Kindergarten
Midland Academy

A site devoted to the kindergarten students and parents of Midland Academy!

 

Kinder Cubs
 

The Kindergarten teachers who teach your KINDER CUBS
 

Teacher and Parapro Information

 
 

Room 501	Donna Mathis                      Susan Jones
Room 502	Shea Webster                    Stacey Turner
Room 503	Joanie Martin                      Leann Hoidahl
Room 504	Jennifer McCarty                  Gwendolyn Jefferson
Room 507	Sharon Powell                         Susan Williams

 
   

 

ACTIVITIES CORNER

Word Wall- Put up separate alphabet letters on pieces of paper on the wall.  Write new words the child has mastered, cut them out and put them under the alphabet letter that has the same beginning sound.

Magna doodle-  This is great for the car when practicing fine motor skills, writing letters, words, word families, spelling words, etc.

Post Its & Pens- Write single letters on small post its and have your child stick the post-its on items around the house that begin with the same letter.

Alphabet Bingo- This game is wonderful for practicing letter names and sounds.

<>Rhyming Words- Look for rhyming words in books, poetry, writing, etc.  Practice making rhyming words with magnetic letters, pens and paper, on the computer, etc.

Shape Bingo- This game is great to reinforce shape recognition.

Sight Words- Write sight words on sticky notes that your child is learning and put around house.

Write the House- Have your child write words that he/she recognizes around the house.

 
 

Kindergarten Skills

Literacy
Prints name.

Holds print materials in correct position.
Demonstrates left-to-right and top-to-bottom progression.

Draws pictures and/or uses letters and phonetically spelled words to write about experiences, stories, people, objects, or events.

Identifies upper-and lower-case letters of the alphabet out of sequence.

Blends sounds orally to make words.

Distinguishes between letters, words, sentences

Responds to literal, inferential, and evaluative questions

Sequences pictures to tell a story
Interprets pictures to predict logical outcomes

Recognizes rhyming words

Verbalizes consonant sound when shown the consonant letter

Associates sounds with letters

Blends sounds orally to make words

Copies letters

Mathematics
Counts by rote, 0 through 30.

Recognizes and selects the numerals for 0 through 30.

Identifies basic geometric shapes (circle, triangle, rectangle, square, oval, and diamond).

Uses words indicating relationships (top, bottom, inside, outside, in front of, and behind).

Sorts basic geometric shapes (circle, triangle, rectangle, square, oval, and diamond).

Uses words indicating relationships (top, bottom, inside, outside, in front of, and behind, above, below, under, in, on, out of, between, left, and right).

Determines equivalence  (using physical models) by establishing one to one correspondence between two sets (same as, fewer than, and more than

Compares and describes lengths (longer than, longest, shorter than, shortest, and same as)

Counts the number of elements in a set and writes the corresponding numerals 0 to 30

Constructs and interprets graphs using actual objects or pictorial representations

  
Social Emotional
 Follows teacher's directions

Treats others with respect

Follows classroom rules

Stays on task in large or small group

                  Web Sites

                                   Jan Brett
                    Kidz Korner
                    Google
                    Online Children's Dictionary
                    www.randomhouse.com/suessville/
                    www.ericcarle.com
                    Crayola kids
                    Funschool.com
                    Scholastic.com (Clifford activities and games)
                     Starfall.com
 
 

Read Aloud Tips for Parents

1.    Read aloud to your child every day.
2.    Allow your child to select the book to be read.
3.    Sit your child close to you when reading aloud.  Let your child assist by holding the book and turning the pages.
4.    Read the title of the book to you child.  Tell the child the author's and illustrator's names.
5.    Look at the cover of the book.  Ask your child to predict what the story is about.
6.    Use expression while reading the story.
7.    Read the text exactly as it is written.  Allow your child to "read" repeated lines or patterns.
8.    Ask questions during the story.
9.    Encourage your child to look at the illustrations.
 
 

                                                                                       Kindergarten Readiness Checklist
                                                     For Incoming Kindergartners

Your child will experience greater success in kindergarten if he or she enters into school with the skills listed below. The single most critical element to your child's success throughout all his or her years in school will be if he or she is ready to learn. Students should be interested and motivated and realize that they are going to school to learn. Many children when they start school in August simply do not understand this concept. It will be most helpful if you as interested and involved parents help them to realize that they need to listen, pay attention, and remember what they are practicing in school.

*    Able to dress themselves (snap, zip, tuck in shirt, buckle belt). These skills are very helpful for children going to the bathroom independently.
*    Ability to write name, using a capital only at the beginning, along with knowing letters in their first name.
*    Ability to take turns and share
*    Tie their shoes
*    Able to identify and name most of the 52 letters (upper and lower case).
*   Able to identify their colors and basic shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, diamond and oval).
*    Has had experience using crayons, scissors, and glue. Can cut a straight, wavy, or curved line.
*    Able to listen, do, and stay focused for a period of ten minutes
*    Has been read to at home. Has some basic concepts of print such as reading top to bottom and left to right.
*    Has had experience with group situations through pre-school, daycare, library groups, etc. Displays respect towards others.
*    Can count by rote to 10 or more. Identifies numbers 0-5.  

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