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It’s ALL ABOUT The MILK CARTON!

Get ready for kindergarten with the help of the Milk Carton team! Learn about the transitions, changes, and indicators for a successful journey into kindergarten.

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It’s ALL ABOUT The MILK CARTON!

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  1. Brought to you by: It’s ALL ABOUT The MILK CARTON!

  2. Meet the Team Sky Beard, Executive Director Early Learning Coalition Blair Nave Early Childhood Resource Teacher Ginny Gleason, Parent Involvement YOU!

  3. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton The Collaboration Began as an IDEA and Grew into a Partnership

  4. The Mission To create a meaningful and smooth transition for children and parents as they take the journey into kindergarten.

  5. Transitions Impact Everyone The Child, the Parent, the Early Education Teacher and the Kindergarten Teacher

  6. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton So What Will Change on this New Journey?

  7. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton New Building /New Classroom

  8. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton New Teacher

  9. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton New Friends

  10. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton New Playground

  11. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton New Rules/ Procedures

  12. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton New Place to Eat

  13. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton New Way to School

  14. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton Back to the Milk Carton

  15. Brevard Public Schools Ready for Kindergarten

  16. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton What Do We Know? Developmental age is the stage at which the child is acting the most consistently, comfortably and independently.

  17. Developmental Stages • Smooth • Age: 5 • Secure within self • Calm, friendly, not too demanding • Tries only that which he/she can accomplish • Mom is center of his/her world • Break Up • Age: 5 ½ • Oppositional • Extremely emotional • Mom has moved to second place and gets blamed for everything than goes wrong • He/she is the center of his/her world

  18. Parent Communication Performance Codes Whole Child Indicators Academic Indicators

  19. What do we want to know about a student’s learning growth? Progress Process Product

  20. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton Progress Track Student Movement Working level Completion level Not yet progressed to the level Not progressing at all

  21. Performance Codes

  22. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton Process Social and Emotional Learning Behaviors Interaction with peers and adults Ability to follow classroom and school routines and rules

  23. Whole Child Indicators Social Emotional Learning Behaviors Gross Motor Development and Ability Fine Motor Development and Ability Communication Development and Ability

  24. Works and Plays Well with Others Johnny + likes to help, cooperate, follow rules and is helpful to others + waits and takes turns when playing games + responds well to clear and simple expectations + needs verbal permission from adults (before doing something, will ask, “Can I..?)

  25. Shows Body/Spatial/Visual Awareness Susie + needs encouragement to use the climbing apparatus on the playground; stays on the bottom tier + participates in activities that require movement; may be off beat + slams the bathroom door when closing + sometimes runs into others

  26. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton Product Cognitive and Physical Mastery of Standards Gross and Fine Motor Development Problem Solvers

  27. Academic Indicators Reading Writing Mathematics Science and Social Studies

  28. Reading Concepts of Print Phonological/Phonemic Awareness Phonics/Word Analysis Vocabulary Comprehension

  29. Vocabulary Joanne + is the classroom serial talker; expands on every conversation + loves the new words learned during the week and creates sentences just to practice the words + enjoys explaining things; sharing about things she likes

  30. Writing Conventions Purpose Use Developmental Stages of Writing

  31. Math Number and Operations Geometry Measurement Algebraic Thinking

  32. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton What Do We Know?

  33. Typical Kindergarten Day NOT!

  34. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton Brevard Public Schools Website http://www.brevard.k12.fl.us/

  35. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton Next Steps! www.elcbrevard.org

  36. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton What Can YOU Do?

  37. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton 1. Increase communication 2. Include transition activities in parent meetings

  38. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton 3. Create parent engagement activities 4. Engage in conversation with kindergarten teachers about transitions

  39. “It’s All About Me!” – Milk Carton What are Your Next Steps?

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