1. Kindergarten Curriculum Night Mrs. Bouchillon

2. Language Arts • Speak in complete sentences • Identify and produce rhyming words • Identify words with the same beginning sounds • Blend and break words apart by syllables and individual sounds (such as cat, c-a-t).

3. Language Arts • Identify all uppercase and lowercase alphabet letters and identify and produce all letter sound relationships. • Identify 15 sight words by middle of the year and 35 words by the end of the year.

4. DRA • Developmental Reading Assessment • Unseen text • Oral reading (ability to call the words on the page) • Fluency (speed & expression or intonation), • Retelling/comprehension (ability to share or retell the story to a friend who has never seen/heard/read the text) • Expectations by of end of year is to read a DRA level 4 (fiction and non-fiction)

5. Writing • Plan a first draft by generating ideas for writing through class discussion • Develop drafts by sequencing the action of details in the story • Share writing with others • Dictate or write information for lists, captions, or invitations

6. Mathematics • Geometry • Algebraic Reasoning • Numeration • Measurement • Our mathematics curriculum spirals each grading period.

7. Science • Follow safety rules. • Use science tools to participate in simple experiments. • Identify the states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. • Observe and describe a variety of rocks and soil such as clay and sand.

8. Science • Distinguish between living and nonliving things. • Identify basic needs of organisms such as food, water, air, and a place to live. • Observe changes that are part of a simple life cycle of a plant.

9. Social Studies • We begin with rules, laws and authority figures • Pledges are recited during the announcements • Social Studies is taught throughout the year and integrated into Language Arts • Participation grades recorded on the report card

10. D3 TimeDragons Digging Deeper • All students • 45 minutes per day • Students will enrich their learning by working on targeted areas based on the child's needs. • Data from common assessments

11. Attendance • Time with the teacher equals student success!

12. Homework • Homework Calendar • Read 20 minutes every night!

13. Parent Conference • Kindergarten will begin parent conferences in October. • Sign-up Genius

14. Parent Access • You will need your child’s student ID number to log-in. • CISD website – Parents – Parent Access

15. Volunteer • You must register online to be a volunteer. • Deretchin webpage – Parents – Volunteer in CISD

16. Daily Dragon Folders • Primary mode of communication between parent and teacher. • Please help your child keep this folder neat and current.

17. Dragon Conduct Calendar • Used to document behavior • Areas of concern will be noted on the calendar (if necessary). • Please sign the calendar at the end of each week. • Do not remove! • New to Kindergarten - E

18. Snack • Children may bring a nutritious snack from home each day. • Unhealthy snacks such as chips or cookies may not be consumed during snack time. • Please put your child’s snack in their backpack (not in their lunch box) and only send one snack per day.

19. Lunch • 12:15-12:45 • No visitors the first 3 weeks. • www.schoolpaymentsolutions.com • CISD website - Child Nutrition • Checks made out to “Child Nutrition Department”

20. Birthdays • Treats can be passed out in your child’s classroom at 12:45pm. • Please contact your child’s teacher prior to the date.

21. Money • Please send money (cash or check) in an envelope with your child’s name. • Do not send loose money.

22. Scholastic Book Orders • Sent home about once a month • Class activation code • Our class earns free books with every order!

23. Transportation Changes • Please keep your child’s transportation tag on the backpack all year. • We cannot accept changes via email or phone.

24. Medications • Give to our school nurse, Mrs. Colleen • Please apply sunscreen at home for special events

25. Label Items From Home • Backpacks, lunch boxes, jackets and other clothing items that can be removed should be labeled with your child’s name.

26. Library • Students will alternate between a library lesson and the computer lab each week. • Books will be checked out weekly as long as the library book is returned.

27. Special Events FABULOUS FIFTIES! • November 7 @ 5:00pm • Kindergarten’s Parent Event • We will be celebrating the first 50 days of school with fun math activities!