Kindergarten Curriculum Welcome to the Kindergarten Curriculum Night

Kindergarten Curriculum

Welcome to the Kindergarten Curriculum Night

What you should expect to see in a kindergarten classroom • • • Children actively engage Simultaneously occurring activities Large/small group and independent activities Appropriate pencil paper tasks Hands on activities Active participation Sharing Positive reinforcement/encouragement Independence Creativity Parent volunteers

Communication Arts Harcourt School Publishers • Phonological Awareness • Reading Comprehension • High Frequency Words • Robust Vocabulary • Writing

Communication Arts Skills • • • • Upper and Lower Case Letters – recognizing and writing Letter Sounds Auditory Discrimination Rhyming Deletion Phoneme Blending Segmentation Word Building Sight Words Pseudo Words Dictation High Frequency Words – Sight Words Enrichment/Robust Words – Word Wizard Words

Communication Arts Materials • • • Alpha Friends Alphabet Program Alphabet Homework Harcourt Reading Series Big Books Emergent Reader Books Games Projects Journals Writing Activities Pizza Hut Book It Reading Program

Harcourt: Alpha Friends Alphabet Program

Alphabet homework

High Frequency Words 42 Sight Words I A My The Go Was To Like He And Come Here This Said Me For Where Do Of You Look One Two See What Up Down Friend We Want Out Who Any Are They She Good There Give Little That Have

Developmental Stages of Writing

Writing – – Interactive Writing Independent Writing Journal writing Prompted writing

Types of Print • Ingomar Print • Book Print

• Listening and Speaking Skills – Super Sack – Student of the Week (Beary Special Person)

Math Calendar Numbers Patterns Tallying Odd/Even Grouping Money Estimation Jar

Harcourt Schools Publishers Chapters 1. Sort and Classify 2. Patterns 3. Numbers 0 -5 4. Numbers 6 -10 5. Geometry & Fractions 6. Numbers 10 -30 7. Number Patterns (count by 2, 5, & 10) 8. Money, Time 9. Measurement 10. Data, Graphing, & Probability 11. Addition 12. Subtraction

Science/Health Land, Water, Air Five Senses Dinosaurs Healthy Body/Dental Care Plants Animals Scientific Investigations/Tools

Social Studies Civic/Government Social Living Self Esteem Feelings Rules Laws Cultural Diversity Friends Geography Map Globes Economics Money Occupations School Workers History Famous People Holidays Traditions Calendar

Bullying September – Cooperative October – Respectful December – Compassionate January – Discipline February – Diverse March – Honest April – Safe May – Involved June - Friendly

Parent Communication • Inklings – PTO • Tyler Student Information System dfischer@northallegheny. org

Parent Communication Parent Volunteer Calendar Good News Envelopes

Parent Communication Conferences – Assessments November, May Communication Arts/Math - fall, winter, spring Portfolios Observation Report Cards – Notes January, June

Discipline 1. Warning 2. Name on board & note to parent 3. Time out 4. No recess 5. Call from principals office

We will strive to enrich each child academically, while fostering what is developmentally appropriate.