Daily Activities
The following is a list of the different activities we do daily with a short description.
Morning Meeting
This is a time for each student to greet one another and start the day off with a fun activity or song and talk about the schedule of the day.
Literacy Block
A time for students to learn about literacy through reading, writing, listening to stories on their own and working in a small group with a teacher.
Mathematics Block
A time to work with patterns and counting in the fall to adding and subtracting with story problems by spring! Students work on tasks individually with partners and in small groups with the teacher.
Specialist
Students have a different specialist every day. These classes include science, music, art and PE.
Social/Emotional Growth
This time includes lessons on working with others and time to play and practice what we learn.
Morning Meeting
This is a time for each student to greet one another and start the day off with a fun activity or song and talk about the schedule of the day.
Literacy Block
A time for students to learn about literacy through reading, writing, listening to stories on their own and working in a small group with a teacher.
Mathematics Block
A time to work with patterns and counting in the fall to adding and subtracting with story problems by spring! Students work on tasks individually with partners and in small groups with the teacher.
Specialist
Students have a different specialist every day. These classes include science, music, art and PE.
Social/Emotional Growth
This time includes lessons on working with others and time to play and practice what we learn.
Sight Words
Flash cards coming soon!
Reading is one of the most critical skills students learn. One of the most important goals in teaching young children to read is making sure they are completely proficient with Sight Words.
Sight Words are some of the most frequently used words in the English language. Even though they number only about 200, Sight Words comprise approximately 50 to 70 percent of any given general, non-technical text. Therefore, teaching Sight Words as early as possible is considered a crucial part of elementary education.
The kindergarten goal is to know a minimum of 92 words at the end of the school year.
Sight Words are some of the most frequently used words in the English language. Even though they number only about 200, Sight Words comprise approximately 50 to 70 percent of any given general, non-technical text. Therefore, teaching Sight Words as early as possible is considered a crucial part of elementary education.
The kindergarten goal is to know a minimum of 92 words at the end of the school year.
Writer's Workshop
"I like how it rains.
It is fun to splash in the puddles!" |
Writing Workshop is a method of writing instruction that focuses on the goal of fostering lifelong writers. It is based upon four principles; students will write about their own lives, they will use a consistent writing process , they will work in authentic ways and it will foster independence.
Kindergarten has specific units of study tailored to meet developmental and curricular needs. Students have a large amount of choice in their topic and style of writing. The teacher acts as a mentor author, modeling writing techniques and conferring with students as they move through the writing process. Direct writing instruction takes place in the form of a ten minute lesson at the beginning of each workshop and is followed by a minimum of 25 minutes of active writing time. Each workshop ends with a sharing of student work. |