Transcript Welcome to Kindergarten Curriculum Night

Teacher – Ms. Dean
Lake Wilderness Elementary - Room 1A
[email protected]
A Little About Ms. Dean 
 I live in Maple Valley.
 I have two boys: Graham (10) and Liam (4).
 I have been teaching kindergarten for 10 years (9 years at
Lake Wilderness).
 My hobbies include:
 Running
 Hot Yoga
 Football
 Camping
 Starbucks 
 My boys’ activities
What is Kindergarten?
 Kindergarten is the best grade EVER!
 I love teaching this age and the excitement the kids
have for learning and school!
Report Cards
 Report cards come home in November, March and
June
 Parent conferences are in November only
Learning Centers
 What are centers?
 Stations that are set up around the room that are
designed for a specific activity
 Literacy centers (AM) and Math centers (PM)
 Why use centers?
 Promotes independence and responsibility
 Help develop social skills
 Engaging – They are a favorite among kindergarteners!
 Allows for pull-out time so that I can work one-on-one
or in small groups with students on specific skills
Math
 District Curriculum: Math Expressions
 Kindergarten Math Concepts/Skills
 Identifying numbers
 Counting
 Shapes
 Writing numbers
 Addition and Subtraction
 Real-life applications
 Calendar concepts
Reading
 Independent
 Silent reading
 Center-time activities
 Shared
 Reading together on the carpet squares
 Guided
 Small Group Reading – students are grouped by ability or
skills and taught in a small-group setting (during literacy
centers)
Reading
 What are your responsibilities?
 Read the “I can read” binders – comes home this Friday,
return on Monday, leave all papers in the binder.
 Sight Word Cards (October) – sight word practice
 Read At Home (November) – book bag that comes
home nightly
 RAZ kids (November) – online computer reading
program that we use in class too
Writing Workshop
 A few things I want you to know:
 We write stories in kindergarten.
 We learn about different types of writing.
 Phonetic spelling is OKAY! DO NOT spell words for
your child!
 Types of writing we do in kindergarten:
 Narrative (Fall/Winter)
 Informational (Winter)
 Opinion (Spring)
Narrative Stories
(Writing Workshop)
Handwriting
 Handwriting Without Tears
 Uses hands on, manipulative learning to teach the
correct letter formation.
 Encourage your child to:
 Start letters from the top!
 Hold a pencil correctly
 Use the same “language” that is used in class to form
letters (see handout) – Big line, little line, big curve,
little curve
Integrated Curriculum
 Science and Social Studies integrated with reading,
writing and math activities
 Our units include:
 Fall: Communities
 Winter: Our World
 Spring: The Environment (lifecycle units)
Volunteers
 You must complete volunteer paperwork before you
can volunteer at LWES or chaperone field trips.
 I will send out a calendar at the beginning of each
month to remind you of your volunteer days.
Field Trips
 Pumpkin Patch Field Trip:
 October 15th (permissions slips to come soon, you can request to chaperone
at that time)
 Fire Station
 Usually in December or January
 Walking field trip
 Spring Fieldtrip
 Undecided at this time!
Fridays!
 Friday is Popcorn Day: Please send 3 box tops OR 25
cents taped to a piece of paper or index card to school
on Fridays if you would like to purchase popcorn.
Popcorn is purchased at first recess for snack. There
are other options like fruit leather.
 Friday is school spirit day! Send your child to school
in their Dolphin shirts or Lake Wilderness school
colors (blue/green).
Reminders
 District Calendar: Please note the days that your
kindergartener will not come to school.
 Folders: Come home on EVERYDAY. Please return
folders in your child’s backpack on EVERYDAY!
 Book Fair is in library A all this week!
Ms. Dean’s Classroom Wishlist:
 Baby wipes (unscented)
 Kirkland/clorox wipes
 Buttons
 Gallon Ziploc baggies
 Stickers/prize box prizes
 Pete the Cat books by Pete Litwin
 Piggie and Elephant books by Mo Willems
 Crayola water color paints
 Crayola crayons
 Black flair pens (fine tip)
Questions???