Kindergarten
KINDERGARTEN TEAM
Ms. Gladys Davis, Classroom Teacher
Mrs. Chona Urbano, Classroom Teacher
Mrs. Janice Johnson-Longman, Classroom Teacher
Mrs. Philomina Okhaishie, Classroom Teacher
HELPFUL HINTS FOR KINDERGARTEN SUCCESS
Additional ways to help your student at home:
- Practice writing first and last name
- Practice your home address and phone number
- Practice TYING shoes
- Practice forming/writing letters of the alphabet (Uppercase & Lowercase)
- Recognize letters, sounds, and their relationships in forming words
- Practice counting objects up to 50 and sequencing groups of 0-20
- Practice classifying and sorting objects by characteristics
- Identifying shapes and characteristics of shapes
- Practice writing basic sentences using sentence stems: I like ____; I can _____; We can ____; I go ____; The dog _____; My mom ______
- READ EVERYDAY FOR AT LEAST 20-30 minutes
- Practice retelling stories read together and identify beginning, middle, end, characters, setting, problem and solution
- Discuss with your Kindergartener your behavior expectations in school
- REVIEW RULES AND SAFETY PROCEDURES when coming to school, during school, dismissal from school and STRANGERS
- PLEASE CHECK YOUR KINDERGARTENERS BACKPACK DAILY FOR HOMEWORK, NOTES, IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND FORMS
WEBSITES FOR PRACTICING KINDERGARTEN SKILLS
www.starfall.com (Great for Reading and Phonics)
www.dltk-kids.com (Printable Alphabet pages to help with letter formation and pre-writing skills)
www.abcya.com (Good practice for number and letter skills)
Students regularly use the following websites, which can be accessed through Clever:
- iReady (Reading and Math)
- iRead
- DreamBox
- MyOn