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Parent ProfilesHow many of your children have gone
through kindergarten?
• This is my first! (Take a deep breath!)
• I survived one…it’s my second!
• I’m a veteran…this is my third (or more).
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What We Do (Most Days)What We Do (Most Days) Check In Meeting and Calendar Math Letter Work or Kid Writing Centers Snack and Recess Social Studies, Science, or Choices Story Time * We will also go to the computer lab, Gym, &
library : )
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Morning Meeting Morning Meeting Calendar Routine Calendar Routine
• Flag Salute• Review Rules• Greeting • Message • Sharing • Activity
• Calendar • Weather • Number of the Day • Graph of the Week• Today’s Goals
Meeting and CalendarMeeting and Calendar
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We use the Everyday Math/ Chicago Math Program.
The math skills we work on in Kindergarten include:
• Addition and subtraction (including calculator skills)
• 1 to 1 correspondence and counting
• Number identification and number writing
• Problem Solving
• Graphing and data analysis
• Measurement (Introductions to time, money, weight, and length)
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Language Arts • Houghton Mifflin Reading Program ** New Program
– Read Alouds to develop comprehension– Phonemic Awareness – Letter Identification and Phonics – Sight Words– Word Families (-at, -an, -it) and Rhyming
• Guided Reading using leveled readers in small groups
• Handwriting Without Tears
• Kid Writing
• Poetry
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Choices Construction
Play Dough
ABC Fun
Book Nook
Math
Puzzles and Puppets
Computers
Art
Writing
Listening
Science
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Other Subjects
• Environmental Science (a.k.a. Trees)
• The Five Senses and The Seasons
• Social Studies (Native Americans and Kindertravels) • Library (AM and PM on Friday’s for a Book Exchange)
• Computer Lab
• GYM (AM Tuesday and PM Wednesday)
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Calendar Coming Soon!!
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Report Cards • Conferences: December and March• Report Cards: (based on PA Standards)• Here are examples from the Report Card:
General Skills Language Arts * Math **
Writes first name (capital first, rest
lowercase)
Identifies capital & lower case letters
Counts to 30, 70, 100
States Birthday Identifies beginning and ending sounds in words
Id. numbers to 0-20, 70, 100
Writes numbers to 10, 20, 30
Address and phone number
Identifies and extends rhymes
Reads a graph
Listening & Speaking Skills
Handwriting Identifies 2-D Shapes
Characteristics of Successful Learners
Writing: Understands letter/sound relationships,
correctly spells high frequency words, writes
simple sentences
1 to 1 correspondence
Extends and designs a pattern* We will also assess blending, high frequency words, story elements, writing last names, and
conventions of writing by June.
** We will also assess skip counting, addition/subtraction, coin identification, non-standard measurement, and will have higher expectations for counting, number identification, and number writing.
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Volunteers Needed!Ways to help:• Work at home (cutting, gluing, tracing, etc.)• Kid Writing and Centers • Clerical work (filing, stapling, copies)• Holiday/Seasonal Events • Field Trip
If you haven’t already, please complete the Volunteer Form and send it back to school as soon as possible. I will send a confirmation notice once I
organize our classroom volunteers. Thank You!
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Keep in Touch!The best ways to reach me are:
1. Email me at [email protected] 2. Leave a note in your child’s notebook3. Leave me a voicemail 610-853-5900
x41484. If your child’s dismissal plans change or
there is an emergency, call the school directly at 610-853-5900 x4000
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Thanks for coming!
Any questions for the common good?
I’ll see you in December for our first conference!