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Transitonal Kindergarten. Bathgate Elementary Capistrano Unified School District Mission Viejo, California October 2012.
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Transitonal Kindergarten Bathgate Elementary Capistrano Unified School District Mission Viejo, California October 2012
I am so excited to be teaching TK this year! I have 19 years experience as a kindergarten teacher. In CUSD we are using Dr. Debbi Keeler’s curriculum found on the CKA website www.californiakindergartenassociation.org. and developing ideas in collaboration with the three TK teachers. I serve on the CKA Board as President Elect. Debra Weller
Our curriculum focus is a unit on family, pets, our skeleton and the five senses. Family poem
Family Family portraits Sorting magazine family pictures
Five Senses A touching box Sense book page
Five Senses Sensory Science Station Tree Thinking Map
Five Senses Making the touch book Touch book
Five Senses Graph of sweet and salty food Book about taste
Math Their Way Sorting by colors Sorting by colors
October Journals Every Monday we sit in a circle and pass the story stick. Each child gets a turn to say what they did over the weekend. Only the person holding the stick gets to talk and the others need to be good listeners. After this I model how to write in a journal. I put on classical music, they draw pictures and “write” in their journals.
Easel Painting Children paint pumpkins A pumpkin patch mural
Choice Time Designing with the scrap box Puzzles
Literacy Development A list of helping words and phrases October words
Learning Fun Our family photo project wall Bones- Circle Thinking Map
Centers Started this month Printing with dog bones Pumpkin Sequence
Center Activities Pumpkin wreath Spider Study
Center Activities Torn paper pumpkins Book on Babies
Reading Time Now we go to the library once a week and bring back books to read. They love to read. Contact: Debra Weller dwteller@cox.net