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“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” Emilie Buchwald. Kindergarten Curriculum Night. September 16th, 2014 MaryKate Haake. Angela Gehlhoff agehlhof @shakopee.k12. mn.us MaryKate Haake mhaake @shakopee.k12.mn.us Amy Rutter arutter @shakopee.k12.mn.us
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“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” Emilie Buchwald
Kindergarten Curriculum Night September 16th, 2014 MaryKateHaake
Angela Gehlhoff agehlhof@shakopee.k12.mn.us • MaryKateHaake mhaake@shakopee.k12.mn.us • Amy Rutter arutter@shakopee.k12.mn.us • Kaitlin Wermerskirchen kwermers@shakopee.k12.mn.us • Stacy Brock sbrock@shakopee.k12.mn.us • Stephanie Masloski smaskloski@shakopee.k12..mn.us • Jennifer Batalden jabatalde@shakopee.k12.mn.us Kindergarten Staff
Family • School • Teaching About Me…
Review schedule • Core & Targeted time • Snack • Recess/Lunch • Dress for the weather • ID numbers Mrs. Haake’s Schedule
Shoe tying • Clothes fastening • “Round Trip” Folders • Backpacks Personal skills
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge • Cost = Free • Chaperones • Fall 2014: (Habitat, Who needs that?) • Winter 2015: (Introduction to Snowshoe Hiking) • Spring 2015: (Forests Are More Than Trees) • Zoo mobile • Spring 2015 Field Trips
Jackson is on a 10 day cycle. • Schedule on Website • Specialists • Split classes • Art shirt/gym shoes • Library checkout during Media & Cycle Day 9 Cycle days
Reading Writing Handwriting-EZ write Shared writing Writer’s Workshop Turn and Talk End of year goals • Reader’s Workshop • Read Alouds • Reader’s Theatre • Phonics • Zoo Phonics • Poetry • Centers/Guided Reading Language Arts
Reader’s Workshop • Independent Reading Time • One time a week-daily (Increase time from 3min-Up) • Quality vs. Quantity at home. • Three ways to read. • Pictures, words, and retell. • Book Bins • Leveled text, weekly poem, and HFW books. • Benchmark Books Language Arts
Interactive Read Aloud • Teacher models what good readers do and think while they are reading stories. • Predicting what will happen • Connecting to other events • Understanding the meaning of words • At home, you can have a conversation about the story you are reading. • Reader’s Theatre • 3rd week of each unit Language Arts
Phonics • Zoo Phonics • Rhyming • Letter identification • Beginning, middle, & ending sounds • High frequency words • Word families • Blending& segmenting Language Arts
Poetry • One-to-one correspondence • Identifying high frequency & rhyming words • Fluency • Visualizing • Poetry binders Language Arts
Guided Reading • Teacher works with small groups of children (4-5) on reading skills • Children are grouped with others who have similar reading skills • Directionality (left to right) • One-to-one match • Monitoring known and unknown words • Understand what has been read • Level 6 book by end of year Language Arts
Centers • Centers are literacy based • Children engage in independent learning • Children rotate through centers • Teacher pulls small groups for guided reading • Children might refer to “centers” as “play” Language Arts
Writers’ Workshop • Think • Draw • Say & Test • Clap and Count • Write Language Arts
Resource: “Expressions” Math • Daily practice, read aloud books, and hands on learning activities • Parent Letters and “Mega Math” • Math Centers • Practice these at home: • Count forward to 50; backward from 20 • Recognize and write numbers through 31 • Sorting and patterning • Identify one more and one less • Count a set of objects with a one-to-one match • Add and subtract numbers up to 10 Math
Science • Seasons • Weather • Scientific tools • Dental Health • Nutrition • Social Studies • Families • Identify the symbols of our nation (flag and white house) • Map vocabulary • Fire/Bus Safety • STEM • Science, Technology, Engineering, Math • Labs (4) • Resources • During “Theme” time. Theme
Personal Growth • Print first and last name correctly • Listening skills • Follows directions • Be safe, Be respectful, Be responsible, Be positive • Jackson Pride • Jackson Pride PAWS • Class “PAWS” • Individual “PAWS” Other Curricular Areas
Twelve/classroom • Used in all content areas • Large/small group • Contract • Apps vs. creativity iPads
Handouts • Scholastic Book Club • Website • Volunteer background site Miscellaneous
Comments, questions, concerns??? THANK YOU!!!
“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” Emilie Buchwald