Transcript Curriculum Night

Curriculum
Night
The Kindergarten Team
Ms. Barboutsis, Ms.Feng, Ms. Khani
Ms. Brykman, Ms. Abraham
Ms. Hachey, Ms. Bruni
Ms. Hoover, Ms. Li
Website
Please visit our website for school wide
information. Click on the classroom link,
to see your child’s class’ monthly
calendar.
http://cornellvillage.ps.yrdsb.ca
Personal and Social
Development
Personal, social and emotional
development lays the foundation to your
child’s success in the classroom
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responsibility
independence (e.g., put coat/shoes on, pack bag, button/zip pants)
willingness to take risks
socialize positively with peers
develop problem solving skills
self-regulation
Personal Items
• Please make sure all personal belongings are
labelled.
• Help your child gain independence by practising
putting on jackets, doing up zippers, and packing
backpack at home.
• Please provide a change of clothing in your child’s
backpack, as accidents do happen.
• Just a gentle reminder that we ask you to provide
a pair of indoor shoes to stay at school.
LITERACY PROGRAM
Balanced Literacy
• We follow a balanced literacy program,
which includes oral, reading, writing and
media activities to meet the diverse needs
of all our learners.
• During the Kindergarten day, students are
given many opportunities to practise and
develop their literacy skills through
centers and free exploration.
Oral Language
• Oral language is the key to all other areas of
literacy in Kindergarten.
• What we say, we can write, and what we write we
can read.
• Throughout the day, students have opportunities
to participate by listening to others, sharing
their ideas and asking questions to further their
interests and learning.
• Learning letter-sound relationships through
songs, poems and rhymes will help the students in
the early stages of reading.
Guided Reading
• In guided reading sessions, students learn to use
early reading strategies to help them read simple
primary texts at their own reading level. By the end
of SK, students are expected to be reading at level
10.
• SK students will soon begin to bring home texts
that they have practised at school and can read to
you. Please celebrate your child’s reading by
listening to their reading and completing their
reading log. Please return the books each school
day.
Writing
• During the year it is our goal to foster a love of writing in all our
students. We will also be encouraging students to explore
independent writing tasks enabling them to guide their own
learning based on their personal interest.
• Beginner writers use pictures, symbols, and random letters. When
they share their writing their writing has meaning to them.
• As children progress with their writing, they learn to pay attention
to the way print and books work, and they learn that printed letters
and words represent the sounds and words of oral language.
• We encourage students to write for a variety of purposes and in a
variety of contexts; menus, plans on how to build something, a
sentence to accompany a picture, plays, labels, etc.
MATH PROGRAM
• The students will be exploring the
following Kindergarten Math
Expectations using a hands-on
approach with concrete materials.
Number Sense and
Numeration
• Demonstrate an understanding of
number, counting, quantity and
number relationships.
Data Management and
Probability
• Sort and classify a variety of
concrete objects (e.g. by colour, size,
shape). Collect data and begin to read
and describe graphs and explore the
concept of probability in everyday
contexts.
Measurement
• Measure and compare length, mass,
capacity, area, temperature and the
passage of time, using non-standard
units. Use a variety of tools to
measure objects.
Geometry and Spatial
Sense
• Describe, sort, classify, and compare
two-dimensional shapes and threedimensional figures, and describe the
location and movement of objects.
Patterning
 Explore, recognize, describe, and
create patterns, using a variety of
materials, such as blocks, stickers,
bingo dabbers (e.g. red/ yellow/ red/
yellow; ABC/ABC/ABC)
So how is Full Day Kindergarten
different than alternative day
Kindergarten?
• New classrooms, larger class sizes,
everyday attendance, 1 teacher and 1 DECE
per classroom.
• A portion of the day is open for free
exploration and investigation, in which the
curriculum is embedded. For example,
turning drama center into a restaurant, using
building as a math/science investigation, etc.
SNACK and LUNCH
• A healthy snack and lunch should be sent with
your child daily.
• Please practice opening and closing containers
independently.
• NO NUT products
Classroom Visit
We would like to now invite you back to our
classrooms to take a look at your child’s
learning environment.