Kindergarten

Daily Learning
Every full day in kindergarten your child will experience the following activities: 
Pledge of Allegiance 
Morning Meeting
Greeting
Sharing
Group Activity
Morning Message
Phonemic Awareness
Michael Heggerty Daily Lesson
Learning Centers
These are small group, weekly educational activities 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. 
Word Study
Introduction to letters and sounds, sight words, and word families using Orton-Gillingham strategies.
PE or Music
Mrs. Ryterski teaches Music
Mrs. Haare teaches PE
Shared Reading
A big book is read many times throughout the week to the whole group.  The story is discussed, analyzed, and retold in a variety of ways.  In the story we locate sight words and punctuation marks.
Writing
Modeled writing, shared writing, and independent writing.
Lunch / Recess
Calendar / Math
Days of the Week
Months of the Year
Birthdays
Weather
A count of how many days we have been in school
Counting daily numbers
Counting by fives
Counting by tens
Counting money correlating to the number of days we have been in school
Even and Odd Numbers
Addition and Subtraction 
What I Need (WIN) Groups
These are small group rotations for students in reading, math, and or writing based on their learning levels.
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, camping and wildlife, rainforests. . . ).  Several related art projects are created by the children.
Free Play / Social Interactions 
Rest / Educational Movies