Welcome to Curriculum NightMrs. Yoshioka’s Kindergarten

August 12, 2014

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Meet the Principals

Assistant Principal Dino Katsiris Principal Christie Winkelmann

Read-a-thonFundraiser 2014

• Reading starts on Wednesday, September 3rd and continues through Friday, September 12th

• Includes daily treats, exciting prizes, grade-level raffles and fun events!

• Prizes for ALL students who participate.

Our goal is to fundraise AND increase the love for reading in students.

Read-a-thonFundraiser 2014

• No minimum $ amount required to participate.

• 100% of all money collected goes directly to help Brisas.

• Only planned fundraiser.• Goal is to raise $30,000 to

fund school programs.• Information will go home

the week of August 25th

Our goal is to fundraise AND increase the love for reading in students.

School/Classroom Rules

• Rules are consistent throughout the school and classroom:

• Be Respectful.• Be Responsible.• Be Safe.These follow a PBIS model where ALL teachers

and staff adhere to the same rules.

Daily Procedures

• Daily attendance is important!• Learning starts at 7:40 AM• If you are late, take your child to the office to get a late

pass• If your child will be absent, call the attendance line 480-

541-2001• If you are changing your going home plan, you need to

notify the teacher in writing. • E-mail is the best option, as we don’t have time to check

our messages throughout the day.• If there is a change of who is picking up your child, notify

the teacher in writing

Reading

This year in reading we will learn:

•Balanced Approach/Harcourt •Phonemic Awareness and Phonics•39 sight words,(in the K - handbook)•Large Group: Big Books, Poems, Songs•Small Group Instruction•Individualized Reading at varied levels • DIBELS testing/support groups

Math

This year in math we will learn:•Count objects to tell how many there are•Comparing two groups of objects to tell which group, if either, has more; comparing two written numbers to tell which is greater•Acting out addition and subtraction word problems and drawing diagrams to represent them•Adding with a sum of 10 or less; subtracting from a number 10 or less; and solving addition and subtraction word problems•Adding and subtracting very small numbers quickly and accurately (ex: 3+1)•Correctly naming shapes regardless of orientation or size (ex: square oriented as a diamond is still a square)

Writing

This year in writing we will learn:

•D’Nealian Handwriting•Writing Workshop•Journal Writing•Inventive Spelling•Writing Rubric•Main idea and key details

Science/Social Studies

This year we will learn about:•Plants/Insects•Animals Habitats and Life cycles•Earth/Space•Five Senses/Healthy Habits•Seasons/Weather•United States/Holidays•Community

Daily Schedule

Daily schedule includes:

•Language Arts/Reading•Recess/Lunch (20 minutes)•Math•Writing•Science/Social Studies/Health•Special Class outside our classroom

Special Classes

Students will visit five special classes each week taught by special area teachers.

PE Art Music LibraryComputer Lab is taught by Mrs. Yoshioka.

* On P.E. days please make sure your child wears tennis shoes and dresses appropriately. If they do not dress appropriately they will have to sit out of P.E.

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Field Trips

• Permission Slips –in tonight’s packet• Desert Breeze Park (Trees/Leaves,

Fire/Police stations, Train, Water Day, Picnics, Public library) 2 day notice

• Bus field trips (Fall- Farm, Spring- Zoo)• Field Trip Volunteers• Tax Credit donations • Field trip shirts

Learning Field Trips

Grading

• Progress Reports-2x a year in January & May• A mini progress report is sent home in March• Conferences *Parent-Student-Teacher Conference in October *Group Portfolio Conference in March

Parent Involvement

• Support your child’s good study habits• Join our school’s PTSO or Site Council• Volunteer in the classroom, chaperone a

field trip, assist with a special project or at a special event, attend parent trainings, etc.

• Room Parent, Jr. Achievement, Art Masterpiece … WE NEED YOU!!• Come to school activities and special

events

Homework

• Homework packets will be sent home electronically each week.

• Parents please PRINT and send completed packets back to school with your child. Please notify the teacher if you have any problems.

• Packets are sent home on Wednesday and due on the following Monday.

• https://sispxp.kyrene.org/Login_Parent_PXP.aspx

Homework books

Stay Connected!

Newsletters and school communications will be sent home on Fridays and posted on each teachers home page.

School/Class website: http://sw.kyrene.org

Individual teachers contacted from the school homepage or email me ayoshi@kyrene.org

**Our phone numbers this year are…School Phone: (480) 541-2000

Kindergarten Team

Thanks for coming.

• All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be…I learned in Kindergarten.

• Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people.• Put things back where you found them.

Clean up your own mess.• And it is still true no matter how old you are

—when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together. Robert Fulghum