1. Mrs. Prince’s Kindergarten Class 2017-2018
Contact Information:

2. WELCOME! Outline of tonight’s meeting: Kindergarten Expectations
Our daily schedule
What we learn
Classroom behavioral management
PAX
Scholastic
Curriculum
Math in Focus, Phonics Dance, Daily 5, iPads/eSpark
Technology
In and out of the classroom (eSpark and GoNoodle)
Assessments
Things YOU can do at home to help your child succeed!

3. A day in the life of your Kindergartener…
Morning Work (7:25-8:00am)
Morning Time: Calendar, weather, etc(8:00-8:30)
Bathroom Break/ Snack Time: (8:30-8:45)
Guided Reading (8:45-10:05)
Writing: (10:05-10:30)
Lunch/ Recess (10:46-11:25)
Specials (11:25-12:15)
Monday: PBL, Tuesday: Keyboarding/Library, Wednesday: Art, Thursday: Music, Friday: P.E.
Bathroom Break
Math (12:15-1:15)
Second Recess (1:15-1:35)
Pack up/Dismissal (1:35-2:00)

4. Behavioral Management
Bloomz
Bloomz app/website
Earn points for good behavior
Points taken away for poor choices
10 pts earned, next level
PAX
PAX Quiet, Good Behavior Game, Tootles

5. What kindergarteners
Will learn this year…

6. Curriculum Things you may not know about… Phonics Dance Daily 5
Guided Reading Groups
D’Nealian Style
Math in Focus
Math Groups
Technology in & out of the classroom:
iPads/eSpark
NO Pictures, APPs in folders
Tumblebooks/Beavercreek Libraries
GoNoodle

7. Assessments MAP RIMPS Intervention Services Monthly Assessments
3 times per year (Fall, Winter, Spring)
RIMPS
Reading Improvement and Monitoring Plan
Assessed every month
Parent meetings every quarter to discuss growth
Intervention Services
Title: Mr. Holbrook
Intervention: Mrs. DeWine
Monthly Assessments
Letter ID (capital/lowercase)
Letter Sounds (include short/long vowel sounds)
Sight Words (30)
Number ID 0-20
Count to 100 by 1s and 10s

8. What can YOU do with your child at home?
Read every night
Check the weekly newsletter and ask your child open-ended questions about what they are learning
Check my teacher page on Beavercreek City School site
Check (and empty) take-home folder every night
Monthly Activities Homework
Reviewing our 30 sight words
Work on letters/sounds/number recognition
Working with them on the iPad, etc. but…PLEASE don’t give them answers or let the older siblings do it for them. They need to become independent! 