Kindergarten OrientationPresented by:
Keri RamsayK-12 Reading Supervisor
What Will Your Child Experience at School?
Core reading program – Houghton Mifflin Kid Writing Centers Targeted instruction Small group reading Homework
What will my child need to do by the end of
Kindergarten???
Listening and Speaking Skills Reading Skills Writing Skills
Listening and Speaking Skills
Listen attentively Stay on topic and participate in class discussions Wait his or her turn to speak in a group
What Can I Do to Help My Child with Speaking and
Listening?
Dinner conversation – practice taking turns sharing about the day
Ask your child to look at you when you are speaking to them
Play board games Ask your child his or her opinion about various topics at
home (ex: what to have for dinner, how should we make lunch, tell me about the TV show you were watching, why do you like this game or show, etc.)
Reading Skills
Book handling skills When hearing a word, can identify beginning, ending,
and middle sounds Segment a spoken word into 4 sounds Identify all letter sounds Identify capital and lowercase letters Recognize about 33 high frequency words Decode simple words with short vowels Talk about the beginning, middle, and end of a story in
order
What Can I Do to Help My Child with Reading Skills?
Read to him or her at home every day Take your child to the library Play games (at home, in the car, waiting on line at the grocery
store, etc.) to practice phonemic awareness Practice reading high frequency words every day and look for
them in books you read After reading, ask your child to retell the story to you. Ask what
happened at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end. Whenever possible, MAKE IT FUN!!!
When Reading To Your Child, Ask Him or Her…
What do you think this story will be about? What do you think is going to happen next? Do you think this story is real or make-believe? Does this sound like another story you know? Who are the characters? How are the characters alike/different? Where is this story happening? Why do you think that happened? What was this mostly about?
Writing Skills
Print first and last name correctly Draw a picture and write about it Spell high frequency words
What Can I Do to Help My Child with Writing Skills?
Have writing materials available for your child (a basket, drawer, desk, etc.)
Practice phonemic awareness skills at home Encourage your child to draw pictures and tell you about
them Watch as your child writes to avoid incorrect letter
formation habits (Remember: Top to Bottom!) Ask your child to spell words every day
Think Central
Surveys will come home www.thinkcentral.com Directions and further information will come home with
your child
How Will the Teacher Know What My Child Needs?
Regular informal assessments – letters, high frequency words, sounds, journal writing
DIBELS Next screener First Sound Fluency (FSF): The assessor says words, and the
student says the first sound for each word. Letter Naming Fluency (LNF): The student is presented with
a sheet of letters and asked to name the letters. Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF): The assessor says
words, and the student says the individual sounds for each word. Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF): The student is presented
with a list of VC and CVC nonsense words (e.g., sig, rav, ov) and asked to read the words.
We Are in This Together!!!
Don’t panic! Every child develops at his or her own pace Let’s work together as a team!
Have a Wonderful School Year!
Questions??? Contact Information:
Keri RamsayK-12 Reading Supervisor
[email protected](570)402-1000 ext. 1313