Kindergarten Readiness

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Kindergarten Readiness

• Helen Haller Elementary School

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Students

• Nearly 600 students
• 82 Caucasian
• 6 Hispanic
• 4 Amer. Ind.
• 4.5 Asian
• 1 Afr. Amer.

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Programs

• Title I reading/math
• Special Services
• Self Managers
• Haller Helpers
• Variety Club activities
• - Engineers Club
• - Learning Club
• Math Olympiad
• - Choir Club

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Staff at HHES

• 24 classroom teachers
• 16 specialists
• 26 para educators
• 3 office support staff
• 3 custodians

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Where we were...

• Mindset Theyll be ok.
• Uneven Where you lived often determined what
  was taught.
• Uncoordinated curriculum Teachers were unaware
  what was taught in grades above and below
  resulting in gaps in learning.
• Teacher isolation teachers were not connected to
  colleagues within or across grade levels -
  leading to little or no coordination of teaching
  and learning.

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...Where were going

• Mindset All children can achieve.
• Common standards GLEs Coordinated curriculum
• Teacher collaboration Coordinated lesson design
  to address the needs of all students
• More responsibility schools, parents, and
  community working together to help all students
  achieve.

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Goals at Haller/SSD

• Hedgehog concept
• Personalize education
• Develop strong positive relations
• 2. Set goals to improve learning
• 3. Research based instructional practices
• 4. Standards based Ed.

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The early years

• Literacy research suggests
• 1. More brain growth occurs at this time than any
  other.
• 2. Oral language development
• 3. Draw, color, label the world around you.
• 4. Play, play, and play

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Early years continued

• Math research suggests
• Count, kinesthetic, 11 correspondence
• More/Less
• Shapes
• Conservation
• Math fun!

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Kindergarten

• Positive, nurturing environment
• Dedicated, caring staff (TEAM)
• Research based instructional strategies
• Guided reading groups
• Developing number sense (Van De Walle)
• Phonemic awareness key that unlocks reading

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Kindergarten Team

• Skills to practice Ms. Grotzke
• Typical day in Kindergarten Ms. Shea
• 1st day of school Mrs. Flynn

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HHES

• Professional Development Mondays 915 am
• School hours
• - 815 1056 AM
• - 1213 245 PM
• Health Services
• Transportation
• PTO

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Registration

• Bring your
• 1. Your child He/she will go through a brief
  screening process while you complete paperwork.
• 2. Birth Certificate The official certificate.
  We can no longer accept the one with the cute
  little feet.
• 3. Immunization dates Requirements are as
  follows 4 DTP (last given after 4 yrs of age),
  3 Polio (last given after 4 yrs of age), Hep
  B(series of 3), 2 MMR (1st after 1 yr of age and
  2nd at least 28 days later, 1 dose Varicella
  (chicken pox) given after 1 yr of age or parent
  reported history of disease.
• 4. Proof of residency PUD bill w/ address,
  Drivers license, rent receiptanything with your
  current address.

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Closing

• Learn with your child everyday.
• Develop language rich and numeracy activities
  with your children.
• Remember to come to registration. Monday, May 4th
  400 700 pm in the Haller Library.