KINDERGARTEN
Back to School Night
2015
PERSONAL INFO
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Ms. Thomas: Room 053
Sarah_A_Thomas@mcpsmd.org
Ms. Hinton: Room 181
Katherine_Hinton@mcpsmd.org
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Mrs. Walsh: Room 057
Shayna_L_Walsh@mcpsmd.org
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Mr. Fenton: Room 051
Mark_C_Fenton@mcpsmd.org
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Ms. Jenks: Room 179
Marissa_L_Jenks@mcpsmd.org
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Ms. Rivera: Room 175
Julia_M_Rivera@mcpsmd.org
Ms. Jackson: Room 047
Chitisha_R_Jackson@mcpsmd.or
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Ms. Gordon: Room 045
Leslie_Gordon@mcpsmd.org
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Ms. Katherine Fitzgerald:
Room 016
Katherine_M_Fitzgerald@mcpsm
d.org
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HOW TO
BE SUCCESSFUL AT SCHOOL
Be on time – 9:10 a.m.
 Be prepared: take home folder, guided reading
bag
 Have a good night’s rest
 Wear appropriate clothing & have it labeled
 Check folder and sign behavior chart daily
 Help with homework every night
 Read with your child every night
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SCHEDULE
Daily
 Specials
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Bring media books back on Thursday.
 Wear sneakers on Wednesday for P.E.
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Counselor – rotational schedule (every 3-4 weeks)
 Recess/lunch
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RECESS/LUNCH
Wear appropriate clothing
 Know pin #
 Appropriate foods (no soda, etc.)
 Appropriate amount
 Focus on eating during lunch period
 Birthday parties: last 10 minutes during lunch:
store bought goods
 Snacks – appropriate, healthy, consider allergies
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READING
BLOCK
Guided reading daily
 Differentiated instruction
 Leveled text: end of year goal: L6 w/ comp.
 Sight words
 Literacy centers
 Sustained silent reading
 Spelling program – Words Their Way
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WRITING
BLOCK
Detailed pictures
 Real colors
 Invented spelling
 Match pictures to words – visa versa
 Hand writing
 Verbal pathway – 54 letters including ‘a’ and ‘g’
 Letter identification and sounds
 Use of sight words, spelled correctly
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DEVELOPMENTAL SPELLING
boating
marina
MATH BLOCK
Daily guided math groups
 Differentiated instruction
 Math Investigations plus Curriculum 2.0
 Math centers
 Weekly assessments
 Hands on – using manipulatives
 Less paper-pencil
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SOCIAL STUDIES & SCIENCE
Embedded throughout entire curriculum
 Last 30 minutes of each day
 Extensions through field trips
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Fall – Spicknall’s Farm
 Winter – Baltimore Aquarium
 Spring - National Zoo
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EVENTS
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October:
Community Helpers Program
 Fall Harvest Party
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February
Valentine’s Day Party
 100th day of School Celebration
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June:
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Kindergarten Celebration
VOLUNTEERING
Must take the mandatory volunteer training from
the front office
 Classroom parties
 Chaperones for field trips
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Available on a first come, first serve basis
 Usually only 3-5 spaces allotted on bus per class
 May drive themselves and meet at location
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REPORT CARDS
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Grading System:
P – proficient
 I – in progress
 N – not yet
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Progress reports
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Feedback
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Sent home every 3rd week
2 pieces of work will be sent home every Friday
Parent-teacher conferences
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November
HOUSEKEEPING DETAILS
Guided reading folder
 Behavior calendars
 How to contact teacher?
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Email, note in take home folder
 Time sensitive (ie. Dismissal change) please give
written note in morning or call office
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H.W. including daily reading and monthly math
BINGO
MATH HOMEWORK FOCUS:
DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICAL
FLUENCY IN KINDERGARTEN
By the end of the year, students will:
 Fluently add and subtract within 5
Homework may come in the form of:
 Games
 Math problems or tasks
 Math practice
Reading Homework
The goal is to read as many
books and for longer periods
of time.
Read for at least 20 minutes a day
Read text at the independent level
Read text of different genre
including:
Fiction (chapter books and
picture books)
Informational text
Graphic novels
Magazines
Locating books at the independent level:
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
Questions?