Welcome to Open House Night 2014-2015

1. Welcome to Open House Night 2014-2015 Stacey Stautz Sarah Yankelevitz 328-5540 stautsl@d11.org

2. A little about Mrs. Stautz: • Family – Darren, Kendra, Kelsey • Seattle, WA native • SPU - Bachelors in Elementary Education • Lesley University - Masters in Education • Creative Arts in Learning • 27thyear teaching • Kindergarten for 14 years • 1stgrade for 3 years • 3rd-5th grade for 9 years

3. A little about Miss Yankelevitz: • Santa Monica, California native • Graduated from University of San Francisco with B.A. in psychology in 2012 • Graduate student at Colorado College earning Master’s degree in elementary education • Excited to be co-teaching at Chipeta Elementary!

4. A little about Mrs. Gann • Colorado Native for 14 years • Bachelors degree in Psychology/Biology from University of Denver • LOVE Learning and working with children! • First year in the classroom, but 5 years working with children

5. Goals forthe school year: • Build self-confidence in students • Grow socially, emotionally as well as academically • Show respect for self and others • Build social skills needed to be a good friend • Gain independence and celebrate unique abilities • Ability to take risks, have fun learning • Build foundation for aspiring life-long learners

6. Kindergarten Wiki Website: You can access our weekly newsletters and other important kindergarten information at http://www.hvonfeldt.pbworks.com/ • Daily Schedule • Themes • Chipeta Calendar • Newsletters

7. Volunteers • We would love to have your help this year  • Centers on Tues. & Thurs. 8:20-9:30 • Math challenge group in afternoon • Art Smart once per quarter • Photographer (year book) • Class parties • Field Trips

8. Kindergarten Goals: • Goals correlate with D.11 e-skill and CO state standards • Look for quarterly reminders in the newsletters

9. DIBELs: • FSF- Fall/ Winter (First Sound Fluency) The children will not see pictures, they will just hear a word and try to say the first sound.

10. DIBELs: • LNF- Fall/ Winter/ Spring (Letter Naming Fluency)

11. DIBELs: • NWF- Winter/ Spring (Nonsense Word Fluency) • PSF- (Not Pictured) (Phoneme Segmentation Fluency) • Winter/ Spring • If child does not benchmark on a given test, progress-monitoring will take place every 2-4 weeks.

12. Kindergarten Curriculum: • Math:Math Expressions curriculum and ST Math (JiJi) • Calendar: Days of the week, months, #chart, money practice, graphing, pattern practice, place value practice, DIBELs practice • Literacy: Orton-Gillingham (for letter of the week), Reader’s Workshop, Chipeta’s Leveled- Book Room, and Story Town • Writing: Writer’s Workshop, Step-Up to Writing • Types of writing taught: • Personal Narrative, Opinion Writing, Letter writing, Informational Paragraph, Nonfiction Book writing, Book making by unit of study • Science: Science Kit Units of Study: • Five Senses, Balls and Ramps, Plants, Temperature/ Weather, Butterflies, and Animals

13. Reading/ Homework: • Classroom leveled book library begins in November • Monthly Reading Logs • Family Project worksheets

14. Data Folder: • Letters/ Sound ID

15. Data Folder: • Sight Word List

16. Data Folder: • Sample of Student # writing

17. Snack & Lunch Time • We have a 15 minute snack break right before morning recess (please send a snack in every day for your child). • We have a 20 minute lunch break from 11:35 – 11:55. Don’t be surprised if your child does not eat as much as he/she does at home. Please send in cold lunch or have your child buy hot lunch. You can put money on your child’s lunch card on-line or send in a check.