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Kindergarten Curriculum Night

Kindergarten Curriculum Night. September 19, 2012. Kindergarten Curriculum Night September 21, 2011. Welcome and Introductions………………Carole Carr Covey Habits…………………………………Kindergarten Team Reading Benchmarks……………………… Abby Skinner Writing Benchmarks……………………… Shea Grisham

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Kindergarten Curriculum Night

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  1. Kindergarten Curriculum Night September 19, 2012

  2. Kindergarten Curriculum Night September 21, 2011 Welcome and Introductions………………Carole Carr Covey Habits…………………………………Kindergarten Team Reading Benchmarks……………………… Abby Skinner Writing Benchmarks……………………… Shea Grisham Math Benchmarks………………………… Lesley Christie Data Notebooks…………………………… Aricia Cox “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”…………Kindergarten Team and Parents Plus/Delta……………………………………Kate Schneider and Rachel Smith

  3. Welcome and Introductions

  4. Covey Habits • Habit 1: Be Proactive Stop, think, and make a good choice. • Habit 2:Begin with the End in Mind Set a goal and work to achieve it.

  5. Covey Habits • Habit 3: Put First Things First Do the most important things first. Work before you play. • Habit 4: Think Win-Win Do what’s best for you and your friend. Share. Compromise.

  6. Covey Habits • Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Listen to your friends and care about what they’re saying. • Habit 6: Synergize Work together

  7. Covey Habits • Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw Have fun and take care of yourself. • Habit 8: From Effectiveness to Greatness Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

  8. Common Core State Standards • Focus on Reading and Writing • Emphasis on 21st Century Skills • Increasing Text Complexity • Deep learning of Concepts

  9. Common Core State StandardsStrands in English Language Arts • Reading • Reading text of increasing complexity to develop critical analysis skills based on evidence. • Writing • Write narrative, informational, and argumentative texts supported by evidence. • Speaking and Listening • Developing skills to participate in academic discussions and present new learning. • Language • Conventions, knowledge of language, and vocabulary extending across reading, writing, speaking, and listening.

  10. Reading Benchmarks • 26 letters and sounds (Capital and Lowercase) by end of 2nd Quarter • 25 sight words by the end of the year • 19 print concepts by end of the year.

  11. Reading Benchmarks

  12. Writing Benchmarks • Beginning of the year

  13. Writing Benchmarks • Middle of the year

  14. Writing Benchmarks • End of the year

  15. Math Benchmarks • Count to 100, by 1’s and 10’s • Fluently add and subtract within 5 • Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones • Identify and describe shapes (NEW: squares, hexagons, cones, cylinders) • Identify shapes as two-dimensional or three-dimensional • Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes

  16. Changes in Assessments • WCPSS is moving towards online testing incorporating the new standards. Teachers will use more informal and formal checks to make sure students are on track throughout the year. • More open ended questions • More technology • More real world applications

  17. Parent Resources: NCDPI www.dpi.state.nc.us/acre/standards/ Common Core State Standards Initiative www.corestandards.org National PTA www.pta.org/common_core_state_standards.asp

  18. Who Wants to be a Millionaire? • How many print concepts is your child expected to know by the end of the year? • How high is your child expected to count to by 1’s and 10’s by the end of the year? • How many sight words does your child need to know by the end of the year? • True or False, your child needs to know 2-dimensional AND 3-dimensional shapes. • Your child is expected to know 26 letters and letter sounds by the end of what quarter? • What does it mean to be proactive? • How can you help your child at home? • If you have questions about common core, where can you find answers? • In Math by the end of the year, your student is expected to be able to add and subtract within what number? • True or false, does your child need to spell every word correctly in their writing?

  19. Plus/Delta

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