Linda Bruschi

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Welcome to Back-To-School Night

• Linda Bruschi
• Kindergarten
• September 17, 2009

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• All I Really Need Know I Learned in
  Kindergarten.
• Robert Fulgham

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My 1 goal is to for your children to love school
and learning. When this occurs, your children
will learn. . .

• how to learn
• how to focus their curiosity
• how to use various materials
• how to follow directions
• how to begin to think critically and deeply
• how to balance their own needs with the needs of
  their classmates
• how to take risks
• how to solve problems
• how to make decisions
• how to be a student

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The Day Begins!
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Home Reading Books
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Home Folders
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Attendance
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Table Activity
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Morning Greeting
A time to build relationships and create of a
community of learners. It sets a positive tone.
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Morning Song
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Flag Salute
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Calendar
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Childrens Calendar
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Weather Chart
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Thermometer
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Counting Coins
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Opening Activities
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Schedule For The Day
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Penny Penguin
Pennys Blog
http//penny-penguin.blogspot.com
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Morning Message

• The message is predicable, which allows students
  the opportunity to feel confident when reading.
• Students learn about words, sentences, letters,
  punctuation sight words and phonics.
• Later in the year the message may ask for a
  student response.

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Reading
The goal of our reading program is to accept all
students where they are developmentally and guide
them forward on their literacy journey.
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Reading Skills

• Development of oral language and listening
  skills. There is a Read Aloud everyday!
• Vocabulary development through concrete
  experiences and literature.
• Phonemic awareness (rhymes, syllables, blending,
  etc.) Word Study
• Concepts about print (book knowledge)
• Alphabet recognition and identification of
  letters
• Sound/symbol relationship
• Basic sight vocabulary
• Development of reading strategies (before,
  during, and after reading)
• Listening and reading comprehension
• Making predictions and drawing conclusions from a
  story

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Writing

• Student will participate in interactive, shared,
  guided, and independent writing experiences.
• Recognize that thought and talk can be written
  down in words.
• Puts ideas into writing, pictures, developmental
  spelling and conventional text, and proper
  sequencing.
• Personal writing folders.
• Students write about something they care about.
• Celebrate and share writing with peers.

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Developmental Spelling
Beginnings--Random Selection
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Developmental Spelling
December
Consonants
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Developmental Spelling
February
This is my brother and me.
Initial and Final Consonants
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Developmental Spelling
Vowel/Consonant Combinations
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Developmental Spelling
Words and Standard Spelling
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Handwriting Without Tears

• Simple, developmentally based curriculum for
  printing.
• Multisensory techniques to teach letter formation
• Eliminates reversals of letters and numbers
• The Letters and Numbers for Me workbook helps
  students to print letters.

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Math
The curriculum emphasizes the importance of
critical thinking and problem solving. Children
need to show me their thinking.
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Math Program

• Sorting and counting
• Numeral recognition to 20 and beyond
• Patterns
• Numbers and sets
• Greater than/less than
• Geometric shapes
• Problem solving
• Estimation
• Graphing and data analysis
• Telling time
• Money--coin recognition and value
• Skip counting by 5s and 10s
• Measurement
• Addition and subtraction
• Understanding place value with concrete
  manipulatives

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Social Studies/Health

• Focuses on self-awareness, good
  citizenship, and respecting diversity.
• Topics covered are
• All About Me
• All About My Family
• Then and Now (historical figures)
• The News Around Me (appropriate current events)
• Celebrations Around the World (geography)
• Other Health topics
• Dental Health
• Disease Prevention
• Personal Health
• Safety--General and Personal

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Science

• Seed and Plant Growth
• Behavior and Life Cycles of Animals
• Properties of Matter (solids, liquids, gases)
• Weather

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Work Stations/Centers

• Reinforce concepts through hands-on experiences
• Encourages the development of thinking skills and
  enhances creative problem solving.

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• Children develop a sense of accomplishment
• Learning is exciting and meaningful as children
  participate in both independently selected and
  teacher guided activities.

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• Develops responsibility and care for materials
• Improves social skills
• Encourages decision making and carrying out plans
  to completion.

• Other Work Stations
• Word Study (stamps, games, magnetic letters,
  pocket charts)
• Listening Station
• Writing Station
• Math Station
• Science Station
• Big Books
• Meeting with me

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Computer Time
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Snack Time
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Birthdays
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Recess
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Art Special
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Music Special
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Library Special and Grandpals
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Physical Education Special
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Lunch
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Lunch
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Rest Time
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Spanish
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Communication

• Monthly Newsletters
• Email
• Phone Calls
• Conferences in Fall and Spring

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Other Information

• Homework
• Field Trips
• Star-of-the Week
• Celebrity Readers/Scientists/Mathematicians
• Birthday Invitations
• Sharing time
• Class Parties and Events (Halloween, Thanksgiving
  Feast, Valentines Day, Slide Into Summer)

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Dismissal
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Mrs. Bruschis Class School Year
2009-2010
Questions?
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Please Write Back to Your Child!