Welcome to Kindergarten
Mrs. Cox Room 20
Our Kindergarten morning is a busy one, we are constantly on the go!
Below is a schedule of a typical morning.
Daily Schedule
7:35 Open Door Morning Jobs
(Home folders, cubbies, safe envelop, books,
individualized practice)
7:45 First
7:50 Learning begins with announcements from Mr.
Andrews.
8:00 Circle time/Listening time/Shared Reading
(Whole class calendar, math, and
language arts skills, songs and poems, stories, morning message)
8:15 Guided
9:00 Recess/snack
9:25 Writing workshop/ Journals/ interactive
writing, whole group mini lesson
10:30 Math/ math
centers
11:00 Lunch and recess
11:45 Story and “Resting/Reading
Time”
12:15 Phonemic songs
12:45 Specials
1:15
Science/Social Studies, theme related activities
2:00
Class meeting/ events of the day/ closing song
2:20
Dismissal
*Our daily schedule changes for specials and special events.
Specials Schedule
Monday-P.E.-12:45-1:15
Tuesday-Music-12:55-1:15
Wednesday-Media Center-12:40-1:10
Thursday-P.E.-12:45-1:15
Friday-Music-10:00-10:20
Extra Special Kindergarten
Activities
Special Classroom Activities
Poem and Song Books
Sharing Bags
Special Family Activities
Family Teddy Bear Picnic
Munchies with Mommy
Doughnuts with Daddy
Spring Play or performance
End of the year celebration
Other special events to be announced throughout the year
Field Trips
Stuffington Bear Factory
Tax Credit
Up to a $250.00 Donation to
Integrated Science and Social
Studies Thematic Units
Teddy Bears
Bears
Family
Animal Families
Pets
Fall
Food and nutrition
Restaurants/Menus
Pumpkins
Apples
Peanut butter
Thankful projects
Feast
Winter holiday fun
Snow
Cold weather
Polar animals
Valentine’s Day
Mail
President’s Day
Insects/bugs
Spring
Language Arts Reading
District adopted text
Sight words
Songs and poems
Weekly newsletter
Take home books
Teacher made books
Daily phonics practice
Writing and Language
Shared writing
Interactive writing
Handwriting
Class books
Writer’s workshop (making books)
Mini-lessons - authors craft
Math
District adopted text
Daily calendar activities
Math Their Way
Teacher made materials
Science and Social Studies
Thematic Units
Teacher made materials
District curriculum and objectives
Monday The “Word of the Week”
folder will be sent home with a new word.
Activities for this word are to be done throughout the week. Please send the folder back to school every Friday.
Tuesday A reading or math
activity will be sent home to be completed and returned the next day.
Wednesday A reading or math
activity will be sent home to be completed and returned the next day.
A weekly reading book folder will be sent home
with a book. This book should be at you
child’s individual reading level. Please
help your child practice reading the book and send the book and folder back
when your child can read the book independently. A new book will be placed in the folder
within a few days. Please write the
title of the book on the inside cover of the folder and also note if the book
was way too easy or way too difficult.
At times a book may come home higher or lower then the child’s reading
level just because I think they will enjoy it!☺
The
poem and song folder stays at home so your child can enjoy, share, and practice
the poems and songs over and over again.
New poems and songs will be sent home to be added to the folder every
few weeks. We practice these same poems
and songs weekly in class.
“Take
home books” will be sent home every Friday.
These are books that we have worked on to develop reading fluency
throughout the week. These books will
not always be at the child’s independent reading level. I have asked the children to save these books
in a bag or a safe place throughout the year to practice reading over and over
again.
Our classroom is a “Learning Family,” we learn
and care for each other. We celebrate our learning. As the teacher it is my job to keep all
students safe and the student’s job is to help me with that task. Some of the management skills we work on are
the following.
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Help children to be successful
in everything they do.
Encourage children to do their best.
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Encourage children to be kind
and caring.
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Teach children how to handle
their conflicts.
Discipline and student choices both positive and
negative are viewed as an opportunity to teach, learn, and grow. Disruptive behavior situations are viewed as
and opportunity to teach, learn, and grow.
Positive reinforcement and logical consequences are used to help
students develop appropriate social skills.