Kindergarten Team

KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS MS. Analicia Ramos Gifted Bilingual/Room 002A Mr. David Araujo IB/Room 003 Mrs. Kelly Schoenecker IB /Room 001 Mr. Roberto Martinez Bilingual/Room 004

SOCIAL SKILLS Be independent Clean up after him or herself Repeat his full name, address, phone

number, and birthday Separate from parents easily Manage bathroom needs Dress him or her Express need for help Play independently or focus on one

activity with a friend for up to fifteen minutes

SOCIAL SKILLS CONTINUED Wear uniform Share Take turns Participate in Physical Education

activities Participate in Art and Music Activities

LISTENING SKILLS

Follow directions Listen well Raise hand and wait to speak Act on instruction and repeat spoken

directions Engage in question and answer dialogue

with classmates and teachers Work as a team on projects or problem

solving

LANGUAGE ARTS Your child should track words left to

right Listen to a story without interrupting Retell story including B/M/E details Know story elements: Character,

Setting, Plot, Predicting, summarizing, making connections, inferring, fiction/non-fiction

Recognize upper and lowercase letters (A-Z).

Know initial consonant sounds and sound patterns to read words (for example f+an = fan; r+an = ran)

LANGUAGE ARTS Try to sound out words Recognize some common sight words,

like “stop” Read sight words including color words. Identify rhyming words. Print legibly first and last name. Read and write simple sentences using

sight words and phonetic spelling.

MATH Sort and classify objects using more

than one attribute Recognize and print 1-100. Count orally to 100 by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, and

10’s Know the numbers and number words

one to ten Know the days of the week Months of the year Use graphs to gather information

MATH Understand position and location

relationships (top/bottom, near/far, before/behind)

Compare quantities by estimating, weighing, and measuring

Recognize patterns and shapes Addition Subtraction Tell time to the hour Know the name of each coin and value

(Penny, nickel, dime and quarter)

CURRICULUM Balanced Literacy Phonics/ Readers’

workshop/ and Writers’ workshop Math – Trailblazers Science- Foss (Weather, Animals, Senses

& Fabric) Social Studies- (Rules, All about me,

Homes, Feelings)

ONGOING…

IB ProgramCommon CoreAssessments

IB LEARNER PROFILES

Inquirers Reflective Open-minded Caring Communicators Knowledgeable Thinkers Principled Risk-takers Balanced

Building a community of international mindedness learners

Who we are Where we are in time and place How we express ourselves How the world works How we organize ourselves How we share the planet

International Baccalaureate Units

ASSESSMENTS: Reading- Dibbles Next Reading -3D REACH-CPS Framework Teacher and school created

assessments

HOMEWORK AND FOLDERHomework is given at least four times

a week.Read with your child daily.Please check this folder EVERY night

for homework, letters from the teacher, and important papers from the school. This folder should also be sent to school EVERY day with the student. Please make sure that your student’s homework is and completed.

GRADING SCALE W = Well Developed P = Partially Developed B = Beginning to Develop / = Not taught yet

ABSENCES If your child will be absent from school

please call and let us know that he/she will not be attending school that day. Upon their return to class please send the teacher a note with the reason why your student was absent. Until the teacher receives a note the absence will be marked as unexcused.

UNIFORMS

All students need to come to school with their proper uniform. Girls must wear a white or blue shirt, a navy blue skirt or navy blue school pants. Boys must wear a white or blue shirt and navy blue school pants.

 

BEST WAY TO CONNECT WITH US…

Pulaski International School – 773-553-4391 Before 9:00 a.m. After 4:00 p.m.

daraujo3@cps.edu aramos1@cps.edu kemaline@cps.edu

LET’S HAVE A GREAT YEAR!