Title: Welcome to Oak Creek Kindergarten!
1Welcome to Oak Creek Kindergarten!
Tonights Speakers Carlo Grasso -
Principal Sonia Tucci Jenny Tompkins
Co-PTA Presidents Amy McNeill Laura Hall
- CDC Representatives K Teachers
Taylor Brooks Krystal Chen Amanda
Geddes Maureen Renden
2Welcome to Oak Creek!
3 Help support our school!Join PTA!
- Co-Presidents
- Sonia Tucci
- Jenny Tompkins
4On-Campus Day Care
- Amy McNeill Laura Hall
- Child Development Center
- (C.D.C.)
- (949) 551-3275
5What does Kindergarten look like?
- 3 hours of instructional time
- 100 minutes devoted to literacy each day
- Other curricular areas include math, social
studies, science, health, art, physical education
and music. - Maximum number of students in a class is 33
(during overlap portion of the day) - Motivating, exciting, nurturing, loving,
challenging environment
6EL/SEI Kindergarten Class
Subject to change for 2012-2013 school year
- New addition to Oak Creek
- Allows for newcomer English Learners to attend
their home school while receiving ELD support. - Curriculum and Standards are the same as
mainstream kindergarten. - Daily instruction and support in English
vocabulary, grammar, speaking, reading, writing
and listening.
72011-2012 ScheduleThis schedule is subject to
change for the 2012-2013 school year based on
enrollment and classroom space available.
- Each class is currently divided into 2 sessions
that overlap in the middle. - Early Birds 8-1130
- Late Owls 1015-145
8Sample Daily Schedule
Time Activity
800-805am Welcome Early Birds
810-920am Language Arts Instruction
920-955am Math
955-1015am Snack
1015-1020am Welcome Late Owls
1020-1050am Calendar Time
1050-1130am Health/ Science/ Social Studies Instruction
1130am Early Bird Dismissal
1130-1200pm Late Owl Snack
1200-1230pm Math
1230-145pm Language Arts Instruction
145pm Late Owl Dismissal
9Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten?
- All students who will be five years old before
November 2nd are welcome!
School Year Dates
2012-2013 Nov. 2
2013-2014 Oct. 2
2014-2015 Sept. 2
10Just a few helpful hints!
11School Readiness Program
- A great resource in our district regarding School
Readiness - http//schoolreadiness.iusd.org
- (949) 936-5870
12Common Core Standards
- http//www.commoncore.org/
- IUSD Kindergarten is implementing the Common Core
Standards in our instruction and that will be
reflected in the Common Core progress reports
three times a year (Dec., Mar., June).
13Speech
- Jessica Hopkins Speech Pathologist
- Developmentally Appropriate Speech Sounds Sheet
14We are looking forward to meeting you!
- Open House Thursday, May 24th at 715pm
- Kindergarten Assessments August 28 29
- First Day of School Thursday, September 6th
- (plan to stay for the morning)
15Questions