers/Independent Work • Writing, Math, and Art • Application of skills learned • HANDS ON • Gain confidence, make choices and decisions • Social interaction and learning • Expanding the imagination • Explore academic areas • Extend curriculum
Social Studies and Science • Stemscopes • Plant Needs • Animal Needs • Habitats • Pushes and Pulls • Speed and Direction • Energy from the sun • Weather • Uses of Natural Resources • Social Studies Alive • Community Helpers • Cultural differences • Geography
Community Snack • Social learning • Table manners • Public eating • Sharing • Responsibility • Assigned calendar/approved snack list • No nuts
Lunch and Brain Vacation • Hot or Cold Lunch • Milk (chocolate or white) • Brain Vacation • Rest period after lunch
Technology • One-to-one iPads • Mrs. P helps teach us how to use the technology • Using different applications – Once we learn them they will be shared on our website • You are responsible for headphones all year
Classroom Management Butterfield Expected Behaviors (See green booklet) Clip Chart Movement up and down based on behavior and interactions with peers and teacher
Birthdays • NON-FOOD TREATS: pencils, stickers, trinkets • Celebrate at the end of the day • Summer birthdays: half birthday or in May • No birthday invitations issued in school, please!
Field Trips • Fire Truck Ride – September • Chicago Botanic Gardens*– End of September • Marriott Theater – mid December • Kohl Children’s Museum*– End of April/Beginning of May *I need chaperones...look for a note with the permission slip.
Special Schedule (also on my website) • PE –Wednesday, Thursday, Friday • Art – Monday • Music – Wednesday, Thursday • Library – Tuesday (please remember to send books back)
Dismissal Procedures • If there is any change in dismissal, you MUST send a note to school, or email me by noon.
Things to Practice and Some Reminders • Tying shoes • Zipping/buttoning coats/pants • Correct pencil grip • Proper handwriting formation • Cutting with “thumbs up” • LABEL everything that comes to school • Gym shoes at school • Baggie of extra clothes in backpack
Communication • Updates and other information on website • Email me at mtrue@d70schools.org • Twitter: @MrsTrueD70
Last Minute Reminders… • Mystery Reader (Fridays 9:00) • Remind app: text @truekinder to 81010 • Please send an extra change of clothes