Kindergarten

Mrs. Neeley
Mrs. Karen Neeley
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Core Concepts

Our Kindergarten program provides experiences that meet children’s needs and stimulate learning in all developmental areas: physical, social, emotional and intellectual. Kindergarten students are involved in many activities that help them develop oral language, vocabulary, literacy and conceptual knowledge. Students learn to read phonologically and spell simple words. They also develop an understanding of the language of schooling and learn to follow directions.

Math skills involve whole-number concepts, using patterns and sorting to explore numbers and data. They engage in using concrete materials and age-appropriate technologies such as calculators and computers.

In Kindergarten, students learn about themselves and their relationship to their family, school and community through the Interconnections program. They further develop motor skills and learn how to be healthy and safe. They express their thoughts and ideas creatively, use reflective thinking, challenge their imagination and develop problem-solving skills.

Resources for Kindergarten

Homework Tips

Students are encouraged to listen to stories read by their parents, interact and communicate with skills learned at school/ home, and have fun accomplishing a few simple (sometimes challenging) activities explained on a monthly calendar, thus helping the child connect home and school efforts.

Testing

DIBELS
The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) are a set of
standardized, individually administered measures of early literacy development. Students are assessed in their development of phonological awareness, alphabetic understanding, and fluency. They are designed to be short one-minute fluency measures used to monitor the pre-reading and early reading skills. This test is administered three times each year (September, January and May).
Mathematics Benchmark Assessment
This assessment is given three times a year and is designed to measure a
student’s progress in mastering State Math Core Objectives. It is not timed, some parts are given verbally and manipulatives are used to assess a child’s mastery.
State Comprehensive Test
This test is state-based and is administered individually, both at the beginning
and end of the year. It is a test designed to assess the child’s understanding and development in literacy and math skills from the beginning to the end of the year.