1. Kindergarten Curriculum

2. Welcome to the Kindergarten Curriculum Night

3. What you should expect to see in a kindergarten classroom Children actively engage Simultaneously occurring activities Large/small group and independent activities Appropriate pencil paper tasks Hands on activities Active participation Sharing Positive reinforcement/encouragement Independence Creativity Parent volunteers

4. Communication Arts Harcourt School Publishers Phonological Awareness Reading Comprehension High Frequency Words Robust Vocabulary Writing

5. Communication Arts Skills Upper and Lower Case Letters – recognizing and writing Letter Sounds Auditory Discrimination Rhyming Deletion Phoneme Blending Segmentation Word Building Sight Words Pseudo Words Dictation High Frequency Words – Sight Words Enrichment/Robust Words – Word Wizard Words

6. Communication Arts Materials Alpha Friends Alphabet Program Alphabet Homework Harcourt Reading Series Big Books Emergent Reader Books Games Projects Journals Writing Activities Pizza Hut Book It Reading Program

7. Harcourt: Alpha Friends Alphabet Program

8. Alphabet homework

9. High Frequency Words 42 Sight Words I A My The Go Was To Like He And Come Here This Said Me For Where Do Of You Look One Two See What Up Down Friend We Want Out Who Any Are They She Good There Give Little That Have

10. Developmental Stages of Writing

11. Writing – Interactive Writing –Independent Writing –Journal writing – Prompted writing

12. Types of Print Ingomar Print Book Print

13. Listening and Speaking Skills –Super Sack –Student of the Week (Beary Special Person)

14. Math Calendar Estimation Jar Numbers Patterns Tallying Odd/Even Grouping Money

15. Harcourt Schools Publishers Chapters 1.Sort and Classify 2.Patterns 3. Numbers 0-5 4. Numbers 6-10 5. Geometry & Fractions 6. Numbers 10-30 7. Number Patterns (count by 2, 5,& 10) 8. Money, Time 9. Measurement 10. Data, Graphing, & Probability 11. Addition 12. Subtraction

16. Science/Health Land, Water, Air Five Senses Dinosaurs Healthy Body/Dental Care Plants Animals Scientific Investigations/Tools

17. Social Studies Civic/Government Social Living Self Esteem Feelings Friends Rules Laws Cultural Diversity Geography Map Globes Economics Money Occupations School Workers History Famous People Holidays Traditions Calendar

18. Bullying September – Cooperative October – Respectful December – Compassionate January – Discipline February – Diverse March – Honest April – Safe May – Involved June - Friendly

19. Parent Communication dfischer@northallegheny.org Inklings – PTO Tyler Student Information System

20. Parent Communication Parent Volunteer Calendar Good News Envelopes

21. Parent Communication Conferences – November, May Assessments Communication Arts/Math - fall, winter, spring Portfolios Observation Report Cards – January, June Notes

22. Discipline 1.Warning 2.Name on board & note to parent 3.Time out 4.No recess 5.Call from principals office

23. We will strive to enrich each child academically, while fostering what is developmentally appropriate.