Kindergarten+2011-2012+Learning+Team+Notes

6-17-11 Our team met at school from 9:00 - 2:00 to organize and plan for our up-coming Kindergarten Kamp. We wrote a letter to the parents, drafted a registration form, and addressed envelopes to the children who had already registered for kindergarten. Mrs. Waldrop volunteered to be responsible for getting these letters in the mail. We also came up with a rough schedule of events that would take place during the camp, and then typed it in a form more easily read. Mrs. Towers and Mrs. Gates volunteered to help during the camp. We decided on items to be ordered from Oriental Trading, and the order was placed over the weekend. Snacks were also purchased for the camp from Wal-Mart. We agreed to meet on June 22 to discuss final plans for the Kamp.

6-19-11 Our team met to plan activities for the calendar for July that would be sent home with each child during our Kindergarten kamp. Mrs. Balch typed the activities onto the calendar while we were working, and then we printed them out for the children to take home with 10 sheets of paper. We worked for about 3 hours on this particular activity.

6-24-11 Mrs. Balch, Mrs. Brewer, Mrs. Jones, and Mrs. Waldrop met to get a list of children who called to say they were coming to the camp. We made 2 name tags and 3 arm bands for each child, We sorted the children into 3 groups, made a list of the children, and typed and highlighted each group. Mrs. Lang and Mrs. Balch were group 1, Mrs Brewer and Mrs. Towers were group 2, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Waldrop were group 3. We planned for 34 children. This took about 3 hours.

6-27-11 The children arrived at 8:45, signed in, got their name tags and bracelets, and then were escorted to group 1, 2, or 3. We ended up having 42 on this first day, with about 8 extra children who did not register. We were not really prepared for such a large number, so we had to be flexible and do a little scrambling, but it all worked out well, and we were thrilled to have so many show up for the camp. Next year, we will plan for extras! The children were sweet, and this allowed us to identify potential challenges that we might have been unprepared for when school started.

8-17-11 All members were present

Discussed bus and transportation issues. Reading: The Little School Bus; Letters: A-E; Skill: Characters; Language: Rhyming Words; Grammar: Names, HF Words: I, am Baseline Assessment: Resource teachers will assess next week Math: Begin AMSTI Unit 1 Investigations; Introduce Math Workshop:free explore; Triangle, Color: Yellow Social Studies: ME Bag-All About Me Unit

8-24-11 All members were present

Discussed DIBELS testing next week- letter naming and initial sounds We have set up our own WIKI for sharing files - kindergartenkorral.wikispaces.com

Reading: Fix It Duck; Letters: F-N; Skill: Setting; Language:Syllables Words; Grammar: Names, HF Words: I, am Math: Continue AMSTI Unit 1 Investigations; Math Workshop:free explore; Rectangle, Color: Blue Social Studies: ME Bag-All About Me Unit

8-31-11 All members were present including Mrs. Calvert and Mrs. Towers

Discussed intervention plan for struggling students. Will plan a common Tier 2 time to divide students between the teachers for additional instruction time.

Discussed revisions to the Kindergarten Report card.

Reading: Platypus Lost; Letters: o-s; Skill: Sequence; Language: Sound Discrimination Words; Grammar: What we look like, HF Words: the, little Math: Continue AMSTI Unit 1 Investigations; Math Workshop:free explore; Square, Color: Green Social Studies: Continue ME Bag-All About Me Unit

9-6-11 All members were present.

Discussed Grandparent's Day, Tuesday September 27 Johnny Appleseed Day September 23- begin asking for parent volunteers

Reading: Miss Bindergarten Takes a Fieldtrip with Kindergarten; Letters: t-z; Skill: Classify and Categorize; Language: Sound Discrimination Words; the, little; Grammar: What we can do Math: Complete AMSTI Unit 1 Investigations; continue math procedures and routines, and writing numbers; Math Workshop:free explore; Shape: Diamond, Color: Orange Science: Begin Balls and Ramps AMSTI Unit

Jan shared a website for sorting station ideas: []

9-13-11 All members were present.

Discussed Parent Night on the 22nd Johnny Appleseed Day September 23- begin asking for parent volunteers to come this week September 30 AMSTI specialists will be coming to work with parents and help get materials organized with a organizing new system

Reading: __Julius__; Letters: M; Skill: Character; Language: Sound Discrimination Words; to, a; Grammar: Nouns for People Math: Begin AMSTI Unit 2 Investigations Shape: Oval, Color: Purple Science: Continue Balls and Ramps AMSTI Unit

Stations: ABC: Sticks and Curves to make letters; Handwriting: Playdoh Letters; Pocket Chart: Sort Shapes; Creation Station: Pig with circles; Puzzles and Games: Puzzles

9-21-11 Jones, Waldrop, Brewer, Balch were present

Discussed Title I schedule for Mrs. Jones and Waldrop. We also needed to add a couple students. Discussed Johnny Appleseed Day on Friday Jan is going to prepare our Field Trip form for the trip to Guillion Farms We will be adding sound bags to our lesson plans next week

Reading: __Dig Dig Digging__; Letters: T; Skill: Classify and Categorize; Language: Sound Discrimination Words; to, a; Grammar: Nouns Math: Continue AMSTI Unit 2 Investigations Shape: Complete shape unit with My Book of Shapes, Color: Brown Science: Continue Balls and Ramps AMSTI Unit

Stations: ABC: Matching capital and lowercase letters; Handwriting: Writing names; Pocket Chart: Sort Syllables; Creation Station: T-Rex picture; Puzzles and Games: Shapes puzzle

9-29-11 All members were present

Self Assessment for Edu Alabama are due next Friday. Jan is going to prepare field trip permission slip to send for our trip to the farm on the 14th. Need to call the Fire and Police Station to see if October 21st will be a good time for a field trip. Parent conference appointment notes need to be sent. Unit I Benchmark Test will be given next week.

Reading: __Life in the Ocean__; Letters: A; Skill: Compare and Contrast; Language: Sound Discrimination Words; have, is; Grammar: Nouns for more than one Math: Continue AMSTI Unit 2 Investigations Color: Black Science: Ocean Life Stations: ABC: Matching capital and lowercase letters; Handwriting: Roll and Record color words; Pocket Chart: M & T picture sort; Creation Station: fish picture; Puzzles and Games: Ocean puzzle

10-05-11 Balch, Brewer, Lang, Waldrop Self Assessment for Edu Alabama is due Friday. Parenting Day is Monday. We will be testing for Report Cards. Field Trip to the Farm is on Friday.

Reading: __Armadillo's Orange__; Letters: S; Skill: Setting; Language: Sound Discrimination Words; have, is; Grammar: Proper Nouns Math: Continue AMSTI Unit 2 Investigations Science: Balls and Ramps and the farm Stations: We will be doing centers- due to limited time this week.

10-12-11 Balch, Brewer, Jones, Waldrop Field Trip to the Police/Fire Department is on Friday.

Reading: __Animal Babies in the Grasslands__; Letters: P; Skill: Main Idea; Language: Sound Discrimination Words; we, my, like; Grammar: Adjectivies Math: Continue AMSTI Unit 2 Investigations Science: Complete Balls and Ramps and community helpers Stations: ABC: Order letters in ABC order; Handwriting: Scarecrow patches; Pocket Chart: Color word leaf sentence; Creation Station: giraffe; Puzzles and Games: puzzle

10-19-11 All Members present Reading: __Bear Snores On__; Letters: C; Skill: Realism/Fantasy; Language: Sound DiscriminationWords; we, my, like; Grammar: Adjectives Math: Continue AMSTI Unit 2 Investigations Science: community helpers; Halloween Stations:ABC: Sort Letter Pictures; Handwriting: October words; Pocket Chart: Sort Letters; Creation Station: Pumpkin puppet; Puzzles and Games: Roll the Sight Word

10-26-11 Balch, Brewer, Jones, Waldrop Reading: __A Bed for the Winter__; Letters: I; Skill: Sequence; Language: Sound DiscriminationWords; he, for; Grammar: Adjectives Math: Complete AMSTI Unit 2 Investigations Science: Begin Living Things AMSTI Investigations Stations:ABC: Spell sight words; Handwriting: Spin and write the sound; Pocket Chart: Sort NounsCreation Station: Leaf Wreath; Puzzles and Games: Match #’s to sets

11-02-11 Balch, Brewer, Jones, Waldrop Worked out our revised daily schedules to include intervention. Reading: __Whose Garden Is It?__; Letters: I; Skill: Real/Fantasy; Language: Sound DiscriminationWords; he, for; Grammar: Adjectives <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Math: Begin AMSTI Unit 3 Investigations <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Science: Continue Living Things AMSTI Investigations <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Stations:ABC: Turkey Sight Words; Handwriting: Label the Turkey; Pocket Chart: Number Order TurkeysCreation Station: Turkey Painting; Puzzles and Games: Turkey Feathers Counting

11-16-11 Balch, Jones, Lang We discussed upcoming events such as DIBELS, Progress Reports/Report Cards, and end of the semester activities-field trip to Early Works (Dec. 20) and Santa's workshop (Dec. 21). We also talked about possibly having a Twas the Night Before Christmas day on Dec. 19.

We planed our stations for the next three weeks: __Week of November 28-December 2__ ABC: Number Order with calendar numbers Handwriting: Write the Room Creation Station: Christmas Tree Puppet Puzzles and Games: Make the Sight Word (Build Word and Write) Pocket Chart: Days of the Week- put them in order and write

__Week of December 5-December 9__ ABC: ABC Arch or ABC Bingo Handwriting: Label Rudoph Creation Station: Toilet Paper Roll Toy Soldier Puzzles and Games: Roll the sight words Pocket Chart: 5 senses sort

__Week of December 12-December 16__ ABC: Sight word Santa Handwriting: December Words Creation Station: Decorate the Gingerbread Man Puzzles and Games: Christmas Puzzles Pocket Chart: Match Pictures to Letters