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Welcome to Curriculum NightOpen House
• Please find the folder which has your child’s name on it and take some time to look at the contents– Ms. Bowen’s Class-green– Ms. EJ’s Class-blue– Ms. Montalto’s Class - orange
• 2 Sign Ups:1. Library Volunteer Sign Up:
• Ms. Bowen’s Class-green• Ms. EJ’s Class-blue• Ms. Montalto’s Class – orange
2. PTO Directory Information, please fill out your information
• We will get started soon!
A Typical Day in Kindergarten
at Memorial-Spaulding
Good Morning!
The children arrive at school by bus or car and get
themselves ready for the day.
Allowing the children to do things by themselves
encourages their independence and gives them
a sense of pride.
Daily jobs such as signing in and
answering the question of the day foster
responsibility and create a sense of community.
Morning Routine
Having a consistent arrival-time routine helps the children
transition from home to classroom.
Morning MeetingWe start each day with a greeting, share, activity and reading a morning message. This will also be a time
to implement our anti-bullying curriculum called Open Circle.
The Kindergarten Literacy Block
Shared Reading
During shared reading, the teacher and children read big books and poems.
During guided reading, teachers work with
students to guide them in using their emerging
reading strategies. By using books that
gradually increase in difficulty, students work at their own levels and
feel very successful! The end goal is for students to
become confident, proficient readers who
LOVE to read!(WE WON’T START THIS UNTIL LATE JANUARY OR
EARLY FEBRUARY)
Guided Reading
Interactive Writing
This is a time we share the marker, tap out sounds, and write important labels to use in the classroom.
Workboard/Literacy Centers
Workboard/literacy centers provides meaningful reading and writing
experiences as students work to apply skills and strategies learned during
shared and guided reading lessons.
Typical workboard/literacy center jobs may be the ABC, writing, listening, poetry, science, and
reading around the room.
Multi-sensory activities promote phonics, phonemic awareness and handwriting
skills.
FundationsStudents experience the joy in
being able to manipulate sounds and letters to create and read
words.
Writing WorkshopChildren have a lot to say about the world and they can express themselves on paper through inventive spelling
and drawing.
Writing Workshop builds on the children’s strengths, provides
meaningful, structured opportunities to write, exposes them to beautiful
literature and actively teaches the skills and strategies that writers need.
Snack/Lunch
Kindergarteners eat snack in their classrooms. Kindergartners eat lunch in the cafeteria. Some students buy lunch, while others bring it from home. Lunchtime is a great opportunity for
students to talk and build social skills.
Recess
Children learn important social skills on the playground. Recess helps to develop skills such as
cooperating, helping, sharing, and problem solving.
MathKindergartners participate in the Everyday Mathematics and the Kathy Richardson
program.
The children do many hands-on activities involving counting, numeration,
measurement, geometry, sorting, adding subtracting
and data collecting.
Science and Social StudiesKindergartners explore and discover the things and people
around them and make connections between their own personal lives and the larger world around them. In science
some of the the things we study are, ladybugs, bulbs, the engineering of blocks, sand and water. Our social studies units are, seasons, All about Me, families, and important
people, dates, and holidays throughout the year.
TechnologyKindergartners will be given the chance to explore and use computers and IPads for different projects – creating and
writing stories and making thinking visible in math.
http://nspt4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/child-with-ipad.jpg
Special ClassesEach week the kindergartners go to
Art, P.E., Music and Library.
Choice TimeDuring choice time the kindergartners have a chance to develop social skills. They practice teamwork, taking turns and problem solving.
We’re looking forward to a great year!
Reading LogDay Title of Book Who did you
read with?Parent Initials
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Why can’t I skip my 20 mins of reading?
• http://erfoundation.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ER_reading-time.pdf