Kindergarten Kindergarten 2011/2012 2011/2012

Standards and objectives Standards and objectives

Common Core CurriculumCommon Core Curriculum Dibels NextDibels Next Tool KitsTool Kits HB2732 Pre and Post test

assessments assessments

Design and Organization of Design and Organization of Common Core StandardsCommon Core Standards

Four strandsFour strands Reading (including Reading Foundational Skills)Reading (including Reading Foundational Skills) WritingWriting Speaking and ListeningSpeaking and Listening LanguageLanguage

An integrated model of literacyAn integrated model of literacy

Media requirements blended throughoutMedia requirements blended throughout

Reading Foundational SkillsReading Foundational SkillsFour categories (standards 1−4)Four categories (standards 1−4) Print concepts (K−1)Print concepts (K−1) Phonological awareness (K−1)Phonological awareness (K−1) Phonics and word recognition (K−5)Phonics and word recognition (K−5) Fluency (K−5)Fluency (K−5)

• Not an end in and of themselvesNot an end in and of themselves• Differentiated instructionDifferentiated instruction

WritingWriting

Writing types/purposes (standards 1−3)Writing types/purposes (standards 1−3) Writing argumentsWriting arguments Writing informative/explanatory textsWriting informative/explanatory texts Writing narrativesWriting narratives

Strong and growing Strong and growing across-the-curriculumacross-the-curriculum emphasis on students writing arguments and emphasis on students writing arguments and informative/explanatory textsinformative/explanatory texts

LanguageLanguageConventions of standard EnglishConventions of standard EnglishKnowledge of language (standards 1−3)Knowledge of language (standards 1−3) Using standard English in formal writing and speakingUsing standard English in formal writing and speaking Using language effectively and recognizing language Using language effectively and recognizing language

varietiesvarieties

Vocabulary (standards 4−6)Vocabulary (standards 4−6) Determining word meanings and word nuancesDetermining word meanings and word nuances Acquiring general academic and domain-specific words Acquiring general academic and domain-specific words

and phrasesand phrases

COMMON CORE

Common Core MathCommon Core MathGrade Level Overview

Dibels NextDibels Next Purpose Response to Intervention (RTI) is referenced in

the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act as well as in the individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) reauthorization of 2004. RTI represents a systemic method for evaluating the needs of all students and for fostering positive student outcomes through carefully selected and implemented interventions. It also may be used to assist schools in identifying students who may require more intensive instructional services and/or be eligible for an exceptional student education program.

Dibels Next Results will Dibels Next Results will lead to ……….lead to ……….

RTI daily interventions RTI daily interventions Reading specialist supportReading specialist support Weekly MonitoringWeekly Monitoring Small group instructionSmall group instruction Continual testing Continual testing Supportive data (reporting) Supportive data (reporting)

Tool Kits Tool Kits (District Assessment )(District Assessment )

Phonological AwarenessPhonological Awareness Alphabet Skills Letter IdentificationAlphabet Skills Letter Identification Alphabet Skills Sound IdentificationAlphabet Skills Sound Identification High Frequency WordsHigh Frequency Words Running RecordsRunning Records WritingWriting

Classroom StandardsClassroom Standards

Pre and Pro assessments (kindergarten) Pre and Pro assessments (kindergarten) quarterly there afterwardsquarterly there afterwards

Classroom behaviorClassroom behavior AttendanceAttendance HomeworkHomework Student achievement Student achievement

Thinking Map Thinking Map Circle MapCircle Map Tree MapTree Map Flow MapFlow Map Bubble MapBubble Map Double Bubble MapDouble Bubble Map Multi-Flow MapMulti-Flow Map Brace MapBrace Map Bridge Map Bridge Map

Report Card Information Report Card Information

Housekeeping issues Housekeeping issues

Classroom webpageClassroom webpage District webpage District webpage Department of Education Home page Department of Education Home page Volunteering in the classroom Volunteering in the classroom Homework Homework PTO EventsPTO Events