Mrs. Chouhan’s Kindergarten Welcome to Mrs. Chouhan’s Kindergarten Class!

Students are learning to be independent by turning in their folder each morning and putting away their backpacks. library books notes from home lunch or lunch money

Daily Activities Reading, Phonics & Grammar Centers & Learning Stations: puzzles, blocks & construction, reading, writing, poetry, math, investigation, computer, starboard, big books Guided Reading Groups: beginning later in the first 9 weeks: students are grouped based on learning needs Math Science & Social Studies Lunch Recess & Restroom breaks

Special Activities PE- 12:45 Wednesday & Friday Music- 12:45 Tuesday & Thursday Library & theater room Laptops: mobile computer lab

Kindergarten Expectations Reading/Language Arts Write first and last name Letter recognition (upper and lower case) Letter sounds (beginning, middle, end) Rhyming words Blending Sounds Reading Comprehension Story Retell Recognize and Write Sight Words Writing – Sounding out words and writing what you hear

Reading Make the sounds of each letter Put the sounds together Read sight words (2-3 new words per week, starting 2nd nine weeks) Use pictures to predict what will happen After hearing or reading a story, be able to tell what happened in the beginning, middle and end. Read on level B by the 3rd 9 weeks and C by the end of the year.

. Letter Expert Your child will come home with a book bag, a large letter to decorate and a sentence from the story. Help your child read the sentence well, and find an object to send back that starts with the letter.

Writer’s Workshop Writing Every Day Morning Message Predictable Charts Story Response Journals Little Books

Nurturing Writers in Kindergarten Already Ready: Nurturing Writers in Kindergarten By respecting children as writers, engaged in bookmaking, you can gently  nudge them toward a lifetime of joyful writing.

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Kindergarten Expectations Math -Sorting by 2D, 3D shapes, size and color -Reading a graph -Patterns: noticing the repeating parts, creating them -Position Words: top, bottom, middle, left, right -Counting by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s. Using the 100’s chart to predict what count comes next. -Numeral Recognition and writing -Use the calendar to answer… what was yesterday? Tomorrow? Today? -Addition & subtraction -Counting up to 20 objects & matching numeral to set.

Noticing and naming similarities and differences about animals Science Tools Life Cycles 5 Senses Basic human needs Changes in Matter Weather Noticing and naming similarities and differences about animals Seasons Plants Rocks, soil, water

http://www.kleinisd.net/ Homework Folders Download Sight Words from Please sign and return: homework counts as 10% of grades.

Please sign and return: check for notes from Blackshear too! Tuesday Folders Please sign and return: check for notes from Blackshear too!

2011-2012 Grading E+ = 96-100 – Advanced E = 90-95 – Exceeds Expectations S+ = 85-89 – Meets Expectations S = 80-84 – Approaching Expectations N = 70-79 – Below Expectations (experiencing some difficulties) U = 69 and below – Experiencing difficulties

BOOK ORDERS I will send home about once a month. Please pay by cash only -or- you can pay online using our class code.

Dismissal Walkers: cafeteria Car Riders: gym Bus Riders & campus kids: gym Day Care: gym You must notify me in writing, if there are any changes in dismissal procedures. Your child telling me is not enough. If your child is not picked up on time, they will be waiting in the office for you.

2011-2012 is off to a great start already! You can help! Spend time reviewing school work. Read to your child daily. Praise every accomplishment. Encourage best work. Contact me with questions or concerns. Review sight word reading daily.