Celebrating

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Celebrating
The Voices of Children
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• Miss Cecilia Coloret
• Kindergarten Teacher
• Pelican Marsh Elementary
• Collier County

• My Celebrations! ?
• 1997 - Began teaching kindergarten
• 2003 - Achieved National Board Certification in
  E.C.
• 2004 - Revived Kindergarten Association
• 2004 - Chaired a Union Committee (Elem. Concerns)
• 2006 - Awarded Golden Apple
• 2008 Will earn Reading Masters

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The Voice

• There is a voice inside of you
• That whispers all day long,
• I feel that this is right for me,
• I know that this is wrong.
• No teacher, preacher, parent, friend
• Or wise man can decide
• Whats right for you just listen to
• The voice that speaks inside.
• 
  Shel Silverstein

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Becky Baileys Conscious Discipline Program
www.beckybailey.com or www.consciousdiscipline.co
m

• A relationship-based, community model of
  discipline rather than a traditional compliance
  model.
• Use daily conflicts to promote permanent
• behavior changes and teach
• Character Development
• Conflict Resolution
• Social Skills
• Self Control
• Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Rewards - We celebrate
  our success!

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Our School Family
Routines
Rituals
Good Morning Brain Smart Start Daily
Schedule Transitions Clean-up Getting
attention Snack Good Bye
Greeting Apron Safe keeper School Family
song Wish Well Lost Tooth Absent child Welcome
new child Moving child Life change Testing Closing
and good bye End of the Year
Centers
Safe Place Friends and Family Board Job
Board Ways to Be Helpful Board We Care
Center Acts of Kindness Tree
Safety
Welcome
Safe Keeper Job Safe Keeper Box Safe Keeper Song
Cats
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The Safe Place
We Care Center
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Friends and Family Board
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Cat of the Week
Home/school connection Sharing Student
participation Celebration Self-esteem building
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Our Day Together
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Morning Routine

• Should be
• predictable consistent
• posted with clear expectations

• school family jobs give students voice and
  responsibility

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Morning Meeting
Read Aloud Brain Smart Start celebrations
calendar affirmations music
movement Morning Message
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Circle of Friends
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Brain Smart Start
Activities to Unite Connect
Disengage Stress Commit
eye contact physical touch are key!
www.ourschoolfamily.com
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We are Magnificent!
We love to sing and dance!
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Morning Message

• Use colored markers
• Write message in black
• Focus on one concept
• each day (3-5 xs)

www.thesmartiezone.com
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Shared Reading
poetry

• meaningful
• connections
• sent home
• be organized!!

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Reading Workshop
variety of fiction, nonfiction
students select text
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Star Books
engaging pictures predictable
text easy-to-read books all children will LOVE
to read independently. read these books
FREQUENTLY! decide together that they are STAR
books put these book in a special
basket celebrate their reading!
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Recess
brain break free play conflict resolution
socialization appreciate nature
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Writing Workshop

• Minilessons
• Independent Writing
• Conferencing
• Sharing

Shared Writing Interactive Writing
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www.unitsofstudy.com www.rwproject.tc.columbia.edu

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Science/Social Studies

• scientific method
• hands-on activities
• integrated
• really look at the standards
• observation
• discussion
• inquiry
• MAKING CONNECTIONS

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Art Expression
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Free Choice Centers
Encourage socialization Cooperative play dramatic
play free exploration language
development developmentally appropriate
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Closing Routine

• Good-bye Routine
• Stack and pack
• Story Song
• Daily News
• Dismissal

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If I Could...

• I would teach each child to be positive, to
  smile, to love,
• and be loved. I would teach each child to take
  time to
• observe some miracle of nature- the song of a
  bird, the
• beauty of a snowflake, the orange glow of the
  winter sunset.
• I would teach each child to feel warmly about the
  peers for
• whom the task of learning does not come easily. I
  would
• teach each child that it is okay to show their
  feelings by
• laughing, crying, or talking with someone they
  care about.
• Every day I would have each child feel special,
  and through
• my actions, each one would know how much I really
  care.
• Author Unknown

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If you really listen, you will hear their
voices!