1. Welcome to Kindergarten Open House Mason Creek Elementary
August 17th, 2017
Welcome to Kindergarten
Open House
Mason Creek Elementary

2. Meet the Kindergarten Team
Ms. Melinda Bearden
Mrs. Jacquelyn Dickerson
Ms. Cyndi Drake
Mrs. Tonya Freeman

3. Classroom Rules Listens and follows directions Controls Talking
Shows self-control
Stays on-task
Works and plays well with others
Class discipline system – We use a color based system where everyone starts out on green. If you are following rules and procedures, you stay on green. If you are going above and beyond, you can move to blue. If you are having difficulty following rules and procedures, you will move to yellow, and if the behaviors continues, you may move to red.
Clas
Gro 1
Group 2
Class 1 82 95
Class 2 88
Class 3 84 90

4. Parent Communication
The daily notebook is a very important communication tool. It is an easy, effective way to communicate with your child’s teacher. The notebooks are checked each morning for notes and transportation changes. As a reminder, please write transportation changes on the paper provided, and any other kind of note in the agenda section.
The teachers also communicate frequently by . If you don’t have , just let us know and we can send a hard copy instead. Also, should your or phone number change, please let us know immediately so we can keep our information current.

5. Reading
Reading
*Sight Word Goal – 220 words * Quarterly Goals – 1st 9 weeks – 55 2nd 9 weeks – 110 3rd 9 weeks – th 9 weeks *Homework assignments include reading minutes daily *Guided Reading; daily teacher guided, small group instruction. *Saxon Phonics -daily phonics instruction

6. Math *Daily Calendar Math
*In Kindergarten, students focus on truly understanding numbers. They realize that doing math involves solving problems and discussing how they solved them. We will focus on showing what you know using pictures, manipulatives, and various strategies.
Educationgalaxy.com
An educational website that allows students to work at their own level. Teachers are able to assign students activities that focus on their individual needs.

7. Science Units in Science include: *Day and Night Sky
*Gravity and Motion
*Physical Properties of Matter
*Rocks and Soils
*Living and Non-living Things
*Animals
*Plants

8. Social Studies Units in Social Studies include:
*Connecting Themes in Social Studies
* The People in our Neighborhood
* Where in the World are We?
* Celebrating our Differences
* Being a Good American
* You’re a Grand Old Flag and Other US Symbols

9. Writing Instruction
*The Kindergarten Units of Study in writing will focus on Opinion, Information and Narrative Writing.
*Writer’s Workshop will include working on the writing process. Students will have daily writing instruction.
* Please review complete sentences whenever you are working with your student at home…capital letter, finger spaces, and punctuation mark at the end.

10. Kindergarten Assessments
In Kindergarten we use two main grade-level assessments.
*GKIDS
*Aimsweb

11. Thank you for coming to Open House.