Welcome to Oak Creek Kindergarten Tonight s Speakers Carlo

Welcome to Oak Creek Kindergarten! Tonight’s Speakers: Carlo Grasso - Principal Sonia Tucci & Jenny Tompkins – Co-PTA Presidents Amy Mc. Neill & Laura Hall - CDC Representatives K Teachers: Taylor Brooks Amanda Geddes Krystal Chen Maureen Renden

Welcome to Oak Creek! Carlo Grasso Principal

Help support our school! Join PTA! Co-Presidents Sonia Tucci Jenny Tompkins

On-Campus Day Care Amy Mc. Neill & Laura Hall Child Development Center (C. D. C. ) (949) 551 -3275

What 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

EL/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.

2011 -2012 Schedule *This 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 -11: 30 Late Owls: 10: 15 -1: 45

Sample Daily Schedule Time Activity 8: 00 -8: 05 am Welcome Early Birds 8: 10 -9: 20 am Language Arts Instruction 9: 20 -9: 55 am Math 9: 55 -10: 15 am Snack 10: 15 -10: 20 am Welcome Late Owls 10: 20 -10: 50 am Calendar Time 10: 50 -11: 30 am Health/ Science/ Social Studies Instruction 11: 30 am Early Bird Dismissal 11: 30 -12: 00 pm Late Owl Snack 12: 00 -12: 30 pm Math 12: 30 -1: 45 pm Language Arts Instruction 1: 45 pm Late Owl Dismissal

Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten? • All students who will be five years old before November 2 nd are welcome! School Year Dates 2012 -2013 Nov. 2 2013 -2014 Oct. 2 2014 -2015 Sept. 2

Just a few helpful hints!

School Readiness Program A great resource in our district regarding School Readiness http: //schoolreadiness. iusd. org (949) 936 -5870

Common 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).

Speech • Jessica Hopkins – Speech Pathologist • Developmentally Appropriate Speech Sounds Sheet

We are looking forward to meeting you! • Open House: Thursday, May 24 th at 7: 15 pm • Kindergarten Assessments: August 28 & 29 • First Day of School: Thursday, September 6 th (plan to stay for the morning)

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