Transcript Welcome to Open House! Mrs. Klimes Classroom and Curriculum Overview Me Who is this person your child spends his/her school time with? Since your child.

Welcome to Open House!
Mrs. Klimes
Classroom and Curriculum
Overview
Me
Who is this person your child spends his/her school time with?
Since your child spends a good portion of his/her day with me, I thought I would let you know a
little about me.
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I’m an active and energetic person who loves life! I’m very upbeat and positive and give everything
I do my best effort.
I work well with others and am good at compromising and cooperating! Team work!
I am a mother of two, Casey-7, and Cayden-2 and ½ .
In addition to teaching children, I was a fitness instructor for several years. I decided to discontinue
that as I have damaged my vocal cords from screaming over loud music and talking all day for my
full-time and favorite job---teaching kindergarten!
I absolutely love my job and am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with you and your
children!
My Philosophy
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It is such a privilege to be a kindergarten teacher! It is amazing to see so much growth in such a short time! I’m thankful to have your
children in my classroom and to have your support! Your child is very important to me. I will cater my instruction to meet you child’s
individual needs as all children are different and learn differently.
Positive reinforcement for good choices
– Happy Rocks-notes will come home in advance
– High Five Chart-prize
– Zones of Regulation
– Verbal praise specifying the behavior observed
– -School-wide SEL Program: Second Step
Fostering a positive self concept
– Mistakes Poem
– Student of the Day—done in beginning of the year and again at the end
– Star of the Week-note sent home to inform you of what to help your child prepare/bring in—STAY TUNED FOR HOMEWORK
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– Birthdays—all students; food free; no invites to school please
– Handwriting/writing: the “kindergarten way” which is never wrong!
– Growth Mindset: the belief in the ability to learn
• Statements such as:
– Everyone learns in a different way. Let’s keep trying to find the way that works for you.
– I like the effort you put in. Let’s work together some more and figure out what it is you don’t understand.
– Mistakes poem, don’t use it lose it, I know I can song, done just begun
Behavior Expectations
– Color chart
– High Five Chart (our names are on paws; can get more than one)
– Class Contract/anchor charts
– Volume chart
– Combination of visual cues, sign-language, and positive encouragement to enforce our classroom expectations
Curriculum
Literacy: Workshop Model
• Daily 5/Café and Strategy Groups- Your child will participate in
small group reading instruction and/or confer with me 2-3 times a week targeting
decoding, comprehension, and phonics (or other skills he/she is ready for). Up until
now, for the most part our focus has been on learning routines, expectations and how
to use the different “tools” in our classroom.
• Shared Reading- Big books, picture books, poem of the week, group
instruction (punctuation marks, finding letters/sounds, counting words, sentences, etc)
• Preview pictures (picture walk/read)
• Read together (echo read/ choral read)
• Read in question/answer
• One to one word matching (kids match word cards to words in story)
• Highlighting rhyming words, sight words, and other known words and letters
• Practice Café strategies
Curriculum
Literacy (Continued)
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Kindergarten writing- It is NEVER wrong!
Inventive spelling- spelling words phonetically EX: Hapee (Happy)
Stretching out words sound by sound and writing what they hear
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Lucy Calkins Writing Program
Units of Study in Opinion/Argument, Information, and Narrative Writing ;
A common Core Workshop Curriculum
Celebrations that parents will be invited to attend
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Jolly Phonics, Fountas & Pinnell, and Words Their Way
Jolly Phonics: (beginning of year) Journals will go between school and home EVERYDAY. At home, please
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Review sounds with your child every night. 2. Have your child teach you the new letter/sound and complete
handwriting.
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Word Family Study: begins after Jolly Phonics; Word Family Journals will be completed at school.
Words Their Way is leveled based on students decoding needs. (Begins later in the school year after our
word family studies.) WTW is a weekly sort that helps students understand and learn word patterns
(differentiated).
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Sight Word Instruction (week 6)
Your child will be instructed on 95 sight words throughout kindergarten. We teach 3-4 words per week.
The word list will be shared with you and can be found on my website.
Curriculum
Literacy and Centers
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CAFÉ-Reading strategies that help developing readers. It is a program that we have begun to
align with the New Lucy Calkins Reading Units of Study.
– Comprehension- I can understand what I read.
– Accuracy- I can read the words.
– Fluency- I can read accurately, with expression, and understand what I read.
– Expanded Vocabulary- I know, find, and use interesting words.
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Read to Someone (buddy reading)
Read to Self (independent reading)
Listen to Reading
Work on Writing
Word Work
Other Stations/Centers
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Computers (listen to reading/independent reading)
Math
Smartboard
Puzzle/Learning games
Library Center
Math and Science
• Georgia Math Units connected to Common
Core State Standards and Envision Math
program- We use a combination of
manipulatives, paper/pencil, and technology
to meet standards.
• We do 3 science units a year
– Properties
– Weather
– Seed to Plant
Handwriting
• In kindergarten we use D’Nealian which helps
transition young writers to cursive in third grade.
• Ex: k, l, i, j, x, a,
• We want students to be able to identify different
types of fonts as well and we do expose them to
different ways we form letters.
• Ex: a, g
Specials
• Monday- Library/ Computers- (Please make sure
your child returns their library book on or before
each Monday; keep it in your child’s backpack
when you are not reading it.)
• Tuesday: Music (Our Fine Arts program is in
April.)
• Wednesday-Physical Education (Please send your
child in gym shoes.)
• Friday-Art(Please make sure your child is dressed
appropriately.)
Homework
• Check backpack EVERYDAY! Please empty folder
and read through contents
• READ EVERY NIGHT! (To and with your child)
• Jolly Phonics Journal and sight word list—
practice!!!
• Homework packet will start coming home in
September (sent home at the beginning of the
month; returned at the end—more info soon).
• SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS THIS WEEK: STAR OF
WEEK POSTER
Birthdays
• We celebrate birthdays in class. (summer
birthdays too!)
• Your child will receive a birthday crown,
activity book, and card.
• We sing silly birthdays song
• You may send a NON-FOOD treat to share with
the class (ex: bubbles, pencils, stickers, etc.)
Classroom Help/Visits
• All visitors must have a driver’s license or state i.d. to enter the
building (Your i.d. will be scanned when you arrive.)
• We realize that many parents work and have small children so
anyway you can help is appreciated.
• We ask that no siblings accompany parents during volunteering.
• You are welcome to join us for some of our “Happy Rock”
celebrations (watch for notes sent home so you can R.S.V.P. so I can
inform the office that you will be joining us)
• We need volunteers for:
• Field Trips- TBD
• Parties—contact HSO
• Mystery Readers (on Fridays)
• Clerical work- cutting, copying, assembling
Gingerbread Man Extension
• The Gingerbread Man helped us learn about special
places in our school by leaving notes with clues on his
whereabouts. Students listened to the notes and used
the clues provided to guess where he was.
• Let’s continue the excitement! Please have relatives
send post cards from other areas of the state, country,
or world from the Gingerbread Man. (Schiesher School
5205 Kingston Ave Lisle, IL, 60532)
• We will connect this extension to social studies and
geography!
Mrs. Klimes’ Contact Info
• To get to my webpage: go to lisle202.org, click
on “Schiesher”, click on “Kindergarten”, scroll
down to “Mrs. Klimes”
• Phone: 630-493-8179
• Email: [email protected]
Websites
• www.starfall.com
• www.pbskids.org
• www.coolmath-games.com/1-games-for-littlekids-01.html
• http://jollylearning.co.uk/
• http://www.corestandards.org/thestandards/english-language-artsstandards/reading-foundationalskills/kindergarten/
Thank you!
Thank you very much for taking time out of your
busy lives to be here tonight! Together, we will
make this a special year for your child!
Please be sure to sign up for volunteering before
you leave if you are interested!
PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN THE HANDBOOK
FORM BEFORE YOU LEAVE!