Welcome to
Dos Rios
Kindergarten!
Getting Ready for Kindergarten
Colorado Parent Information and Resource Center
a Program of Clayton Early Learning
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This publication was produced in whole or in part with funds from the U.S. Department of Education office of Innovation and Improvement. Information and Resource Center program Grant # 84.310A. The content
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Parent’s To-Do List
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Enroll child in the spring
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Immunization records
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Kindergarten teacher’s
expectations
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School supply list
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Play Fun Learning Games
With Your Child
• Find the picture of the red beans on the can at the grocery
store
• Think of 10 words that rhyme with “can”
• Start and organize a collection-rocks, cards, stickers
• Cook together and learn to measure ingredients
• Sort the socks, eating utensils, nuts and bolts, etc.
• Let your child tell you a story and write it for them
• Mark your calendar as you count down the days to
Kindergarten
• Read to your child every day, talk about the story, and
relate to your child’s own experiences
• Give your child oral directions to follow
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Preparing Your Child For
Kindergarten Socially
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Follow spoken directions and rules
Use words to express feelings
Speak clearly
Leave their parents without too much difficulty
for a long period of time
Go to the bathroom alone
Play well with and respect other children
Resolve problems without needing a teacher
Be able to tie shoes and zip and button all clothing
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Preparing Your Child For
Kindergarten Academically
Hold a pencil/crayon/scissors correctly
Work independently for at least 5 min.
Sit and listen to a story for 10-15 min.
Recognize, read and write their first name
Write his/her name with a capital letter and the rest
lowercase (Jason)
• Identify some capital and lowercase letters
• Identify and count numbers 1-10
• Identify 8 basic colors
(green, yellow, blue, purple, black, brown, orange, red)
• Identify 4 basic shapes
(square, circle, rectangle, triangle)
First Day Of Kindergarten
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Set a Routine From the Start
Provide a regular:
• wake up time
• breakfast time
• homework time
• bed time (7-8 p.m.)
• set out clothes and plan or make
lunch the night before
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Full Day Kindergarten
Schedule
Full
Opening
Writing/Handwriting
Specials (Daily)
Literacy
Lunch and Recess
Oral Language
Math
Recess
Science/Social Studies
Targeted Instruction
Dismissal
Literacy
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Hear and identify sounds in a word
Letter identification
Letter sound recognition
Book knowledge
Retells stories and events
Recognizes high use words
Read words phonetically (sound out words)
Math
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Number recognition (1-20)
Number writing (1-20)
Counts out loud to 100
1 to 1 correspondence (to 32)
Sorts (color, shape, size)
More and Less
Geometry (Shapes 2D and 3D)
Graphs
Measurement
Number Sense
Writing
• Draws pictures
• Writes name correctly (first letter uppercase the rest
lowercase)
• Write letters correctly
• Writes beginning sounds
• Writes beginning, middle and ending sounds
• Uses correct punctuation (periods and exclamation marks,
etc. ) and mechanics
• Writes a simple sentence
• Writes multiple sentences
• Write a story with a beginning, middle and end
• Students will write words phonetically (i.e., bik, becuz).
Science and
Social Studies
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Plants
Trees
Weather
Senses
Parts of the Body/
Dental health
• Fruits and Vegetables
• My Community
• Antarctica/ Arctic
• Holidays around
the world
• Australia
• Social skills
• Careers
Specials
• Music
• Art
• Physical Education
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Library/Computer
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but will attend regularly)
Testing Days
August 2014
• You will be called and a testing day will be set up.
• Sign up for a time for your child to be tested.
• Your child will be tested on letter
identification/sounds, math concepts and district
tests.
• The testing session takes about 1 hour.
• After testing is completed your child will be
assigned to a kindergarten classroom. Lists will be
posted on the front window.
Contact Info
Dos Rios Elementary
2201 34th Street, Evans, CO 80620
Phone: 970-348-1300
http://dosrios.greeleyschools.org
Web Links:
Colorado Parent Information & Resource Center
Tips on how to help your child learn at home:
http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/hyc.html
Learning Activities: www.internet4classrooms.com
http://www.ixl.com/math/kindergarten
Transition Process for Parents: http://edselect.com/kindergarten
Is your child ready for Kindergarten:
http://www.babycenter.com/0_kindergarten-readiness-is-your-child-readyfor-school_67232.bc
http://school.familyeducation.com/kindergarten/school-readiness/38491.html