1. WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN The Class of 2025

2. There’s a lot of work to be done  Learning how to work cooperatively with others.  Building background knowledge to support reading comprehension.  Practicing good listening skills and listening to remember.  Learning letter names and sounds and how to write them.  Understanding how to write a story.  Learning about quantities, patterns and how to count to 100!  Appreciating the world around us and understanding how we take that world in through our senses. * Making sure your child is well rested and has had a good breakfast will help her or him be successful in school.

3. Children learn to attend and have fun with games like Freeze Dance.

4. Students practice “whole body listening” to strengthen focusing skills.

5. Girls and boys are encouraged to plan and take ownership of their learning.

6. Literacy activities start …. as they walk in the door…

7. Morning writing…

8. Literacy Centers and Small Group Instruction…

9. Buddy Reading is one of our centers.

10. Differentiated reading instruction

11. Success builds success.

12. Believing you can do it is have the job.

13. Our mantra, “I think I can, I think I can”.

14. They are magical words.

15. Developing Math concepts…

16. Using cubes and other manipulatives

17. Sharing constructions

18. Building new ideas…

19. Sharing and expanding on our friend’s ideas

20. During Buddy Sharing

21. And Snack

22. Play is a chance to experiment with new ideas, concepts and vocabulary.

23. To spend time with friends…

24. And create!

25. We are fortunate to have Laura Raber as our Kindergarten Assistant.

26. What can you do?  Spend time reading with your child, as often as you can. You’ll be giving your child a life long gift. Opening books, opens doors!  Provide your child with opportunities to estimate, to count and to create patterns.  Please speak to me, if you feel your child is having any difficulty. I will do my best to work with you to remedy the situation. If we can’t remedy it, I can bring other people in to help.

27. I don’t want to forget…  Please make sure I have your correct email address..  My email is MTichenor@falmouth.k12.ma.usMTichenor@falmouth.k12.ma.us  I am always happy to speak or meet with parents.  Thank you for making the time to come tonight!