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Welcome Future Falcons! Vail Farm Elementary School Virtual Kindergarten Parent Orientation
Welcome Future Falcons! Vail Farm Elementary School
Virtual Kindergarten Parent Orientation
Kindergarten, Here I Come!
o Letters and Wordso Languageo Speaking & Listeningo Reading Bookso Writingo Numbers and Shapeso Workshop Format
Letters and Words
o Recognizes and names all upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet
o Recognizes and produces rhyming words
o Reads common high-frequency words by sight
o Prints many upper and lowercase letters
Handwriting
Languageo Sorts common objects into
categories (e.g., shapes, foods)
o Names opposites
o Understands and uses question words
o Produces and expands complete sentences
Reading Books
o Actively engages in group reading activities
o Follows words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page
o Retells familiar stories
o Asks and answers questions about key details in a text
Writing
o Uses a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion, information and narrative pieces.
o Participates in shared research and writing projects.
o Explores a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing.
Numbers● Count groups of up to 20 objects
● Compare numbers and groups up to 10
● Count verbally up to 100
Numbers – Place Value● Understand that the numbers 11 – 19
can be shown with a group of 10 and some others.
● A “ten frame” can help build this understanding.
13 is a group of
ten and three ones
Numbers – Adding and Subtracting
● Fluently add and subtract within 5● Solve addition and subtraction story
problems ● Know that numbers can be broken into
combinations of numbers
Shapes Build Compare
Classify
Reading Workshop● The goal is to teach students strategies for
reading, understanding, and solving problems.● Allows teachers to differentiate and meet the
needs of all students.● Fosters a love of reading, writing, and math.● Teachers model strategies, students practice
strategies with guidance, and then independently.
Component - Read AloudThe teacher reads a selection aloud to students to model fluency, vocabulary and comprehension strategies.
Component - Shared Reading
The teacher and students read a text together.
Component - Guided ReadingThe teacher introduces a text to students that is just a little harder than they can read on their own.
Component - Independent Reading
Students read a text at a just-right or easy level on their own.
Writing WorkshopStudents have a large amount of choice in their topic and style of writing. The teacher acts as a mentor, modeling writing techniques and conferring with students as they move through the writing process. Direct writing instruction takes place in the form of a mini-lesson at the beginning of each workshop and is followed by active writing time. Each workshop ends with a sharing of student work.
What is a typical day?● Arrive to school - Bus/Drop Off● Instructional Day Begins: 8:55 AM● Literacy Block● Recess/Lunch● Special– Art, Music, Library or PE● Math Block● Social Studies/Science● Enrichment/Intervention● Instructional Day Ends: 3:05 PM
A day in the life of a future Falcon!
News from Nurse Lynn● Nurse Lynn will communicate with families by phone and/or email
about required medical information that is still needed for September. Please review the forms received at kindergarten screening
● Vaccines must be complete to attend school in September, if you are
on a catch up schedule, you must provide appointment cards for your subsequent doses and follow the state mandated catch up schedule to attend.
● Nurse Lynn will be periodically checkingemail and coming into the office occasionally over the summer please feel free to send
Please email with any questions: [email protected]
● Once you are fully registered, you will get a phone call for the screening.
● Typically, class placements are accessible via Parent Portal by the third week of August.
Screening & Placement
Kindergarten Take Home Bag
They will be given at your student’s screening.
21-22 PTA BoardPresident – Alix Hoffman1st Vice President – Sarah Hanganu2nd Vice President – Nicole McPheeTreasurer – Mike VandermarkRecording Secretary – Karen ZiermannCorresponding Secretary - OPEN
PTA Email (July 1): [email protected] on Facebook - Search: VFES PTA
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