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IMPORTANT DATES…First Day of School: Thursday, September 4, 2014 is a Half-Day

(11:50AM)Second Day of School:Friday, September 5, 2014 is a Half Day

(11:50AM)Third Day of School:Monday, September 8, 2014 is the 1st Full

Day for All Kindergarten Students

Staff Members You Need to Know…M R. P I S AC A N O -

P R I N C I PA L

M R. B O R E L L I -A S S I S TA N T

P R I N C I PA L , K- 2

Staff Members You Need to Know…M R S . D Z W O N E K-

A S S I S TA N T P R I N C I PA L ; 3 , 5 , 6

M R . C A RT E R-A S S I S TA N T

P R I N C I PA L ; 4 , 7 , 8

Staff Members You Need to Know…M R S . H E R N A N D E Z -

D I L O N E -P A R E N T

C O O R D I N A T O R

M R S . T O L E D O -P A R E N T S ’

A S S O C I A T I O N P R E S I D E N T

Staff Members You Need to Know…M R S . B O U R Q U I N -

P U P I L A C C O U N T I N G S E C R E TA R Y

M R S . F R E M G E N -P A Y R O L L /

P U R C H A S I N G S E C R E T A R Y

Staff Members You Need to Know…M R S . H A S E N B E I N -

S U P E RV I S I N G S C H O O L A I D E

M R S . B E L F I O R E -O F F I C E

S C H O O L A I D E

Staff Members You Need to Know…

N U R S E B A N AT T ES C H O O L N U R S E

S C H O O L S A F E T Y A G E N T S T U R N E R

& P E T E R S O N

The 2014-2015 Schedule:AM Homeroom: 8:20AM-8:30AMPeriod 1: 8:30AM-9:10AMPeriod 2: 9:12AM-9:52AMPeriod 3: 9:54AM-10:34AMPeriod 4: 10:36AM-11:26AMPeriod 5: 11:26AM-12:11PM (Lunch for K, 2, 8)Period 6: 12: 16PM-1:01PMPeriod 7: 1:06PM-1:46PMPeriod 8: 1:48PM-2:28PMPM Homeroom: 2:30PM-2:40PM

Reading Writing

Listening and

Speaking

GETTING READY FOR KINDERGARTENLITERACY SKILLS

Reading

SKILLS FOR KINDERGARTEN

Reading is…Understanding the relationship

between sounds and wordsUnderstanding what they readExpanding vocabularyReading fiction and nonfiction

WHAT IS READING IN KINDERGARTEN?

HOW READING GROWSIts all about the pictures...

• Read and retell stories from the pictures (fiction)

• Read and learn from pictures (nonfiction)

• Book handling

It’s all about the alphabet...

• Letters make sounds

• Sounds make words

Its all about the words...

• Common words

• Sounding out words

• Rhyming words

• Word families

Putting it all together…

• Concepts of print

• Asking and answering questions

Read to your child for 15 minutes every day.

Sit next to your child and hold the book so you can both see it.

Stop along the way to look at the pictures and talk about the book.

ACTIVITIES TO DO AT HOME

Can you find this letter? Letters are

everywhere. As you go to the grocery store,

cook dinner or watch a ball game, ask your child

to point out different letters. Begin by asking the letters in his or her

name.

Practice book handling skills. Discuss how to

hold the book right side up and turn the pages of

the book.

ACTIVITIES TO DO AT HOME

Writing

SKILLS FOR KINDERGARTEN

Writing is using drawing and writing to give information about a topic.

WHAT IS WRITING IN KINDERGARTEN?

In order to write we need to strengthen the small muscles of the hand.

Fine muscle control is strengthened through the use of manipulative materials such as:ScissorsPencils, crayons, markerspaint brushespuzzlesPlay-Doh

WHAT DO LITTLE HANDS NEED?

TracingCutting

Writing

ACTIVITIES TO DO AT HOME

TracingMultisensory is more fun!

Let your child make letters in salt, sand, sugar, dirt, shaving

cream or finger paint!

CuttingUse a pair of child safety scissors.Let your child cut out the letters of

his/her name from a magazine.Cut zig zag lines and different

shapes.

Writing Use all different

writing tools and materials.

Sidewalk chalk pencils marker

s crayons scrap paper

White boards

Listening and

Speaking

SKILLS FOR KINDERGARTEN

Listening and Speaking is participating in conversations about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

WHAT IS LISTENING AND SPEAKING IN KINDERGARTEN?

Listening

Speaking

ACTIVITIES TO DO AT HOME

Listening

Give two step directions such as,

“Put on your pajamas and brush your

teeth.”

Play Simon Says and ask for more than

one thing such as, “Hop

and shout Yipee!”

Play I Spy“I spy with

my little eye something

red.”“Is it …?”

Speaking

Help you child develop a

vocabulary for talking about their feelings.

Play turn taking games.

Help develop the small muscles

needed to speak clearly by drinking

from a straw and blowing

bubbles.

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INTERNET SITES

Your child should practice buttoning, snapping, tying and zipping his/her clothes.

Teach your child how and when to blow his/her nose and wash his/her hands.

Your child should be able to go to the bathroom completely independently.

PRACTICE SELF HELP SKILLS

INFORMATION ALL CHILDREN SHOULD KNOW:In Kindergarten, your child should

know:

• Their first and last name• Their address: house #, street, town• One phone number that is

consistent.• Their parents’ or guardians’ names

Mathematics

SKILLS FOR KINDERGARTEN

WHAT IS ARITHMETIC?Arithmetic is used for computation with

numbers, e.g. “2+2=4”

Arithmetic provides the basic skills necessary to do math.

Calculations can be used to solve every problem in arithmetic.

WHAT IS MATHEMATICS?Mathematics is about, thinking, reasoning, & making

sense of the real world.

Mathematics is about problem solving.

Calculations cannot replace a brain that learns to make mathematical connections & learns to reason objectively.

HOW TO ENCOURAGE MATHEMATICAL THINKING1. Use Language. There is no language in 2+2, but there is

language in our daily lives & the mathematical problems we solve, e.g., “I have 2 hands and you have 2 hands. How many hands do we have altogether?”

2. Reason about Mathematical Concepts. “If there are 3 cookies and I eat 1, will there be more or less cookies? Can you explain why?”

3. Develop Logical Thinking. “Mr. Squirrel is hiding nuts for the winter. He hid fewer than 10 nuts, but more than 7 nuts. He didn’t hide 9 nuts, so how many nuts did he hide?”

HOW TO ENCOURAGE MATHEMATICAL THINKING4. Find Math in Every Day Things You Do:

• Using money• Counting• Sorting/Categorizing• Finding patterns• Recognizing size and measurements• Comparing size, quantity, measurement• Shopping• Cooking• Telling time, measuring time.

5. Talk to Your Child. The child who develops language & thinking skills, in any language easily transfers those into English.