KindergartenCurriculum Night

Thursday, September 17th6:00pm

Curriculum Night 2019-2020

Our Mission: “To Develop Global Leaders One Child at a Time.”

We have made the intentional

cultural choice to model, teach, and

practice leadership.

CHA is a Leader in Me school.

Introduction to Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective people and our school-wide language and culture help your child:

• Cultivate their leadership skills• Be accountable and responsible• Communicate effectively• Work collaboratively with others

Chestnut Hill Academy

Providing an environment where children become educated global leaders, problem solvers, and life-long learners.

Leader in Me School

The Leader in Me (7 Habits of Happy Kids) :

• Is a process of changing a ‘good’ school culture to a ‘great’ school culture.

• It will involve a common, school wide language.

• Growth Mindset (creating WIGS and tracking our progress toward reaching these goals)

• By infusing this new language into already strong instructional practices, those practices become stronger.

“The Leader in Me process helps develop the essential life skills and

characteristics students need in order to thrive in the 21st century.”

-Stephen Covey

School Communications

• Please read Holly's Campus Updates emails every Friday for school wide information

• You should be receiving notifications of grade level group posts by teachers from the website

• JupiterEd - attendance, report cards, school closure messages, etc. Please enable texting in your

Jupiter account.

• Subscribe to the calendar - http://www.chestnuthillacademy.com/calendar

• Add important email addresses to your contacts – the complete list is on Parent Portal / Tech Tips

• – especially if you have a Hotmail or Yahoo account!

• Email support@chestnuthillacademy.com if you need help

Chestnut Hill

Academy

Providing an environment where children become educated global citizens, problem solvers, and life-long learners.

School Business

• School Hours: 8:00-3:00

• Extended Day Hours: 8:00-8:30 & 3:00-5:00

• Absences:

• Please email the classroom teacher or call the front desk by 8:30 a.m.

• See parent handbook regarding excused & unexcused absences.

• Tardies:

• Class starts at 8:30. If students are not in class by 8:35 am they are considered tardy.

• Daily 5• Into Reading• Wired for Reading• Accelerated Reader• Handwriting Without Tears• Lucy Calkins Writer’s Workshop• Singapore Dimensions Math• IXL Math• Highline Science Kits• Engineering is Elementary Kits• TCi Social Studies• Leader in Me

Kindergarten Curriculum

• Daily schedule: 8:30 – 3:00 with breaks off-camera from 10:00 –10:30, 11:00 – noon and 1:30 – 2:00

• Weekly supply pick-up and drop-off on Fridays – laminated Friday folder

• Technology training in Computer Science class

• Newsletter and some announcements will be posted on Teams

• Extra work and early finishing activities will be provided weekly

Virtual Kindergarten – REACH 2.0

Language Arts

CAFÉ Daily 5

• Comprehension

• Accuracy

• Fluency

• Expanding Vocabulary

• Selecting “Good Fit Books”

• Daily reading practice

Wired for Reading

• Phonemic Awareness

• Phonics

Sight word recognition – First 100 Fry Sight Words

Accelerated Reader Program (AR)

ReadingWhole class, small group, and

individualized instruction

Language Arts

Components of Daily Five

• Read to Self

• Read to Someone

• Word Work

• Listen to Reading

• Work on Writing

The Daily FiveThe Daily Five is a literacy structure

that teaches independence and gives children the skills needed to create a lifetime love of reading

and writing.

Language Arts

Focus Skills of Writing Curriculum

• Launching Writer’s Workshop

• Personal narrative writing

• Mentor Texts

• Informational Writing: All About Books

• Persuasive Writing: Making the World a Better Place

• Inventive spelling

• Handwriting Without Tears

WritingWriting experiences with a

foundation in Writer’s Workshop

Mathematics

Units of study:• Number Sense• Functions• Patterns• Geometry• Measurement• Money• Clocks and Calendars• Data• Probability• Reasoning• Word Problems

Singapore DimensionsA hands-on curriculum focusing on

gaining solid foundations and meaningful lessons.

Mathematics

Provides Extra Practice In:

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Problem Solving

• Fact Families

• Place Value

• Foundational Skills

IXLA supplemental program that

supports the use of the Singapore program as it assists students with

additional practice.

Science

Units of Study:

• Highline Science Kits: Weather, Living Things, Balls & Ramps

• Engineering is Elementary: Designing Windmills, Building Bridges

• Plants, Animals, and the Environment

• Curriculum aligned with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

Hands-on kits and experiments providing real-world examples of

units of study

Social Studies

Focus Skills for Social Studies:

• Civics – Our classroom and school, understanding points of view

• History – Timeline of personal events

• Aligned with Social Studies standards for Kindergarten

Other

• National Holidays

• CHA Multicultural Fair

Social Skills

Units of Study:

Social Development

• Leader in Me: 7 Habits of Happy Kids

• Have you Filled My Bucket Today?

• Big Deals and Little Deals

• Second Step

Field Trips

This Year’s Planned Trips:

• Currently, there are not any field trips planned.

• We are looking into possible virtual field trips.

We are thankful for parent help on field trips throughout the year. The only

exception is when we attend performances at Seattle Children’s

Theatre.

Parents will be contacted about field trips and volunteers are required to

provide their own transportation to and from the venue.

Volunteer Opportunities at

School

Currently we do not have any Volunteer Needs:

• Kindergarten CelebrationsoHalloween Party : October 31stoValentine’s Day Party: February

14th TBD

• Field Trips in the spring TBD

• Mystery Reader

• Auction Project TBD

• Spring Musical help with costumes, props, or set TBD

Please see your child’s teacher after the presentation for a chance to

sign up for volunteer opportunities.

Spring Musical

• In the Spring, Kindergarten usually performs their musical at the Kirkland Performing Arts Center.

• The performance will be a matinee show. TBD

• Help with props, scenery, and costumes is much appreciated! ☺

Kindergarten has the exciting opportunity to participate in CHA’s

Spring Musical

Birthdays

• Buy a hardcover book that is special to your child and send it to school.

• Your child’s homeroom teacher will share the book in honor of your child’s birthday.

• The book will then be donated to our classroom library.

• Please do not bring birthday treats/goodie bags for the class.

• Teachers will celebrate student birthdays in their classrooms with singing, a crown and small gift.

Are you looking for a special way to celebrate your child’s birthday at

school?

Kindergarten Report Cards

Grading System:• We use a standards based report card• The report card reflects the skills a

kindergarten student should master by the end of the school year

• Grades are based on a 1-4 numerical rating

• A “1” at the beginning of the year is typical, as many students are at a beginning level in the fall

• 1: Not Meeting Standard• 2: Approaching Standard• 3: Meeting Standard• 4: Exceeding Standard

•Report cards are emailed home in December, March, and June.

•There will be grades and comments from the classroom

teacher and specialists

K-2nd Grade Standards-Based Report Cards

Chestnut Hill Academy

Providing an environment where children become educated global citizens, problem solvers, and life-long learners.

Math & Language Arts: If your student is working in grade level curriculum, you will see a “@” here. If you student is working in above grade level curriculum (for example, if your Kindergarten student is working in 1st grade math), you will see a “+” here.

All other subjects: Students are working in grade-level curriculum, differentiated to provide appropriate rigor and growth for students.

In kindergarten through second grade, students are graded on a 1 to 4 standards-based curriculum.4 – Exceeding Standard3 – Achieving Standard2 – Approaching Standard1 – Beginning

In the comments attached to your report card, your teacher will include next steps to help your student achieve standard, or to further extend their growth.

Your student will be graded on the 1 to 4 scale for the standards which match the curriculum they are learning. For example, if your 1st grade student is working in 2nd

grade math, they will be graded on the 1 to 4 scale for 2nd grade math standards.

Conferences

Dates to Remember:• Goal Setting: September 23rd, 24th & 25th

• No School• We will meet on Teams to discuss student,

teacher, and parent goals that have been set for the first trimester.

• 1st Trimester: November 18th, 19th & 20nd

• We will meet and discuss your child’s growth and go over the report card together. We use a 1-4 scale. Expect 1’s and 2’s in the Fall.

• 2nd Trimester: March 10th, 11th & 12th

• Student Led: June 14th and 15th

Meetings with your child’s teacher will be scheduled on the following dates.

Student Led Conferences

Leadership Notebook:

• My Self

• My WIGS

• My Learnings

• My Leadership

• My Celebrations

You and your student will have the opportunity to discuss your child’s

leadership notebook.

6/14/21

Homework• Reading Logs

• Assigned on Mondays, due the next Monday

• Please read 15 minutes per night (75 minutes each week)

• Definition of "reading" (independent, with a partner, audio, retelling)

• Your child should fill in the reading log, with minimal parent support

• Star rating

Math and Reading Log

Uniforms

• Dress Uniform (theater performances, special events)

• Regular Uniform (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays)

• PE Uniform (Mondays & Fridays)

• Free Dress Days

(See CHA website for details)

Major School Events

• Walk-A-Thon/Rock the Walk (virtual)• Fall Festival• Diwali• Festival of Peace & Light• Lunar New Year• Family Math Night• Skiing (cancelled this year)• CHAPTER Auction/Gala• Spring Musicals• Field Day• Moving Up Ceremony• CHAPTER Social Events throughout the

year

The following are some of our traditional CHA community events.

• Greetings

• Days of the week

• Weather

• Colors

• Numbers 0-10

• Shapes

• Animals

• Classroom Objects

• Holidays-Hispanic Heritage Month/Dia de los Muertos/Cinco de Mayo

• Introduction to basic sentence formation

Providing an environment where children become educated global citizens, problem solvers, and life-long learners.

Kindergarten Spanish Chestnut Hill Academy

Spanish Teacher: Señora Suarez

Library with Ms. Whalen

• Library Procedures (checking out, using shelf markers, finding “just right”

books, taking care of books)

• Fiction and Non-fiction genres

• Author and illustrator studies

• Reading from a variety of books and genres

for literary experience

• Developing vocabulary

• Practicing alphabetizing skills

Kindergarten Computer Science

Trimester 1 – Intro to Computers• Navigating with a cursor• Math and reading games online• Using Teams for classTrimester 2 – Coding• Kodable drag & drop coding• LEGO robotics Coding ExpressTrimester 3 – Using a Keyboard• Posture and hand placement• Typing games

• All trimesters include 1-3 lessons on Digital Citizenship

Ms. Gorski

Providing an environment where children become educated global citizens, problem solvers, and life-long learners.

Respect, unity, exploration, discovery, and self-expression

through music---------------------------------

Singing, Percussion Technique,Improvisation and Opposites:

Short vs. LongHigh vs. LowLoud vs. SoftSlow vs. Fast

Kindergarten Music with Mr. Rees

Kindergarten PE with Coach Sturgess

• Respect• Sportsmanship• Creativity• Problem Solving• Healthy lifestyle• Can- do mindset

P.E Curriculum 2020 – 2021

1st Trimester2nd Trimester

• Agility , Balance and Coordination• Nutrition and Diet• Foot Dribbling and Passing

3rd Trimester

• Rhythm and Dance• Striking and Fielding• Cooperative games

· Locomotive Skills

Movement Patterns

· Health and Wellbeing

· Throwing and Catching

• Learn different culture as well as their own through artLearn about different artists and their art worksExperience with different art materials including watercolor, pencils, charcoals, acrylic paint, clay and more.Use motor skills (e.g., pinching, pulling, squeezing, twisting, Pounding, rolling, folding, cutting, modeling, stamping) to create two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art. Identify and use colors, textures, line and line characteristics, shapes and patternsExpress ideas and feelings through the creation of works of art.

Chestnut Hill Academy

Providing an environment where children become educated global citizens, problem solvers, and life-long learners.

Art Teacher: Mrs. ChoiKindergarten Art Curriculum

CHAPTER

CHAPTER aims to build a strong community and culture,and helps provide a well-rounded and enriching experience for our children.

CHAPTER has three pillars that form its mission:

•Enrich Education

•Promote Child Development

•Build Community

CHAPTER is the CHA P.T.A. that aims to provide the best possible educational experience for our children by organizing volunteer participation, fundraising and community service.

CHAPTER is a non-profit organization which relies on parent donations to fund the work that it does for the school community.

CHAPTER (Chestnut Hill Academy Parents and Teachers Ensuring Results)

Enrich Education Build CommunityPromote Child Development

Act

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ies Multicultural Events*

Field Trips*Musicals

Spelling Bees

Ski ProgramParenting ClassesSuperFlex – Social Thinking Classes

Ice Cream Social*Rock the Walk

Auction*Moms and Dads Nights

CHAPTER (Chestnut Hill Academy Parents and Teachers Ensuring Results)

Enrich Education Build CommunityPromote Child Development

Act

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Multicultural Events*Field Trips*

MusicalsSpelling Bees

Ski ProgramParenting ClassesSuperFlex – Social Thinking Classes

Ice Cream Social*Rock the Walk

Auction*Moms and Dads Nights

Teacher LaptopsLaptops for Tech Lab

Boxlight Interactive PanelsNew Server

Upgraded iXL to include LA and SpanishNew Singapore Math Curriculum

Lang Arts curriculum w/ online component

Surfaces for 4th and 5th GradeStudent Laptops for 3rd Grade

Swivl Robots and iPads

YearbooksFaculty Appreciation Week

Family Math Night

2020-2021 Parent & Faculty Reps:

• Holly Senaga – Head of School

• Derek Heinz – Assistant Head of School

• Sarah Morlidge – Faculty Rep

• Marsha Setting – Faculty Rep

• Deanna Hobson– K Grade Rep

• Helen Chiang– Kindergarten Rep

• Ruchi Bhutani – 1st Grade Rep

• Allison Pan – 1st Grade Rep

• Karen La – 2nd Grade Rep

• Fatima Sebha – 2nd Grade Rep

• Zhiyan Cao – 3rd Grade Rep

• Breanna Yali Chen – 3rd Grade Rep

• Cindy Gallante – 4th Grade Rep

• Steven Daly – 5th Grade Rep

2020-2021 Elected Directors:• Maria Lau Hui (5th) – Co-President

• Ryan Setting (3rd) – Co-President

• Leo LaBranche (4th) – Co-Vice President

• Justin Saint Clair (1s t, 3rd) – Co-Vice President

• Sukriti Singhal (4th) – Secretary

• Grace Guan (3rd) - Co-Treasurer

• Tim Wissner (5th) – Co-Treasurer

• Victoria Hunter (3rd) – Volunteer Coordinator

Appointed Parent Positions:• Susan Archer (4th) – President Emerita

• Alissa Tsang (3rd, 5th) – Auction Co-Chair

• Lisa LaBranche (4th) - Auction Co-Chair http://www.chestnuthillacademy.com/groups/chapter

The PTA (CHAPTER) Board is made up of parent and faculty volunteers.

CHAPTER (Chestnut Hill Academy Parents and Teachers Ensuring Results)

We’re All In This Together!™

1. Join CHAPTER ($80 Family Membership Dues): https://cha-

chapter.org/

2. Energize our activities: Rock the Walk (9/18 – 9/28)

3. Engage your community: Socials coming soon!

Questions

Does anyone have any questions?

ClosingThank you for coming. We are looking forward to a great year of Kindergarten and enjoy watching your children grow, learn, and explore.

oKristina Bernal

oChelsea Roberts

oSamantha Palladino

oLindsey Roseland

oSamantha Huss

oSonali Thakre

oShelby Nipps

oAnne Jacoby

oKimmy Crickette