Welcome to Kindergarten!

1. Welcome to Kindergarten! Kerry Bock, Mary Fontana, Michelle Keso, Jeanette Rosenfield, Ann Trent and Scott Wilson

2. School Wide Discipline Plan Lomas has 3 rules… • Be safe! • Be respectful! • Be responsible!

3. Behavior Management Steps • Step 1 – Friendly Reminder • Step 2 – Refocus Desk (in Room) • Step 3 – Parent Phone Call • Step 4 – Refocus Desk (in Buddy Room) • Step 5 – Office Referral (ISS)

4. Harcourt Reading Series • Proficient reading strategies • Phonics • Vocabulary • Grammar • Comprehension • High frequency words • Literary Elements • Literature Response

5. What This Looks Like • Morning Message • Shared literature • Phonics • Vocabulary • Reading –focus skill • Small group work-flexible grouping • Independent work • Ashlockstrategies

6. DIBELS Next • District test used based out of Oregon • One indicator used to determine if a child is going to struggle with reading. • Done 3 times a year. • Letter Id 55 Per Minute • First sound fluency 30 Per Minute • Phoneme Segmentation 40 Per Minute • Nonsense Words 28 Per Minute

7. Math • Investigations • Additional Support From… • Scott Foresman • Addison Wesley • Other Sources

8. MathConcepts Covered • Numeration: make a model for a given number 0-20, count to 100, model addition and subtraction to 10 using manipulatives… • Statistics, Analysis, and Probability: pictographs, formulate questions based on graphs, charts, tables… • Patterns, Algebra: 3 part patterns (letter, color, object): extend and create • Geometry: identify shapes, terms inside, above, between, larger, shorter… • Measurement: compare objects length, weight, size, communicate how objects can be measured, order objects

9. Writing and Handwriting • Writer’s Workshop (Lucy Calkins) • D’Nealian – adopted handwriting curriculum • This is an example of D’Nealian handwriting.

10. Science, Social Studies and Health Science, Social Studies and Health are integrated with Language Arts, Math, and Reading.

11. Technology • Integrate technology in everyday teaching in all subject areas. • Each classroom contains 5 laptops, a mounted projector, a document camera, and a SMARTBoard. • Teachers attend meetings to further their knowledge and ideas of using technology in our classrooms. • Goal – For your child’s learning to be enhanced by technology in order to prepare them effectively for our technologically advanced world. • Each child must memorize their 6 digit student number in order to log onto the computer. (This is also their library checkout number).

12. Skills to Work On at Home… • Tying Shoes, (taking on and off) • Zipping and Buttoning Clothes • Hygiene • Washing Hands and Blowing Nose • Writing and Telling First and Last Name • Knowing Address and Phone Number • Knowing Parents’ Names

13. Report Cards and Assessments • A report card will go home in January and May. • We will conference with parents after the first and third quarters.

14. We Need Volunteers! We desperately need volunteers this year! If you can help at all please let your child’s teacher know! We need help in several areas! Classroom Volunteers - (Regular and Sporadic) Art Masterpiece From-Home Volunteers

15. Closing Thank you for coming! Questions? Have a great evening!