Welcome to Kindergarten at Amelia Elementary Kindergarten Orientation

Welcome to Kindergarten at Amelia Elementary Kindergarten Orientation 2012

Amelia Elementary Contact Info: • • • Address: 5 East Main Street, Amelia, Oh 45102 Principal: Stephanie Walker_s 2@westcler. org Telephone Number: 943 -3800 Fax Number: 943 -3642 Blog Site: www. westcler. org/ae/ Transportation Number: 752 -4020

Introductions: Mrs. Stephanie Walker: Principal Kindergarten Teachers: • Mrs. Julia Smith • Miss Lori Van Eman • Mrs. Mona Wells

Parents and Teachers I dreamed I stood in a studio And watched two sculptors there, The clay they used was a young child’s mind And they fashioned it with care. One was a teacher, the tools she used Were books and music and art One was a parent with a guiding hand And a gentle, loving heart. And when at last their work was done They were proud of what they had wrought For the things they had worked into the child Could never be sold or bought. And each agreed she would have failed If she had worked alone For behind the parents stood the school, And behind the teacher stood the home.

Homework Information: • Very important to be done on child’s off days of school. • Will have all month to work on packet and is due last week of each month. • Homework packet follows kindergarten report skills. • Reading Log is to be done daily and recorded.

Example of Homework Calendar:

Report Card Information: • Standards Based, Not Letter Based • Goal is for student to be PROFICIENT by the end of the school year • Throughout school year students will be monitored by: – “M” Making Progress – “L”: Limited Progress

Pearson Success. Net pearsonsuccessnet. com Username: ameliakindergarten Password: reading 1

Kindergarten Language Arts & Literacy: A Sample of What you Child Will Be Working on in Kindergarten: • • • Naming upper/lower case letters, matching those letters with sounds, and printing them. Comparing the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories such as fairy tales and folktales Retelling familiar stories and retelling the using details from the text Using a combination of drawing, dictating and writing to describe an event, including his/her reaction to what happened Stating an opinion or preference about a topic or book in writing. Taking part in classroom conversations and following rules for discussions Speaking clearly to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas, including descriptions of familiar people, places, things and events Asking and answering questions about key details in stories Understanding questioning words in discussions Learning to recognize, spell and properly use those little grammatical words that hold the language together (a, the, to, of, I , is , are)

Kindergarten Writing January 2012 May 2012

Kindergarten Mathematics: A Sample of What you Child Will Be Working on in Kindergarten: • • • Counting objects to tell how many there are Comparing two groups of objects to tell which group, if either, has more; comparing two written numbers to tell which is greater Acting out addition/subtraction word problems and drawing diagrams to represent them Adding/subtracting 10 or less, solving addition/subtraction word problems Adding or subtracting very small numbers quickly and accurately Correctly naming shapes regardless of orientation size or

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) DIBELS is a fluency-based measurement system designed to measure important early reading skills in Kindergarten. This system measures three basic sets of skills: 1. Phonological Awareness 2. Alphabetic Principle 3. Accuracy/Fluency with Text

DIBELS Data: Initial Sound Fluency (ISF) ISF measures a child’s ability to choose words starting with a given sound ability to produce the initial sound of a word in isolation.

DIBELS Data: Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF) PSF measures a child’s ability to break words into smaller sound parts. For example: cat is made up of the sounds /C/ /A/ /T/

DIBELS Data: Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) NWF measures alphabetic principle skills by assessing a child’s ability to produce correct letter sounds or combine them to make words. baf cid tus nif

DIBELS Data 1. 2. 3. Students are measured three times during the year and classified into three categories: Benchmark = Reached goal Strategic = Not quite at the goal Intensive = Significantly below the goal Assessment dates: Fall, Winter, Spring

Kindergarten DIBELS Benchmarks MEASURE FALL WINTER SPRING Initial Sound Fluency (ISF) 10 or more initial sounds per minute 30 or more initial Not Tested sounds per minute Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF) Not Tested 20 or more sounds per minute Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) Not Tested 17 or more letter 28 or more letter sounds per minute Letter Naming Fluency (LNF) No benchmark set for (LNF) 40 or more sounds per minute No benchmark set for (LNF)

This is the Tiger Oath: Students start the day by reciting it. The Oath is referenced as needed as a reminder for appropriate behavior. Procedures: Hallways Restroom Drinking fountain Entering/exiting Classroom I am an Amelia Tigers are Respectful, Responsible, and Safe.

Kindergarten Classroom

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• Thank you all for dedicating your time to your child’s academics! Here’s to a fantastic year in kindergarten!! • See ideas for volunteering in your child’s classroom handout.