“children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” emilie buchwald
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“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” Emilie Buchwald. Kindergarten Curriculum Night. September 16th, 2014 MaryKate Haake. Angela Gehlhoff agehlhof @shakopee.k12. mn.us MaryKate Haake mhaake @shakopee.k12.mn.us Amy Rutter arutter @shakopee.k12.mn.us - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.”
Emilie Buchwald
Kindergarten Curriculum
NightSeptember 16th, 2014
MaryKate Haake
Kindergarten Staff• Angela Gehlhoff
• MaryKate Haake
[email protected] • Amy Rutter
[email protected] • Kaitlin Wermerskirchen
[email protected] • Stacy Brock
[email protected]• Stephanie Masloski
[email protected]• Jennifer Batalden
About Me…• Family• School• Teaching
Mrs. Haake’s Schedule• Review schedule• Core & Targeted time• Snack• Recess/Lunch• Dress for the weather• ID numbers
Personal skills• Shoe tying• Clothes fastening• “Round Trip” Folders• Backpacks
Field Trips
• Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge• Cost = Free• Chaperones• Fall 2014: (Habitat, Who needs that?)• Winter 2015: (Introduction to Snowshoe Hiking)• Spring 2015: (Forests Are More Than Trees)
Zoo mobile Spring 2015
Cycle days• Jackson is on a 10 day cycle.• Schedule on Website
• Specialists• Split classes• Art shirt/gym shoes• Library checkout during Media & Cycle Day 9
Language Arts
Reading
• Reader’s Workshop• Read Alouds• Reader’s Theatre• Phonics• Zoo Phonics
• Poetry• Centers/Guided Reading
Writing
• Handwriting-EZ write• Shared writing• Writer’s Workshop• Turn and Talk• End of year goals
Language Arts• Reader’s Workshop• Independent Reading Time
• One time a week-daily (Increase time from 3min-Up)• Quality vs. Quantity at home.
• Three ways to read.• Pictures, words, and retell.
• Book Bins• Leveled text, weekly poem, and HFW books.• Benchmark Books
Language Arts• Interactive Read Aloud• Teacher models what good readers do and think while they are
reading stories.• Predicting what will happen• Connecting to other events• Understanding the meaning of words
• At home, you can have a conversation about the story you are reading.
• Reader’s Theatre• 3rd week of each unit
Language Arts• Phonics• Zoo Phonics• Rhyming• Letter identification• Beginning, middle, & ending sounds• High frequency words• Word families• Blending & segmenting
Language Arts• Poetry• One-to-one correspondence• Identifying high frequency & rhyming words• Fluency• Visualizing• Poetry binders
Language Arts• Guided Reading• Teacher works with small groups of children (4-5) on reading
skills• Children are grouped with others who have similar reading
skills• Directionality (left to right)• One-to-one match• Monitoring known and unknown words• Understand what has been read• Level 6 book by end of year
Language Arts
• Centers• Centers are literacy based • Children engage in independent learning • Children rotate through centers• Teacher pulls small groups for guided reading• Children might refer to “centers” as “play”
Language Arts• Writers’ Workshop• Think • Draw• Say & Test• Clap and Count• Write
Math• Resource: “Expressions” Math • Daily practice, read aloud books, and hands on learning
activities• Parent Letters and “Mega Math”• Math Centers• Practice these at home:• Count forward to 50; backward from 20• Recognize and write numbers through 31• Sorting and patterning• Identify one more and one less• Count a set of objects with a one-to-one match• Add and subtract numbers up to 10
Theme• Science• Seasons • Weather• Scientific tools• Dental Health• Nutrition
• Social Studies• Families• Identify the symbols of our nation (flag and white house)• Map vocabulary• Fire/Bus Safety
• STEM• Science, Technology, Engineering, Math• Labs (4)• Resources• During “Theme” time.
Other Curricular Areas• Personal Growth• Print first and last name correctly• Listening skills• Follows directions• Be safe, Be respectful, Be responsible, Be positive• Jackson Pride• Jackson Pride PAWS• Class “PAWS”• Individual “PAWS”
Jackson Pride
iPads• Twelve/classroom• Used in all content areas• Large/small group
• Contract• Apps vs. creativity
Miscellaneous
• Handouts• Scholastic Book Club• Website• Volunteer background site
COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS???
THANK YOU!!!
“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.”
Emilie Buchwald