Transcript Welcome to Kindergarten! - Irvine Unified School District

Welcome to
Oak Creek Kindergarten!
Tonight’s Speakers:
Carlo Grasso - Principal
Sonia Tucci & Jenny Tompkins – Co-PTA Presidents
Amy McNeill & Laura Hall - CDC Representatives
K Teachers: Taylor Brooks
Amanda Geddes
Krystal Chen
Maureen Renden
Welcome to
Oak Creek!
Carlo Grasso
Principal
Help support our school!
Join PTA!
Co-Presidents
Sonia Tucci
Jenny Tompkins
On-Campus Day Care
Amy McNeill & Laura Hall
Child Development Center
(C.D.C.)
(949) 551-3275
What does Kindergarten
look like?
• 3 hours of instructional
time
• 100 minutes devoted to
literacy each day
• Other curricular areas
include: math, social
studies, science, health,
art, physical education and
music.
• Maximum number of
students in a class is 33
(during overlap portion of
the day)
• Motivating, exciting,
nurturing, loving,
challenging environment
EL/SEI Kindergarten Class
Subject to change for 2012-2013 school year
• New addition to Oak Creek
• Allows for newcomer English Learners to
attend their home school while receiving ELD
support.
• Curriculum and Standards are the same as
mainstream kindergarten.
• Daily instruction and support in English
vocabulary, grammar, speaking, reading,
writing and listening.
2011-2012 Schedule
*This schedule is subject to change for the 2012-2013
school year based on enrollment and
classroom space available.
• Each class is currently divided into 2
sessions that overlap in the middle.
Early Birds: 8-11:30
Late Owls: 10:15-1:45
Sample Daily Schedule
Time
Activity
8:00-8:05am
Welcome Early Birds
8:10-9:20am
Language Arts Instruction
9:20-9:55am
Math
9:55-10:15am
Snack
10:15-10:20am
Welcome Late Owls
10:20-10:50am
Calendar Time
10:50-11:30am
Health/ Science/ Social Studies Instruction
11:30am
Early Bird Dismissal
11:30-12:00pm
Late Owl Snack
12:00-12:30pm
Math
12:30-1:45pm
Language Arts Instruction
1:45pm
Late Owl Dismissal
Is My Child Ready for
Kindergarten?
• All students who will be five years old
before November 2nd are welcome!
School Year
Dates
2012-2013
Nov. 2
2013-2014
Oct. 2
2014-2015
Sept. 2
Just a few helpful hints!
School Readiness
Program
A great resource in our district
regarding School Readiness
http://schoolreadiness.iusd.org
(949) 936-5870
Common Core
Standards
http://www.commoncore.org/
IUSD Kindergarten is implementing the
Common Core Standards in our
instruction and that will be reflected
in the Common Core progress reports
three times a year (Dec., Mar., June).
Speech
• Jessica Hopkins – Speech Pathologist
• Developmentally Appropriate Speech
Sounds Sheet
We are looking forward
to meeting you!
• Open House: Thursday, May 24th at 7:15pm
• Kindergarten Assessments: August 28 & 29
• First Day of School: Thursday, September 6th
(plan to stay for the morning)
Questions