TeachersStudentsFamilies Together we can make good things happen

Teachers*Students*Families…. Together we can make good things happen in Kindergarten!

Guess Who Likes /See if you can find the “guess who likes” page that your child made /Take a minute to enjoy their work and think about the activities they chose /Write a note to your child inside the tent about their work

/Jillian /New /BC Daly About Me York /B. A Early Childhood Education and Human Development /M. Ed Curriculum and Instruction (focus in English Language Learners) /Boston College Children’s Center /3 rd Year in Lincoln, many siblings this year! /Child centered, whole child learning

About our Room Parents /Tara Mitchell and Stacey Clarkin /Provide a link from me to the family community /Collect and distribute information, i. e, directory /Organize collection of supplies, volunteers, etc. /Work with Ms. Daly to plan events that invite families into the classroom

About Kindergarten /A time for children to /Become lovers of learning /Acquire tools for learning /Develop work habits /Develop Social Skills /These are essential to successful subject matter learning

Kindergarteners are Bucket Fillers! Have You Filled A Bucket Today? We all carry invisible buckets that have one purpose…holding happy thoughts about ourselves

New Phonics Curriculum Guides Insights Science Guided Reading Handwriting Without Tears Investigations

“Take a Break” • Consistent “Responsive Classroom” language across the school • 2 ways to use a break, a teacher can ask you to take a break, or you can decide that you need a break • What to do when you’re on a break? • Cool down • Calm down your body enough that you will be able to rejoin the group • Volcano breath • Counting • Picturing a peaceful place

Morning Meeting l Morning meeting is a part of responsive classroom – Greeting – Sharing – Message – Activity

Savasana /Yoga /I am trained through “My First Yoga” check out www. myfirstyoga. com for more information /Benefits to the body and mind /Strength and flexibility /Ability to be still and calm /Ability to self-soothe, and calm down through breathing

Language and Literacy (Speaking - Listening - Reading - Writing) Important Components of our Program: / / Daily 5, aka “Reading and Writing 5” Reading and Writing Strategies and Skills Writing Workshop Choral Reading of Poems and Songs / Phonemic Awareness (e. g. sounds of letters) and use of the New Phonics program / Discrimination and Identification of Letter Sounds Recognition and Formation of Letters (upper and lower case) Handwriting using the Handwriting Without Tearsｩ program / / / Poetry/Song Folders students take home weekly folders containing songs and poems read and sung together that week Vocabulary and Comprehension (primarily developed through conversations and listening to stories read aloud) /

Mathematics Investigations Program / Routines /Calendar /Attendance /Today’s Question /Counting Days of School / Numbers and Counting / Counting Jar / Comparing Quantities / Geometry / Exploring Math Materials /Pattern Blocks /Unifix Cubes /Geoblocks /Buttons /Attribute Blocks

Science 5 Senses* Wind*Balance /We focus on the development of observational skills, and also learn about: /Life Cycles (apples, pumpkins, corn, bulbs) /Seasonal Changes /Tide Pools

Social Studies Sense of self and community /Getting to know one another /Respecting and embracing diversity /Sense of self, “Who am I? What am I good at? ” /Sense of community, “How do we all live, work, and play together peacefully? ”

Standards Based Report Cards / Grading/Scoring / K-5: 4 pt scale: 1, 2, 3, 4 for Academic Achievement based on meeting grade-level expectations: /3: /2: Achieving Progressing o 1: Performing Below /4: Exceeding / Frequency scale for /Consistently /Often /Sometimes /Infrequently Growth as a Learner:

Important Reminders /Children need sneakers on gym days, Tuesdays and Fridays /Mrs. Nordstrom keeps track, this becomes part of report card for gym /Library books are due back on Thursdays, feel free to return early if you are done early and don’t want to forget /Children returned can’t take out another book until the first book is /Please pack healthy snacks and lunches of a manageable size for small children /Think fruits, vegetables, whole grains rather than processed snacks to give your child lots of good “fuel” for their day /Keep allergies in mind (peanut free snack, peanuts okay at lunch) /Scholastic book orders will be available for October, I encourage online ordering

Thank you! /Thank me! you for sharing your children with /You are their first teachers and are doing a great job! /They are friendly, polite, happy, curious, engaged and wonderful little people! /I am so happy to have the opportunity to get to know them and to be a part of their first school experience / Feel free to contact me via email, phone, or note whenever you have a question or concern or if you would like to set up a time to meet in person! jdaly@lincnet. org 781 -259 -9404 ext 2107