A Day in the Transitional Kindergarten Classroom

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A Day in the Transitional Kindergarten Classroom

• Washington School
• Kingsburg Elementary Charter School District
• Mrs. Ying Lee- Transitional Kindergarten Teacher

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Placement Criteria

• Birth date Priority to Sept-Dec.
• Pre-K Assessment
• DIBLES to confirm placement and provide guide to
  interventions

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Focus

• Social/Emotional development
• Oral language
• Phonemic awareness
• Letter names and sounds
• Motor skills
• Handwriting
• Listening skills
• Number sense

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Standards Alignment

• Blending of Preschool Foundations and
  Kindergarten Standards
• Curriculum guide for ELA and Math

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Daily Schedule

• 810 825 Opening
• 825 950 Language Arts
• 950 1010 Recess
• 1010 1055 Math
• 1055 1120 Lunch
• 1120 1145 Math Centers
• 1145 1200 Phonemic Awareness
• 1200 1230 Recess
• 1230 1255 Writing/Social Studies/ Science
• 1255 125 ELD/Centers
• 125 140 Pack up

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Curriculum differences between traditional and
transitional kindergarten at Washington School,
Kingsburg
Transitional kindergarten Traditional kindergarten
Curriculum
English Language Arts Leveled readers, PALS, Road to the Code, Stepping Stones to Literacy, dramatic play Houghton Mifflin Reading California Medallion Edition, PALS, leveled readers
Mathematics Mountain Math, Touch Math, Activities that Integrate Math and Science (A.I.M.S.) California HSP Math , PALS
English Language Development Alpha Chants and Avenues Hampton Brown, SIOP and SDAIE strategies Avenues Hampton Brown SIOP and SDAIE strategies
Social Studies, Science, Music, Art, P.E. Integrated themes, AIMS, choral music, rhythmic instruments, thematic art, Integrated Themes,
Assessments - ELA DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills), Pre-K assessment, Emerging Literacy Survey, Childrens Progress Academic Assessment, Evan Moor Assessment Task for ELA, DRA2 DIBELS, DRA2, District Benchmarks, Common Formative Assessments, Pre-K assessment
Assessments - Math Math - Evan Moor Assessment Task for Math, Childrens Progress Academic Assessment, Benchmarks, Common Formative Assessments
English Language Development Assessments CELDT, ELD portfolio CELDT, ELD Portfolio
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Instructional Strategies

• Kinesthetic activities
• - physical phonics
• - tapping out sounds
• - I Can Spell mat
• Learning through music/songs
• - concept songs and chants
• - rhyming rhythm
• - Greg and Steve
• - Dr. Jean
• - using musical terms to teach reading
• Puppets/Dramatic Play
• - phonemic awareness
• - story telling (literature, math)

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Instructional Strategies

• Hands on
• - Elkonin boxes
• - Handwriting Without Tears
• - Math manipulatives/games
• - AIMS
• - Stamp to Learn
• Realia
• - vocabulary building
• - oral language
• - phonemic awareness

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Carpet Time

• Letter of the week routine
• Listening for words that begin with the
  letter/sound
• Beginning sound sort
• Shared Reading
• Read Alouds
• Phonemic Awareness
• Phonics

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Free Flow Stations

• Teacher Table
• Art Table
• Seatwork
• Literacy Centers
• Everyone begins with their seatwork and as they
  finish, they can choose to go to the art table or
  their centers. I will call students by groups to
  my table.

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Teacher Table

• Guided Reading
• - book handling
• - concepts of print
• - reading strategies
• Phonemic Awareness
• - Stamp to Learn
• Oral Language
• - realia
• - sequence cards
• Phonics

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Centers

• Science
• Writing center
• Listening center
• Math center
• Word work
• Computer

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Math

• Calendar
• Whole Class Shared Experience
• Centers
• Small group

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Kingsburg Elementary Charter School District
Website

• www.kingsburg-elem.k12.ca.us
• Washington School
• Transitional Kindergarten
• Email ylee_at_kingsburg-elem.k12.ca.us
• Phone [phone]