1. Welcome to E.E.S. Kindergarten

2. Elkridge Elementary School
The Kindergarten Team
Elkridge Elementary School

3. What I Can Do Over the Summer
Read everyday and talk about the book
Practice writing your child’s name
Practice cutting, zipping, buttoning
Have many experiences with letters (Leap Frog videos, magnet letters, puzzles)
Count everything (count stairs, count forks at dinner, count while swinging)
Have fun and talk about your experiences
Practice Social Expectations

4. General Information Open House: Thursday, August 31st 10:00-11:00
Back to School Night: Sept :00-7:00
Lunch/Snack (Peanut Free)
Field Trips (Library)
Parent Volunteers/Lunch
Synergy: Communication and Emergency Info.
Kindergarten Directory

5. Daily Routine School Hours 9:25 – 3:55 Door opens at 9:10
Walkers will enter and begin their day
Car Riders will be dropped off in the car rider line
Bus Riders will arrive and enter the building
Breakfast
Students may buy breakfast and eat in the cafetorium
Math
Small group/Whole group
Calendar Math
Hands On

6. Daily Routine Lunch/Recess Recess is 30 minutes daily
Lunch is 30 minutes daily
Inclement weather days students have recess in classrooms
Quiet Time
Daily 10 to 15 minutes
Reading
Guided Reading
Phonics/ Phonemic Awareness
Read Aloud: content, comprehension, vocabulary, speaking

7. Daily Routine Writing Writing Guided Writing/Stages of writing
Opinion Writing, Informative Writing, Narrative Writing
How to hold a pencil
Letter formation
Take 10
Kindergarten students need movement breaks
Related Arts
Art (1 hour)
PE (3 times a week for 30 minutes)
Technology (1 hour)
Media (45 minutes)
Music (2 times a week for 30 minutes)

8. Daily Routine Content Health Science Social Studies Second Steps Snack
Self Selected Centers
Pack and Stack
(Kindergarten Helpers)

9. On Track to “ELK”cellence!
Today at Elkridge I pledge to be safe, be respectful, and be responsible. This will help my class, my school, and me be the best that I can be.
We are following the Elkridge 5 to stay on track to Elkcellence!!

10. Question and Answer
Thank you for coming!!!