Helping Your Child Succeed in Kindergarten - Bubb

Information Night
• 30 years of supporting essential K-8 programs
• Raises funds from parents and the community to provide a well-rounded
education and maintains the high quality of education in our district
• Classes and programs touch every child in the district
• Thanks to parent donations we have Art and Music classes and hands-on
Science for our K-5
Elementary Schools (Kinder – 5th Grade)
• Music Education
• Art Education
• FOSS Science Kits
• Recess Programs
• Technology Grants
Middle Schools (6th – 8th Grade)
• Science Labs/Supplies
• Extended Day Electives
• After School Sports
• Technology Grants
http://www.ProjectCornerstone.org/
Rosanna D’Costa
Rosanna.dcosta@gmail.com
Annett Trail
Annett_Trail@yahoo.com
Principal
Mary Dietrich
Kinder Teachers
Jamie Ewings
Kristen Kovac
Erika Kao
Kinder Preparedness
Bubb Elementary School
2014-2015
Social & Emotional
• Your child should separate from you easily.
• He/she should cooperatively follow adults’
requests & directions.
• As a parent, encourage task-completion.
• Teach sharing and kindness.
• Establish daily routines.
Physical Development
• Provide regular, varied experiences to run,
jump and climb.
• These will develop a balance--self-safety,
while attempting new challenges.
• Teach fine-motor skills. These will be useful in
kindergarten—properly using a scissors and
holding a pencil.
Literacy
• Help your child learn some letter sounds now.
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“Letter Factory”
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by LeapFrog
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• Go to the library regularly and
read picture books daily.
• Identify and discuss real-world
print: road signs, magazines, food
labels, store signs.
Personal Management
• Teach your child to be independent in the bathroom.
• He/she should be able to button & zip clothing; and to organize a
backpack.
• Self-management skills are vital in
school. When another person talks,
your child should listen attentively
and silently.
Parent Responsibilities
• Read to your child every day for 20 minutes.
• Please make sure your child is asleep no later
than 8:00p.m.
• Eat a nutritious breakfast (eggs, cereal, orange
juice, etc.) every morning.
• Label all belongings with a Sharpie marker.
• Pack a healthy snack (fruit, vegetables, yogurt,
cheese, crackers, etc.) every day for your child.
Prep For School
• Pack a healthy lunch or pre-pay for hot
lunches in the office. Please do NOT send
candy, cookies, chips, and/or soda to school.
• Make sure you include ice packs, spoons, and
forks if needed. We do not refrigerate and/or
microwave meals.
• Arrive to school no later than 7:55a.m. Your
child will be marked tardy once school begins
at 8:00a.m.
Time at Home
• Keep “screen time” to a limit. Television, video games, and computers to no more than
an hour per day. It is better to engage in
reading and sports activities with your child.
• Teach your child to pack and unpack his/her
own backpack.
Expectations
• Your interaction with your child plays a critical
role in the emotional, social, physical and
academic development of your child. Your child’s ability to get along well in a group situation will
be important in the long run to their overall
success in school.
• Your child has to be able to follow direction,
move from one activity to another, and sit in
his/her seat for a long period of time.
Take an Active Role
• Kindergarten is a dynamic, accelerated
learning environment
• Thank you for taking a positive active role in
your child’s education.
A Day in Kindergarten
◦ Routines
◦ Language Arts
◦ Math
◦ English Language
Development (ELD)
◦ Recess/Lunch
◦ Social Studies/Science
◦ Choice/Extra Activities
Language$Arts)
(Listening,)Speaking,)WriLng,)&)Reading))
Why Can’t I Skip My
20 Minutes of Reading Tonight?
Student “A”
reads 20 minutes
each day
3,600 minutes in
a school year
)Literacy)Centers
)ConvenLonal)WriLng)
Student “B”
reads 5 minutes
each day
Student “C”
reads 1 minute
each day
900 minutes in
a school year
180 minutes in
a school year
1,800,000 words
)
282,000 words
)Guided)Reading)
)RAZ)Kids)
)Blue)Book)Bags)
))(Daily)Reading)Program))
)Houghton)Mifflin$
8,000 words
90th percentile
50th percentile
10h percentile
By the end of 6th grade Student “A” will have read the
equivalent of 60 whole school days. Student “B” will
have read only 15 school days. Which student would
you expect to have a better vocabulary? Which
student would you expect to be more successful in
school…and in life?
(Nagy & Herman, 1987)
Math
(Numbers, Shapes, Patterns, Calendar, Basic Algebra)
◦ Investigations
◦ Calendar
◦ ST Math
◦ Number Talks/Mental Math
◦ Board Math
◦ Scott Foresman
Science
Animals 2X2 (Life Sciences)
Trees (Earth Sciences)
Wood & Paper (Physical Sciences)
Social Studies
Getting Along (Why We Follow Rules)
Times Past (Then & Now)
Symbols (National & State)
Calendars (Telling Time)
Work (Community Helpers)
Where We Are (On the Map)
Choice & Extra Activities
Birthdays
Computer Lab
PE
Music
Library
Art
Star of the Week
Big/Little Buddies
Read Across America
Walkathon
Halloween Carnival
Sing Concerts
Assemblies
**Project Cornerstone
Gardening
Field Trips
“Hawaii”
Recess
Pack a healthy snack EVERYDAY
Front Playground
Kinder Playground
Lunch
Pack a healthy lunch
No Lunch on Thursdays
(Minimum Days) so please pack a
more filling snack
Sample Schedules
Every day is a little bit different!
Not a single day is the same!
Every class has its own schedule!
8:00am
8:15am
8:30am
9:35am
10:00am
11:15am
12:00pm
12:30pm
1:00pm
1:30pm
Assembly
Morning Routines
Learning Centers
Recess
Math
Lunch
ELD
Science/Social Studies
Choice
Dismissal
8:00am
8:15am
9:00am
9:35am
10:00am
11:15am
12:00pm
12:30pm
1:00pm
1:30pm
Morning Routines
Math
Library
Recess
Learning Centers
Lunch
ELD
Music
Choice
Dismissal
By the end of Kindergarten
your child will be able to…
LANGUAGE ARTS
Reading
• Blend sounds to make words
• Identify beginning and ending sounds in words
• Match sounds to letters
• Read and write 20 Sight Words
• Name characters, settings, and important events
• Making connections
• Answering text-dependent questions with
supporting evidence from text
• Close reading of non-fiction texts
LANGUAGE ARTS
Writing
• Write upper & lower case letters
• Write at least one complete sentence with punctuation
• Spell words the way they sound
• Informational writing
Speaking & Listening
• Follow 2-step oral directions
• Use descriptive language to talk about people, places and things
• Use complete sentences when speaking
Mathematics
• Solve addition problems
• Solve subtraction problems
• Make simple patterns
• Count, recognize, represent, name, and order numbers to 0-100
• Identify more, less, and equal to
• Place-value
• Solve math problems and justify their reasoning
Lifelong Learning Skills
• Listen in class
• Follow directions
• Work independently
• Work neatly
• Complete work on time
• Accept responsibility
• Respects classmates
• Respects authority
• Use time wisely
• Communicate effectively
• Work collaboratively
Transitional Kindergarten
Transitional Kindergarten (TK)
• For the 2014-15 school year, children eligible for
Transitional Kindergarten have birthdays between
September 2, 2009 and December 2, 2009.
• Parents are not required to enroll their children in
Transitional Kindergarten programs.
• The program uses a curriculum that is age and
developmentally appropriate. The focus is on oral
language and social-emotional development.
• The registration requirements are the same as
those for new kindergarten students.
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Transitional Kindergarten (TK)
• Depending on enrollment numbers, the school
sites where the District plans to offer TK are
Castro, Theuerkauf, and Landels.
Current
Castro Schedule
Current
Theuerkauf Schedule
Group 1
8:30 – 11:50
Group 1
8:35 – 11:55
Group 2
9:55 – 2:00
Group 2
10:00– 2:05
Thursdays & Minimum Days
Thursdays & Minimum Days
Group 1 & 2
Group 1 & 2
8:30 – 11:50
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8:35 – 11:55
Age Requirements
• Kindergarten: Students who are 5 years old
on or before September 1, 2014.
• First Grade: Students who are 6 years old
on or before September 1, 2014.
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ENROLLMENT BASIC STEPS
1) Book registration appointment (www.mvwsd.org)
2) Gather required documents.
2) Bring ALL required documentation to registration appointment.
4) If required documentations is COMPLETE:
A Snapcode password and link will be sent to you by email within 24 hrs.
To qualify for Open Enrollment choices, this must be completed only
before midnight on March 1, 2014.
5) If requirements are INCOMPLETE:
You may proceed with the appointment; however, a Snapcode will NOT be
issued until you come back with the missing items.
You will not need to make another appointment for these missing items, just
walk in.
If the registration is complete before midnight on March 1, 2014, then registration
will be processed in March (kindergarten).
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Immunization
• Immunization Notice
• Immunization Requirements by Grade Level
• Rotacare Clinic
• Immunization Video
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