Welcome to Kindergarten

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Welcome to Kindergarten

• Mrs. Joni Baker
• Emailjbaker_at_alsd.k12.ca.us

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A Little About Me

• I have taught Kindergarten- Fourth grade.
• I have my Masters in Reading and Language Arts.
• I teach English as a Second Language through
  Chaffey Adult School.

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What is an Early Bird/Late Bird Schedule?

• The only way to meet every childs need (all 34
  of them) is to separate the students into smaller
  groups.
• I will have about 15-20 students , Early Birds,
  from 755am-12 Noon
• I will then have about 10-12 students, the Late
  Birds, from 935am-140pm

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Early Bird Schedule

• 740-755 Arrival of Early Birds ( Meet under
  the Cardinal Marquee)
• 755-935 Instructional Time--Math and
  Language Arts
• 935-945 Morning Stretch and prepare for
  the arrival
• of the Late Birds
• 945-1030 Whole group instruction, sing daily
  songs,
• calendar math,
  phonics, computer lab, daily writing
• 1030-1110 Lunch Time
• 1110-1200 Whole Group Music/Movement and
  Story time
• 1200 Early Birds are dismissed. ( The
  kindergarten aides release the children, please
  bring your ID)
• 
  Orange Handout

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Late Bird Schedule

• 930-935 Arrival of Late Birds ( Drop your
  child off in front of the school and a proctor
  walks the students down to the classroom _at_935)
• 935-945 Get Settled
• 945-1030 Instructional Time Whole Group
• 1030- 1110 Lunch
• 1110-1200 Whole group Music and Story time
  (Early
• Birds Leave at 1200)
• 1200-140 Instructional Time-Teach the same
  lessons from the Early Bird
  Session
• 140 Dismissal I walk the students
  out to the front of the school. ( Please bring
  your ID)

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Lunch at Carnelian

• The school offers lunch to all students in the
  cafeteria. A monthly menu will be sent home in
  the homework folder.
• Please prepay for your childs lunch! In the
  cafeteria you can give Analease a check, or you
  can place the check in a labeled envelope and
  drop it in the lunch mailbox located under the
  Cardinal Marquee.
• If you need to give lunch money daily to your
  child, please write your childs name and amount
  of money on an envelope with the exact amount in
  the envelope no money is exchanged in the lunch
  line.
• Each lunch is 2.50

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Behavior in Kindergarten

• Kindergartners are like puppies--Cute, full of
  energy, curious, and playful.
• As a teacher I try to nurture and train them on
  how to become a successful student.
• Constant/Open Communication when it comes to
  behavior issues
• Choices/Fun Friday
• Daily Stamp of Approval

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Cardinal Assemblies

• Carnelian has monthly assemblies on the first
  Friday of every month.
• As Kindergarteners, we will not join the
  assemblies until February.
• Starting in February, the first Friday of each
  month, the late birds come to school with the
  early birds to attend the assembly. You will be
  given plenty of reminders.
• At the end of the year Kindergarteners will have
  a special assembly to recognize the life skills
  of each child.

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Curriculum

• Language Arts phonics, comprehension, and
  listening skills.
• Math- number recognition/writing, addition,
  subtraction
• Reading small group instruction, independent
  reading
• Writing- small group instruction
• Science
• Social Studies
• Art- Meet the Masters
• P.E.
  White Handout/Kinder Handbook
  

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Homework

• There will be a monthly homework calendar sent in
  the beginning of each month.
• Homework is due weekly on Friday.
• Homework will begin in September.

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Say your ABCS 2 Make flashcards for all capital letters 3 Play concentration with your capital letters
4 Make up a new clap snap pattern 5 Count to 50 6 Make lowercase letter flashcards 7 Write numbers 1-10 8 Make a list of 10 words that rhyme with cat 9 Find 10 items in your house that are red 10
11 Write all the capital letters 12 Make high frequency flashcards 13 Practice writing your last name 14 Count to 100 15 List 5 things that you are thankful for 16 Count by 10s to 100 and tie your shoes 17 Draw a picture of a turkey
18 19 Play concentration with lowercase letters 20 List 10 words that rhyme with dad 21 Write 5 high frequency words 22 23 Read your high frequency words 24
25 26 Make a sentence with your high freq. words 27 Count by 5s to 50 28 Practice jumping rope 29 Practice tying shoes 30
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Additional Info

• Classroom Celebrations
• Refer to class list and mail invitations.

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Student of the Week Big Kahuna

• Special way to reinforce each childs
  individuality and enhance self image.
• Student is randomly selected and brings in
  various suggested items and pictures to share and
  display on a classroom bulletin board.

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Brody Bear

• Every child will have the opportunity to take a
  special bear home for one week. You may include
  Bearly Bear in all your family activities.
• At the end of his visit, you will need to write
  in Bearly Bears journal, letting the class know
  about his stay with your child. You may add
  photographs, stickers, etc.

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Class Work

• Papers and projects will be coming home in a
  Friday Bag.
• Please spend time with your child going over the
  papers.
• The bag will need to be returned, empty, each
  Monday please.

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Additional Info

• Students need to bring a
• normal sized back pack each day.
• Please dress your child in
• pants/shorts that they can
• button themselves and
• please wear velcro shoes if
• they cant tie their shoes.
• Volunteers, please sign up!

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Additional Info

• School Supplies Donation
• Orange handout

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Reminder

• Meet and Greet on Friday, August 7th , from
  1000am -1100am in the classroom

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Questions

• Thank you for attending. I look forward to
  working with your little one and watching them
  grow throughout the school year.