Kindergarten Roundup

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Kindergarten Round-up

• A Day in the Life of a Heatherwood Kindergartener

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Meet the Kindergarten staff
Mrs. Diane Richey
Mrs. Miriam Parker
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Goal of Kindergarten is to

• Nurture the love of learning
• Foster social development
• Introduction to reading, writing and math
• Introduction of children to school environment,
  schedule and routine

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Kindergartners have

• Specials Music and P.E. twice a week
• Art 50 minutes per week
• Literacy Block Reading/Writing
• Math/Science/Social Studies
• Library story time plus research
• Buddies program once a week
• Dedicated Kindergarten-only playground
• Field trips

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What Our Days Are Like

• Literacy Block Reading/writing
• Math
• Creativity
• Specials

• Social Studies
• Writing
• Science
• Snack/recess

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What Our Days Are Like

• Literacy Block Reading/Writing
• Math
• Creativity
• Specials
• Social Studies
• Writing
• Science
• Snack/Recess

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Current Kindergarten
Schedule Options

• Kindergarten or K-Care
• K-Care is optional/fee based for p.m.
  Kindergartners

• PM Kindergarten or K-Care
• K-Care is optional/fee based for a.m.
  Kindergartners

1045 1145 a.m.
230 600 p.m.

• Lunch for those attending all day

• School Age Care (SAC)
• Optional/fee based run by BVSD Community School
  Program

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Walking to School
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Walkers and Bus Riders
Lining up together
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Welcome and prepare for the day
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What dayis it today?
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Kindergartners Literacy

• Writing in journals
• Shared writing experiences
• Phonemic awareness/phonics activities
• Introduction to reading comprehension strategies
• Whole and small group guided reading
• Partner reading and reading with buddies
• Weekly library visits
• Daily oral language activities
• Exploring different genres
• Author studies

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Reading

• Concepts of Print
• District Reading Assessments
• Phonemic Awareness
• Comprehension strategies
• Letter/sound recognition
• Environmental Print
• Basic sight words

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Reading as a class
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Books on tape
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Reading in small groups with paraeducators
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Happy kindergarteners
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Creating Community through Cross grade buddies

• I think Heatherwood works hard at getting kids
  from different grades to interact with each other
  through things like the buddies program
• Heatherwood parent

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Reading with buddies
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Writing

• Experimental writing phase
• Left to right
• Illustrations
• Dictation
• Sight Words
• Letter strips

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Writing with the class
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Writing phonetically
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Writing with our teacher
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Writing in groups
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Writing with buddies
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Writing our own books and
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sharing our books!
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Word Wall
Literacy through Reading and Writing
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Kindergarten Mathematics
Math concepts are introduced through fun and
creative manipulatives

• Introduction to the numbers 1 100
• Counting and recognition of numbers 1-20
• The concepts of
• Sets
• More/Less/Equal
• Graphing
• Introduction to patterns
• Beginning of addition and subtraction
• Sorting
• Recognition of shapes
• Telling time
• Basic Geometry

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Working math problems
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with manipulatives
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With teacher
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with each other
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many parent volunteers!
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Other Activities

• Cross-grade buddies
• Science
• Social Studies
• Creativity with cutting, pasting, painting and
  drawing...

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Cutting and creating
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Painting a pumpkin
for Fall!
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Creating a snowman for Winter
with buddies!
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And of course

• Snack / Recess
• Lunch
• Cooking
• Sharing
• Friend of the week
• Specials

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Snack on the playground
at recess!
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Going through the lunch line!
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with a parent helper!
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Sharing
a family pet!
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Friend of the Week means

• your name and picture on the board,

• taking Paddington everywhere,

and journaling about it
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I just LOVE how the Kindergartners are so much a
part of the school. They do all the specials
like Art, Music, P.E. and Library just like the
older kids. Heatherwood Parent
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young artists!
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Music for
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budding musicians
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P.E.
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for everyone!
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Tug-of-war Kindergartners won!
P.E. Challenge Day
Great teamwork!
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Running in the Heather Heatherwood!
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Library too
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for all kinds of readers
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Fun Times

• Pizza with Mr. O
• Carnival
• Parties
• Field Trips
• School Play

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Halloween Party