Children are made readers on the laps of

“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents. ” Emilie Buchwald

Kindergarten Curriculum Night September 16 th, 2014 Mary. Kate Haake

Kindergarten Staff • Angela Gehlhoff agehlhof@shakopee. k 12. mn. us • Mary. Kate Haake mhaake@shakopee. k 12. mn. us • Amy Rutter arutter@shakopee. k 12. mn. us • Kaitlin Wermerskirchen kwermers@shakopee. k 12. mn. us • Stacy Brock sbrock@shakopee. k 12. mn. us • Stephanie Masloski smaskloski@shakopee. k 12. . mn. us • Jennifer Batalden jabatalde@shakopee. k 12. mn. us

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 3 min-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 • 3 rd 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 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 PAWS • Class “PAWS” • Individual “PAWS”

Jackson Pride

i. Pads • 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