Kindergarten Curriculum Night

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Kindergarten Curriculum Night
Mrs. Bouchillon
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Language Arts

• Speak in complete sentences
• Identify and produce rhyming words
• Identify words with the same beginning sounds
• Blend and break words apart by syllables and
  individual sounds (such as cat, c-a-t).

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Language Arts

• Identify all uppercase and lowercase alphabet
  letters and identify and produce all letter sound
  relationships.
• Identify 15 sight words by middle of the year and
  35 words by the end of the year.

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DRA

• Developmental Reading Assessment
• Unseen text
• Oral reading (ability to call the words on the
  page)
• Fluency (speed expression or intonation),
• Retelling/comprehension (ability to share or
  retell the story to a friend who has never
  seen/heard/read the text)
• Expectations by of end of year is to read a DRA
  level 4 (fiction and non-fiction)

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Writing

• Plan a first draft by generating ideas for
  writing through class discussion
• Develop drafts by sequencing the action of
  details in the story
• Share writing with others
• Dictate or write information for lists, captions,
  or invitations

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Mathematics

• Geometry
• Algebraic Reasoning
• Numeration
• Measurement
• Our mathematics curriculum spirals each grading
  period.

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Science

• Follow safety rules.
• Use science tools to participate in simple
  experiments.
• Identify the states of matter solid, liquid, and
  gas.
• Observe and describe a variety of rocks and soil
  such as clay and sand.

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Science

• Distinguish between living and nonliving things.
• Identify basic needs of organisms such as food,
  water, air, and a place to live.
• Observe changes that are part of a simple life
  cycle of a plant.

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Social Studies

• We begin with rules, laws and authority figures
• Pledges are recited during the announcements
• Social Studies is taught throughout the year and
  integrated into Language Arts
• Participation grades recorded on the report card

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D3 TimeDragons Digging Deeper

• All students
• 45 minutes per day
• Students will enrich their learning by working on
  targeted areas based on the child's needs.
• Data from common assessments

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Attendance

• Time with the teacher equals student success!

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Homework

• Homework Calendar
• Read 20 minutes every night!

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Parent Conference

• Kindergarten will begin parent conferences in
  October.
• Sign-up Genius

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Parent Access

• You will need your childs student ID number to
  log-in.
• CISD website Parents Parent Access

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Volunteer

• You must register online to be a volunteer.
• Deretchin webpage Parents Volunteer in CISD

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Daily Dragon Folders

• Primary mode of communication between parent and
  teacher.
• Please help your child keep this folder neat and
  current.

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Dragon Conduct Calendar

• Used to document behavior
• Areas of concern will be noted on the calendar
  (if necessary).
• Please sign the calendar at the end of each week.
• Do not remove!
• New to Kindergarten - E

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Snack

• Children may bring a nutritious snack from home
  each day.
• Unhealthy snacks such as chips or cookies may not
  be consumed during snack time.
• Please put your childs snack in their backpack
  (not in their lunch box) and only send one snack
  per day.

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Lunch

• 1215-1245
• No visitors the first 3 weeks.
• www.schoolpaymentsolutions.com
• CISD website - Child Nutrition
• Checks made out to Child Nutrition Department

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Birthdays

• Treats can be passed out in your childs
  classroom at 1245pm.
• Please contact your childs teacher prior to the
  date.

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Money

• Please send money (cash or check) in an envelope
  with your childs name.
• Do not send loose money.

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Scholastic Book Orders

• Sent home about once a month
• Class activation code
• Our class earns free books with every order!

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Transportation Changes

• Please keep your childs transportation tag on
  the backpack all year.
• We cannot accept changes via email or phone.

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Medications

• Give to our school nurse, Mrs. Colleen
• Please apply sunscreen at home for special events

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Label Items From Home

• Backpacks, lunch boxes, jackets and other
  clothing items that can be removed should be
  labeled with your childs name.

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Library

• Students will alternate between a library lesson
  and the computer lab each week.
• Books will be checked out weekly as long as the
  library book is returned.

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Special Events

• FABULOUS FIFTIES!
• November 7 _at_ 500pm
• Kindergartens Parent Event
• We will be celebrating the first 50 days of
  school with fun math activities!