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Kindergarten

Curriculum Night

Welcome!

Please take a packet from outside the classroom and have a seat anywhere.

Children may not be on the school campus before 7:15 A.M.

Kindergarten First bell rings at 7:40 a.m., School begins at 7:45

a.m. Dismissal at 2:35 p.m. Early Release Day – Dismissal at 12:35 p.m.Tardies: If you arrive after the bell and the class has

already gone inside, you’ll need to go to the front office for a late pass.

All outside doors remain locked, so it will be necessary to go through the front office doors.

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PLEASE inform me of any changes in E-MAIL or WRITING!!

If transportation change occurs that same day, please contact the office.

If address, phone, work number or any other important information changes please keep me updated in writing.

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Attendance Phone Line – 541-2601(24 hrs./day)

If possible, inform teacher in advance in writing.

Rainy Day Schedules: Have children go through the front office to

their classrooms. If possible, try not to come in early.

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Labeling: Please label your child’s belongings, so children will

not mix up various items. This labeling needs to include lunchboxes,

backpacks, jackets, water bottles, etc.Lunch: Please consider paying for lunches online. This

alleviates lost money.Homework: The most important homework we can assign you is

to read to and with your child on a daily basis.

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7:40 Bell Rings 7:45-7:55 Unpack/Attendance 8:00-9:20 Reading (Daily 5) 9:20-9:40 Recess 9:40-10:40 Writing 10:40-11:20 Lunch/Recess 11:20-12:45 Math 12:45-1:35 Specials 1:35-1:50 Snack 1:50-2:30 S.S./Science/Health 2:35 Dismissal

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Monday: Computer Lab

Tuesday: ArtWednesday: MusicThursday: P.E.Friday: Library

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Remember your child’s library day and have your child bring their book to school. Students won’t be able to check out a new book if they don’t return last week’s book.Suggestions:Keep books in a special place away from

pets and younger siblings.Talk with your child about taking care of

his or her library book.Keep library books in a zip lock bag if your

child carries a water bottle in his/her backpack.

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Children are asked to bring their own snack to school everyday.

Please provide your child with a healthy snack.

Please keep the snack separate from his/her lunch, since we place snacks in a bin every morning.

We will NOT have snack on Wednesdays.

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Birthday parties CANNOT take place during school hours.

Invitations and treats CANNOT be given out at school. We will send home a kindergarten directory for your convenience.

Thank you for your understanding!

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1st Quarter: Parent/Teacher Conferences – October 22nd and 23rd

2nd Quarter: Report Cards 3rd Quarter: Student Led Conferences 4th Quarter: Report Cards

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Daily Folder Newsletter E-mail/notes/voicemail Web Pages-check frequently for updates Please feel free to contact me at

anytime

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Key Ideas and Details RL.K.1. With prompting and support,

ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

RL.K.2. With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.

RL.K.3. With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

Craft and Structure RL.K.4. Ask and answer questions

about unknown words in a text. RL.K.5. Recognize common types of

texts (e.g., storybooks, poems). RL.K.6. With prompting and support,

name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.

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Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

RL.K.7. With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).

RL.K.8. (Not applicable to literature) RL.K.9. With prompting and support,

compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

RL.K.10. Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

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Key Ideas and DetailsRI.K.1. With prompting and support, ask and

answer questions about key details in a text.

RI.K.2. With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

RI.K.3. With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

Craft and Structure RI.K.4. With prompting and support, ask

and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

RI.K.5. Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.

RI.K.6. Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.

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Integration of Knowledge and IdeasRI.K.7. With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).RI.K.8. With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.RI.K.9. With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).

Range of Reading and Level of Text ComplexityRI.K.10. Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

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Print ConceptsRF.K.1. Demonstrate understanding of

the organization and basic features of print. Follow words from left to right,

top to bottom, and page by page. Recognize that spoken words are

represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.

Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.

Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

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Phonics and Word Recognition

RF.K.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Demonstrate basic knowledge of

letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or most frequent sound for each consonant.

Associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.

Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).

Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

FluencyRF.K.4. Read emergent-reader texts with

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• The Daily 5 is a structured language arts program that helps students develop the daily habits of reading, writing, and working with peers that will lead to a lifetime of independent literacy!

Students are carefully taught how to choose a good-fit (just-right) book to read. Each student in our classroom has his/her special book box to place all just-right books in.

While students work independently, teachers will teach guided reading and confer with individual students.

While we work with a small reading group, all other students are highly engaged in the Daily 5 reading activities around the room.

• Check out the website! thedailycafe.com

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D’nealian handwriting-Proper grip-Paper (slant, lines)

• Writer’s Workshop• Journals (writing, alphabet, math

etc.)• Daily 5 work on writing

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Text Types and PurposesW.K.1. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is...).W.K.2. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.W.K.3. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.

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Production and Distribution of Writing W.K.4. (Begins in grade 3) W.K.5. With guidance and support from adults, respond to

questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

W.K.6. With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

W.K.7. Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of books by a favorite author and express opinions about them).

W.K.8. With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

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Counting and Cardinality Know number names and

the count sequence. Count to tell the number of

objects. Compare numbers.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from.

Number and Operations in Base Ten

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Measurement and Data Describe and compare measurable

attributes. Classify objects and count the number

of objects in each category Geometry

Identify and describe shapes. Analyze, compare, create, and

compose shapes.

o Investigations website: http://investigations.terc.edu/

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o Common Core Standards

Mathematical Practices 1. Make sense of problems

and persevere in solving them.

2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

4. Model with mathematics. 5. Use appropriate tools

strategically. 6. Attend to precision. 7. Look for and make use of

structure. 8. Look for and express

regularity in repeated reasoning.

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5 senses Living Things Magnets Weather Balls N’ Ramps Conservation

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Develop essential technology skills

Apply technology Integrate other

content areas Students will work

on laptops and the SMART board during the Daily 5 and throughout the day

Computer lab once a week

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