Welcome to Kindergarten Lyme Central School. Lots of information and a complete kindergarten handbook are always available on our web sites.

Welcome to Kindergarten

Lyme Central School

Lots of information and a complete kindergarten handbook are always available on our web sites.

The Common Core in New York Kindergarten Classrooms

The Common Core stresses a new focus on depth of learning, rather than breath of information.

For more information on the curriculum, visit EngageNY.org.

For more information on the Common Core Learning Standards, visit NYSED.gov.

English Language Arts Curriculum

Listening and Learning Strand

• A series of read‐alouds organized by topics, many of which are informational in nature.

• • The goal is for

students to acquire language competence through listening, specifically building a rich vocabulary, and broad knowledge in history and science by being exposed to carefully selected, sequenced, and coherent read‐alouds.

Phonics

• Teaches the mechanics of reading.

• Students are taught systematic and explicit phonics instruction as their primary tool for decoding written English.

Math CurriculumCounting and Cardinality

• Know number names and count sequence.

• Count to tell the number of objects.

• Compare numbers.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from.

Special Events Throughout the Year

• Halloween Parade• Thanksgiving Dinner• Holiday and Spring Concerts• Valentines Day Party• 100th Day of School Celebration• Grandparents’ Day• Reading Week• St. Lawrence River Boat Tour• Pirate Day• Ice Cream Shop visit• School Field Days• Kindergarten Graduation

• Children entering kindergarten should be able to identify and give the sounds of most of the letters of the alphabet,

•should be able to identify numbers up to 10 on sight,

•should be able to count verbally up to 20,

•should be able to manage clothing independently, including zippers,

•should be able to use the bathroom independently.

Our expectations of incoming Kindergartners

• Read to/with your child daily

• Teach to use zippers and putting on shoes independently

• Make sure your child gets plenty of rest at night.

• Play educational games at home to support school learning.

• Limit television viewing.

• Help your child feel independent by dressing them in clothes that they can manage on their own.

• Encourage exercise and healthy eating habits.

• Always remember you are your child's first teacher.

• Engage your child in conversation

How can you prepare your child?

Children who have never attended Lyme are

welcome to schedule a time to visit a kindergarten room during a school day. Please speak to a teacher

for more information.