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Cross's Kindergarten Class
Blue Ridge Elementary School
550 Blue Ridge Drive
Evans, Georgia 30809
Voice Mail 706-868-3679 ext.300 |
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Center Time |
Welcome To Kindergarten
I welcome you to kindergarten. I hope that this will be an exciting and memorable year for both you and your parents! During this school year your feelings and attitudes about school will be developed. Kindergarten is an integral part of the total elementary program and provides a vehicle for growth and development. This rate of development differs among individuals, however growth occurs in orderly predictable stages.
Each individual is unique. In planning a program for kindergarten age students, this uniqueness must be respected. The primary emphasis is placed on readiness skills, which provides a transition to a more formal instructional environment. It is my desire to help your child reach the goal of becoming independent, self-reliant, and life long learners.
The Blue Ridge Elementary Kindergarten program is planned with the five-year old in mind. It is for this reason that we do not employ the use of workbooks. Children are actively engaged in painting, manipulating blocks, measuring, classifying materials, manipulating math materials, cooking, and pre-writing and pre-reading activities.
I am looking forward to a great year! Thank you for sharing your year with me! Welcome to Kindergarten! |
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Our Daily Schedule |
Our Schedule
2007-2008
8:00-8:40 Students Arrive
8:40-9:00 ( Monday) Computer
9:00-10:00 Literacy
10:00-11:12 Literacy Centers
11:15-11:45 Lunch
11:45-12:15 P.E.
12:15-1:00 (Monday, Math Centers, Tuesday, Art
Wednesday, Guidance, Thursday, Music)
1:00-1:45 Outside/Snack
1:45-2:45 Rest Time
2:45-3:15 Prepare for Dismissal
3:15 Dismissal
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Parents Can Help |
Homework Help
How Parents Can Help At Home
• Let your child use scissors, playdough, modeling clay, crayons, and pencils to strengthen small motor skills that are used for writing.
• Make an alphabet set with lower and upper case letters for each letter A-Z. Also, make a picture for each letter that begins with the sound for that letter.
• Let your child use old magazines and catalogues to find pictures that begin with different sounds of the alphabet, A-Z. Make a booklet. Let your children use the scissors! Let your child put the book in alphabetical order. If your child knows all the letter sounds, write the words by each picture.
• Let your child use beans, coins, buttons, or any small objects to help with counting 1 - 10. If your child can do this easily, have them count 1-20 objects. Then have them count larger amounts by grouping the objects into sets of 10 and counting by tens.
• Let your child practice writing the numerals 0 -10 and the letters Aa-Zz (Upper and lower case). After your child feels confident writing the letters, encourage your child to write his / her name and other words. Make sure that your child only uses one upper case letter at the beginning of their names. (All other letters should be lower-case.) Help your child form the letters and numerals correctly by beginning at the top and writing in a downward motion while holding the pencil correctly.
• Make a color word set - red, blue, green, yellow, brown, orange, purple, black, white, and pink. Let your child match the word to the color.
• Read stories to your child! READ! READ! READ! Ask him / her to tell you what happened first, next, and last. Get him / her to tell you what went on in the story. Have your child retell the story in his / her own words. As you re-read stories your child will have memorized parts and be able to "read" it with you. Let your child read sight words that are memorized and one letter words as they are encountered in stories.
• Review rhyming words. Read nursery rhymes and poems to your child. Say a word like "cat" to your child and ask him / her to give you a word that rhymes with (sounds like) "cat." Example: cat, hat, mat, that...
• Review the calendar - days of the week, months, and dates. You may want to let your child draw or color a pattern on your calendar. Adding to it each day.
• Make a numeral card / word set and a number set 0 - 10. Use the numeral / number word set to match to the number of dots sets.
• Let your child practice patterns. Make a pattern and get your child to continue the pattern.Example: *^*^*^ or **^^**^^**^^ or *^"*^"*^"
• Make shape cards with the shape name and a drawing of the shape: square, diamond, heart, circle, rectangle, triangle, star
• Print or type the words to songs. Let your child read them.
• Put a money jar in your kitchen. Each day let your child reach in and take out a coin or coins. Let your child tell you the name of the coin. The money is put back in the jar. When your child easily identifies a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter, let him / her tell you the value of the coin they get out of the jar. Then you can say that a bowl of cereal costs 6 cents and have him / her count out the correct amount of money.
• Be a story teller. Make up stories about anything that you can imagine. Be creative and have fun!
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