SCHMALZ ELEMENTARY
KINDERGARTEN CURRICULUM
2012-2013
Mrs. Grice’s Class
AGENDA
Language Arts
 Math
 Science/Social Studies
 Homework
 Grading Policy
 Classroom Procedures
 Discipline Plan/ CHAMPs
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LANGUAGE ARTS
The following is list of some activities and
resources we use to teach the reading and writing
process:
 Shared Reading
 Guided Reading Groups
 Literacy Workstations
 We Both Read books
 Phonemic Awareness Activities
 Writing Workshop
 Reader’s Workshop
 Word Walls
LANGUAGE ARTS
Sight Words: This year all students will be
expected to master 100 high frequency words!
Some activities we do in class to help students
learn sight words include:
 See it, Say it, Spell it
 Around the World
 Musical Plates
 Memory/Concentration
 Songs/Rhymes
LANGUAGE ARTS
Handwriting is the practice of the proper
formation of letters.
Writer’s Workshop is the opportunity to express
original ideas through drawing and writing.
They will be encouraged to do their own writing
from the start and will progress through various
stages from scribbles to random letters to
eventually words and sentences.
Reader’s Workshop
MATH
This year your child will learn the following math
skills:
 Personal Finances
 Sorting / Classifying
 Graphing
 Number Concepts
 Shapes and Solid Figures
 Measuring
 Counting to 100
 Addition/Subtraction
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES
Below are a few topics that we will explore:
 Weather Changes
 Magnets
 Plant life cycle
 Butterfly life cycle
 Texas History
 Historical Figures
 Character Traits
HOMEWORK
A weekly homework schedule will be sent home
in your child’s homework folder every Monday.
 These homework activities are sent home to help
extend the learning process of our curriculum to
you at home.
 Homework Accountability:
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GRADING POLICY
This year kindergarten is using a letter system to
show mastery levels in curriculum, work habits,
and citizenship.
 Satisfactory= S
 Needs improvement= N
 Unsatisfactory= U
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GRADING POLICY
Specific requirements will be outlined in the
student report of progress at the end of each
grading period. Here are a few areas to be
assessed:
 All content areas
 Homework
 Behavior
 Work habits
 School readiness
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CLASSROOM PROCEDURES
Classroom procedures have been put in place to
help manage the challenges of having a large
class size.
 Teachers greatly appreciate your cooperation in
these matters.
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CLASSROOM PROCEDURES
Lunch
We eat lunch from 12:30-1:00 pm
 Students may bring a healthy lunch from home or
purchase a tray from the cafeteria.
 The best method of obtaining a tray lunch is to
prepay with a check made out to KISD Food Service
with your child’s name in the memo area or you can
prepay online at www.katyisd.org.
 Please resist the urge to visit frequently as this may
disrupt your child’s day and delay his/her ability to
become an independent eater.
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CLASSROOM PROCEDURES
Snack
 Our schedule allows for a daily ten minute small
snack break. Our snack begins at 10:00 am.
 Please send this daily in the “spacemaker” box
listed on the school supply list.
 No juice of any kind.
 Dry snacks are best. Fruit cups and yogurt cups
can be very messy.
CLASSROOM PROCEDURES
Snack Suggestions
Sliced apples, grapes, peeled oranges, goldfish,
granola bar or even a banana.
 Not recommended: candy, donuts, items that need a
spoon.
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Please do not send juice of any kind.
CLASSROOM PROCEDURES
Money
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If you send money to school with your child for any
reason, please put it in a clearly labeled zip lock
baggie.
CLASSROOM PROCEDURES
Transportation
Please make sure your child’s teacher is always
updated with how your child is going home.
 Your child received a tag attached to their backpack
that states how they go home. Please do not remove
it!
 Any changes made in your child’s daily departure
from school needs to be sent to the school in writing
by 2:00pm. No emails or voicemails will be
acceptable. If we do not have a note informing us of a
transportation change, your child will go home by
their regular mode of transportation listed on the
information card.
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CLASSROOM PROCEDURES
Library
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Each kindergarten student will visit the library every
week to check out a library book.
CLASSROOM PROCEDURES
Parent/Teacher Communication
Kindergarten students will bring their daily folder
that includes an attached behavior sheet home
every day.
 When a color change has been marked in the folder,
please use this as an opportunity to discuss with your
child to accept responsibility for their actions and
improve upon them by making “Good Choices”.
 Failure to return this folder with the behavior sheet
on a consistent basis will be reflected on your child’s
work habits grade.
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CLASSROOM PROCEDURES
Supplies
Please help your child come to school prepared to
learn every day! This includes eating a healthy
breakfast and having all their supplies.
 Please be sure to send your child to school with their
back pack, blue folder with behavior sheet and any
lunch money if necessary. It is also a good idea to
include a change of clothes for your little one in case
of an accident.
 Students are expected to wear their ID tags
everyday!
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CLASSROOM PROCEDURES
Conferences
We will attempt to hold all parent conferences on our
first two early dismissal days (see calendar for
details).
 Your child’s teacher will contact you with conference
times.
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CLASSROOM PROCEDURES
Specials
Your child will have a daily special class of art,
music, or P.E. that they will attend on a weekly
rotation. Kindergarten has their specials class from
10:15-11:05 am every day.
 Please dress your child in tennis shoes on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays.
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CLASSROOM PROCEDURES
Birthdays
If your child wishes, he/she may bring treats for the
class on their birthday or the day closest to that date
during the school year.
 Store bought cupcakes, brownies, and cookies work
out the best, and please do not include drinks.
 Please understand that this is only a treat and not a
party.
 Due to district policy, invitations are not allowed to
be passed out at school.
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DISCIPLINE PLAN
Our school wide behavior management plan follows
the CHAMPs approach to promote a positive and
productive learning environment for all students.
All students are expected to:
Be Safe
 Be Respectful
 Be Responsible
Behavior is tracked using a color coded behavior chart:
star, green, yellow, blue, red.
Again, take the opportunity each day to discuss good
choices.
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Thank you for coming!
This is going to be a great
year!