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Welcome to Kindergarten at Welcome to Kindergarten at Amelia ElementaryAmelia Elementary
Welcome to Kindergarten at Welcome to Kindergarten at Amelia ElementaryAmelia Elementary
Kindergarten Orientation 2012
Amelia Elementary Amelia Elementary Contact Info:Contact Info:
Address: 5 East Main Street, Amelia, Oh 45102• Principal: Stephanie Walker• Walker_s2@westcler.org• Telephone Number: 943-3800• Fax Number: 943-3642• Blog Site: www.westcler.org/ae/• Transportation Number: 752-4020
Introductions: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 studioAnd watched two sculptors there,
The clay they used was a young child’s mindAnd they fashioned it with care.
One was a teacher, the tools she usedWere books and music and art
One was a parent with a guiding handAnd a gentle, loving heart.
And when at last their work was doneThey were proud of what they
had wroughtFor the things they had worked
into the childCould 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: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 Example of Homework Calendar:Calendar:
Report Card Information: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 SuccessNetPearson SuccessNetpearsonsuccessnet.compearsonsuccessnet.com
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KindergartenKindergartenLanguage Arts & Literacy: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 WritingKindergarten Writing
January 2012
May 2012
Kindergarten Mathematics: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
or size
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)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 Awareness2. Alphabetic Principle3. Accuracy/Fluency with Text
DIBELS Data:DIBELS Data:Initial Sound Fluency (ISF)Initial Sound Fluency (ISF)
ISF measures a child’s ability to choose
words starting with a given sound and ability to produce the initial sound of a word in isolation.
DIBELS Data:DIBELS Data:Phoneme Segmentation Phoneme Segmentation
Fluency (PSF)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:DIBELS Data:Nonsense Word Fluency Nonsense Word Fluency
(NWF)(NWF) NWF measures
alphabetic principle skills by
assessing a child’s ability to produce correct letter sounds or combine them to make words.
bafcidtusnif
DIBELS DataDIBELS Data Students are measured three
times during the year and classified into three categories:
1. Benchmark = Reached goal2. Strategic = Not quite at the goal3. Intensive = Significantly below the
goal
Assessment dates: Fall, Winter, Spring
Kindergarten DIBELSKindergarten DIBELSBenchmarksBenchmarks
MEASURE
FALL WINTER SPRING
Initial Sound Fluency (ISF)
10 or more initial sounds per minute
30 or more initial sounds per minute
Not Tested
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF)
Not Tested 20 or more sounds per minute
40 or more sounds per minute
Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF)
Not Tested 17 or more letter sounds per minute
28 or more letter sounds per minute
Letter Naming Fluency (LNF)
No benchmark set for (LNF)
No benchmark set for (LNF)
No benchmark set for (LNF)
I am an Amelia Tiger.Amelia Tigers are
Respectful,Responsible, and Safe.
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:HallwaysRestroom
Drinking fountainEntering/exiting
Classroom
Kindergarten ClassroomKindergarten Classroom
Smart TechnologySmart Technology
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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.