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INTRODUCING OUR KINDERGARTEN TEACHER…

Ms. Millhouse
Voice mail :  481-8288 ext. 17
e-mail:  [email protected]

Ms. Johnson
Voice mail :  481-8288 ext. 29
e-mail:  [email protected]

Research also shows that kids who can identify all of their letters and sounds before entering first grade have a higher high school graduation rate than those students who can’t.
 

Practice the sounds each letter makes.  Make flash cards for blends (bl, th, sh, ch, etc.) and chunks (at, ump, ight, etc.) 
Read lots of nursery rhymes.  It is very important that kids can identify rhyming words and make up words that rhyme.

 In Kindergarten we use the Literacy Tree Reading Program and the Letter People.

Literacy Tree Units
Welcome to My World
Food and Fun
Work and Play
Animal Antics

At Kettering the MLPP (Michigan Literacy Progress Profile) and DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) are used to evaluate each student’s instruction level, plan for classroom instruction, and to evaluate student learning.

Although language arts instruction varies based on the needs of each individual student, in kindergarten these are the areas of focus for mastery learning…

Concepts of print
Letter identification/Letter Naming Fluency 
(both lower and upper case)
Sound Identification/Initial Sounds Fluency
Rhyme
Blending Sounds
Segmentation
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency
Nonsense Word Fluency
Sulzby Classification System & Kindergarten Literacy Program (KLP)

We use the Four Block model
(guided reading, independent reading, writing, and phonics)

*see writing rubric in homework kit

Our new math program is called Investigations.  This program is aligned with the Michigan Mathematics Curriculum.  Keeping in mind that no one math program reaches all learners, many supplemental materials are used by our teachers to promote success for all!

Kindergarten Investigations Units

Math Thinking in Kindergarten
Pattern, Trains, and Hopscotch
Collecting, Counting, and Measuring
Counting Ourselves and Others
How Many in All?

Each unit of study incorporates the two fundamental strands of the Michigan Science Curriculum …

*Constructing  new scientific knowledge 
*Reflecting on scientific knowledge

Kindergarten Science Units

Life Science
Organization of Living Things
Heredity
Ecosystems

Physical Science
Matter and Energy
Motion of Objects
Waves and Vibrations

Earth Science
Atmosphere and Weather

Our social studies curriculum is aligned with the Michigan Curriculum Framework.  Each year’s curriculum K-5 incorporates Historical Perspective, Geographic Perspective, Civic Perspective, Economic Perspective, Inquiry, Public Discourse and Decision 
Making, Citizen Involvement, Core Democratic Values, Constitutional Principles, Economic Principles, and Geographic Themes.

Kindergarten Social Studies Units
School Days
At Home With My Family
Living in a Community
In and Around the Land
My Country, My Heros
My World Near and Far
Economics
History, Civics, & Geography
Improving Our Community-My Viewpoints