Welcome to Parent Night

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Welcome to Parent Night

• 2009-2010
• ncutler_at_auburnschools.org

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Schedule

• Morning

• Afternoon

• 745-805 Calendar/songs
• 805-855 Shared Journals
• 855-900 Snack
• 900-930 Shared Reading
• 930-1000 Recess
• 1000-1050 Specials
• Mon., Tues., Wed. PE
• Thur. Media and Computer
• Fri. Music

• 1055-1130 Lunch
• 1130 Theme
• 1200 Centers
• 100 Character Development
• 115 Rest
• 145 Pack up

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Calendar

• During calendar we welcome and greet our friends.
  We learn how to use a calendar. The helper
  takes roll by counting boys and girls. I model
  writing using wonder spelling each day with a
  morning message. This is written in the form of
  a journal. We also sing songs and dance.

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SHARED JOURNAL

• Social development-
• share in front of a group
• learn about the other students' lives
• Math-
• start to understand the passage of time
• date the journal daily
• (vote to decide what story the class will write
  about)
• Reading/writing-
• learn about the elements of a story-beginning,
  middle, end
• how to get information from questions using
  who, what, when, where, why, how
• learn to write letters for the sounds they hear
  when segmenting a word
• where to locate words in the classroom

• A daily literacy and writing process in which
  children share real life experiences with their
  class.

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Review Developmental Spelling Page

• Please encourage your child to experiment with
  writing.
• Accept what they can do independently.
• Praise them for any letters that correspond with
  sounds in the writing.
• Wonder spelling-I wonder if this is the way grown
  ups spell this word.

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Lets try some

• We saw the butterfly.
• We sol de butrfli.
• He was there.
• He wos dar.
• He wz thar.
• She went to the park.
• She wt tu de pk.
• She wint to the prk.
• She wnt to the prk.

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Snack

• Please send a snack that is healthy.
• Please no drinks as we have a water fountain in
  the room.
• Make sure your childs name is on the snack.
• They can also talk quietly.

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Shared Reading

• We begin with chants or poems, and then we listen
  to two stories. The children's books are
  selected to fit the skills needed for success.
  We focus their attention to the lessons
  objective. We also build comprehension and
  vocabulary. Students participate daily.

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What does my child learn during Shared Reading?

• Concepts of print directional conventions,
  turning pages, reading print from left to right,
  as well as from top to bottom
• Pre-reading skills such as letter
  identification, letter sound associations, sight
  word recognition, rhyming words, and patterns in
  text.
• Improve comprehension predict, visualize,
  summarize and retell
• This experience is pleasurable to children
  and allows them to be successful in reading,
  which provides them with the desire to experiment
  with reading and writing at other times.

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Recess

• We use the upper playground and the patio.
• Students play games on the patio. They share
  some outside toys.
• We regularly discuss safety and procedures.

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Lunch

• Lunch for students is 2.50 a day and milk is 0.30
• Send lunch money in an envelope with your
  students first and last name, amount, and Cutler.
• If your child's lunch debit account is out of
  money two days in a row your child receives an
  alternative lunch.
• Please let Stella or Mary(334) 887-4950 know
  before 8am if you want a school lunch with your
  child. You can email me prior to 715
  ncutler_at_auburnschools.org.

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Theme

• What do we do?

• What do students learn?

• Research using non-fiction books and websites.
• Select projects based on student and teacher
  interest.
• Work together as a team
• Integration of curriculum

• Problem solving
• Math skills
• Measurement
• Voting
• Reading skill
• Understand non-fiction
• Use books to gather information
• Social studies
• Map skills
• Technology

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Centers

• Explore and discover new concepts
• Socialization
• Taking turns - friendships
• Sharing
• Making choices
• Responsibility
• Integration of all subject areas

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Rest

• A quiet time for the body to relax.
• Children lay on their towels while soft music
  plays in the background.
• Opportunity to work with one on one and with
  small groups on learning experiences and skills.

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K-checklist REVISED 2009-2010
State objectives are now assessed. Visit ALEX
Alabama Learning Exchange website
http//alex.state.al.us/index.php
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Lets see our Cuties!