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A Day in the Life of Your A Day in the Life of Your KindergartnerKindergartner

ARRIVAL

SETTLING IN

We turn in our folders, use manipulatives at

tables…

chat with our friends…

and add a cube to our attendance

stick or morning question.

CLASS MEETING:calendar, schedule, number

of days in school

SHARED READING/ WRITING

SNACK:

We practice good eating manners…

and socializing with others.

• We all notice each others’ healthy snacks!

WORKSHOP:“MUST DO” CENTERS

DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS

• Fine and gross motor skills• Creative and artistic expression• Receptive and expressive

language and vocabulary• Independence• Responsibility• Self-help

ACADEMIC AREAS(IN COMPLIANCE WITH MASSACHUSETTS FRAMEWORKS)

• LiteracyTRADITIONAL LITERATURE

~ Mother Goose Rhymes

~ Cumulative Tales

GENRE ~ Differentiation between fiction & nonfiction

AUTHOR STUDY ~ Eric Carle ~ Lois Ehlert ~ Donald CrewsPOETRY ~ Maurice Sendak

• SCIENCE~ Sunshine and Shadows

~ Investigating Water

• SOCIAL STUDIES~ All about me

~ Family~ Class/school community & rules~ Map of classroom & school~ Westwood’s helpers~ Purpose of money

• MATHINVESTIGATIONS IN NUMBER, DATA AND SPACE

~ Who Is In School Today?

~ Counting and Comparing~ What Comes Next?~ Measuring and Counting~ Make a Shape, Build a Block~ How Many Do You Have?~ Sorting and Surveys

CHOICE:

involves independence,…

peer interaction, communication,…

negotiation and compromise.

LUNCH• 12:00-12:30 with KP, 3C and 3S• Early Release

Wednesdays: no lunch served

• Kindergartners do not buy “Extras”

OUTSIDE RECESSHelp your child• Dress for the

weather• Practice

buttoning,…

• tying, zippering, snapping,...

• turning clothing right-side-in.

READ ALOUD• We settle in by

listening to a chapter book after recess.

• Selections made based on theme, content and/or author

DISMISSAL

• We line up according to how we will get home. It’s been a great day in Kindergarten!