Welcome to Kindergarten Curriculum Night!

1. Welcome to KindergartenCurriculum Night!

2. 1st Quarter Curriculum • Spalding • Learn to correctly form and orally identify phonograms 1-45 • Writing • Daily Journals • Details in pictures • Apply phonograms as we learn them • Reading /Journeys • Thinking Maps • Math (Kindergarten) • Count to 50 by 1, 5, 10 • Back from 10 • By 2’s to 10 • Patterns • Days of the Week • Months of the Year • Identify, write, model # 1-20

3. Literacy BlockJourneys, Spalding, Thinking Maps Journeys • Opening Routines- rhyming, blending, segmenting, syllables • Daily High Frequency Words • Daily Vocabulary • Read Aloud- Big books, Read aloud books, Student readers • Letter Names- for teaching handwriting

4. Journeys continued…. • Grammar • Writing- Narrative Writing Informative Writing Opinion Writing

5. Spalding Method • Phonograms 1-70 and Spelling • Writing words, sentences, and stories • Reading Words, sentences and stories • Comprehension • Identifying Narrative, Informative, and Informative-Narrative Stories • Identifying characters, setting, and plot in a story • Identifying facts and details in a story • Telling the events of a story in correct order • Making predictions about stories

6. CTA- Spalding Materials • We Recommend • Phonogram Cards (only one set needed per family) • Audio CD of phonograms • Visit http://store.spalding.org/c-3-instructional-materials.aspx

7. CTA- Mathematics • Math • 1st Quarter - Kindergarten Skills • 2nd –4th Quarter - 1st Grade Skills and Saxon Program • Addition facts to 20 • Subtraction facts from 12 • Counting by 1, 2’s, 5’s, 10’s to 100 • Writing Numbers to 100 • Place Value • Shapes and Fractions • Time and Money • Assessments every 5th lesson. First assessment is next Friday.

8. Thinking MapsWriting Process • We will use thinking maps to work through the writing process each week: -Circle Maps to BRAINSTORM -Tree Maps to ORGANIZE -Write sentence DRAFTS -Whole group and peer EDIT/REVISE -FINAL copy/Publish

9. Science/SS/2nd Step • Science Concepts: 5 senses, the body, life cycles, animal environments, solids, liquids, and gases, weather, movement and force. • Social Studies Concepts: community helpers, holidays, presidents/government, American symbols, citizenship. • 2nd Step Concepts: Empathy, Emotion Management, Problem Solving

10. Poetry Recitation • Each quarter: Starting in the 2nd quarter Your child will be responsible for learning and reciting a poem which they will present to the class. • The grading criteria will be: 20 points each for posture, enunciation, accuracy, volume, and pacing; for a total of 100 points.

11. Lunch 11:35-12:10Recess /Snack 1:20-1:45There will be a sign up genius for snacks.We have 25 kids in our class. Do not feel obligated. You may still send in one snack for your own child.  Thank you!

12. Your Child’s Typical Day • Morning Work • Specials/Bathroom Break • Spalding/Journeys • Math • Lunch/Recess/BathroomBreak • Calendar • Science/SS/2nd Step • Spalding/Joureys • Snack/Recess/BathroomBreak • Journals/Writing • Reading/Centers/Groups

13. Your child will have a turn to be our Star Student. This will include a student survey and your child will make a poster with photos of the things he/she would like to share. You will be notified the Wednesday before so that you have plenty of time to prepare. Star Student

14. Specials • Day 1 – PE • Day 2 – LAB • Day 3 – Music 10:45-11:15 • Day 4 – PE • Day 5 – Library • Day 6 – Music 10:45-11:15

15. Home Work • Check child’s homework folder nightly. • Practice correct pencil grip and correct letter formation. • Accept only their best work! • Homework should not exceed 45 minutes (including 15 min of reading).

16. Discipline • 3 Cubes are kept in their pencil box daily. • Students will get one warning before I start taking their cubes away. • If a student keeps 2 cubes-that’s still a good day. If a student has 1 or 0 cubes then that means they had a difficult day. • I will start awarding “caught ya” being good certificates. If your child comes home with one, be sure to give extra praise and encouragement. I will also start the treasure box. • If work is not done, students may be asked to miss recess to complete work.

17. We will start having classroom volunteers in the 2nd quarter. THANK YOU to all who have already volunteered to be our Art Masterpiece teachers and room parent. We still need JA volunteers. Volunteers

18. Field Trips • We need your tax $$$$ in order to take Field Trips! (One in the Fall and one in the Spring.) http://www.cusd80.com/page/1131 • Please consider donating. Thank you!

19. Dismissal • Keep your car tag visible until your child is in the car with you. • Your child needs to say goodbye to the teacher on duty.

20. Packing Up • Getting Organized • Packing folder Every night students should take home his/her Homework folder. Parents, please check your child’s class work daily! Thank you.

21. Library Books • Students will start checking books out of the library soon. • Library books will be due the following library day 5 (usually about a week).

22. Other Business • Please be on Time! • Attendance is very important! • Contacting Me - Email is best • Wish List – Thank you!! • Newsletter – check email

23. Thank you for coming!