Mary G. Clarkson
2013-14Kindergarten Orientation
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Common Core Learning Standards (CCLS)
Provide consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn
Robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers
Fully prepare students so U.S. will be positioned to compete in the global economy
English Language Arts and Literacy
Reading Standards for Literature
Reading Standards for Informational Text
Foundational Skills Writing
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What Your Child Will Be Working On:
Naming upper and lower case letters, matching those letters with their sounds, and printing them
Comparing the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories
Retelling familiar stories and talking about stories Using a combination of drawing, dictating and
writing to describe an event, including his or her reaction to what happened
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Representing and comparing whole numbers
Describing shapes and space
Mathematics CCLS Critical Areas in Kindergarten
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Count to 100 by ones and tens Count forward beginning from a given number (instead of 1) Write numbers from 0 to 20 Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and
subtract within 10 Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 (5=2+3) Fluently add and subtract within 5 Identify and describe shapes (squares, circles, triangles,
rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders. and spheres) Analyze and compare shapes; model and draw shapes
What Your Child Will Be Working On:
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Language and Word StudyReading WorkshopWriting Workshop
Literacy Collaborative Comprehensive Instructional
Framework
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Language and Word Study Interactive Read Aloud Interactive Writing Modeled/Shared Reading Modeled/Shared Writing Handwriting Language/Word Play Letter/Word Study Minilessons
Literacy Collaborative Language and Word Study
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Reading Workshop Guided Reading
Writing Workshop Guided Writing Interactive Writing Independent Writing
Literacy Collaborative
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Science
PlantsAnimalsOur EarthOur Home
Weather / SkyMatterHow Things Move
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Social Studies Our Home Our Community Community
Workers Holidays Citizenship Character
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Talk to your children Oral language development Vocabulary development Ask them about their day
Read to your children Model how reading should sound Talk about the story, pictures, and characters Share –A-Book
Success in school Parent/Teacher Workshops
Classroom Jamboree
Parent / Teacher Conferences Join the PTA Check your child’s backpack every day Home/school correspondence
Quality time Increase children’s background knowledge through experiences and reading to them Support and supervise homework Participate in after-school activities with your child Let your child know you listen to them Visit the Bay Shore Brightwaters Library Educational websites: see attached
Home/School Connection
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Personal and Family Health Safety and Injury PreventionNutrition and Physical ActivityTobacco and Your Body
Health Smart
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Bay Shore Wellness Policy
The establishment of universal nutrition standards for food available to students on school property is necessary for the following reasons:
To minimize negative contributions to students’ health
To maximize students’ learning potential
To protect children from potential food allergens and food-related illness
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