Prince of Peace Kindergarten. Welcome to Prince of Peace Kindergarten Information Night February 4 th, 2015.

Prince of Peace

Kindergarten

Welcome to Prince of

Peace

Kindergarten Information Night

February 4th, 2015

About Miss Pekarcik• I grew up here in Orange County. I

am a graduate of Prince of Peace. I received my teaching credential from California State University, Fullerton.

Each day I am excited to teach Kindergarten. The students bring such joy and I enjoy helping them grow.

A Kindergarten Day– 8:20 Calendar and Language Arts Warm up– 9:00 Bible Time– 9:30 Alphabet and letter formation / Phonics– 10:00 Snack and Recess– 10:30 Reading– 11:00 Math– 11:45 Lunch and Recess– 12:45 Rest Time / 2nd semester Read Aloud and Spelling– 1:15 Language Arts– 2:00 Writing / Science / Social Studies– 2:40 Clean up and get ready to go home– 3:00 Dismissal

Other Activities

• Chapel – Wednesday – 9:00

• Physical Education – Tuesday, Thursday – 10:30

• Reading Centers• Math Centers• Activities with cross age buddies

Bible Time

• Sing songs• Read the Bible• Art and Crafts

• One topic per week. Starts with Old Testament and then through the New Testament.

Reading• Units

–School–Shadows–Finding Friends–The Wind–Stick to It–Red, White, and

Blue–Teamwork–By the Sea

Reading and Language Arts

• Rhyming• High Frequency Words• Recognition and Letter Writing• Phonics• Verbs, Nouns, and Pronouns• Capitalization and End Marks• Types of Writing (Fiction, Poems,

Biographies, etc.)

Math• Topics

–Sorting and classifying–More and Fewer–Writing and Making numbers 1 through 30–Addition and Subtraction–Patterns–Geometry–Time / Calendar–Capacity and Weight–Graphing

Science

• Topics–Shadows–Seasons–Wind–Senses–Plants–Magnets–Ocean animals

Science Experiments

Social Studies• Topics

–Workers in the community

–Being a good friend–Perseverance–Our country–Working together–Holidays

Music

• Singing• Rhythm

–Classroom made instruments• Patterns• Listening for differences

–Loud and soft–Fast and slow–How music makes you feel

TechnologyInteractive Whiteboard

iPads

Big Buddies

Field Trips

Field Trips

Other Special Occasions• Thanksgiving• Christmas• 100th day of School• Valentine’s Day• St. Patrick’s Day• Easter

Learning is Fun!

Just Playing

Thank you for coming

•Questions ?•Visit the Classroom