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Over 35 years of continued service to our community
•  National Board Certified teachers
•  Dual certified teachers – ESE & Gifted
•  Inclusion services for special needs children in grades PreK - 5
Phonemic
Awareness
•  Title I Grant to improve student achievement & parent involvement
Phonics
•  Title III Grant for ELL Services
Oral Language•  On-site school operated aftercare available
Fluency Instruction •  Free VPK for four-year olds
Vocabulary Instruction•  Mandatory uniform school
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A Day In The Life of a Pines Lakes
Kindergartener
Morning Announcements
Calendar Math
Language Arts Block
Literacy Centers
Math Block
Writers Workshop
Lunch
Outdoor Physical Activity
Integrated Thematic Study
Specials
Storytime
Dismissal
Promotion criteria at end of Kindergarten:
Recognize 48 of 52 letter names
1. Phonemic Awareness
2. Phonics Distinguishes 20 out 26 letter sounds
3. Oral Language
Understands 15 out of 21 concepts of print
4. Fluency Instruction
5. Vocabulary Instruction
6. ComprehensionL
Reading groups/literacy centers. During this portion of the
morning, students will be broken up into groups based on
their reading ability. Students will rotate centers. Centers may include:
- Poetry
1. Phonemic Awareness -  Thematic art projects
2. Phonics
-  ABC center/Word work
3. Oral Language
- Computers & iReady
4. Fluency Instruction
- Listening to Reading
5. Vocabulary Instruction - Science/Social Studies
6. ComprehensionL
- Writing
- Library
and much, much more!
Florida’s language arts standards put an emphasis on increasing
non-fiction reading. During language arts instruction, students will:
1. Phonemic Awareness
•  Read more informational text
2. Phonics
•  Exposure/read to more challenging text
3. Oral Language
4.• Fluency
Instruction
Answer
questions that require them to refer back to the text
5. Vocabulary Instruction
•  Build a strong vocabulary
6. ComprehensionL
The Florida Standards are a coherent progression of learning
expectations in English language arts and mathematics designed to
prepare
K–12 students for college and career success.
1. Phonemic
Awareness
2. Phonics
3. Oral Language
4. Fluency Instruction
5. Vocabulary Instruction
6. ComprehensionL
During Writer’s Workshop, the class comes together to do a
modeled writing lesson.
1.Students
Phonemic
willAwareness
work on different types of writing throughout the year as
2. Phonics
specified by the Florida Standards
3. Oral Language
Some examples
4. Fluency Instruction
are:
5. Vocabulary Instruction
-Opinion pieces
6. ComprehensionL
-Composing informative/explanatory texts
-Narrating a single event or several linked events in the
correct order
-Participate in shared research and writing
projects
-Editing and publishing our writing
Florida’s math standards emphasized throughout the year:
- Counting from 1-100
1. Phonemic Awareness - Writing numbers 0-20
2. Phonics
- Counting objects up to 20 (and knowing one more/one less)
3. Oral Language
- Greater than/less than
4. Fluency Instruction
- Addition/subtraction with numbers less than 10
5. Vocabulary Instruction
- Word problems
6. ComprehensionL
- Becoming proficient with numbers 0-10
- Composing and decomposing numbers 11-20
- Measurement (heavy, light, long, tall, short)
- Sorting
- Shapes (2D and 3D)
Students will have a great time learning about many Social Studies &
Science Big Ideas throughout the year.
1. Phonemic Awareness
Families
2. Phonics
Plants
3. Oral Language
Animals
4. Fluency Instruction
America
5. Vocabulary Instruction Weather….and more!
6. ComprehensionL
Activities will be integrated into reading and writing for
a well-rounded curriculum!
1. Phonemic Awareness
2. Phonics
3. Oral Language
4. Fluency Instruction
5. Vocabulary Instruction
6. ComprehensionL
Media
Music
P.E.
Integrating STEM in all classes
This time is crucial for developmental skills such as:
1. Phonemic Awareness
2. Phonics
Oral communication, conflict resolution, role play,
3.
Oral Languagedevelopment, social skills, problem solving,
vocabulary
4. Fluency Instruction
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motor skills, exploration/discovery,
5. Vocabulary
6. ComprehensionL
and more!
Students participate in 30 minutes of physical
activity on our primary playground.
Classroom Volunteers
Field Trip Chaperones
Quarterly Showcases
Title I Parent Trainings
School Advisory Council
Join PTA!
WE NEED YOU!!
August 21, 2015
Lower School 1:00-1:30
See your classroom &….
Fall Festival & Character Pumpkins
Dr. Seuss
Polar Express & Pajama Day
100th Day
Field Trip to the Farm
Swimming Lessons
Meet your Superhero Teacher!
Prepare for Kindergarten Over the Summer:
Read, Read, Read
Open & unwrap packages
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