Welcome to Kindergarten

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="042785a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Mrs. Dooley's Class</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mrs. Dooleys Class"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Welcome to Kindergarten</B>   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Daily Schedule"><U>Daily Schedule</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Whats Happening"><U>What's Happening</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="04c13130.png" border=0 width="19" height="19" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   Welcome to Kindergarten</div> <div> <IMG SRC="04d01010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="765" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="761"><div> At every grade level students are expected to master certain skills in reading, writing, and math.  We refer to these as benchmarks.  Our goal is for all children to meet these benchmarks successfully.  Some will exceed them while others will need the gift of time. </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <U> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="855" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1245 WIDTH="849"><bR> <div> <U>Reading</U></div> <bR> <div> At the end of Kindergarten your child should:</div> <bR> <div> Identify all uppercase and lowercase letters;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="04e180d0.png" border=0 width="24" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Know the sounds of all consonants;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="04e180d0.png" border=0 width="24" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Recognize that a, e, i, o, and u are vowels and they have two sounds;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="04e180d0.png" border=0 width="24" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Demonstrate Concepts About Print (How a Book Works)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="05201010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Left to right orientation</div> <div> <IMG SRC="05401010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A group of letters form a word</div> <div> <IMG SRC="05601010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Spoken words correspond with written words;</div> <div> Print conveys meaning</div> <div> <IMG SRC="05801010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Identify basic sight words (list available upon request);</div> <div> <IMG SRC="05a01010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Use pictures, sentence structure, and sense of story to construct the meaning of text;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="05c01010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Retell a story;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="05e01010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Tell what happens in the beginning, middle, and end of a story;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="06001010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Connect text to personal experiences;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="06201010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Answer specific questions related to text;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="06401010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Point to words he/she reads (Voice Print Match);</div> <div> <IMG SRC="06601010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Begin to read simple text and/or pattern stories.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Writing </U></div> <bR> <div> At the end of Kindergarten your child should:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="06801010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Use knowlege of letters and sounds to form words (temporary spellings focus on beginning and ending sounds);</div> <div> <IMG SRC="06a01010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Use the conventional spelling of Kindergarten spelling words </div> <div> <IMG SRC="06c01010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Write letters from dictation;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="06e01010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Write to tell about an experience</div> <div> <IMG SRC="07001010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Begin writing with an uppercase letter</div> <div> <IMG SRC="07201010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Use spaces between words</div> <div> <IMG SRC="07401010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Use punctuation at the end</div> <div> <IMG SRC="07601010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Create illustrations that convey meaning and details of his/her written work.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Spelling Words</U></div> <bR> <div> The following words are our 11 kindergarten spelling words. Students are expected to be able to read and write these words by the end of kindergarten. </div> <bR> <div> I      is       the       a       my        at </div> <bR> <div>  and         in      you        to            it</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Math</U></div> <bR> <div> At the end of Kindergarten your child should:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="04e180d0.png" border=0 width="24" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Count by 1's to 10;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="04e180d0.png" border=0 width="24" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Count by 2's to 10, 5's to 30, and 10's to 100;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="04e180d0.png" border=0 width="24" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Count backwared from 10 to 0;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="04e180d0.png" border=0 width="24" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Count with one-to-one  matching;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="07c01010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Read and write numerals 0-20;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="07e01010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Be able to correspond a set of objects to a given numeral;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="08001010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Recognize geometric shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, rhombus, trapezoid, and hexagon);</div> <div> <IMG SRC="08201010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Construct and extend patterens;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="08401010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Understand positional concepts (first, last, top, and bottom);</div> <div> <IMG SRC="08601010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sort and classify by two attributes;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="08801010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Tell time to the hour;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="08a01010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Identify coins (penny, nickel, dime, and quarter);</div> <div> <IMG SRC="08c01010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Use ordinal numbers from first to tenth;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="08e01010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Build fact families to sums of five using manipulatives;</div> <div> <IMG SRC="09001010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Add and subtract sums and differences to 10 using manipulatives.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></U></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>