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Welcome to Kindergarten Back to School Night 2017-2018
Welcome to Kindergarten
Back to School Night
2017-2018
Meet Mrs. Amy Nguyen
Originally from Charlottesville, VA
Received Masters in Early Childhood Education from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
This is my 19th year teaching and my 14th year with Stonegate
I am married with 2 sons, ages 12 and 10
Fun Fact: I can yodel
Contact Me:
Stonegate Phone #: 301-989-5668
Email: [email protected]
Meet Ms. Kerry Simon Originally from Pasadena, MD.
Currently lives in Baltimore.
Received a Bachelors in Early Childhood Education from
the University of Maryland, College Park.
Currently in graduate school to receive a Master’s of
Science Education in Elementary Reading and Literacy
Fourth year at Stonegate Elementary School.
Fun fact: I’m a twin!
Contact Me:
Stonegate Phone #: 301-989-5668
Email: [email protected]
Meet Ms. Nascha Payne
Originally from Texas
Currently live in Laurel
Received a Bachelors in Early Childhood Education from Towson University
Currently in graduate school to receive a Master’s in Educational Technology
2nd year with Stonegate Elementary School
3rd year teaching Kindergarten
Fun Fact: My first name means Owl in Navajo
Contact Me:
Stonegate Phone #: 301-989-5668
Email: [email protected]
School Day (8:55 – 3:25)Doors open at 8:40 and Bell rings at 8:55
Morning Routine
Reading/Language Arts
Recess/Lunch
Specials
Writing Block
Whole Group Math/Math Centers
Snack
Social Studies/Science/Health
Clean Up/Pack Up/ Wrap Up
Dismissal
What Do We Do All Day?
In the Morning: we unpack, sign up for lunch, and begin our morning work.
At the carpet, we read the plans of the day and have Shared Reading.
The students return to their seats for a reading follow up page and then go
to their Literacy Center.
During that time, we pull groups of children to have Guided Reading with us.
We go to our Specials (Art, Music, Media, and PE).
We share our ideas during Writer’s Workshop.
We have whole group Math and Math stations.
We end the day with Science or Social Studies.
Highlights of the Curriculum 2.0
Integrated curriculum
Academic peer groups in each class
Fluid & flexible grouping
Consistent data collection through the use of
formative data points in multiple and varied ways
Measures of Academic Progress in Math-Primary
(MAP-P)
Kindergarten Daily Work Rubrics
I did my best.
I completed my work, but a made a few
mistakes.
Levels of Performance for Assessments
• P: Meets the grade-level standard by demonstrating proficiency
of the content or processes for the Measurement Topic
• I: In Progress toward meeting the grade-level standard
• N: Not yet making progress or making minimal progress toward
meeting the grade-level standard
Standards-Based Report Card
• Report cards will be sent
home every Marking Period
• Progress will be sent home
during the middle of each
Marking Period
Reading & Language Arts
• Foundational Skills: Demonstrate understanding of features
of print, upper- and lowercase letters, spoken words, syllables, letter sound
• Text Reading and Comprehension: Poetry, fiction, traditional stories, and
informational text; identify parts of a book; read with purpose and
understanding; with prompting and support— identify characters, setting,
major events in stories and features of a book; ask and answer questions
about details in a text; engage in group reading activities; describe
relationship between illustrations and text.
• Listening: Confirm understanding of text read aloud; ask/answer questions.
• Speaking: speak audibly to express thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly.
• Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Use words and phrases acquired through
conversation, reading, being read to, and responding to texts.
Words Their Way -Word Study Program
Developmental spelling, phonics, and vocabulary program
Provides differentiated instruction
Students engage in Word Sorts to focus on the specifics of words and to learn how to examine words
Word Sorts will be modeled in class and in small groups before it is
practiced at home.
What Will It Look Like at Home?
Beginning in December, the words will be sent home biweekly with
homework to complete Word Activities/Games at home
cat rat pup cup
Writer’s WorkshopWriting:
• Expression of Thoughts and Ideas: Use drawing, dictating, and
writing to compose narrative pieces; describe familiar people,
places, and things.
• Processes: With guidance—respond to questions and feedback
to add details and strengthen writing; recall experiences or gather
information to answer questions; add drawings or visuals to provide
detail to writing. Describe familiar people, places, things, and
events; participate in shared research.
LANGUAGE:
• Conventions of Written Language: Print upper- and lower- case
letters; use nouns and verbs; expand sentences in shared
language activities; write consonant sounds; spell simple words
phonetically.
Students share their work through Author’s Chair
MathCounting and Cardinality
Count, compare, and represent quantities
Count strategies; represent, compare, and count out quantities.
Count forward from a number other than one.
Geometery
Positional Words
2D and 3D Shapes
Measurement & Data
Sort and Classify
Comparing Lengths and weights
Data Collection/Graphing
Directions & Positions/Sorting
Operations and Algebraic Thinking:
Multiple ways to decompose numbers to 10 into two parts.
Connect counting to addition/subtraction; solve addition/subtraction word problems.
Science Earth and Space Sciences:
Weather—observations, attributes, patterns; seasonal changes.
Life Sciences: Plant and animal life cycles; external features; diversity; adaptations for survival.
Basic needs of plants and animals; life cycles of plants and animals; comparison between offspring and parents.
External features of plants and animals used for survival; identification of local plants and animals; animal classification; comparisons between different plants; comparisons between different animals, including humans.
Social Studies Civics: Classroom routines and
schedules; importance of rules; rights and responsibilities at school and home; United States symbols and practices; contributions of people to the United States.
Geography: Tools used to describe Earth’s surface (pictures, maps, and globes); human-made and physical features used to describe Earth’s surface; humans change and adapt to the environment.
Economics: Making choices; workers and the jobs they do; goods people make/grow; resources used to produce goods and provide services; tools and machines used to work and play; ways to obtain goods and services.
Culture: Choices people make about meeting needs (tools, toys, transportation, communication, food, shelter); unique customs, traditions, skills, family heritage.
History: Differences among past, present, and future time; daily life and objects of today and long ago.
Social Skills
Self-Esteem
Independence
Self-Monitoring
Self-Control/Problem Solving
Collaboration
Listening & Following
Directions
Transitions
Classroom Expectations Raise your hand before you speak
Follow the directions the first time
Keep your hands and feet to yourself
Use a quiet voice and kind words
Respect yourself and others
Always do your best
We are a No Bully School!
Bullying is unwanted, possibly aggressive behavior repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. *Please see attached page
Homework Calendar
Homework will begin the first week of October
It will be given out bi-weekly along with the “Words Their Way” activities – beginning in January
Encourage your child to give his/her best effort
Your child should be writing on their own with parents helping to sound out words
Important Class Information
Folders will be send home every day
Empty your child’s folder and return to school
Please sign the “daily performance chart” if your child has a note for the day and leave in the folder for the month
Early release days will be from 8:55am-12:55pm
Your child will be eating lunch at school. Please make sure he/she has lunch or has money in the lunch account
Please sign up for conferences using Sign Up Genius
Mystery Readers come in the classroom and read to the students. More information will come from the teacher.
Celebrations
Classroom Snacks “No Peanuts or Tree Nuts” Policy
New Birthday Celebrations Policy
Class Parties – Halloween/Harvest Party, Valentine’s
Day Party, End of the year
Please see the sign up page if you would like to help
with the party.
What Can You Do to Help? Please make sure the school has current contact information
Read all of the information that comes home and sign the appropriate forms
Help your child find an appropriate place to do homework – help with sounding out words to write
Practice with your child learn to write his/her name correctly using uppercase and lowercase letters
Help your child to read the High Frequency words without sounding out
Read with your child every night
Help your child to identify and write the numbers 0-30
