Welcome to Kindergarten at Centerville Elementary

Welcome to Welcome to KindergartenKindergartenat Centerville at Centerville Elementary Elementary

Meet Our TeamMeet Our TeamMrs. BeetMrs. BrantnerMrs. DabneyMrs. Eccard

Mrs. RothMrs. SnyderMrs. White

Our Kindergarten Our Kindergarten Program Program

• Supports a hands-on approach to learning• Provides a rigorous, individualized

program in language arts, math, social studies and science

• Offers flexible grouping to meet the needs of students

• Monitors progress continually to ensure individual student success

• Utilizes volunteers to support student learning

Daily ScheduleDaily Schedule8:30-8:55 Arrival

Opening9:00-11:15 Language Arts 11:15-11:45 Lunch11:45-12:10 Recess12:10-12:25 Social Studies/Science12:30-1:10 Specials (Art/Music/P.E.)1:15-2:30 Math2:30-3:15 Application Centers3:15-3:30Pack-up and Dismissal

CentersCenters

TransportationTransportationCheck the website for the latest information:

www.fcps.orgGive a kiss, a hug and say, “Have a great day!”

Please send in a handwritten signed note or call the front office for any transportation changes! (notes are

needed from both families when going home with a friend)

LunchLunch

• We will go early, so teachers can help for the first couple

of weeks

• Cafeteria snacks• Birthdays

Café Prepay: http://www.cafeprepay.com

Breakfast $1.10 Lunch $2.05

Language ArtsLanguage Arts• Phonological Awareness

• Phonemic Awareness• Phonics• Fluency

• Comprehension• Vocabulary

• Writing

Phonological Phonological AwarenessAwareness• Recognize words and sounds that are the

same/different• Recognize sentences are made up of words• Identify and generate rhyming words

• Orally segment and blend syllables (Example: /mon/ /key/ = monkey)

• Orally segment and blend onsets & rimes (Example: /p/ /ig/= pig)

PhonicsPhonics• Identify the difference between letters and words• Understand the sound-symbol relationship of a

letter

• Recognize and decode beginning and ending consonants • Identify the letters and their sounds at the beginning, middle, and end of words

FluencyFluency• Recognize and read high frequency words

(sight words) and irregular words• Automatically recognize letters in random

order• Apply recognition of words through

reading of Kindergarten text

VocabularyVocabularyDemonstrate an understanding of new vocabulary within curricular areas through appropriate use of content vocabulary in discussions, responses to questions, and in seeking information during content lessons and beyond

ComprehensionComprehension• Understand that print conveys meaning• Understand book conventions• Be able to retell a story in sequence• Be able to identify story elements (setting,

character, problem, solution)

• Be able to answer both explicit and inferential questions about a text

WritingWriting• Correct letter formation (proportion)• Express ideas in drawings, letters, and words

• Develop writing strategies• Develop writing mechanics (capitals, spaces,

punctuation)• Develop editing skills

MathMath• Counting and Cardinality

• Operations & Algebraic Thinking• Number & Operations in Base Ten

• Measurement & Data• Geometry

Counting and Counting and CardinalityCardinality• Count to 100 by ones and tens starting

at any number

•Write numbers from 0 to 20 •Count a set of objects and write a number

to match (0-20)•Count using one-to-one correspondence•Understand that the last number counted

represents the set

Counting and Counting and CardinalityCardinality

•Understand one more than a number•Count objects up to 20 arranged in different ways•Compare groups of objects using greater

than, less than or equal to

Operations & Algebraic Operations & Algebraic ThinkingThinking

• Represent addition and subtraction with a variety of materials and in different ways

• Solve addition and subtraction word problems up to 10 using objects or drawings

• Decompose numbers (10 and less) in more than one way• Fluently add and subtract up to 5

Number &Operations Number &Operations in Base Tenin Base Ten

• Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into a group of ten and

some ones by using objects, drawings or equations

Measurement & DataMeasurement & Data

• Use math vocabulary to describe the attributes of objects

• Compare two objects with common attributes

• Sort objects in different ways

GeometryGeometry

• Identify and compare 2-D or 3-D shapes

• Identify shapes in the environment• Use positional words such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to

GeometryGeometry• Model shapes in the world by drawing

and building shapes from different materials

• Combine shapes to create other shapes

ScienceScience· Magnets· Matter & Heat· Earth· Alive

Social StudiesSocial Studies· Me and My World· My Family and My Neighborhood· My Class, My Community, My World· My World: Past, Present and Future· Drug Safety Awareness· Personal Safety (September)

Social Social ExpectationsExpectations• Following rules and routines

– Respectful– Responsible– Ready

• Appropriate conflict resolution• Cooperation• Studies show that children who have

developed strong social skills are more successful as adults

CommunicationCommunication• School newsletter (Find Out First)

• Kindergarten news with homework sheet

• Teachers can be contacted by phone, e-mail or you may send a note in your child’s folder.

• Upcoming September/ October parent-teacher conferences!

• Check out our school website at:http://ces.sites.fcps.org/

Questions?