Kindergarten
A Family Guide to Kindergarten
In every grade, SPS’ core work is supporting student learning. 我们相信我们有责任尽一切努力确保每一个孩子, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic status, language proficiency, learning style or disability, achieves to their highest level.
Your child is starting the elementary school journey, 你可能会对他们在课堂小组中的表现有很多疑问, whether they’ll make friends, or how they will manage in a new environment.
You may ask: Are they ready? 他们的老师知道如何让他们感到舒适、平静或充满挑战吗?
这是一个放手的时候，这样你的孩子就可以学会成为一个新社区的一部分.
和老师、同学以及你一起，幼儿园的学生将会发展这些技能 they need to read, write, speak, count, solve problems, ask questions, and learn about the physical and social worlds.
今年，你应该与老师密切合作，了解孩子成长为学习者所需的技能和习惯.
When you share about your child with teachers and school staff, you can learn how your child interacts in a group, with adults, and with children different from them. 老师从你那里听到孩子的长处和挑战，从而获得如何帮助孩子的想法.
Important Dates
January Before Kindergarten
September
- Family Connection Conferences
- 1st day of school
November
- Parent-Teacher Conferences
December
- End of 1st Trimester; 1st Progress Report Available
March
- End of 2nd Trimester; 2nd Progress Report Available
June
- End of 3rd Trimester; 3rd Progress Report Available
Student Progress Reports
虽然成绩单对你来说可能是全新的，但你的孩子大约每三个月就会收到一张. There are three terms, called trimesters, each year.
了解年级期望对你来说是很重要的. 老师和家长应该一起讨论学习社交情感技能的目标, language arts, math, science, social studies, physical education and arts. Each area has a progress report section.
How to Access Progress Reports
Families will use The Source to view Student Progress Reports.
家长和监护人可以在学生的学校用记录的电子邮件创建一个帐户.
Student Success by Subject
Social Emotional Learning
在正规的棋牌平台排行榜，我们相信社会情感学习为学生的学习和生活做好准备.
Social emotional learning (SEL) helps children:
• Manage emotions, show empathy
• Develop a healthy identity
• Make responsible decisions
• Have positive relationships
• Contribute to their community
These skills are important for learning and life.
在学校，学生们一整天都在学习和练习SEL技能.
Reading and Writing
In English language arts (ELA), kindergarten students learn to:
- 命名、打印并确定所有大写和小写字母的读音
- 开始阅读和理解课文，理解生词的意思
- Retell what is read, using key details from the text
- Ask questions about their reading
- Describe characters, settings, and events in stories
- 写、画或口述给助手，以达到不同的目的
- Develop writing by adding details
- 与不同的伙伴一起参与幼儿园主题的合作对话，并与同龄人和成年人一起学习课文
Encourage reading at home with your child. Read to them or listen to them read every day.
Math
In kindergarten math, students will build on their foundational understanding to:
- Know number names and the count sequence within 100
- 数一数，告诉对象的数量，并比较数量到20
- Compare numerals within 10
- 理解组合(加)和分解(减)的概念
- Learn addition and subtraction facts within 5
- 组合和分解数字11到19来获得位值的基础
- Identify and describe 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional shapes
We believe all students have mathematical brilliance. 您孩子的老师寻求培养才华，使您的孩子成为一个数学思想家和解决问题的人. Your child will see who sees the value of math in their life.
您的孩子将通过(数学实践)学习和发展数学思维方式。. 一些数学练习的例子是用数学来模拟真实的情况, persevering in solving problems, constructing, 批判数学论证，直观地表达数学思想.
Science
What are kindergarteners learning in science?
This is a time for transition in science education, 教学和学习集中在华盛顿州科学学习标准的三个关键领域:
- 专业人士用来解释世界或解决问题的科学/工程实践
- Core ideas that include fundamental scientific knowledge
- 横切概念构建了跨生命、地球/空间、物理科学的科学思维.
Your child’s report card shows performance expectations, for what students should be able to do by the end of a unit. 这三个维度被编织到每个表现期望中.
一起出去走走，花点时间去观察、欣赏和探索自然世界.
Social Studies
What’s important about kindergarten social studies?
Social studies is about human relationships and societies. 在每个年级，学生学习文化和社区. In kindergarten, the classroom community is important.
The report card shows two areas 你和你的孩子今年可以讨论的社会研究:
- Civics:理解课堂和学校社区规则的目的
- History: Creating timelines showing events in order (a sequence)
Physical Education
In physical education (PE), students build movement skills, knowledge, fitness, social well being, and confidence so they can enjoy a healthy, active lifestyle. 正规的棋牌平台排行榜致力于提供高质量的体育教育课程，以帮助学生在这些方面发展.
Our PE standards are based on motor and movement patterns and skills, as well as concepts like physical literacy, which is the ability, confidence, and desire to be physically active for life. PE is an instructional program, which makes it different from recess, free play, recreational sports, or athletics.
体育教师与通识教育教师合作，提供平均每周100分钟的高质量教学, which is required by Washington state law. Schools organize PE times in different ways, 但是所有的学生都应该在一整年的时间里了解他们的身体状况!
Visual and Performing Arts
研究表明，接受过艺术教育的学生更投入, do better in school, 更有可能毕业并参与社区生活. In Seattle Public Schools, we want every student to receive a comprehensive, predictable arts education during their K-12 years.
Each elementary school offers different arts programs, from possibilities including visual arts, general music, theatre, dance, or instrumental music.
Progress report standards 来自华盛顿州艺术学习标准，该标准侧重于艺术过程的各个方面:
- Creating: developing new artistic ideas and work.
- Performing: interpreting and presenting artistic ideas / work
- Responding: understanding and evaluating meaning in the arts
- Connecting: Relating personally to artistic ideas and work
The arts are a core subject!
Make art together!