1. Welcome Saint Anne Elementary School!1

2. Our Administrators Travel to/from school - bus, car
Sister Teresa Lynch, Principal 2

3. Our Classroom Teacher
Aide
Mrs. Belello, K-Teacher

4. A Day in Kindergarten
Morning jobs - fostering responsibility 4

5. Good Morning!
The children arrive at school by bus, van, car, or by walking, and get themselves ready for the day.
Morning Meeting / Calendar / Weather / Days of School
Allowing children to do things by themselves fosters independence and gives them a sense of pride. 5

6. Morning Routine
Having a consistent arrival-time routine helps the children transition from home to classroom.
Daily jobs such as signing in and answering the question of the day foster responsibility and create a sense of community.

7. Morning Meeting
We start each day with our morning meeting and recite our classroom rules. This is also a time to review the schedule for the day and talk about what we will be learning that day.

8. The Kindergarten Literacy Block
Shared Reading
Readers Workshop
Guided Reading
Interactive Writing
Guided Reading
Read-Alouds
Literacy Centers
Writing Workshop 8

9. Shared Reading
During shared reading, the teacher and children read big books and poems.
Independent Reading / Reading Workshop 9

10. Guided Reading
During guided reading, teachers work with students to guide them in using their emerging reading strategies. By using books that gradually increase in difficulty, students work at their own levels and feel very successful! The end goal is for students to become confident, proficient readers who LOVE to read!
Literacy Stations - Hands on literacy work 10

11. Interactive Writing
Phonics / Handwriting/ Project Read
This is a time where we share the marker, tap out sounds, and write important labels to use in the classroom. 11

12. Typical word work/literacy center activities
Word Work & Literacy Centers
Word Work & Literacy Centers provides meaningful reading and writing experiences as students work to apply skills and strategies learned during shared and guided reading lessons.
Writing Workshop
Typical word work/literacy center activities
may include ABC practice, word building, writing, listening center, computer center, and reading around the room. 12

13. Read A-Louds
Students experience the joy in being able to listen to a story and then talk about what they have heard and learned. Active engagement in Read Alouds is paramount to listening comprehension and vocabulary development.
Lunch
Multi-sensory activities promote phonics, phonemic awareness and handwriting skills. 13

14. Writing Workshop
Children have a lot to say about the world and they can express themselves on paper through inventive spelling and drawing.
Recess
Writing Workshop builds on the children’s strengths, provides meaningful, structured opportunities to write, exposes them to beautiful literature and actively teaches the skills and strategies that writers need. 14

15. Lunch
Kindergartners eat lunch mid day. Some students buy lunch, while others bring it from home. Lunchtime is a great opportunity for students to talk and build social skills.

16. Recess
Math
Children learn important social skills on the playground. Recess helps to develop skills such as cooperating, helping, sharing, and problem solving. 16

17. Math
Kindergartners participate in whole-group and small group math lessons daily.
Science - experimentation and discovery
The children do many hands-on activities involving counting, numeration, measurement, geometry, sorting, adding, subtracting and data collection. 17

18. Science, Social Studies & Religion
Kindergartners explore and discover the things and people around them and make connections between their own personal lives and the larger world around them. In Science, our lessons focus on Physical Science, Earth Science, and Life Science. Our Social Studies curriculum includes: seasons, All about Me, families, and important people, dates, and holidays throughout the year. In Religion, we learn about how the world is a gift from God, God loves us, and we are friends of Jesus.

19. Technology
Kindergarten students will be given the chance to explore and use IPads for different projects – creating and writing stories and making thinking visible in math.

20. Twice a week the kindergartners will go to P.E.
Physical Education
Twice a week the kindergartners will go to P.E.

21. Thank You for joining us this evening.