Welcome to

Curriculum Night!
August 2014
Patrick Elementary School
Ms kelleys Kindergarten Class
Ms Kelleys
Teaching Experience
I have a Bachelors Degree and Masters Degree from Brenau
University in Early Childhood Education with reading endorsement.

I have Education Specialist Degree from Piedmont College.

I have been teaching for nine years. This is my eighth year at
Patrick Elementary and eighth year in Kindergarten.
Our Classroom Schedule:

Tentative-May revise a little through
the year.
Library days will be on Thursday!
Specials-See newsletter and calendar
in folder. Wear tennis shoes for PE
weeks!
Academic Knowledge and
Skills:

Also known as the AKS.

These are the Gwinnett County and are aligned
with the Common Core Curriculum.

Broken down into subject areas.

Students must master a majority of the AKS to
be promoted to first grade.



Language Arts
Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness is the
awareness that words are composed of sounds. Phonemic
Awareness develops through a series of stages during which
the children first become aware that language is made of
individual words, words are made up of syllables, and that
syllables are made up of sounds. Phonemic Awareness will be
taught with rhyming books, poems, traditional songs, chants,
stories, and small group activities.
Phonics The phonics program will be a big part of
kindergarten reading and writing. Students will be expected
to identify and produce the correct sounds for each letter
of the alphabet. (Short vowel sounds will be emphasized.)
Language Arts
Reading The kindergarten reading program includes a variety of big
books, trade books, poetry, and daily home reading. Reading activities focus
on phonemic awareness, phonics, sequencing, comprehension, vocabulary,
and reading strategies. I will spend a lot of time encouraging the children
to listen for rhyming patterns in poems and stories. Students will
experience reading in three different ways: I will read to the children
daily and the children will read daily at school and at home. I will also teach
the children three ways to read:

1) You can read by reading all the words.

2) You can pretend read by telling the story or memorizing a story.

3) You can picture read by looking at the pictures in a book and
talking about the things you see.
Language Arts
Writing Workshop Writing Workshop is a time set
aside throughout the week where the students will have the
opportunity to write their own ideas. I will encourage the
children to sound out words phonetically, kindergarten
writing. A typical writing entry will include the date, a
picture, and words that relate to the picture. As the year
progresses students will be asked to write some simple
pattern sentence stories. Some of the stories will be made
into books. The goal of the writing workshop is to encourage
the students to think of themselves as writers.
Does Not
Meet
Approaching
Expectations
Meets
Expectations
Exceeds
Expectations
Ideas



I cannot tell
or draw a
story.
I told a story about
my picture or wrote
words about my
picture.
I wrote 1-2
sentences about my
topic.
I wrote at least 3
sentences with
details about my
topic.
Beginning, Middle,
Ending
(Organization)


I cannot tell a
story to
match my
picture.
I told/wrote words
to match my picture.
I wrote a beginning. I wrote a
beginning and
ending.
Word Choice
(Style)




My story /
picture does
not make
sense.
I copied words from
my classroom or used
easy or repeating
words.
I used simple words
and basic sentence
patterns.
I used some
exciting words to
make my story
interesting.
Spelling, Capital
Letters, Punctuation,
Sentences
(Conventions)



I used
squiggles,
sticks, wavy
lines, &
random
letters.
I used beginning
sounds to spell
words. I used some
punctuation and
capitalization in my
story.
I used beginning
and ending sounds
to spell words.
Some of my
sentences began
with a capital
letter and end with
a punctuation mark.
Few errors are
present in my
story. Most of my
sentences began
with a capital
letter and end
with a punctuation
mark.
Writing Rubric for Narrative Writing
Mathematics
Daily work and assessments will be used to average a students grade for each nine weeks.
This year Georgia has adopted the Common Core Curriculum. This means that our standards
are national aligned. There are 5 main units:

Sophisticated Shapes

Counting with Friends

Building Numbers

Investigating Addition and Subtraction

Measuring and Analyzing Data

Assessment
* GKIDS Stands for: Georgia Kindergarten
Inventory of Developing Skills
Its the process of checking to see where the
students are and how they progress.
On-going throughout the year.
* Report cards are issued every 9 weeks
Sign envelope and return-you keep report card.

Early release days for
conferences:
Sept. 24 and 25
Feb. 25 and 26


Students will be dismissed from school at
noon.

We will schedule a conference to discuss
your childs academic achievements.
Homework
Homework is sent Fridays. Due dates are
on the class calendar and assignment
directions. Please help your child with
homework. Allow them to sound out words.
Reading and math folders will come home
soon with two books each week! You will
have a short reading, math, and sight word
activity for each night.


Daily Folders:
Information from the school and homework is
inside.
Students work comes home each Friday with
Patrick Parent Communication card.
All notes/money place baggie in folders-not in
bookbags ! ALL MONEY SHOULD BE LABELED!
The newsletter is posted each Friday to our
webpage.
http://mskelleykindergarten.weebly.com/index.ht
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Parent and Student
Portals
Parent Portal-Assess to MealPay,
attendance, and more!
Student Portal-Assess to learning
materials and class pages!
Our news and class information will soon be
exclusively posted to the portal.
Student login: We will login at school

Behavior Program
*Every day your child will bring home their orange Daily Folder
with a color sticker. Inside the folder is our class calendar
(everyday) and your childs behavior sheet (on Fridays).
Blue/Green (E) (S)
Yellow (N)-5 Minutes off Outside Time
Red (U)- Out of Room time out

*Children are responsible for explaining why they are on yellow
or red.
*There are opportunities to move back to yellow or green!!
*I will wear their clip if they go to blue twice in one day!!


Patrick Parent
Communication Cards:
Sent home every Friday
E: excellent behavior, 5 green or blue stickers
S: satisfactory behavior, 4 green or blue
stickers, or may have had several warnings
N: needs to improve, 2-3 green or blue stickers
U: unsatisfactory behavior, 0-1 green or blue
stickers
Areas of concern are checked.
Classroom Rules:
Clean Up After Yourself.
Listen Carefully.
Be Nice to Others.
Keep Your Hands to Yourself.

Treasure Box:
Donations welcomed!!
(any small toys, stickers, pencils, etc would
be greatly appreciated.)

All blue and green for the week =
treasure box on Friday!!!!



Star Pup of the Week!
Patch will go home each Friday with
the student of the week. Please take
pictures and make a scrapbook
page.
Then fill out the All About Me page
for our door and send in a few
pictures of your child and family.
Lunch:

We eat from 11:22-11:52
Need to be on pick-up list if eating
with a child. Office will verify this.
You may join us after Labor Day.
Lunch:
After signing in and getting your visitors
badge you can meet us at the lunchroom
doors.

Say your good-byes in the lunchroom.

No outside food may be brought in!!

Early Check Outs:
If you are planning to check your child out
early one day and you know that morning,
please send us a note and we will try to
have them ready to go.
Please go straight to the office and they
will call to our room for us to send them
up.
Absences:
If your child is absent, you must send
an excuse WHEN they return to
school-NOT A EMAIL.
If a note is not received upon the
2nd day of returning to school, I
cannot change the absence if it is
excused.
Absences:
When a student reaches 5 unexcused
absences then they are reported to the
counselor and they review why the student
has been out and counsel with the student.
Once 10 unexcused absences have been
reached they are reported to the
Assistant Principal.

Reasons for an absence:
Your child will be excused for the
following reasons: (Student Handbook)
Personal illness
Serious illness or death in students immediate
family
Court ordered appointment
Observing of religious holidays
Conditions rendering attendance impossible or
hazardous (snow, ice) but only if Gwinnett Co.
Superintendent closes the schools.

Reasons for an absence:
Please do not send your child to
school with a fever or if they have
been vomitting.
They must be fever free for 24
hours before they return to school.
Help prevent the spread of
contagious illnesses!!
Transportation Changes:
I need a note!!!!!
Example:
Sara Wildes will be a car rider today.
Address: 1234 Tree Top Terrace
Buford, GA
Phone #: 678-123-4455
Betty Wildes (mom)
Betty Wildes

Tardies:

After 8:10 parents must walk their
child into the office or lower lobby
and sign them in.

Then your child will be given a tardy
slip and can come to the classroom.
Snacks:

Please make sure to send a HEALTHY
snack everyday. (no pudding, jello,
applesauce, etc.)
You may send in a water bottle with
their name on it. No juice boxes or
colored water for the room.
1 Food item only.
Ice Cream:

Sold everyday for $1.00.
Students can have ice cream or a
snack.
We will have ice cream during our
snack time.
Birthdays:

Please let us know in advance if you
would like to send in a birthday snack
on your childs special day.

Send it in the morning and we will
serve it at snack time.
Birthdays:

Please send napkins and something
easy to serve, like individual Cookies,
brownies or cupcakes.
Please no rings, goody bags, balloons,
drinks, etc.


Activity in the Classroom
sheets:

Are sent home when we need parents
to help send in things for special
projects.
If you do not want to send it in,
please send the note back and we will
resend.
How you can help your
child:
Letters and letter sounds
Counting to 100 by 1s, 5s, and 10s
Birthday, phone #, and address!!

*Rewards will be given to those who
learn these!!!!

How you can help your
child:
Read to and with your child!
Encourage writing with inventive
spelling.
Help recognize/spell weekly sight
words.
Practice your letter cards.
Complete homework with your child!
That is all. . .

I am expecting and looking forward to a
GREAT year!



Thank you for coming!!