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Join us for an informative evening where you will learn about our comprehensive curriculum, including Reading Streets, Eureka Math, STEM activities, and social-emotional learning. Discover how we incorporate technology, small group instruction, and daily reading programs to promote literacy and academic growth. Find out what you can do at home to support your child's learning. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Your Kindergarten Teachers • Mrs. Scheffler • Mrs. Bautista • Mrs. Armentrout • Mrs. Miller
Curriculum • Reading Streets- Adopted Reading series *Phonemic Awareness by Michael Heggerty , 95% group & CAPIT • Eureka Math • Second Step- Social & Emotional Learning skills and bullying prevention (Weekly Lessons) • STEM- Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (FOSS) (Smartboard, RAZ) Blocks/Gears Numbers/Shapes Ipads Adding/Subtracting
Reading Program • Reading Streets • infuses both science and social studies within fiction and non fiction stories • 75 minutes of literacy based centers • incorporate technology with computers, I PADS, Smart Board • include phonics, writing, and reading activities • Daily small group reading instruction
Reading Program cont. • Phonological Awareness lessons will be taught through the use of Michael Heggerty and 95% Group. These daily lessons practice skills such as: Letter Naming , Rhyming, Blending, Identifying Final and/or Medial Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Phonemes, Deleting Phonemes, Substituting Phonemes, and Language Awareness. * CAPIT- a supplemental phonics curriculum with PA embedded. Completed daily on the mini ipads.
Math Program • Eureka Math • Infuses fluency activities, interactive notebooks, hands on manipulatives and problem solving skills. • 45 minutes whole group/small group instruction. • Assessments include teacher observations, one on one assessments, district required assessments.
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills DIBELS • Brief, but powerful, measures of the critical skills that underlie early reading success • K-3 Benchmark assessments are given three times per year • Results are used as indicators for students being on track to learn to read
Other Assessments • District/Quarterly Assessments- Letter Recognition, sounds recognition, decoding words, rhyming, and name writing • Weekly Reading Street Skill Assessment or pacing guide skill assessment • Weekly Phonics/Spelling Tests-Begins Jan.
What parents can do at home! • Play rhyming and segmenting games together • Have your child practice saying the names of lowercase and uppercase letters quickly • Have your child practice saying the sounds of letters quickly • Read, Read, Read! • Be a model and read to your child • Read with your child • Listen to your child read and encourage them to use their reading strategies when they get stuck • Have your child retell what he/she just read • Practice sight word lists sent home by teacher
Weekly Homework • Initial homework daily • Please leave homework in your plastic bag • Family Times Book • RAZ Accounts • Reading Strategies • Using your reading finger • Taking a picture walk • Story retell • If they get stuck help with the sounds of the letters, don’t just give them the whole word.
Data Notebooks • * Students use their data notebook throughout the day to focus on their own personal learning needs and goals. • Data notebooks are updated often and students graph their progress on a classroom graph.
Drop off & Pick-up • Gate opens at 8:30am. • Dismissal 3:30pm • Blue line is for drop off only. • Bus gate is for bus riders only. • Park in the parking lot if you need to get out of your vehicle at any time. • All visitors must sign into the office to gain access to any other part of the campus.
Thank you for coming! Questions? Please visit our Kindergarten Website. http://dvusd.org/sh-kindergarten
