Transcript Please send your child with a nutritious snack daily.

Welcome to Open House!
Kindergarten
2015-2016
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A Typical Day in Kindergarten
At Bullard Elementary
Daily Schedule
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7:15-7:50
7:50-8:00
8:00-8:15
8:15-9:00
9:00-10:10
10:10-10:15
10:12-10:42
10:55-11:15
11:15-11:25
11:25-12:00
12:00-12:45
12:35-12:45
12:50-1:35
1:40-2:05
2:05-2:15
Morning Work/Developmental Centers
Announcements/Pledge
Morning Meeting
Guided Math
Literacy Block
Clean-up and wash hands for lunch
Lunch
Recess
Bathroom/Water Break
Theme (social studies, science, health)
Writer’s Workshop/Rest & Read
Pack-up
Specials (PE, Music, Art, Technology)
Snack/ Pack-up
Dismissal
*Book Buddies w/Mr. Sage
Good Morning!
The children arrive at school by
bus or car and get themselves
ready for the day.
Allowing the children to do things
by themselves encourages their
independence and gives them a
sense of pride.
Morning Meeting
We start each day with songs,
counting and calendar
activities.
Morning meeting provides practice
of the calendar, letters, sight words,
numbers, patterns, weather and
phonemic awareness.
Guided Math
Kindergartners participate in
teacher-directed & independent
math centers.
The children do many hands-on
activities involving counting,
numeration, measurement,
geometry, patterns, sorting, data
collecting and problem solving.
The Kindergarten Literacy Block
Oral Language
Before reading and writing about the world, children need to be
able to talk fluently about it. Songs, poems, discussions and
dramatic play all strengthen these oral language skills.
Shared Reading
During shared reading, children read from big books, chart
paper, the SMART Board or sentence strips.
Guided Reading
During guided reading,
teachers work with students
to guide them in using their
emerging reading strategies.
By using books that gradually
increase in difficulty, students
work at their own levels and
feel very successful! The end
goal is for students to
become confident, proficient
readers who LOVE to read!
Literacy Centers
Literacy stations provide meaningful reading
and writing experiences as students work to
apply skills and strategies learned during
shared and guided reading lessons.
Typical literacy stations may be a big
books station, a listening station where
children can follow along as books are
read on CD, or a magnetic letter station.
Lunchtime
Kindergartners eat lunch in the cafeteria. Some students
buy lunch, while others bring it from home. Lunchtime is a
great opportunity for students to talk and build social skills.
Recess
Children learn important social skills on the
playground. Recess helps to develop skills such as
cooperating, helping, sharing, and problem solving.
Science and Social Studies
Kindergartners explore and discover the things and people
around them and make connections between their own
personal lives and the larger world around them. They will also
be creating a Science & Social Studies Interactive Notebook
this year!
Writers’ Workshop
Children have a lot to say about the world and they can express
themselves on paper through inventive spelling and drawing.
Writers’ Workshop builds on the children’s
strengths, provides meaningful, structured
opportunities to write, exposes them to beautiful
literature and actively teaches the skills and
strategies that writers need.
Special Classes
Each week the kindergartners go
to Art, PE, Music and Technology.
Mrs. Kauffman: Art
Mrs. Hicks: Technology
Mrs. Oden: Music
Mrs. Wolfe
Ms. Albright
PE
Special Days
Special events help the kindergartners appreciate
and celebrate different people and cultures.
Fall Centers
The 100th Day
Dr. Seuss’ Birthday
Behavior System
 Positive discipline approach!
 We discuss and role play
problems and solutions during
class meetings.
Communication
The best way to contact me is
through:
 Communication Folders
 Please send money in an
envelope w/your child’s name
indicating what it is for.
 Email:
[email protected]
 Blog:
www.cobbk12.org/bullard/
Emergencies:
 School phone number:
(678) 594-8720
Transportation
 If your child’s transportation
is changing in any way, please
send a note with the date and
your signature. Without a
note, I must send them home
the “usual” way.
 Transportation changes cannot
be sent via email.
 It is very helpful for your
child to know how he/she is
going home when they arrive
at school.
 If your child is attending a
BASE class, you must send a
written note the day of class.
Absences
 Our instructional time begins
at 7:50. Please make every
effort to have your child to
school on time.
 At no time should your child
be dropped off before the
7:15 bell.
 All absences require a
written note signed by a
parent.
 Excuse notes may not be
sent via email.
Homework
 Monthly Reading Log
 Sight Words
 Letter and number
writing
 IXL (math)
 Skills to foster
independence.
Snacks and Birthdays
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Please send your child with a
nutritious snack daily. (Please do
not send cookies or candy)
Please send or drop off birthday
treats in the front office by
1:00.
Please make sure all treats are
precut and ready to serve.
Class T Shirts
(cost $7.00)
• Field Trips
• Science Day
• Field Day
PTSA Web Site
 Visit the PTSA web site to
sign up to receive email
reminders for school events.
 http://bullard.ptsamail.com
We’re looking forward to a great year!