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Kindergarten at Evergreen Elementary!
The most important year of your child’s education.
A Typical Day In Kindergarten Includes:
CalendarPhonemic AwarenessWhole group reading lessonsReading Centers/ Guided ReadingWritingMathScience/Social StudiesDevelopmental Centers
CalendarPatterningNumber recognitionNumber senseCounting to 100 by
1’s and 10’sConcepts of more,
lessPlace valueGraphingData analysis
FUNDATIONS•Letter recognition•Letter-sound relationships•Letter formation•Blending: c-a-t=cat•Segmenting: dog=d-o-g•Sight words•Uses visual, auditory and kinesthetic approaches
Songs used to teach rhyming, Songs used to teach rhyming, segmenting, letter sound awareness, segmenting, letter sound awareness, even how to spell sight wordseven how to spell sight words
Involves games that teach and use Involves games that teach and use movement as well as hands on which movement as well as hands on which are developmentally appropriateare developmentally appropriate
Scaffolding of skills Scaffolding of skills
Reading CentersIndependent
activities that focus on current skills
Students have an assignment then free exploration
Centers include: Reading, Writing, Listening, Computers and ABC/Word Play
Guided Reading GroupsAbility based grouping and lessonsDesigned to take your child from current
ability level and build upon those skillsEarly focus is pre-reading skills that
include: rhyming, letter recognition, sound recognition and application
Books are chosen that help to build reading strategies , decoding skills, and comprehension
Meet with teacher or para-educator daily
Lunch TimeStudents make
their own choices of entrée and sides.
A combination of 3 fruit and vegetable choices
40 minutesResponsible for
care of area and lunchbox
WritingDevelopmental in
stagesLettersLetter stringsCopying wordsInvented/ Sound
spellingSentences on topic
with conventions
MathHands on with
manipulativesTeach students to
recognize strategies used to solve problems in order to explain how got to the answer
Lessons include focus, whole group, math workshop, discussion and practice
Math SkillsNumber recognitionNumber sense- what
makes that number what it is
Number formationShapes- 2-D and 3-
dimensionalTime conceptsMoney: coins and
values
Patterning- recognizing, extending, and creating
GraphingData analysisComparisonMeasurement: using
non-standard unitsAttributes
Science/ Social StudiesScience
WeatherSun, Moon, StarsHabitatsLife CyclesSoundMotionLandforms
Social StudiesRulesCitizenshipPatriotic symbolsEconomicsGeography-
landforms/ mapsTraditions/ Holidays
Developmental CentersPlaying to learnBuildingLegosArtComputersPuzzlesReadingMathScience
What does that mean for my kindergartener?
The bar has been raised and we are
going for the gold.
Reading and Language Arts
AttendanceVery important to be IN schoolArrive ON timeCan greatly impact student progressSchedule doctor appointments and vacations
around the school day/ yearCalendar available on SMCPS website to aid
planning
Together we can build a solid foundation!