Welcome to
K/1Curriculum
Night
Introducing your K/1 team!
• Colleen Grady – Room 118
• Julie Gale – Room 117
• Sarah Bawden – Room 104
• Christine Shanahan – Room 103
Kim Mueller – Special Services Teacher
Natalie Stark – Social Worker
Danielle Kazeos – Speech & Language Path
Elise Dean – Reading Specialist
District Goals
• Students who have attended District 54 schools for at
least one year will be at grade level in reading and
math upon entering third grade as measured by
Measures of Academic Progress (MAP).
• Each school will close the achievement gap for all
students in reading and math as measured by both
district and state assessments.
• Each school will perform at or above the 90th
percentile (top 10% nationally) in meeting individual
student growth targets in reading and math as
measured by Measures of Academic Progress (MAP).
LP Mission Statement
• The Lincoln Prairie learning community
accepts responsibility for student
growth and provides opportunities for
students to take charge of their own
learning. We believe that
differentiating instruction by
accessing the multiple intelligences is
the foundation of individual learning
in a multiage setting.
Our Vision
•Goal Setting
•Differentiated Instruction
•Multiple Intelligences
•Living by the KEYS
•Livin’ It PBIS
Literacy
Kindergarten – Bawden/Grady
1st Grade – Gale/Shanahan
• “I can….”
• Shared
• Response – Graphic Organizer
• Guided Reading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNA59iXOrcw
It is okay if it is not perfect!
•“Good” vs. “Correct Writing”
Kindergartener’s can write like this…
I like my mom.
Or this…
my mom iz the best! She taks me to scol evre day.
She maks me a halthe brkfst with cereal and banas.
But best ov all my mom all ways reeds me a story
before I go to bd.
Math
Kindergarten – Bawden/Grady
1st Grade – Gale/Shanahan
• Math Masters
• Number Sense
• Whole Group Lesson
• Guided Math
• Center/Games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG_JNU3v0PA
Dance Break
Ants in Your Pants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYWycl8vR5c
Science
• 5 Senses – Health
• Sun, Moon and Earth
• Matter (Solid, Liquid, Gas)
• Butterflies
Social Studies
• 1st Trimester: All About Me – learn
about each other and the school
• 2nd Trimester: Community –
Gingerbread Village
• 3rd Trimester: World: Map
Homework
• Signing Behavior Calendar ( K &1)
• Weekly Calendar: Reading, Writing,
Math, Science, & S.S. (K & 1)
• BONUS: Kinders/1st Grade – Life Skills
Subject
Reading
Skill/Activity
Read for 15 minutes every night.
After reading, tell someone the characters
and setting in your story.
Math
Five Frame/Number Bond Math: Please
complete and return with the HOMEFUN
calendar.
Writing
Rainbow write your popcorn words: Example:
write your popcorn word in red, trace over the
red with blue, trace over the blue with orange,
etc.
Please complete and return with the
HOMEFUN calendar.
Popcorn words: a, can, we, the, like, see, I,
me, and
Science/
Social
Studies
Life Skills
Tell your parents the weather and make a
prediction for the next day
Continue to practice tying your shoes
Initial
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EXPLORATION PDT
Winter
Spring
Session:
Session: K-3
K-8
• MI (Multiple • Multiple
Intelligences) Intelligence • WITWILP
theme K-8
Exploring the
& Theme
MIs
Based by KMore to
3 team
come…
Fall Session:
K/1
Library
• Each child may take home 2 books each week.
• Read a book, return a book
• You don’t need to wait for library day to return
books. We accept them every day of the week! 
• Kids are not punished when they get an overdue,
just asked to bring it in the next time they come to
school.
If you have questions, please email me.
carolynkraft@sd54.org
Contact Information
Christine Shanahan: Room 103
Christineshanahan@sd54.org – 847.357.5979
Sarah Bawden: Room 104
sarahbawden@sd54.org- 847.357.5945
Julie Gale: Room 117
juliegale@sd54.org- 847.357.5962
Colleen Grady: Room 118
Colleengrady@sd54.org - 847.357.5964
http://lincolnprairie.sd54.org/k1/
Upcoming Dates
• Conferences – Week of October 6th
• Erin’s Law – October 20th
• MAP:
– Monday Morning, September 15th – Reading Test 1
– Friday Morning, September 19th – Math Test 1
– Monday Morning, September 22nd Reading Test 2
– Monday Afternoon, September 22nd Math Test 2
Thank you for coming!