Welcome to the 2012 Kindergarten Orientation Night! Kindergarten school hours are as follows: 9:02 am – 3:50 pm.

Welcome to the 2012 Welcome to the 2012 Kindergarten Kindergarten

Orientation Night!Orientation Night!

Welcome to the 2012 Welcome to the 2012 Kindergarten Kindergarten

Orientation Night!Orientation Night!Kindergarten school hours are as Kindergarten school hours are as

follows:follows:

9:02 am – 3:50 pm9:02 am – 3:50 pm

Tentative All Day Kindergarten

Schedule:*this schedule may change as the year

progresses• Arrival/Dismissal – 30 minutes• Literacy Block – 45 minutes• Writing – 30 minutes• Math – 30 minutes• Science/Social Studies – 30 minutes• Math/Literacy Centers – 30 minutes• Purposeful/Dramatic Play (social skill

development & oral language) – 30 minutes• Calendar – 15-30 minutes • Snack/Read-a-loud – 15 minutes• Rest/quiet choice time – 15 minutes• Recess (may be split between 2-15 min.) – 30

minutes• Specials – 1 hour• Lunch – ½ hour

Backpacks

• Check and clean out backpacks daily

• Child should be able to zip and unzip their own backpack.

• Must be big enough to fit a binder!

Snacks• Please send in 2 nutritious dry snacks each day with

your child.• No drinks, please!• Children should be able to open their own snacks.• Your child should be able to know the difference

between their snacks and lunch. • Helpful Hint: Label the snacks AM and PM

Lunch• Lunch is half an hour (eating and recess)• Hot lunch will not be offered to kindergarten students for the first month of school.• No microwavable food.• Please have your child practice opening and closing containers.

Birthdays

• Please notify your child’s teacher of their special day. Summer birthdays may be celebrated on their ½ birthdays or at the end of the school year.

• Birthdays are celebrated with a birthday crown, a special gift from Mr. Zotos & Mrs. Werenka, and song.

• Treats are optional. If sending treats, please make it pre-packaged. No cupcakes or No cupcakes or homemade items are acceptable, due to homemade items are acceptable, due to allergies.allergies.

• Please do not have your child pass out birthday invitations in the classroom.

Specials• Your child will attend an hour special everyday • Monday-Thursday: Art, Music, Gym, Science• Friday- rotation day • Library and computer lab will also be attended

once a week

Notes• Take home BEE Binders will be

provided • Notes that go home and come

back to school should be put into these binders

• Parents & children check these binders daily

Homework• Weekly letter/sound activities• Practice identifying and writing upper

and lower case letters• Letter sounds• High-frequency words• Guided Reading books• Writing Activities• Math Activities

Newsletter

• Weekly Newsletter: Outlines upcoming skills and events for the following week, sent home with students at the end of the week

• School Newsletter will be available online via our school website or sent via the Mail-Out system to those registered

Supplies

•Supply list is provided in your packet •Project money-$20.00 (cash or check made out to Sequoyah)*Please place in envelope labeled with your child’s name.

Scholastic News-$6.00Holiday Party Fund-$6.00 Holiday Project SuppliesEnd of the year portfolios

Arrival and Dismissal Teachers will meet students in the MPR each morning. Safeties

will bring bus riders to the gym. Teachers will walk their class to the room each morning.

At 3:35pm, Latchkey will come to the classroom to pick up any children attending the after-school childcare program

At 3:40pm, teachers will escort all children to the M.P.R.. The walkers/parent-pickups will be dismissed at this point. Safeties will escort the bus riders to their buses.

*Any dismissal change MUST be in writing• *Please phone the office if there is a last minute• change in your child’s dismissal!• *DO NOT PHONE THE CLASSROOM!

Positive Behavior Support:

Thunderbird Three• Thunderbird Three: Safety, Respect, &

Responsibility.• Students earn Thunderbird Tickets for

soaring to great heights with positive behavior. The class visits the Thunderbird Store once a month to redeem tickets for prizes.

• Behavior violations are handled with a parent communication note.

Field Trips/Special Days

• Fire Station• Polar Express Day• 50th & 100th Day• Farm• Field Day• Kindergarten Completion• Spirit Days• Holiday Parties* Due to the full day schedule, more

options for field trips will be explored to support our curriculum!

Assessment• Parent-Teacher Conferences - Fall and Spring• Report Cards & Progress Reports approximately every 6-7 weeks• District Assessment - Spring

Your child will be evaluated in their:• Social Development• Work Habits• Motor Development• Reading and Writing Development• Mathematical Development

http://www.cvs.k12.mi.us/sequoyah/Curriculum.htm

Kindergarten Kindergarten CurriculumCurriculum

Kindergarten Kindergarten CurriculumCurriculum

Modeled after the Common Core Modeled after the Common Core StandardsStandards

School Improvement Goals

• Reading: All students will improve their ability to read and comprehend text across the curriculum.

• Writing: All students will improve their writing skills across the curriculum.

• Math: All students will improve their math skills across the curriculum.

Reading Readiness• Recognize upper and lower case letters • Sounds of each letter• 40 high-frequency words• Concepts of print (left to right, one-to-one correspondence)• Rhyming • All activities lead up to Guided Reading where reading

strategies will be taught.• Reading Paraprofessional support is provided• B.L.A.S.T. (Beginning Literacy and Student Tutoring)

5th Grade Buddies• DRA (Developmental Reading Assessment)

Language Development

Children will learn to express themselves through:• Songs• Stories• Poetry

• Finger plays• Purposeful Play/Games

• Show and tell• Class discussions

• Math/Literacy Centers

Writing

• Handwriting without Tears handwriting method • Upper and lowercase letter formation• Students are expected to write their first and last

name using upper and lowercase letters. (www.hwtears.com)

• Being a Writer program• At the end of Kindergarten students are expected

to write at least 4 complete sentences using sight words and as many sounds as they can hear in their words. *See stages of writing

Math Readiness• Our new Common Core Standards focus on the deeper understanding

of numbers, rather than rote/memorized information.• Recognize, write and understand numerals 0-20• Count to 100 by 1’s and 10’s• Count forward beginning from a given number• Recognize geometric shapes (2-D & 3-D)• Classify and sort• Graph: More, less, and equal • Developing number sense• Estimation• Patterns (AB and ABC)• Understanding basic addition and subtraction up to 10• Fluently add and subtract to 5• Problem solving• Place value and Ten Frames• IXL Math

Social Studies/Science

• Hands-on opportunities• Self-concept (All About Me)• Community helpers• Holidays• Weather & Seasons• Force & Motion• Organization of Living Things• Solid Earth• Five senses

Technology

• Access to classroom computers • Computer lab• SmartBoards• Websites/Programs:

starfall.comabcya.compbskids.comixlmath.comlexia

Summer ChecklistYour child should be able to: Recognize and write his/her first name.

(Handwriting Without Tears) Recognize basic colors and shapes. Recognize all uppercase letters. Use scissors and hold a pencil correctly. Count to 10. Recognize numbers 0-10. Take care of his/her own bathroom needs and

dressing themselves (zipping, tying, buttoning). Your child will be tested within the first three

weeks of school on letter recognition and sounds and will be placed into ability groups according to those results.