What to Expect When Your Child’s in Kindergarten Ms. Caldwell Shelley.caldwell@edu.forneyisd.net

Morning Journal Thinking Maps Our Daily Schedule Morning Journal Thinking Maps

Calendar Math Season & Weather (weather bug) Days of the week & Months of the Year Counting, Number recognition & patterns Counting to 100 by ones, fives, and tens Counting patterns Counting forward & backward to 20

Shared Reading

Bathroom Breaks 8:25 10:25 11:20 12:25 2:00

Literacy Stations 1 Guided Reading Buddy Reading I station Letters to Words Listening to Directions Literacy Buckets

Literacy Lesson Comprehension Skills Letter-Sound relationships Making Words Sight Words

Literacy Stations 2 Guided Reading Sentence Builder I Station Letters to Words Writing Journal Literacy Buckets

FOCUS RTI Social Centers (Blocks, Pretend & Learn, Science, Puzzles, Playdough, Art, Library, Puppets, Computer Complete work

TITLE I Title I Program in Forney ISD Student Participation Title I is a federally funded program that delivers resources to help schools with a high concentration of students from low-income families and provide a high-quality education that will enable all children to meet the state's student performance standards. Title I, Part A supports schools in implementing either a school-wide program or a targeted assistance program. Currently 3 campuses in Forney ISD are identified as School wide; Blackburn, Rhea, and Smith Elementary Schools. Student Participation Forney ISD offers School-wide Title programs at eligible campuses. The district has established additional specific criteria for supplemental support from the Title I teacher. The first priority of the Title I teachers is to provide academic support to students considered to be on Tier III of the Forney Response to Intervention process. The student’s progress in Tier II has been monitored, and the Student Support Team has recommended a referral to Tier III. If a student is on Tier II at the conclusion of a school year and fails the state assessment, they can be moved to Tier III to receive intervention from the Title I teacher at the beginning of the next school year.   Title I teachers may also provide classroom support in all subject areas, as time permits. Parent Involvement Parents of students on a Title I campus are required to complete a School-Parent Compact provided at Meet the Teacher Night. Parents are encouraged to participate in the development or revision of the Campus Parent Involvement Policy. A meeting will be held at the beginning of each school year to review these two documents and to learn about the Title I program. A translator will be provided at all Title I meetings if necessary. Parents are invited to attend educational and academic activities throughout the school year to learn how to help their students at home.

Poetry Corner (phonics) Rhyme Beginning/ Ending/ Medial Sounds Segmenting & Blending Deleting & Adding Recall

Math Lesson Think Central Colors Shapes Graphing

Lunch 10:50-11:20

Recess 11:25-11:45 Weather Considerations (Below 40 degrees wind chill/ above 100 degrees heat index)

Math Stations Guided Math Buddy Math I Station Math Jobs Math Journal Math Buckets

Math Extension

Specials 12:30-1:15 A B C D

Our World Lesson Science Concepts Safety & Investigation Properties and Patterns Force, Motion, & Energy Earth Materials Objects in the Sky Basic Needs of Living Things Life Processes and Structures Designing Solutions Science Applications

Our World Stations Research Explore Symbaloo Construct Journal Writing Buckets

Writing Lesson & Writer’s Workshop Pre-Write Draft Guided Writing Publish Illustrate Writing Buckets * Snack

Grace & Courtesy Lesson Building Character Conduct Calendars & Bands OR 4

Dismissal Students who walk home Daycare Parent pick up Transportation changes must go through office

Assessment MAP DRA (fall, winter, spring) Report Cards (@quarter) Conferences (fall, spring)