Kindergarten+2010-2011+Learning+Team+Notes

3-2-11 All members were present Our kindergarten team met with our co-worker, Beth Balch, in order to learn how to save powerpoint/Mimio files on our computers. Beth has worked in the computer field prior to becoming a teacher, and has a great deal of knowledge that she is willing to share with our grade level. She has created power point presentations to enhance our instruction and student learning in all areas. The lessons are engaging and include participation from all students. Beth showed us how to save the files into our documents by creating and naming specific folders so that we will be better organized for the future.

3-9-11 All members were present Our team met and planned for the following week in reading, math, and science/social studies. Reading: The Little Engine that Could; the letter and sound of U;sight words what, was and said; nouns were emphasized in grammer. Our stations included word matching, sorting transportation pictures, write the room, sort the short vowel words, and making a train going up the mountain. Math: Begin AMSTI unit 5 on Shapes. Science: Earth materials ( land and water forms) We discussed topics for our Studentreasures Class books.

3-23-11 3 members were present ( Lang, Jones, Waldrop) Our team met and planned for the following week in reading, math, and science/social studies. Reading: On The Move; the letter and sounds of V and Z ;sight words where and come; nouns in sentences were emphasized in grammer. Our stations included build word puzzles, sight word sentences, march words, sound sort, make a hot air balloon Math: Continue AMSTI unit 5 on Shapes. Science: Earth materials ( land and water forms). Begin AMSTI unit on trees. We discussed topics for our Studentreasures Class books and decided which ones to use for our class. This is going to be very time consuming, but hopefully worthwhile. We may want to tear our hair out!

3-30-11 All members were present Our team met and planned for the following week in reading, math, and science/social studies. Reading: This is the Way We Go to School; the letter and sound of Y and Q;sight words where and come; verbs were emphasized in grammer. Our stations will include : words in abc order, write describing words on the rabbit, Easter puzzles, Easter poem, Easter story in listening. Math: Continue AMSTI unit 5 on Shapes. Science: Begin AMSTI unit on Trees We discussed places to take our final field trip. We are trying to remember to post our PLT meetings on the WIKI.

4-6-11 Brewer, Balch and Waldrop were present Our team met and planned for the following week in reading, math, and science/social studies. Reading: Homes Around the World; review the vowels and sound of A and I; review all high frequency words; verbs that add -s were emphasized in grammer. Our stations will include : words in abc order, label the duck,Tree puzzles, word balls-write the word, paint the duck yellow; Easter story in listening. Math: Continue AMSTI unit 5 on Shapes. Mimio for 3-D shapes was created by using SF website. Science: Continue AMSTI unit on Trees Call Botanical Gardens to try to set up field trip for 19th of May. We will have a PLT meeting to be held in the computer lab to practice making Mimio lessons. Beth Balch has been creating weekly powerpoint/mimio lessons for reading. She has been kind enough to share these with all of us.

4-12-11 Balch, Brewer, Jones, Lang, Waldrop were present Our team met and planned for the following week in reading, math, and science/social studies. Reading: Old McDonald's Woodshop; review the vowel and sound of O; review all high frequency words; adjectives will be emphasized in grammer. Our stations will include : words in abc order, Egg Carton letter game, ABC order, Build a house out of shapes, Put words in sentences in correct order Math: Complete AMSTI unit 5 on Shapes, Fractions, Easter math Science: Continue AMSTI unit on Trees Discussed Earth Day, easter egg hunt and other upcoming events; Discussed Kindergarten program attire; Discussed upcoming mid-nine weeks progress report

4-13-11 Balch, Brewer, Jones, Lang, Waldrop were present Our team worked on creating Mimio files for next weeks' reading lesson.

4-19-11 All members were present Our team met and planned for the following week in reading, math, and science/social studies. Reading: Building Beavers; review the vowel and sound of E; review all high frequency words; Our stations will include : build cvc words with letter cards; writing and illustrating addition stories; write the room; leaf rubbing and roll the word; making beavers Math: Begin AMSTI Unit 6 Science: Complete AMSTI unit on Trees Discussed DIBELS testing which begins next week.

5-4-11 All members were present Our team met and planned for the following week in reading, math, and science/social studies. Reading: The House that Tony Lives In; review letter sounds; review all high frequency words; Our stations will include : drawing a house and the family that lives there; matching words the pictures; fix it sentences; sort words with beginning blends; making construction vehicles Math: Continue working with adding and subtracting Science: Animal study Discussed end of year assessments: writing (give on Monday); math (give on Tuesday); unit 6 test (give on Thursday and Friday) Developed a grade level end of the year math assessment. Discussed upcoming events: 18th Data Meeting; 19th Field Trip to Botanical Gardens; 20th Field Day; Last day of school Picnic at the Park Discussed Kindergarten Program and practice times- Thursday 10-10:45; Friday 9-10; Wednesday and Thursday practice on the risers.

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; the, little; 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