Welcometo

Mrs. Chouhan’s Kindergarten

Class!

Students are learning to be

independent by turning in their

folder each morning and putting away their backpacks.

notes from home lunch or lunch money

library books

Daily ActivitiesReading, Phonics & GrammarCenters & Learning Stations: puzzles, blocks & construction, reading, writing, poetry, math, investigation, computer, starboard, big booksGuided Reading Groups: beginning later in the first 9 weeks: students are grouped based on learning needsMathScience & Social StudiesLunchRecess & Restroom breaks

Special ActivitiesPE- 12:45 Wednesday & FridayMusic- 12:45 Tuesday & ThursdayLibrary & theater roomLaptops: mobile computer lab

Kindergarten Expectations Reading/Language Arts

Write first and last nameLetter recognition (upper and lower case)Letter sounds (beginning, middle, end)Rhyming wordsBlending SoundsReading ComprehensionStory RetellRecognize and Write Sight WordsWriting – Sounding out words and writing what you hear

ReadingMake the sounds of each letterPut the sounds togetherRead sight words (2-3 new words per week, starting 2nd nine weeks)Use pictures to predict what will happenAfter hearing or reading a story, be able to tell what happened in the beginning, middle and end.Read on level B by the 3rd 9 weeks and C by the end of the year.

Your child will come home with a book bag, a large letter to decorate and a sentence from the story. Help your child read the

sentence well, and find an object to send back that starts with the letter.

Writer’s WorkshopWriting Every Day

Morning MessagePredictable ChartsStory ResponseJournalsLittle Books

Already Ready: Nurturing Writers in Kindergarten

By respecting children as writers, engaged in bookmaking, you can gently  nudge

them toward a lifetime of joyful writing.

Illustrations and writing in their own way

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I w t t p w m f

I wt t t pk w my f

I wnt to the prk w my frnd.

Kindergarten Expectations Math-Sorting by 2D, 3D shapes, size and color-Reading a graph-Patterns: noticing the repeating parts, creating them-Position Words: top, bottom, middle, left, right-Counting by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s. Using the 100’s chart to predict what count comes next.-Numeral Recognition and writing-Use the calendar to answer… what was yesterday? Tomorrow? Today?-Addition & subtraction-Counting up to 20 objects & matching numeral to set.

Science

Weather

Tools

5 SensesLife Cycles

Rocks, soil, water

Seasons

Plants

Noticing and naming similarities and

differences about animals

Changes in Matter

Basic human needs

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Homework Folders

Please sign and return: homework counts as 10% of

grades.

Date Parent InitialMath - Patterns

Sight Words black, you

Poetry Book Jack and Jill

Writing black, orange, you, my, Jj, PpLetter- Pp Pop some popcorn

Download Sight Words from

TuesdayFoldersPlease sign and return: check for

notes from Blackshear

too!

2011-2012 Grading

E+ = 96-100 – AdvancedE = 90-95 – Exceeds ExpectationsS+ = 85-89 – Meets ExpectationsS = 80-84 – Approaching ExpectationsN = 70-79 – Below Expectations (experiencing some difficulties)U = 69 and below – Experiencing difficulties

BOOK ORDERSI will send

home about once a month.

Please pay by cash only -or- you can pay online using

our class code.

Dismissal

Walkers: cafeteria Car Riders: gymBus Riders & campus kids: gymDay Care: gym

You must notify me in writing, if there are any changes in dismissal procedures. Your child telling me is not enough. If your child is not

picked up on time, they will be waiting in the office for you.

You can help!Spend time reviewing school work.Read to your child daily.Praise every accomplishment.Encourage best work.Contact me with questions or concerns. Review sight word reading daily.