Welcome to Kindergarten

1. Welcome to Kindergarten Back to School Night September 4, 2019

2. Expectations: • Knowledge of all letters uppercase & lowercase • Knowledge of letter sounds • Knowledge of numbers 0-30 • Familiarity with scissors, glue, pencils, crayons • Ability to open and close appropriate size schoolbag independently • Understand role of teacher as leader • Understand role of student as listener, follower of rules

3. Language Arts Curriculum • Into Reading- 9 Modules with stories, skills and high frequency words & a test at the end of each

4. Math Curriculum Go Math! Kindergarten Program Chapter 1-Represent, Count and Write Numbers 0 to 5 (11 instructional days/2 assessment days) Chapter 2- Compare Numbers to 5(6 instructional days /2 assessment days) Chapter 3- Represent, Count, and Write Numbers 6 to 9 (10 instructional days /2 assessment days) Chapter 4-Represent and Compare Numbers to 10(8 instructional days /2 assessment days) Chapter 5- Addition (13 instructional days /2 assessment days) Chapter 6 –Subtraction (8 instructional days /2 assessment days)

5. Math Curriculum cont’d Go Math! Kindergarten Program Chapter 7-Represent, Count and Write 11 to 19 (12 instructional days /2 assessment days) Chapter 8-Represent, Count and Write 20 and Beyond (9 instructional days /2 assessment days) Chapter 9-Identify and Describe Two-Dimensional Shapes (13 instructional days /2 assessment days) Chapter 10-Identify and Describe Three-Dimensional Shapes (10 instructional days /2 assessment days) Chapter 11-Measurement (9 instructional days /2 assessment days) Chapter 12-Classify and Sort Data (11 instructional days /2 assessment days)

6. Handwriting • Reversals of letters or numbers • Mirror writing • First letter of name uppercase • Inventive spelling

7. Homework • Homework sheet will come home each week • LA Homework • Module intro note/reading log/letter race weekly • Math Homework • Math workbook will stay at home • Homework Helper instructions

8. Behavior Chart

9. Breakfast & Lunch • The menus will be sent in an email from Mr. Rogers & are different from the menus for grades 1-5 • Review the menu option with your child each day • Encourage independence for opening drinks/food • Review rules for cleaning up after they’ve finished: • When breakfast or lunch time is over they must clean up and get ready for work • Throw away trash • Clean up crumbs and place them in the trash • Clean up any spills with paper towel

10. Important Reminders • Check & empty your child’s folder each night • If your child will be absent from school please call the attendance line 610-622-6755 & send in a note when your child returns to school or through email: Primos Email Address for Electronic Absence Notespes-attendance@upperdarbysd.org • Dismissal: If your child will be going home a different way than usual please let me know by sending in a note or calling the office

11. Additional Notes

12. Website • http://www.upperdarbysd.org/ • My Teacher Page: -located under Teacher Webpages on Primos’ page

13. My Email • szdun@upperdarbysd.org

14. Your Email • Please be sure to provide your email today! • Emails are sent out with updates and class information • Emails are sent from the principal with weekly updates from the office/district

15. Remind • Please sign up for the Remind notifications • Option 1: Text my class code: @szdunto phone number 81010 OR • Option 2: Download the Remind app to your phone, open the app and create an account, tap the + by classes joined and enter my class code: @szdun • You will then begin receiving messages from me! I use remind often throughout the year 

16. Website Resources • Starfall: http://www.starfall.com/ • PBS Kids: http://pbskids.org/

17. Thank you! • Questions • Comments