1. Kindergarten Curriculum Night September 12, 2016

3. Agenda Introduction Grading Period Timeline
Kindergarten Curriculum/Goals/Expectations
Reading
Math
Science
Social Studies
Resources
Housekeeping items
Website Tutorial

4. Grading Periods
Students are assessed over four 9 week grading periods.
The report cards will come home the following Friday after the grading period has ended.
These reports reflect the progress your child has made toward various kindergarten objectives and uses a grading system that reflects the TEKS
Dates of the four 9-week grading periods
1st grading period August 22 - October 14
2nd grading period October 17 - December 16
3rd grading period January 4 - March 24
4th grading period March 27 - June 1

5. Reading/Writing Curriculum, Goals & Expectations
Balanced Literacy
Students will be taught to read and write using a balanced literacy approach. This includes: read aloud, shared reading, guided reading, independent reading, shared writing and independent writing utilizing a Readers & Writers Workshop approach.

6. Language Arts 1st Grading Period Curriculum
Launching Readers & Writers Workshop
Beginning Reading Strategies
Word Study
Letters & Sounds
Sight Words
Making Words
Print Awareness/Concepts of Print
Reading Comprehension

7. What is Reading Workshop?
Reading workshop will occur daily in Kindergarten.
It is a time where your child will practice their reading
skills independently.
It is a quiet, independent and collaborative time.
You will see children reading independently, with a
partner or in a small group.

8. What is Writing Workshop?
Just like Reading Workshop, writing workshop will occur daily in Kindergarten.
It is a time where your child will practice their writing
skills independently.
It is also quiet, independent and collaborative time.

9. Reading/Writing Workshop Structure
Mini-Lesson
Independent Reading/Writing
Conferences with Teacher
Share time

10. Kindergarten Reading Goals/Expectations
Expectations 1st Grading Period
By the end of the first grading period, students should…
Know (in 3 seconds or less)
26 out of 52 letters (upper and lower case)
13 out of 26 letter sounds
20 out of 100 high frequency words
Identify
beginning sound in a word
front/back of a book, top/bottom of the page, tell about the cover, show where to start reading, demonstrate word by word matching, frame a letter, word, capital letter, period, and sentence
Copy basic shapes
Cut and copy lines
Write & spell their first name correctly with appropriate capitalization

11. Kindergarten Reading Goals/Expectations
1st Grading Period Writing Expectations
Students should…
Write on topic (narrative)
Draw recognizable pictures to represent ideas
Begin to make letter-sound connections to write simple words
Uses letters and words to express a complete thought
Writes left to write and top to bottom
Retells self-generated writing

12. 1st Grading Period Writing Task Samples

13. Kindergarten Reading Goals/Expectations
1st Grading Period Reading and Comprehension Expectation
Instructional level A in reading
Level A text consists of short, predictable sentences, mostly one-syllable words, one line of text on each page, illustrations match print very closely.

15. Kindergarten Reading Goals/Expectations
Expectations 2nd Grading Period
By the end of the second grading period, students
should …
Know
52 letters (upper and lower case)
all 26 letter sounds
at least 41 out of 100 high frequency words
Produce the ending sound in a word
Blend sounds to form a word. For example,
/b/-/ă/-/t/ says “bat”

16. Kindergarten Reading Goals/Expectations 2nd Grading Period
Writing Expectations
Students should…
Write and stay on topic (narrative)
Draw detailed pictures to represent ideas
Use letter-sound connections to make simple words
Begin to spell high-frequency words correctly using the word wall
Write left to right and top to bottom
Begin to use spaces between words
Begin to use capital letter at the beginning of a sentence
Begin to use punctuation at the end of a sentence
Read self-generated writing

17. 2nd Grading Period Writing Task Samples

18. Language Arts 2nd Grading Period Curriculum
Reading: Super Powers (Strategies)
Writing: Pattern Books & Narrative Writing
Word Study
Letters & Sounds
Sight Words
Making Words
Print Awareness/Concepts of Print
Reading Comprehension

19. Kindergarten Reading Goals/Expectations 2nd Grading Period
Reading and Comprehension Expectation
Instructional level B in reading
Level B text consists of short, predictable sentences, mostly one-syllable words, two or more lines of text on each page.

21. Kindergarten Reading Goals/Expectations 3rd Grading Period Expectations
Know at least 62 high frequency words
Demonstrate listening comprehension-listen to a story and respond to questions
Produce rhyming words
Form all capital letters correctly
Separates sounds in spoken words (c-a-t)
Write their first and last name with correct spelling, formation, and capitalization

22. Kindergarten Writing Goals/Expectations 3rd Grading Period
Students should…
Use
titles appropriately in writing
letter-sound connections to make simple words
high-frequency words spelled correctly using the word wall
spaces between words
Write three or more steps in sequence
Includes details to elaborate
Draw pictures to match text
Begin to use capital letter at the beginning of a sentence
Begin to use punctuation at the end of a sentence
Read self-generated writing

23. 3rd Grading Period Writing Task Samples

24. Language Arts 3rd Grading Period Curriculum
Reading: Exploring Narrative Text
Writing: Authors as Mentors, Fancy Pattern Books, Persuasive Letters
Word Study
Sight Words
Making Words
Print Awareness/Concepts of Print
Reading Comprehension

25. Kindergarten Reading Goals/Expectations 3rd Grading Period
Reading and Comprehension Expectation
Instructional level C in reading
Level C text consists of simple predictable sentences with varying patterns, one or two syllable words, two to five lines of text on each page.

28. Kindergarten Reading Goals/Expectations 4th Grading Period
Know at least 90 high frequency words
Demonstrate listening comprehension-listen to a story and respond to questions
Form all lower case letters correctly

29. Kindergarten Writing Goals/Expectations 4th Grading Period
Students should…
Relate drawings and sentences to topic (expository)
Write at least 3 ideas/facts about topic
Use
letter-sound connections to make words
high-frequency words spelled correctly using the word wall
spaces between words
Include details in text to elaborate such as adjectives and adverbs
Begin to use
capital letters at the beginning of a sentence
punctuation at the end of a sentence
Teacher and student read student-generated writing

30. 4th Grading Period Writing Task Samples

31. Kindergarten Reading Goals/Expectations 4th Grading Period
Reading and Comprehension Expectation
Instructional level D in reading
Level D text consists of mostly simple sentences with some longer sentences with varying punctuation, mostly one-two syllable words, many high frequency words, mostly simple spelling patterns, two to six lines of text per page.

33. Language Arts 4th Grading Period Curriculum
Reading: Exploring Expository Text & Becoming Avid Readers
Writing: Expository Writing & Poetry
Word Study
Sight Words
Making Words
Reading Comprehension

34. Reading Assessment How is a student’s reading level determined?
Reading and comprehension are assessed
Read at a 90-94% accuracy consistently (including comprehension)
Fountas & Pinnell is used for assessing reading level

35. Resources for Additional Practice
Websites for promoting literacy
Websites for practice with letter recognition, letter sounds and sight words
Smartphone/iPad apps for practice
Search sight words and children’s books
istory app

36. Math Curriculum, Goals & Expectations
The kindergarten math curriculum provides students with mathematical experiences that help them develop number sense and a positive attitude towards math that will continue through their school career and their lives. We will build math knowledge utilizing a hands-on, problem solving approach and will learn about such concepts as: numbers, greater/less than, coin identification, sorting, measurement, number combinations, addition and subtraction.

37. Kindergarten Math Goals/Expectations 1st Grading Period
Recognize numerals 0-5
Write numerals 0-5
Demonstrate quantity 0-5 & number combinations 0-5
Count sets of objects with one-to-one correspondence up to 10.
Name, sort & describe 2D shapes and identify the criteria used for sorting.

38. Kindergarten Math Goals/Expectations 2nd Grading Period
Recognize numerals 0-10
Demonstrate quantity 0-10 & number combinations 0-10
Write numerals 0 – 10
Decompose (breaking numbers apart) 2-5.
Generate a number one more than or one less than another number up to 10
Count sets of objects with one-to-one correspondence up to 15 and count forward & backward from 10.
Identifies sets with quantities more, less or the same amount up to 20.
Name, sort & describe 3D shapes and identify the criteria used for sorting.
Graphing

39. Kindergarten Math Goals/Expectations 3rd Grading Period
Recognize numerals 0-15
Demonstrate quantity 0-15 & number combinations 0-10
Decompose (break apart numbers) 2-10.
Count sets of objects with one-to-one correspondence up to 20.
Generates a number that is one more and one less than a given number up to 15
Counts forward and backwards to 20.
Identify penny, nickel, dime and quarter.
Model and solve addition & subtraction problems given orally.
Count by 10s to 100.

40. Kindergarten Math Goals/Expectations 4th Grading Period
Recognize numerals 0-20
Demonstrate quantity 0-20 & number combinations 0-10.
Decompose (break apart) numbers 2-10.
Generates a number that is one more and one less than a given number up to 20.
Count to 100 by 1’s starting with any number.
Models and solves addition & subtraction problems when given an equation.
Measurement
Compare two objects by length and identify longest & shortest objects and compare two objects by weight longest & shortest

41. Science Curriculum 1st Grading Period Unit 3rd Grading Period Unit
Health & Body Parts
Nutrition
3rd Grading Period Unit
Weather & Patterns
Motion
Dental Health
2nd Grading Period Unit
Heat, light & sound
Properties
4th Grading Period Unit
Earth
Living and Nonliving; Plants

42. Social Studies Curriculum
1st Grading Period Unit
Me & My School
Working in Groups
Patriotism/Celebrate Freedom
Community Helpers
Economics (JA)
3rd Grading Period Unit
Basic Human Needs
Texas Leaders
President’s Week/Patriotism
Digital Citizenship
City & Farm
2nd Grading Period Unit
Map Skills
The Election
Fall/Winter Traditions
4th Grading Period Unit
City & Farm
Technology Past & Present
Spring Customs
Summer Celebrations

43. Housekeeping

44. Communication
We feel that communication between home and school is a vital part of your child’s education success. Parents and teachers are working as a team.
Your child will be bringing home a binder every day in which we will send home student work, notes, homework calendar, and your child’s daily conduct chart.
This folder is also an open line of communication for you in which you can send us notes, lunch money, questions, etc.
Our weekly communication will be via the newsletter on the Kindergarten Team Website and Remind 101.

45. Kindergarten Conduct/Discipline
Our philosophy of discipline is based on the belief that children need affection and firm guidelines.
As a district we have adopted the strategies found in the Love and logic program, which teaches the child to be responsible for their own behavior and make responsible choices.
To establish structure and help children learn self-control, the children will be guided to respect themselves and their peers through specific directions, positive reinforcement, suggested new activities, and responsible actions.
Please look at your child’s folder each evening to see how your child did that day and the specific expectations they are required to follow.
Please remember to initial your child’s folder daily.

46. Positive Reinforcement
Cheetah Bucks
Classroom Rewards
Grade Level Point System

47. Arrival
Children will be permitted to arrive on campus and enter the school building at 8:00 a.m.
Children will go directly to their classroom.
If your child is eating breakfast please remember they should be in the cafeteria by 8:20.
Please do not drop your child off for school prior 8:00 a.m. as there is no adult supervision prior to that time.
Children are expected to be in their classrooms by 8:20 a.m.

48. Water Bottles
Students may bring a water bottle to school each day filled only with water.
The water bottle should have a sports lid that can be closed.
The sports cap reduces the incidents of spills and is easier for your child to use.
Please do not send water bottles that have a twist-off top.
Please label the water bottle with your child’s name.

49. Snacks Please send your child with a nutritious snack every day.
Examples of nutritious snacks are fruit, cheese, pretzels, grapes, crackers, cereal, etc.
Snacks of candy, fruit roll ups, or dessert foods are not encouraged.
Please label their snack with their name.
Please do not place the snack in the lunchbox. It is confusing to the children. Make sure your child knows the difference in his lunch and snack. You may label the snack.
Only water is allowed in the classroom.

50. Website Tutorial
Katy ISD Website Quick link to Kindergarten Website Bookmark: tinyurl.com/cekinder

51. Questions
The kids are always excited for school. It is sometimes harder on the parents then the children.