Welcome to Kindergarten! Teachers: Mrs. Kossack, Mrs. Wituk, and Mrs. Riley

Introductions  Administration  Kindergarten Team

Reminders: School Procedures  Before School:  Parking Lot  Breakfast reminders  During School:  Lunch reminders  Attire/change of clothes  After School:  Parking Lot

Be here, Be ready  Bring to school daily  Healthy snack  Lunch choice  Binder/Folder with behavior calendar  Keep in locker  “Specials” shirt/gym shoes  Change of clothes

1 Snack  The following are appropriate school snacks :

Snack  Please do not send items like these for snack:

Curriculum We will be teaching skills based on the National Common Core Standards www. corestandards.org

Curriculum  Reading  Recognize upper case and lower case letters and sounds  Read words by sounding them out  Recognize and read “tricky” words  Comprehension skills  Distinguish sounds in words  Recognize rhyming words

Reading Recommendations: How do I help?  Read with your child everyday!  Ask your child to share their favorite parts of the story!  Ask your child about what they did in school!  Have them write you a letter about what they learned!  Or, have them draw a picture and explain it to you!

Curriculum  Writing  Write with a pencil using an appropriate grip  Follow writing lines  Write letters, words, sentences, and a paragraph

Writing Recommendations: How do I help?  Have students draw pictures about topics and have them write about it!  Writing can be done in any form! Writing note, writing a letter, writing a postcard, writing directions! Encourage your child to do all!

Curriculum  Math  Recognize/identify geometric shapes  Recognize/identify number name and value  Print numbers  Count to 100  Addition/subtraction

Math Recommendations: How do I help?  Ask your child to count items up to 20! Example: Count how many animals at the zoo! Count how many cars you see!  Ask your child to compare numbers! Example: How many bracelets does your sister have on compared to you?

Curriculum  Social Studies  Listen to stories and participate in activities about family, community, and holidays  Scholastic News  Science  Listen to stories and participate in activities about weather/seasons, transportation, sink vs. float, magnets, animals, and plants  Scholastic News

More Recommendations: How do I help?  Expose your child to many experiences and talk about them!  Zoo  Museums  Library/Story time  Visit for a list of events in DuPage County:

Personal Habits- Practice at home  Tell phone number  Tell/recognize full name  Tell home address  Tie shoes  Dress themselves (zippers, buttons, etc.)

Homework Please check and remove papers from your child’s folder every day.