1. Back-To-School Night September 17, 2014 Welcome To Pre-K!

2. Who’s Who in Pre-K?  Classroom Teacher: Theresa Chin  Para-educator: Quely Medina  ESOL Teacher: Virginia Arca  Speech Pathologist: Melanie Fleisher  Pre-K Nurse: Eileen Carroccio  Family Service Worker: Ignico Frazier

3. What’s Happening in Pre-K? 10 to 1 ratio Big Day: Make Learning Bigger School-wide breakfast program Note-Breakfast ends at 9:25 a.m. Character Counts

4. How’s your day? White - Super Soaring Purple - Awesome Green - Terrific Yellow -Slow down, turn it around Red - I’m not doing the right thing

5. How will the math program be structured this year? Big Day: Make Learning Bigger Emphasis on differentiated instruction (What the child needs.) County-wide assessments are done 3 times a year: September, January, and May.

6. How will the reading program be structured this year? Big Day: Make Learning Bigger 8 Themes: Unit 1: Ready For School Unit 2: My Family Unit 3: Our Community Unit 4: Awesome Animals Unit 5: Imagine It, Make It Unit 6: Growing Up Healthy Unit 7: Nature All Around Us Unit 8: Moving On Emphasis on differentiated instruction. (What the child needs.) County-wide reading assessments are done 3 times a year: September, January, and May.

7. Big Day for Pre-K Families  Go to the following URL: http://bigday.scholastic.comhttp://bigday.scholastic.com  What We are Learning  BookFLIX  Suggested Book List  Kindergarten Readiness  Family Resources AMPM UsernameChinAMChinPM Passwordclassroom

8. Ways You Can Support Your Child in Reading Read daily Letter identification Letter sounds Ask questions about what they have read. Practice sight words Discuss new VOCABULARY.

9. Specials Monday Media Center Tuesday Computer Lab Wednesday P.E. Gym Thursday Music Friday Art Monday Art Tuesday Media Center Wednesday Computer Lab Thursday P.E. Gym Friday Music

10. Academic Grades P – Proficient: Child demonstrates behavior or skill consistently. I – In Progress: Child is beginning to demonstrate behavior or skill. N – Not Yet: Child does not demonstrate behavior or skill.

11. Odds and Ends Extra clothing Early Dismissal AM – Leaves at 10:30 a.m. PM – No School Donations Kleenex Tissues Foaming Soap Birthday Parties Blue Folders Kindergarten Orientation

12. Let’s have a great year! Teamwork…Alone we can do so little, but together we can do so much!