1. WELCOME TO OUR CHEETAH SAFARI 2014-2015 CREEK VIEW ELEMENTARY KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION

2. KINDERGARTEN CURRICULUM * READING *HEALTH *LANGUAGE ARTS*PE *MATH*ART *SOCIAL STUDIES*MUSIC *SCIENCE

3. Georgia Standards of Excellence READING, LANGUAGE ARTS, MATH PERFORMANCE BASED TEACH FOR MASTERY IN-DEPTH ADDED RIGOR

4. LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM Georgia Standards of Excellence supplemented by Houghton Mifflin Journeys reading program Small and whole group instruction Differentiated instruction to meet all academic levels – on, advanced, accelerated Appropriately challenged to feel successful and confident about their work and efforts

5. READING ELAKR1 The student demonstrates knowledge of concepts of print. a. Recognizes that print and pictures (signs and labels, newspapers, and informational books) can inform, entertain, and persuade. b. Demonstrates that print has meaning and represents spoken language in written form. c. Tracks text read from left to right and top to bottom. d. Distinguishes among written letters, words, and sentences. e. Recognizes that sentences in print are made up of separate words. f. Begins to understand that punctuation and capitalization are used in all written sentences.

6. PHONICS ELAKR3 The student demonstrates the relationship between letters and letter combinations of written words and the sounds of spoken words. a. Demonstrates an understanding that there are systematic and predictable relationships between print and spoken sounds. b. Recognizes and names all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet. c. Matches all consonant and short-vowel sounds to appropriate letters. d. Blends individual sounds to read one-syllable decodable words. e. Applies learned phonics skills when reading words and sentences in stories.

7. COMPREHENSION ELAKR6 The student gains meaning from orally presented text. a. Listens to and reads a variety of literary (e.g., short stories, poems) and informational texts and materials to gain knowledge and for pleasure. b. Makes predictions from pictures and titles. c. Asks and answers questions about essential narrative elements (e.g. beginning-middle-end, setting, characters, problems, events, resolution) of a read-aloud text.

8. COMPREHENSION Begins to distinguish fact from fiction in a read- aloud text. e. Retells familiar events and stories to include beginning, middle, and end. f. Uses prior knowledge, graphic features (illustrations), and graphic organizers to understand text. g. Connects life experiences to read-aloud text. h. Retells important facts in the student’s own words.

9. WRITING ELAKW1 The student begins to understand the principles of writing. a. Writes or dictates to describe familiar persons, places, objects, or experiences. b. Uses drawings, letters, and phonetically spelled words to create meaning. c. Accurately prints name, all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet, and teacher-selected words. d. Uses left-to-right pattern of writing. e. Begins to use capitalization at the beginning of sentences and punctuation (periods and question marks) at the end of sentences.

10. WRITING STAGES DRAWING PICTURES

11. USES RANDOM LETTERS

12. SOUNDS OUT WORDS AND COPIES WORDS

13. STORY WRITER

14. LISTENING, SPEAKING, AND VIEWING ELAKLSV1 The student uses oral and visual skills to communicate. a. Listens and speaks appropriately with peers and adults. b. Follows two-part oral directions. c. Repeats auditory sequences (letters, words, numbers, and rhythmic patterns). d. Recites short poems, rhymes, songs, and stories with repeated patterns.

15. LISTENING, SPEAKING, AND VIEWING e. Describes people, places, things, locations, and actions. f. Increases vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interest and knowledge. g. Communicates effectively when relating experiences and retelling stories heard. h. Uses complete sentences when speaking. i. Begins to use subject-verb agreement and tense.

16. MATH CURRICULUM Number and Operations – number recognition, adding, subtracting, place value Represents the number and order of objects using numbers and understand them. Uses representations to model addition and subtraction. Measurement Explores quantitative situations involving, length, capacity, weight, and height by direct comparison. Students will explore time through calendars and schedules.

17. MATH Geometry - analyze, compare, create shapes Recognizes and names basic geometric shapes and spatial relationships. DATA ANALYSIS AND PROBABILITY Poses questions and gathers data about themselves and their surroundings.

18. SOCIAL STUDIES History – Holidays, American symbols, chronology Geography – Maps and globe skills, street address, city, county, state and nation Government – Good citizenship, positive character traits Economics – Community helpers, money, goods and services

19. SCIENCE Earth Science – day and night sky, sorts rocks and soils Physical Science – 5 senses, physical properties, motion Life Science – living and non-living, animals and plants, parents and offspring

20. HEALTH CURRICULUM Bus Safety *Family Living *Growth and development *Nutrition *Personal health *Safety *Think First, Stay Safe *Alcohol, Tobacco, and other drugs

21. PLACEMENT Kindergarten screening – May registration days *Fulton County Curriculum Assessments *Teacher observation – work study habits, completion of tasks, listening skills *GKIDS – Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills

22. SCHEDULE 7:40 a.m.– 2:20 p.m. Students may enter the building at 7:15. Prime Time is offered as an after school program from 2:30 – 6:30.

23. MORNING ROUTINES

24. TEAM TIME 7:45 – 8:15

25. CALENDAR TIME 8:15 – 8:45

26. GUIDED READING,WRITING, LANGUAGE ARTS 8:45-9:45

27. RECESS 9:45 – 10:05

28. MATH 10:05 – 11:05

29. LUNCH 11:05 – 11:35

30. SOCIAL STUDIES SCIENCE 11:40 – 12:40

31. SPECIALS 12:40 - 1:25 *Art – once a week *Music – once a week *Physical Education – twice a week *Computer lab – every two weeks *Media Center – every two weeks *Counselor – once a month

32. ACADEMIC CENTERS 1:25 – 2:10

33. HOMEWORK Read 15 minutes daily Special projects throughout the year Calendar of homework for the month PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITES AT www.creekview.org www.fultonschools.org www.georgiastandards.org

34. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT YEAR!