The Liberty Kindergarten Team

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The Liberty Kindergarten Team

• Front from left Karlise Putnam, Amy Catherine
  Manzella, Brandy Simms, Kristi Davis, Allison
  Thompson, Julia Johnson
• Back from left Emily Weber, Michelle Hill, Julie
  Michaud, Heather Dean, Laura Akers, Kelly Reasor,
  Danielle Kononen

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Kindergarten Open House A day in the life of
a Kindergartner
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Essential Information

• Arrival Time 725 (Late bell rings at 745)
• On the first day, it is okay for you to walk your
  child into class. However, we are asking that
  your child use his/her regular transportation
  mode after Tuesday. A quick good-bye makes for
  dry eyes.
• Your child will be receiving a transportation
  bracelet if he/she will be a bus or car rider.
  Please make sure that your child wears this
  EVERYDAY for the first two weeks of school. In
  addition to the transportation bracelets, please
  make sure that your child is wearing his/her
  classroom name tag for the first two weeks.
• If your child will be in ASP, (After School
  Program) please make sure that you fill out the
  red enrollment form.
• Starting this year, your child will be able to
  bring a water bottle on the bus.
• Please make sure you establish a consistent mode
  of transportation for your child beginning
  Tuesday, August 5th.

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Snack Lunch - Ice Cream

• Please provide your child with one healthy snack
  each day. Clearly label the snack with your
  childs name.
• Lunch is 1.65. An account can be set up through
  Meal Pay so you can pay online. Meal Pay can be
  found on Libertys website.
• Ice cream costs 0.75. To avoid confusion,
  please make sure your childs ice cream money is
  separate from his/her lunch money. Exact change
  is required for ice cream.

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Agendas/Red Daily Folder

• ALL communication should be written in your
  childs agenda on the correct date. This
  includes transportation changes, excuses for
  being absent, and any other important notes for
  the teacher.
• Please check and clean out your childs red daily
  folder each day. This folder will contain
  important information from both the teacher and
  school.
• Both the agenda and red folder should be brought
  to school every day.

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Specials Recess

• Your child will be attending specials from
  1045-1125. Your childs teacher will be
  sending home your class schedule.
• We offer PE, Music, Art, Computer, and
  Counseling.
• On the days your class has PE, tennis shoes are
  required.
• We also encourage your child to wear tennis shoes
  to school on a regular basis due to the wood
  chips on the playground. We are active all day
  and moving about the classroom, and tennis shoes
  are the safest shoes to wear.

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Kindergarten

• Sometimes looking into a kindergarten
  classroom is a bit like looking into a beehive 
  the uninformed visitor might see lots of bees
  moving in many directions with no apparent logic,
  but the beekeeper knows what each bee is doing
  and how an activity fits within the overall
  pattern.
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Kindergarten

• Kindergarten is very different from other grade
  levels.
• We change activities every 20 minutes.
• We are active learners.
• We never teach anything in isolation. You will
  find reading, math and writing in every activity
  that is taught.
• We learn in a playful way with a wide variety of
  materials.

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What is reading?

• Reading is getting material from the printed
  word. 
• Reading is like breaking a code.

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There are five major areas of
instruction

• Phonemic awareness
• Phonics
• Sight word recognition
• Print concept
• Spelling

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Reading activities during the Kindergarten day

• Direct Instruction
• Shared Reading
• Journal Writing
• Guided Reading
• Independent Reading
• Literacy Centers

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Math

• The Kindergarten mathematics curriculum
  provides students with experiences that help them
  practice concepts like number recognition,
  counting, patterns, graphs, sorting, time, money,
  addition, and subtraction.

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Daily Math Activities include

• Everyday Calendar Counts
• Direct Math instruction
• Success Maker Math

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Writing

• Allows each child to work on a level that is
  appropriate for him/her.
• Some children are already able to write
  independently, while others need support that we
  are able to provide to the extent it is needed.
• Ultimately, our goal is for the children to write
  with sensible phonetic spelling also known as
  inventive spelling.
• We do not expect conventional spelling of words
  other than those we have on our word wall.

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Writing Activities

• Pattern Sentences
• Predictable Charts
• Write the Room
• Journal Writing
• Class Books
• Daily News/Morning Message
• Sticker Stories

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Writing Skill Targets

• Beginning a sentence with a capital letter and
  ending with an end mark
• Writing left to right, top to bottom
• Spacing between each word
• Drawing a detailed picture to match written
  text
• Sounding out words independently
• Discuss beg., middle and end of the year
  samples. I didnt include the samples on the main
  presentation.

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Spelling

• In Kindergarten, spelling is taught on a daily
  basis.  For example, when we "write together", we
  spell sight words together.  As the year
  progresses, students will be introduced to word
  families and their spelling patterns. Spelling,
  as a subject, is not formally taught in
  Kindergarten.

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Assessment

• Report Cards
• GKIDS
• Star Early Literacy
• Running Records

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Thank you!!!

• We are so excited to be your childs teacher this
  year.
• We know it is going to be a wonderful year filled
  with meaningful learning!
• Thank you so much for coming!