Welcome to Kindergarten Curriculum Night
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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???