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Welcome!!Shanghai Community International
SchoolECE – Pre-Kindergarten
2014-2015
Ms. Jackson
Morning Arrival
• Unpack backpack
• Morning Work
The morning routine helps children with the transition from home to school and promotes positive interaction with others.
Morning Meeting• Calendar• Morning Message• Music and Movement• Zoo Phonics
The above tasks enhance cognitive and social developments.
• Read Aloud/Shared Writing
Specialists and Special Activities
Children develop their multiple intelligences by participating in these classes.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9:10–9:50 Physical
Education
~Mr. Roselle
9:10 – 9:50
Music
~Ms. Nicky
9:50 – 10:30
Physical Education
~Mr. Roselle
9:50 – 10:30
Music
~Ms. Nicky
9:50 – 10:20
Library
~Mr. Balli
Stations
– Literacy, Math, Social Studies & Science– Large group lesson
=Introduce/Review Concept
– Small group rotation (15 - 20 minutes)
– Station time• Academic/teacher
directed station• Academic/
independent stations
• Stations Could Include– Games– Smart Board– Art– Sensory– Books and puzzles
Children develop social, emotional, cognitive, and physical skills through play.
Lunch• Lunch 12:00 – 12:20
– Wash hands– Sit at classroom tables (2 tables)– Trays already on table with food served
• Main food item, bread or rice, egg, vegetable and fruit
• Apple juice, orange juice, milk or water
– Learning opportunity: table manners & social skills
Mandarin
Mandarin Assistant – Ms. Vicky
• 40 minutes everyday
• Classes are leveled
• Mandarin Journals/Books sent home weekly
Free Choice Centers•Student choice play centers•Centers could include:
•Dramatic Play•Art•Blocks•Puzzles•Math Games•Reading•Trains/Cars/Trucks
Theme Story and Activity
Outdoor Time
• 20 minutes of outdoor time at least twice a day– Independent and lunch
• Rainy days: Indoor Playroom, Gym, Indoor/Outdoor Classroom
Outdoor time gives children opportunities to interact with peers, develop their large motor skills, and learn social skills.
Project Based Learning
• A dynamic classroom approach in which students actively explore real-world problems and challenges while acquiring a deeper knowledge and understanding
• Learn new curriculum and skills, then apply it to an authentic situation
• Integrates all content areas• Enhances leadership skills• Increases creativity• Encourages problem solving skills
Language Arts/Reading
• Is integrated through all content areas• Curriculum provides opportunities for children
to listen, speak, read and write• Will develop phonetic and phonological
awareness• Will learn and gain a greater understanding of
concepts of print, book handling, story sequencing, comprehension and retelling
• Identify some individual letter sounds• Begin to recognize and print letters
– Zoo Phonics– Handwriting Without Tears
Writing
•Predictable/Repetitive Text
•Shared Writing
•Illustrations
•Class Books
•Writing Journals
•Name Writing
MathematicsThis year in math, students will:
Sort Objects Identify, extend and create patterns Count Identify Numbers Create Sets Identify and draw basic shapes Use positional words Begin using Pictographs
Science/Social Studies• Integrated through all content areas• Learn through investigation, hands-on and real
world experiences
This year students will:– Ask questions, collect data and record observations
– Distinguish living and non-living objects
– Observe and describe a variety of animals
– Name and locate parts of the body
– Identify the 5 Senses
– Celebrate a variety of holidays
– Learn about community helpers
Social/Emotional • Integrated through all content areas• Children will learn to be a positive member of
our class, school and community• Learn the importance of being respectful,
accepting of individual differences and being polite
• Kelso’s Choices (See other slide) – Conflict Management Program by Ms. Tina to help identify and solve small problems independently or get help for a big problem.
Assessment
• Teaching Strategies Gold– Teaching Strategies GOLD is a developmentally
appropriate, ongoing, observation-based assessment that occurs when teachers are observing children during regular, everyday activities on a continuous basis throughout the year. It is grounded in 38 objectives that guide teachers throughout the assessment cycle. The objectives are organized into 10 areas of development and learning, including broad developmental areas, content areas, and English language acquisition.
Communication
• Email– [email protected]
• Weekly Update/Reminders• Class Website• Please remember to e-mail me when
your child will be absent from school and copy the transportation department on the email
Volunteers•Room Parent
•Help organize classroom volunteers•Help organize parties/events•Contact Book and Emergency Phone Tree
•Other Volunteers•Field Trips•Classroom helpers•Class party helpers•Skype Mystery Readers
Questions???