PK Back to School Night Presentation

Back-To-School Night
September 17, 2015
Welcome To
Pre-K!
Who’s Who in Pre-K?
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Classroom Teacher: Theresa Chin
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Para-educator: Quely Medina
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ESOL Teacher: Virginia Arca
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Speech Pathologist: Melanie Fleisher
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Pre-K Nurse: Eileen Carroccio
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Family Service Worker: Berlin Borges
What’s Happening in
Pre-K?
10 to 1 ratio
Big Day: Make Learning
Bigger
School-wide breakfast
program
Note-Breakfast ends at 9:25 a.m.
Character Counts
How’s your day?
Blue Purple Green Yellow Red -
Super Soaring
Awesome
Terrific
Slow down,
turn it around
I’m not doing
the right thing
How will the math program be
structured this year?
Big Day: Make Learning Bigger
Emphasis on differentiated
instruction (What the child needs.)
County-wide assessments are done
3 times a year: September,
January, and May.
How will the reading program
be structured this year?
Big Day: Make Learning Bigger
8 Themes:
Unit 1:
Unit 2:
Unit 3:
Unit 4:
Unit 5:
Unit 6:
Unit 7:
Ready For School
My Family
Our Community
Awesome Animals
Imagine It, Make It
Growing Up Healthy
Nature All Around Us
Unit 8: Moving On
Emphasis on differentiated instruction. (What the
child needs.)
County-wide reading assessments are done 3 times
a year: September, January, and May.
Big Day for Pre-K Families
AM
PM
Username
ChinAM
ChinPM
Password
classroom
classroom
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Go to the following URL: http://bigday.scholastic.com
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What We are Learning
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BookFLIX
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Suggested Book List
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Kindergarten Readiness
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Family Resources
Ways You Can Support Your Child
in Reading
Read daily
Letter identification
Letter sounds
Ask questions about what they have read.
Practice sight words
Discuss new VOCABULARY.
Specials
Monday
(10:05-10:30 a.m.)
Tuesday
Art
(Mr. Varno)
Wednesday
Thursday
(10:35-11:00 a.m.)
(10:05-10:30 a.m.)
Media
Center
Music
P.E. – Gym
Thursday
Friday
(10:05-10:30 a.m.)
(Dr. Lively)
Friday
(Mrs. Rogers)
(Mrs. Savoy)
Monday
(2:55 – 3:20 p.m.)
Art
(Mr. Varno)
Tuesday
Wednesday
P.E.- Gym
Media
Center
(2:20 – 2:45 p.m.)
(Mrs. Rogers)
(2:55 – 3:20 p.m.)
(Mrs. Savoy)
(2:55-3:20 p.m.)
Music
(Dr. Lively)
Academic Grades
P – Proficient: Child demonstrates behavior or
skill consistently.
I – In Progress: Child is beginning to
demonstrate behavior or skill.
N – Not Yet: Child does not demonstrate
behavior or skill.
Odds and Ends
Extra clothing
Early Dismissal
AM – Leaves at 10:50 a.m.
PM – No School
Donations
Kleenex Tissues
Foaming Soap
Birthday Parties – Last 15 minutes of class
Blue Folders
Kindergarten Orientation
Let’s have a great
year!
Teamwork…Alone we can do so little, but together
we can do so much!