A Day in Kindergarten

A Day in Kindergarten

Your child will experience the following activites each day in Kindergarten:

Pledge of Allegiance

Morning Music

Mrs. Ryterski's introduction to composers and their music

Calendar

Days of the Week

 Months of the Year

Weather

Birthdays

A count of how many days we have been in school

Counting daily numbers

Counting by fives

Counting by tens

Counting money correlating to number of days we have been in school

Even and Odd Numbers

Morning Message

Phonemic Awareness

Michael Heggerty's Daily Lesson

P.E. or Music

Ms. Bivins teaches P.E.

Mrs. Ryterski teaches Music.

Recess

Shared Reading

This is a whole group activity in which a Big Book is read many times throughout the week.  The story is discussed, analyzed, and retold in a variety of ways.  We also locate sight words and puntuation marks.

Literacy Stations

These are independent, literacy based activities that the children choose.

Learning Centers

These are small group, weekly educational activites that often include:  guided reading, listening, writing, math, science and art.  These centers are rotated daily so that each child experiences all of the centers for the week.

Math

Word Study

Introduction to letters and sounds, sight words and word families.

Writing

Modeled writing, shared writing and independent writing

Theme & Art

Many fiction and non-fiction books are read and discussed to help educate students on a specific topic or theme (ocean life, Arctic and Antarctic life, desert life, insects, Mexico, bears, spiders, apples, turkeys, friends, camping and wildlife, rainforests...).  Several related art projects are created by the children.

Lunch

Rest/Educational Movie

Free Play/Social Interaction 

Computer Lab

We will visit weekly.

Library

We will visit weekly.