Welcome to
Back to School Night with
Mrs. Solanky
Miss Ziaee
Miss Simon
Ms. Kesterman
Miss Frye
Tonight’s Agenda
*Information on your child’s day
*Report cards
*Homework
*Outdoor exploration
*Procedures for tonight’s
classroom visit
Kindergarten
Arrival Time
*Children are working towards
being independent
This includes:
*walking into the building and coming
down to the classroom
*unpacking and getting ready for their day
How Our Day Begins
Reading Block (2.5 hour block)
Consists of the following:
**Handwriting
**Foundational Skill Work
**Word Work
**Social Studies
**Literacy Work Stations
**Small Group Instruction
**Read Aloud or Shared Reading
**Comprehension Work
**Writer’s Workshop
Literacy Work Stations
*Areas within the classroom where children
work alone or interact with one another,
using instructional materials to explore and
expand their literacy
*Consist of a variety of activities which
reinforce and/or extend learning without
the assistance of the teacher
Literacy Small Groups
*Supporting each reader’s development of
effective strategies for processing text
*Opportunity to explicitly teach reading
strategies at individual levels
*Reinforce strategies and define
the behaviors readers use
Snack
*Included in the
reading language arts block
*Implementation of
Social Studies
Curriculum
Writer’s Workshop
*Mini-lesson
*Rehearsal-talking
partners
*Independent writing
*Writing notebooks
*Writing conferences
*Author’s chair
Math
Whole Group Lessons
*Connecting children’s informal mathematical
knowledge to “formal” mathematics
*Assessing children’s prior knowledge
*Building upon their strengths
*Facilitating their learning
*Providing them with mathematical ideas
to investigate
Math Jobs
~Expectations and varying levels of difficulty
Calendar
*Focus changes depending on unit
Math Work Stations & Small Math Groups
*investigating and exploring a variety of math concepts
*supporting, reinforcing, or accelerating each
mathematician’s development
Science and Social Studies
Science Units Include:
Weather, Animals, Plants
Social Studies Units Include:
Our School, World, and Community
Health Unit Includes:
Communication, Friendship,
Hygiene and Families.
Technology & Project Approach
*Students will have opportunities to use laptops
in the classroom
*Promethean boards are integrated across
curriculum areas
*Social Studies and Science units integrated
through the Project Approach
Choice Stations
*Areas within the classroom where children
work alone or interact with one another, using a
variety of materials to explore and investigate
Report Cards
Parent Conferences in November
Report Cards given
in January and June
Homework
*Goal of homework is to
establish routines
*Reading Logs will
begin in October
(not mandatory)
*Required homework will
begin in January
(brief ~~ about 10 minutes)
Outdoor Exploration
*Enhance curriculum
*Further social interactions
*Check weather and dress appropriately
Visiting the Classroom This Evening
*Read through the packet given to you
*Sign-in including email address
*Check your child’s Emergency Info.
and return to the teacher
*Check-out classroom wish list
*Look around the classroom