2. Welcome to Kindergarten!
I will introduce you to kindergarten and to our classroom.
If you have any questions during my presentation, please raise your
hand and wait to be called on.
3. Supply List
6- packages 8 count crayons
6 -packages 16 count crayons
1-pair of scissors
24- glue sticks
1-package markers
2-packages #2 pencils
5-highlighters (yellow, green, blue, pink and purple)
1-package of cap erasers
1-wide rule composition notebook (BLACK and WHITE)
1-plastic folder with pockets & brads (YELLOW)
1-plastic folder with pockets & brads (GREEN)
1-mat for rest time (on the floor, labeled with name)
1-package of Dry Erase markers
1-backpack (no wheels and labeled with name)
1-lunchbox, optional (labeled with name)
2-white socks, (for dry erase board erasers)
1-package of index cards 4x6
1-package of playdoh
3.5mm plug headphonesLast Modified: Jun 05, 2009
4. Class Schedule
7:30-7:50 Attendance, Morning Work, DEAR Time (Drop Everything And
READ)
7:50-8:00 Morning Show/Pledge of Allegiance/Attendance
11:00-11:30 ART (TH), Quiet Reading Time/RtI/Snack
11:30-12:00 Math/Math Centers
12:00-12:20 Social Centers (MTWTH), Yoga Exercising (F)
12:23-12:53 LUNCH (Line B---Tables 10-18)
12:55-1:00 Clean Up from Lunch
1:00-1:45 Science/Social Studies
1:45-2:00 Pack-up, Read Aloud, REVIEW DAY
2:00-2:05 Dismissal
5. All About Me
My name is Bethany "Beth" Salomon. This is my seventh year of
teaching. I taught one year of 5th grade in New York, and have been
teaching six years of kindergarten in Florida. I graduated college
from Buffalo State College in Buffalo, New York with a Bachelor's
and a Master's in Elementary Education and Reading. I enjoy
cooking, reading, knitting and playing with my dogs Haylie and
Lacey.
I am excited to be your child's teacher this year, and I look
forward to meeting you and your child!
6. Classroom Rules
Our classroom rules are simple:
*Listen and follow directions
*Keep hands and feet to self
*Be kind to others
*Leave candy, toys and gum at home
*Learn, learn, and learn!
7. Behavior Management
Purple = Outstanding Behavior!
(Student will receive a PURPLE smiley face in folder)
Green = Good Behavior!
(Student will receive a GREEN smiley face)
Yellow = Warning
(Student will loose 5 minutes of recess or Fun Center time, and
YELLOW will be marked in the folder with a note describing the
behavior displayed)
Red = Unacceptable Behavior
(Student will loose recess and/or Fun Center time, and RED will be
marked in the folder. Either a parent-signed note or phone call
home will indicate the disruption represented in the
classroom)
8. Behavior Management
Each child has been given a folder that he/she is responsible for
bringing to and from school each day. Enclosed in this folder will
be a monthly calendar. You will be able to see how your child
behaved each day by the color I have indicated on the calendar.
Please initial each day to see your childs progress.
Please be reminded that I do give warnings before I change the
cards to give your child a chance to correct the behavior at hand.
If for some reason the behavior is not corrected, after the
warning, I will change your childs card. At the end of the day, I
will ask your child why they were on yellow or red, and I will
write their explanation in their GREEN folder. At that time, I will
discuss briefly with your child about the behavior they displayed,
and I will help them come up with a positive solution for the next
time.
9. Reading
Demonstrates Alphabet Knowledge
Identifies letters by name (upper and lower case) in random
order.
Uses Reading Processes Effectively (Demonstrates Phonemic
Awareness).
Recognizes that words are made up of a series of sounds.
Recognizes rhyming patterns and rhyming sounds.
Matches words with the same beginning sound/ending sound.
Identifies sounds heard at the beginning, middle, or end of a
word.
Blends individual sounds to form a word.
Matches spoken sounds to letters in print.
Makes meaningful predictions about text using word patterns,
phonics, language patterns, and structures.
10. Reading
Demonstrates Concepts of Print
Demonstrates left to right page sequence
Demonstrates awareness of text progression (left/right;
top/bottom).
Demonstrates return sweep.
Demonstrates awareness that print, not pictures contains the
message and that the message remains constant.
Indicates cover, title, title page, front, and back of book.
Indicates a letter, a word, a first letter, a last letter, an upper
case letter, a lower case letter, and the space between
words.
Demonstrates an awareness of the function of periods, question
marks, exclamation points, and quotation marks.
12. Reads books from memory or with picture support daily.
13. Reads and listens to text for a variety of purposes
(pleasure reading).
14. Self-selects materials for reading and listening.
15. Participates in discussions and activities related to text
and across texts.
16. Asks and answers questions about material that has been
read or heard.
Reading
Constructs Meaning from a Variety of Text
Predicts what a story is about using book title, illustrations, and
other context clues.
Predicts what might happen next in a story.
Identifies beginning and ending of a story.
Demonstrates awareness of story elements (setting, characters,
problem, sequence of events, and resolution).
Retells familiar stories and rhymes.
Summarizes a story (tells what it is mostly about).
Supports responses with information from the text.
Recognizeshigh frequency (sight words) words in context.
Understands and follows simple directions during reading
instruction.
17. Writing
Learning to coordinate hand muscles with eye muscles.
18. Drawingpictures to illustrate their stories.
19. Learning to write one's name correctly, using a capital
letter for the first letter and lower case letters for the rest of
the name , using sight words in sentences, writing a story with a
beginning, middle and end and writing with detail.
20. Using phonetic invented spelling to formulate words.
Writing
Focuses on Topic
Stays focused on the topic when talking or writing.
21. Identifies and writes about a topic.
Organizes Ideas
Demonstrates ability to sequence events during shared writing
experiences and/or within their own individualized writing
pieces.
Supports Topic With Details
Demonstrates ability to identify ideas related to a topic
during shared writing experiences and/or within their own
individualized writing pieces.
22. Uses pictures to illustrate and support writing.
23. Uses linking or describing words within sentences to
discuss ideas in detail.
53. Knows that plants and animals live in different
habitats.
Social Studies
Time, Continuity, and Change (History)
Listens to, views, and discusses stories, poems, and other media
about people form other places and times.
Has an awareness of the terms past, present and future.
Listens to, views, and discusses stories, poems, and other media
about selected scientists and inventors.
Listens to, views and discusses stories, poems, and other media
about people and events surrounding commemorative holidays.
Listens to, views and discusses stories, poems and other media
about selected American symbols (for example: bald eagle, American
flag, Statute of Liberty).
People, Places, and Environments (Geography)
Knows terms that describe relative location (for example, near,
far, up, own, left, right, in front of, behind, next to).
Knows a map can represent a real place.
Knows some landforms (for example: lake, mountain, and
ocean).
Knows people live in different settings.
54. Homework
The HOMEWORK calendar is sent home monthly in a Yellow folder. The
homework folder will be given on Mondays, and the yellow folder
will be returned on Fridays or another day if indicated, with the
completed homework. Please complete all assignments. The homework
reinforces what we are doing in the classroom.
55. Important Information
Feel free to contact use with any additional questions or concerns
by email, a note or telephone.
We will have 2 conference nights to discuss your childs
progress.
Kindergarten will not receive report cards for academics the 1st
nine weeks. Your child will only be graded on behavior during this
time.
They will get a report card starting the 2nd nine weeks for
academics and behavior. Please refer to the codes listed on the
report card to read it correctly.
Progress alerts will go home (mid way through each grading period)
in advance to let you know of your childs progress before the
report card.
56. Behavior on Report Card
If your child has had 5 yellows or 3 reds within the 9 week grading
period, they will receive a "N" (needs improvement) in the category
that best suits the behavior that they displaying in the
classroom.
Be sure to look over and sign your child's folder everyday, so that
you are aware of their behavior in the classroom. Please encourage
your child to make good choices everyday!
57. Practice at Home
Recognizing upper and lowercase letters, letter sounds (beginning,
middle and end), recognizing numbers 0-30, tying shoes, memorizing
lunch number, hand writing skills, write sentences with familiar
words and/or beginning sounds, writing sentences using capital
letter and a period at the end of the sentence, patterning,
recognizing color/number words,
recognizing high frequency words (sight words--Starting in
October), knowing personal information (phone #, age, birthday,
address and parents names), counting by 1's, 10's, 5's and 2's and
ALWAYS READ for 10 minutes a day (alone, with a friend or with a
parent or family member).
58. Classroom Volunteers
Homeroom Parent and Helpers- Our homeroom parent is responsible for
coordination and scheduling the volunteers in our classroom. There
are also some school-wide responsibilities involved. Please be sure
that you have the time to take on this responsibility if you
sign-up to be a homeroom parent or a helper.
Classroom Helpers- If you would like to volunteer to help out in
the classroom for various activities, holiday parties, art
projects, small groups etc.
Memory Makers- Help us create lasting memories by joining MEMORY
MAKERS. Please sign-up if youre willing to donate film, instant
camera with flash and / or take for processing.
Ready Reader/Story Parents
Copy Helpers- If you would like to volunteer to copy, laminate, and
use die-cut machines in media center for various projects that we
need for class.
59. My Class Website
Please check my website for Monthly Newsletters, Class Photos and
Monthly Homework Calendars/Sight Words.
My website has additional important information they you may need,
so please check it out!
60. My Contact Information
Miss Bethany (Beth) Salomon
13910 Nine Eagles Road
Tampa, Florida 33626
School Phone: (813) 356-1645 x518
Leave message through voice mail or with the front office.
Email (please email me first): [email protected]
Website: http://bryant.mysdhc.org/teacher/0527SALOMON/