We are very happy you are at
Story Elementary for the 2015-2016
school year!
Mrs. Abraham
Mrs. Cook
Mrs. Coroneos
Miss Gable
Story Facts:
We are the Story Falcons
School Colors are Blue and Silver
Our mascot’s name is Sammy
On Friday’s we wear Allen
or Story shirts for Spirit day.
We are in our 28th year
Kindergarten Chant
Story Falcons
Silver and Blue
We love Kindergarten!
How about you?
Kindergarten’s Daily Schedule
7:55 - 8:10
8:10 - 8:30
8:30 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:15
10:20 - 10:40
10:40-10:50
10:50 - 11:25
11:30 - 12:15
12:30 - 1:15
1:15 - 1:45
1:45-2:00
2:00 - 2:30
2:30 - 2:45
Prepare for the day, Announcements
Calendar (Math)
Reading, Social Studies, Phonics, Daily 5
Writing
Recess
Bathroom Break- get ready for lunch
Lunch
Math
Specials
FOCUS
Snack
Science, Social Centers
Pack-up, Clean-up, End-of-Day Reflection
Kindergarten Behavior Expectations
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Follow directions of all staff.
Listen when others are speaking.
Keep hands, feet and objects to your self.
Use school appropriate language.
Tell the truth.
Begin Practicing
Writing first and last name (with 1st letter being upper case and the rest
lower case)
Birthday (month, day, year)
Saying the alphabet (not singing the song)
Identifying letters of the alphabet- both upper and lower
case letters randomly
Identifying numerals 0-20
Counting orally
Identifying shapes
Identifying colors
Taking care of personal needs ( zipping, buttoning, tying shoes etc.)
Kindergarten Reading
Read To
Why read aloud?
•To provide a reading role model
•For vocabulary and language development
•To build listening comprehension skills
•To identify story patterning and sequencing
•It’s fun!
Click on the picture for an article
about reading aloud!
Read With
• Shared reading – students are invited
to read along with the teacher
Big books, poems, posters
• Guided reading – small group
instruction based on the student’s
instructional level to apply reading
strategies and skills
Easy words
Repetitive text
Read By
Students read independently based on
their independent and instructional levels.
• Reading buddies
• Book baggies (Book baggies will start coming home in
November.)
• Book box (school)
Daily 5
(Literacy Centers)
Read to Someone
Read to Self
Word Work
Listen to Reading
Work on Writing
High Frequency Words
• Sometimes called “sight
words” or “hot words”.
• These are words your child
should know by looking at
them. We will include them in
your newsletter each month.
They are also listed on the
Kindergarten website.
You can create flash cards with these words to use
with your child. Please practice them at home.
First Reporting Period:
I, see, like, to, am, a, can, you, my, are, the, we, an, go, it,
and, on, in, look
Second Reporting Period:
do, what, is, for, up, at, no, me, this, here, come, will, they,
all, of, she
Third Reporting Period:
he, said, big, that, not, his, her, so, him, down, was, with,
play, make, yes, too, some, have, one, two, little, out
Fourth Reporting Period:
there, be, but, did, get, from, them, find, who, where,
more, how, when, then, many, why, saw
Kindergarten Writing
Write to
• The teacher demonstrates the reasons
for writing and the thought process
behind it.
• The teacher models writing strategies
that include spacing, handwriting,
spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary
choices.
Write With
• The students and teacher collaborate
to create different types of writing.
These may include morning message,
class stories, class poetry, and a class
research project.
• The students and teacher share the pen
while the teacher guides, responds, and
extends the students’ skills and ideas.
Write By
• Students will write in Draft Books
• Students select topics and are in
charge of their own writing.
• Students will write every day.
• The teacher supports each student
based on their individual writing level.
• All writing is collected and kept in a
blue binder that students will bring
home at the end of the school year.
Writing Continuum
Math
Math To
The teacher presents mini-lessons to
explain new concepts and materials.
Math With
The teacher interacts with the students
to apply the new skill.
Math By
The students independently practice
and demonstrate the concepts taught.
Social Studies and Science
• We often embed social studies and
science into our literature and across
curriculum.
• We also set aside time during the
regular school day to participate in a
variety of activities such as labs,
hands-on learning, watch videos,
listen to speakers, etc.
Report Card/Testing
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Report cards will be sent home each 9
weeks in a manila envelope. You will need
to sign envelope on the signature line for
the correct nine weeks and return only
the envelope to school with your child.
The report card is yours to keep.
ISIP ( Reading Readiness – 3 times a year)
AMI ( Math – 3 times a year)
CogAT (Cognitive Abilities - December)
Let’s Talk About Arrival
7:30-7:45 Please drop off students on the side
of the building. K-2 students report to the
cafeteria and sit in their assigned spots.
7:45-7:55 K-2 teachers walk students to
their classrooms.
Please have your child at school no later than
7:50. The tardy bell rings at 7:55 and we
begin class promptly.
Let’s Talk About Dismissal
Afternoon dismissal is at 2:50. Kindergarten will
dismiss a few minutes early .
Carpool
• Please place your kindergarten car line sign in the
front passenger window when you drive through
the car line.
Daycare and Bus Riders
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Students will be picked up by a staff member and
taken to a designated spot for day care pick-up.
Bus riders are also picked up by a staff member
and taken to a designated area to wait for their
bus.
Walkers
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Walkers are students who will be walking home with other
students but without an adult. Kindergarten walkers go to the
gym and wait for the older student to pick them up before they
may leave the building.
If the student your child will be walking home with is absent
please let us know how your child will be getting home that day.
Walk-ups
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Dismissal Continued
Walk-ups are students who will be picked up by a parent or
designated adult. They will exit the gym door by the bike
racks.
If a parent is not picking up their child but has designated
another adult to do so, the student’s teacher needs this in
writing. We will ask that adult to present ID.
Snacks
• Each child may bring a snack for themselves daily. Due to
state nutrition laws, students/teachers cannot provide a
snack to others.
• Please put your child’s snack in a separate container
from their lunch. Be sure to choose something healthy.
Please do not send candy.
• A sports type water bottle is acceptable.
Please be sure to only fill with water, and
use a leak/spill proof container.
• Please do not send anything with
peanuts or peanut products.
Kindergarten Communication
We will send home a Daily folder each day with your child.
Please check, empty and initial the folder each night.
Most information will be coming home via e-mail, so please
make sure to check it daily for important dates and events.
A Kindergarten newsletter will be e-mailed monthly.
On Tuesday, a school folder will come home. Please check
these folders, remove all papers, and return the folder the
next day.
The school will also send out an electronic newsletter each
Tuesday.
We Tweet!
Please follow us on twitter.
@tericoroneos @JennyAbraham3
@cathyycook
@miss_gable
@storyfalcons
Teamwork
An apple for a teacher is really nothing
new, except when you remember, parents
are teachers, too!
We look forward to working with you this
year as we, together, teach your child so
many new things!
IMPORTANT
If for any reason your child needs to go home
a different way you must send a note or call
the office notifying us of the change.
Teachers cannot rely on the student’s word
alone. Please do not rely on an email sent the
same day.
If another adult is picking up your
student, they will need to present
identification and be on the list in skyward.
Thank you for watching our
presentation!
Please review the Kindergarten ABCs for
further information!
We look forward to an amazing year!
All I Ever Really Needed to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten
Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in Kindergarten. Wisdom
was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery school.
There are things I learned: Play fair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess.
Don’t take things that aren’t yours. Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush.
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing
and dance and play and work some every day.
Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands, and stick together. Be aware
of wonder. Remember the little seed in the plastic cup. The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows
how or why, but we are all like that.
Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the plastic cup - they all die. So do we.
And then remember the book about Dick and Jane and the first word you learned, the biggest word of all: LOOK .
Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation, ecology and politics and
sane living.
Think of what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk about 3 o'clock every afternoon
and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put
things back where we found them and clean up our own messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you
are, when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick
together.
Robert Fulghum