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=Welcome to Mrs. Wingfield & Mrs. Sillavan's Class!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =

==Glen Rose Kindergarten is VERY excited to announce a new co-teaching class for the 2010-2011 year. Your student will experience all of the fun of kindergarten with the added benefit of having two certified teachers! ==

Every day we will:

1. extend the pattern on the days 2. read the pattern aloud 3. sing the days of the weeks and months of the year 4. add a straw, bundle straws into ten bundles if necessary, and count the straws 5. write the numbers represented by straws 6. write the number of school days on the strip and on the chalkboard 7. add a tally to the tally sheet and count the tallies 8. add a linker cube to the pattern sticks (each one is ten cubes long) 9. adjust the "yesterday, today, and tomorrow" sentences 10. check the weather and color one unit on the weather graph 11. add a penny to the money count 12. do a simple equation

Here are 10 signs of a good kindergarten classroom ( and we HOPE you will find them in your child's room): > > > > > > > > > >
 * 1) Children are playing and working with materials or other children. They are not aimlessly wandering or forced to sit quietly for long periods of time.
 * 1) Children have access to various activities throughout the day, such as block building, pretend play, picture books, paints and other art materials, and table toys such as legos, pegboards, and puzzles. Children are not all doing the same things at the same time.
 * 1) Teachers work with individual children, small groups, and the whole group at different times during the day. They do not spend time only with the entire group.
 * 1) The classroom is decorated with children’s original artwork, their own writing with invented spelling, and dictated stories.
 * 1) Children learn numbers and the alphabet in the context of their everyday experiences. Exploring the natural world of plants and animals, cooking, taking attendance, and serving snack are all meaningful activities to children.
 * 1) Children work on projects and have long periods of time (at least one hour) to play and explore. Filling out worksheets should not be their primary activity.
 * 1) Children have an opportunity to play outside every day that weather permits. This play is never sacrificed for more instructional time.
 * 1) Teachers read books to children throughout the day, not just at group story time.
 * 1) Curriculum is adapted for those who are ahead as well as those who need additional help. Because children differ in experiences and background, they do not learn the same things at the same time in the same way.
 * 1) Children and their parents look forward to school. Parents feel safe sending their child to kindergarten. Children are happy; they are not crying or regularly sick.