1. Kindergarten Southeast Elementary
Back to School Night
Kindergarten
Southeast Elementary

2. Student Goals Love of Learning Independent Responsible Compassionate
Resourceful
Flexible
Knowledgeable

3. Teacher Goals Support and Nurture Develop Talents
Meet Individual Needs
Integrate Learning Styles
Connect Curriculum to the Real-World
Challenge and/or Restructure
Stay Connected to Home

4. Curriculum- Where does it come from?

5. Kindergarten Curriculum
Community
Thanksgiving
My School/My classroom
Seasons: Winter
Careers
Transportation
Machines & Inventions
Places
Valentine’s Day
Natural World
Earth Materials
My Backyard
Seasons: Spring
Seasons: Summer
All About Me
Self help skills
My Body
Five Senses Healthy
Habits:
Nutrition,Exercise, and
Cleanliness
Family Traditions
Communication
Friendship
Pets
Seasons: Fall

6. Reading Fountas & Pinnell Word Study
The Comprehension Toolkit
Focuses on “reading as thinking”
Builds skills and competence in key thinking strategies for increased comprehension
Supports time for shared reading, guided reading (small groups), independent reading, and collaborative discussion and sharing
Provides opportunities for students to read in a variety of genres including nonfiction.
Matches students with “just right” reading texts
Fountas & Pinnell Word Study
Builds students word knowledge through instruction in phonics, spelling patterns, high frequency word knowledge, vocabulary development, and word-solving actions

7. Language Arts Write Source: Additional Resources and Experiences:
Poetry
Journal writing
Story writing
Writer’s Workshop
Write Source:
Process of writing
Forms of writing

8. Mathematics Program Highlights: Everyday Mathematics:
Problem solving for everyday situations
Developing readiness through hands-on activities
Links between past experiences and new concepts
Sharing ideas through discussion
Cooperative learning through partner and small-group activities
Practice through games
On-going review throughout the year
Daily routines
Informal assessment
Home and school partnership
Everyday Mathematics:
Emphasizes conceptual understanding while building a mastery of basic skills
Explores the full mathematics spectrum, not just basic arithmetic
Based on how children learn, what they’re interested in, and the future for which they must be prepared

9. Everyday Mathematics Content Strands K-3: Data and Chance Geometry
Measurement and Reference Frames
Numeration
Operations and Computation
Patterns, Functions, and Algebra

10. Science and Health Science and Technology for Children: Health Focus
Students make their own discoveries
Knowledge is actively constructed by the learner
Hands-on experimental environment
Scientific reasoning skills
Units of Study
Comparing and Measuring
Organisms
Health Focus
Focus Areas:
Safety
Healthy Habits
Decision-Making Skills
Interpersonal Skills

11. Social Studies
Harcourt
Communities at school
and home
Maps and Globes

12. Character Education and Tribes
Compassion
Honesty/Integrity
Respect
Self-Discipline
Courage
Perseverance
Responsibility/Accountability
Teamwork
Tribes-
Ways of operating with each other:
Attentive Listening
Appreciation/No Put-Downs
The Right to Pass
Mutual Respect

13. Technology Integrated into the daily routine of the classroom through:
Student productivity
Communication and collaboration
Delivery of lessons
Classroom management
SmartBoard
Audio Enhancement
Document Camera

14. World Language Emphasis on the Spanish Language
Integrated into the curriculum/calendar,counting
Develops awareness
Appreciation of other cultures
Cultural comparisons- similarities and differences

15. Special Area Activities
Art
Music
Physical Education

16. kara.amis@jenksps.org Thank You for Coming!