Back to School Night Kindergarten Southeast Elementary Student
Back to School Night Kindergarten Southeast Elementary
Student Goals • • Love of Learning Independent Responsible Compassionate Resourceful Flexible Knowledgeable
Teacher Goals • • Support and Nurture Develop Talents Meet Individual Needs Integrate Learning Styles Connect Curriculum to the Real-World Challenge and/or Restructure Stay Connected to Home
Curriculum- Where does it come from?
Kindergarten Curriculum • All About Me • Self help skills • My Body • Five Senses Healthy Habits: Nutrition, Exercise, and Cleanliness • Family Traditions • Communication • Friendship • Pets • Seasons: Fall • Community • Thanksgiving • My School/My classroom • Seasons: Winter • Careers • Transportation • Machines & Inventions • Places • Valentine’s Day • Natural World • Earth Materials • My Backyard • Seasons: Spring • Seasons: Summer
Reading The Comprehension Toolkit • • • Focuses on “reading as thinking” Builds skills and competence in key thinking strategies for increased comprehension Supports time for shared reading, guided reading (small groups), independent reading, and collaborative discussion and sharing Provides opportunities for students to read in a variety of genres including nonfiction. Matches students with “just right” reading texts Fountas & Pinnell Word Study • Builds students word knowledge through instruction in phonics, spelling patterns, high frequency word knowledge, vocabulary development, and word-solving actions
Language Arts Write Source: • Process of writing • Forms of writing Additional Resources and Experiences: • • Poetry Journal writing Story writing Writer’s Workshop
Mathematics Everyday Mathematics: • • • Emphasizes conceptual understanding while building a mastery of basic skills Explores the full mathematics spectrum, not just basic arithmetic Based on how children learn, what they’re interested in, and the future for which they must be prepared Program Highlights: • • • Problem solving for everyday situations Developing readiness through hands-on activities Links between past experiences and new concepts Sharing ideas through discussion Cooperative learning through partner and small-group activities Practice through games On-going review throughout the year Daily routines Informal assessment Home and school partnership
Everyday Mathematics Content Strands K-3: • Data and Chance • Geometry • Measurement and Reference Frames • Numeration • Operations and Computation • Patterns, Functions, and Algebra
Science and Health Science and Technology for Children: • • • Students make their own discoveries Knowledge is actively constructed by the learner Hands-on experimental environment Scientific reasoning skills Units of Study – Comparing and Measuring – Organisms Health Focus Areas: • Safety • Healthy Habits • Decision-Making Skills • Interpersonal Skills
Social Studies Harcourt • Communities at school and home • Maps and Globes
Character Education and Tribes Character Education: • Compassion • Honesty/Integrity • Respect • Self-Discipline • Courage • Perseverance • Responsibility/Accountability • Teamwork Tribes. Ways of operating with each other: • Attentive Listening • Appreciation/No Put. Downs • The Right to Pass • Mutual Respect
Technology Integrated into the daily routine of the classroom through: – – – – Student productivity Communication and collaboration Delivery of lessons Classroom management Smart. Board Audio Enhancement Document Camera
World Language • • • Emphasis on the Spanish Language Integrated into the curriculum/calendar, counting Develops awareness Appreciation of other cultures Cultural comparisons- similarities and differences
Special Area Activities • Art • Music • Physical Education
kara. amis@jenksps. org Thank You for Coming!
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