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Kindergarten – Mrs. Brooke Helmlinger Curriculum Night 2019 & 2020 Kindergarten – Mrs. Brooke Helmlinger

My daughters: Lindsey and Abbie My husband and I…

Classroom Routines Take home folder Oops (refocus) sheets Check for notes Mr. Potato Head Morning work Website http://www.genev a304.org/BrookeH elmlinger.aspx Bathroom Drinks Give me 5 Rules Clip chart/Dojo’s

Communication Weekly newsletter emailed home last day of the week Remind 101 texts Email bhelmlinger@geneva304.org Please don’t message me through dojo or Remind 101 Calls before 7:50 or after 2:20

Visit my website for support and information http://www.geneva304.org/BrookeHelmlinger.a spx current practice activities & resources

it’s all developmental So here are the important points that I would like to make. -development is largely varied from person to person. We see this in our infants and we see it in the classroom. -in infants we may see that gross motor skills are learned so quickly that verbal skills are more slowly acquired (or vice versa) but eventually both are learned -in the classroom a students may quickly acquire literacy skills but need more support to master learning behaviors such as (or vice versa) -we see and expect this large variance, so we need to be careful not to compare our children to peers or siblings -another contributing factor is that some kindergarteners are 5 years and 10 months while some are 5 years and 1 month and we know that the younger the person – the more those month make a difference love and support at each stage Even out over time Pressure = anxiety = lowered performance it’s all developmental

We as teachers see and accept that each one of our students is at a different stage in their learning and that each child has different strengths and weaknesses. Not only that but we communicate this to the students. They need to know that it is okay and completely normal to be at different places in their learning. We strive to give that message so they can all feel positive, confident and supported in working towards goals. We need to provide learning opportunities and experiences that are fun and both age and developmentally appropriate. We all know that too much pressure leads to anxiety and discomfort, and that anxiety and discomfort block our ability to think and learn. Just remember poor, nervous little Ralphie.

Balanced Literacy Instruction Balanced literacy program phonics phonemics reading foundational skills comprehension fluency writing

Handwriting Tripod grip Posture Zaner Bloser (ball and stick or block) Handwriting Without Tears Morning work, Jolly Phonics Daily Homework (corresponds with Jolly Phonics)

Writers Workshop Lucy Caulkins Very child friendly way of teaching children to express their ideas first through drawing and labeling and then transitioning into words and sentences. Three units Narrative – small moment stories Information – How to books Opinion or persuasive Reading Responses

Phonemic Awareness Blue book (Michael Haggerty) All auditory Three tasks Rhyming Blending Segmenting

Jolly Phonics Consonant sounds Short vowel sounds Long vowel combinations Digraph sounds (/ch/, /sh/, and /th/) Practice book (Chicka Chicka Boom Book)

Reading Shared Reading Guided Reading Read to Self Reading Centers Three ways to read a book: Read the words Read the pictures Retell the story Reading Centers

Reading Comprehension Text to Text connection Text to Self connection Activating Schema Identifying characters and main characters Identifying the problem or conflict Identifying the solution or resolution Making and modifying predictions Retelling

Dolch or sight words Dolch Words Pre-primer & Primer list Read and spell List on website

Math Counting to 100 and Cardinality Operations and Algebraic thinking (Addition & Subtraction within 10) Measurement and Data (Comparing measurable attributes of length and weight) Numbers and Operations in base 10 (Place value) Geometry (identify basic 2D & 3D shapes) Parent letters

Second Step & Emotional Abc’s Social and emotional learning curriculum Unit 1 Skills for learning (Give me 5) Unit 2 Empathy Unit 3 Emotion Management Unit 4 Problem solving

What is Mystery Science? Curriculum that inspires kids to LOVE Science. Each lesson begins with an engaging mystery that aims to get kids curious about the world around them. Hands-on activities. Aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards. Weather Watching Force Olympics Plant & Animal Secrets

How does the NGSS classroom look different? Traditional Science Classroom NGSS Classroom Memorization of facts & vocabulary terms. Deeper understanding of science. “Reading About” how scientists do their work. Emphasis on student scientific exploration & experimentation. “Learning About” a particular topic in isolation. “Figuring Out” phenomena. Scientific Method – as linear set of steps Students will engage in the practices that scientists/engineers use – not just the inquiry part, but also scientific discourse (conversations).

Please Be Advised We are a tree-nut free room What does that mean? Educate the children… Why we don’t share food Why we wash our hands Why we listen to our friends

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