1. Welcome to Evergreen’s Kindergarten Family Night!
Welcome to Evergreen’s Kindergarten Family Fun Night!
Monday, May 4, 2015
Welcome to Evergreen’s Kindergarten Family Night!

2. Meet the Staff Mr. Michael Matteo-principal mmatteo@gatewayk12.org
Mrs. Amanda Galloway-kindergarten teacher
Ms. Carla Moio-kindergarten teacher

3. A Day in the Life of a Kindergartener

4. When they get off the bus…
Hang up their backpacks and coats
Sign up for breakfast and lunch.
Eat breakfast (any independence for opening containers will help us out).
Begin morning work (usually a review of what we are working on).
Morning Meeting (pledge, calendar, schedule, story)

5. Super Kids Language Arts Curriculum
12 Kids that they meet in kindergarten that go on adventures the second half of kindergarten and through second grade.
Teaches students to
Recognize and write capital and lowercase letters
Phonemic Awareness
Letter sounds
Sounding out words (CVC and more)
Syllables
Beginning and ending sounds in words
Sound (Inventive) Spelling
Writing
Handwriting
Sentence basics (capital letters and punctuation marks)

6. Lunch, Recess, Rest Time and Specials
30 minute lunch
15 minute recess
30 minute rest time (ability to work one on one while rest of class is working independently)
50 minute specials (art, music, library, health and phys. ed)
30 minute computer time once a week
30-45 STEAM activity once a week

7. Math Envision Math Number sense Number writing
Addition and subtraction
2D and 3D shapes
Measurement

8. Centers and Social Sciences
20 minutes daily
Alternates throughout the week
Centers reinforce concepts being taught
Social Sciences focus on holidays, weather, living and nonliving things

9. Readiness Skills Cognitive Readiness Emotional Readiness
Recognizes name, follows directions, enjoys stories, recognizes some upper and lower case letters.
Emotional Readiness
Demonstrates self-control, is able to wait for help, excited about school and ready to learn.
Physical Readiness
Independently takes care of personal, can use scissors, glue, etc. prints name legibly.
Social Readiness
Respects personal space, follows rules, willing to cooperate, tries to solve problems on own and can separate easily from caregiver.

10. What Can I Do To Help My Child?
Practice these skills to make your child's transition to kindergarten a successful one!
Self Help Skills
-Button buttons, zip zippers, tie shoes
-Open food containers
-Wash hands
Use scissors, pencils, crayons, glue stick
Recognize and write name
Recognize and write some capital letters
Sit and listen to a short story
Count to 20
Recognize numbers to 10
Basic colors and shapes
Play games with them
Have them complete simple chores at home

11. Fun Websites for Kids www.starfall.com www.speakaboos.com
Abcmouse.com- Mrs. Galloway for username and password.
Pbskids.org

12. Important Dates to Remember…
Tuesday, May 8-Assessment Day-If you do not have a time please contact office.
Thursday, August 23-Kindergarten Orientation
Friday, August 24-First Day of Kindergarten