Welcome to Kindergarten at Amelia Elementary

1. Welcome to Kindergarten at Amelia Elementary Kindergarten Orientation 2012

2. Amelia Elementary 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

3. Introductions: Mrs. Stephanie Walker: Principal Kindergarten Teachers: • Mrs. Julia Smith • Miss Lori Van Eman • Mrs. Mona Wells

4. Parents and TeachersI 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 artOne 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 aloneFor behind the parents stood the school,And behind the teacher stood the home.

5. 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.

6. Example of Homework Calendar:

7. 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

9. Pearson SuccessNetpearsonsuccessnet.com Username: ameliakindergarten Password: reading1

12. KindergartenLanguage 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)

13. Kindergarten Writing May 2012 January 2012

14. 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

15. Dynamic Indicators of Basic 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: • Phonological Awareness • Alphabetic Principle • Accuracy/Fluency with Text

16. DIBELS Data: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.

17. DIBELS Data:Phoneme Segmentation 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/

18. DIBELS Data:Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) baf cid tus nif NWF measures alphabetic principle skills by assessing a child’s ability to produce correct letter sounds or combine them to make words.

19. DIBELS Data Students are measured three times during the year and classified into three categories: • Benchmark = Reached goal • Strategic = Not quite at the goal • Intensive = Significantly below the goal Assessment dates: Fall, Winter, Spring

20. Kindergarten DIBELSBenchmarks

21. Procedures: Hallways Restroom Drinking fountain Entering/exiting Classroom This is the Tiger Oath: Students start the day by reciting it . The Oath is referenced as needed as a reminder for appropriate behavior. I am an Amelia Tiger. Amelia Tigers are Respectful, Responsible, and Safe.

22. Kindergarten Classroom

23. Smart Technology

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25. Thank you all for dedicating your time to your child’s academics! Here’s to a fantastic year in kindergarten!!  • See ideas for volunteering in your child’s classroom handout.