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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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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.