Transcript Kindergarten Assessments

Kindergarten
Open House
Mason Creek Elementary
August 18, 2015
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Mrs. Collins
• Mason Creek Webpage
• Notify Me
Meet the Team
• Candi Bridges
• Marcy Jackson
• Mandi Slatton
• Jodie Sweeney
MAES Handbook
Classroom Rules
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Listens and follows directions
Controls Talking
Shows self-control
Stays on-task
Works and plays well with others
Class discipline system – We use a color based system
where everyone starts out on green. If you are following
rules and procedures, you stay on green. If you are going
above and beyond, you can move to blue. If you are
having difficulty following rules and procedures, you will
move to yellow, and if the behaviors continues, you may
move to red.
Parent Communication
• The daily notebook is a very important communication
tool. It is an easy, effective way to communicate with your
child’s teacher. The notebooks are checked each morning
for notes and transportation changes. As a reminder,
please write transportation changes on the paper
provided, and any other kind of note in the agenda section.
Thanks!
• The teachers also communicate frequently by email. If you
don’t have email, just let us know and we can send home
paper letters instead. Also, should your email or phone
number change, please let us know immediately so we can
keep our information current.
Reading
*Sight Word Goal – 220 words
* Quarterly Goals – 1st 9 weeks – 55;
2nd 9 weeks – 110; 3rd 9 weeks – 165; 4th 9 weeks - 220
*Homework assignments include reading 15
minutes daily
*Guided Reading; daily teacher guided, small
group instruction.
*Saxon Phonics -daily phonics instruction
Sight Word Practice Ideas
*Write the words with sidewalk chalk, dry
erase, or bathtub crayons.
* Play B-I-N-G-O with your sight words.
* Play hopscotch using sight words instead of
numbers
* Write words in shaving cream, sugar, or
sand.
* Put sight words up around the house and
have a scavenger hunt.
Math
*Daily Calendar Math
*In kindergarten, students focus on truly
understanding numbers. They realize that
doing math involves solving problems and
discussing on how they solved them. We
will focus on showing what you know using
pictures, manipulatives, and various strategies.
*Math Marvels Wednesday mornings before
assembly – We are working on number sense.
Later on in the year we will move on to
addition.
Math
*Learning Clips – One of the interactive tools
that we use to reinforce our learning.
Science
Units in Science include:
*Day and Night Sky
*Gravity and Motion
*Physical Properties of Matter
*Rocks and Soils
*Living and Non-living Things
*Animals
*Plants
Social Studies
Units in Social Studies include:
*Connecting Themes in Social Studies
* The People in our Neighborhood
* Where in the World are We?
* Celebrating our Differences
* Being a Good American
* You’re a Grand Old Flag and Other US
Symbols
Writing
*The Kindergarten Units of Study in writing will focus on
Opinion, Information and Narrative Writing.
*Writer’s Workshop will include working on the writing
process. Students will have daily writing instruction.
* Please review complete sentences whenever you are
working with your student at home…capital letter, finger
spaces, and punctuation mark at the end.
Kindergarten Assessments
In kindergarten we use two main grade-level
assessments.
*GKIDS
*Aimsweb
Daily Schedule
(Tentative Schedule)
8:00-9:05
Word Works Daily/Phonics/Writing Workshop
9:05-9:55
Specials – Art, Music, PE
9:55-10:05
Snack and Restroom
10:05-11:15
Integrated Literacy Centers
11:15-12:00
Integrated Literacy Centers/Science/Social Studies
12:00-12:35
Lunch
12:35-12:55
Recess
12:55-1:05
Restroom
1:05-1:35
Calendar Math/Music and Movement
1:35-2:35
Math
2:35-2:45
Prepare for Dismissal
Special Classes
Students will rotate P.E., Art and Music classes each week. An
example of our schedule is as follows:
Monday – P.E.
Tuesday – Music
Wednesday – P.E.
Thursday – Art
Friday – PE
* On P.E. days please make sure your child wears tennis shoes and
dresses appropriately. If they do not dress appropriately they will
have to sit out of P.E. and this does affect their grade.
**Your child’s specific specials schedule can be found on the
weekly newsletter – kindergarten chronicles.
Homework
Homework is given on Friday and is due on
the following Friday. Homework includes
reading for 15 minutes and may include
reviewing sight words or a math review
assignment. The kindergarten team
collaborates and homework assignments
support curriculum taught in the classroom.
Webpage Resources
Welcome to a great year
in Kindergarten!