2200 kindercorner © 2007 success for all foundation1 07/07 zz3790 initial training

© 2007 Success for All Foundation 1

2200

KinderCorner

07/07 ZZ3790

Initial Initial TrainingTraining

2© 2007 Success for All Foundation

Goals of Initial Goals of Initial TrainingTraining

• Define outcomes for KinderCorner.• Learn the program components

and how they lead to skill development.• Experience the curriculum

and the materials.• Practice some components.• Understand how to assess

children’s progress to best use the curriculum and tools.


The Foundation The Foundation of KinderCornerof KinderCornerSuccess for AllSuccess for All

DevelopmentallyAppropriate Practices

Cooperative Learning


The Foundation The Foundation of KinderCornerof KinderCornerSuccess for AllSuccess for All


The Pillars of The Pillars of KinderCornerKinderCornerDomainsDomains

• Language/Literacy• Science• Emotional/Personal• Cognitive• Creative• Mathematical• Physical• Social Studies• Interpersonal


Building the Building the KinderCorner CommunityKinderCorner Community


Constructing LearningConstructing LearningThe ObjectivesThe Objectives

Thematic FocusPeople have similarities, but no one looks exactly like me.

•Begin to recognize print conventions.•Learn the concept of different and same.•Review the concepts of attributes and matching.•Begin to learn a new rhyme.•Learn uses of equipment and materials in the Media Lab.


Introducing Introducing the Frameworkthe FrameworkThe ComponentsThe Components


Project Manager LogProject Manager Log

KinderCorner is… KinderCorner has within it…


Nuts and Bolts Nuts and Bolts The Theme GuideThe Theme Guide

• Learning Focus• Peek at the Week• Materials• Ready, Set…• Components• Resource Corner• Observation Checklist• Additional Lesson Materials• Home Link Page


Home LinkHome Link

Book Club

• Article reading• Reflections Page• Discussion with peers


Framework Framework of KinderCorner of KinderCorner TheThe ComponentsComponents

Write Away

Let’s Think About It

Home Link

Stepping Stones

15 Minute Math

Math Mysteries

Greetings, Readings, & Writings

Let’s Get Together

Rhyme Time

Story Tree

Learning Labs

Let’s Daydream


Greetings, Readings, Greetings, Readings, & Writings& Writings

Focus•Welcome children to

the school community.•Connect home

to school.• Promote conversation

and social interactions.• Encourage

self-esteem and independence.

Activities• Read the activities

poster.• Sign-in/letter and

numeral practice• Conversations• Theme book reading• Journal and

creative writing


Let’s Get TogetherLet’s Get TogetherLet’s TalkLet’s Talk

Focus• Encourage children’s

oral language.• Promote whole-group

discussion and enjoy the roles of speaker and listener.

•Develop children’s problem-solving skills.

Activities• Speaking Stone • Job chart• Class meeting


Let’s Get TogetherLet’s Get TogetherSpotlight On…Spotlight On…

Focus• Introduce thematic

concepts and vocabulary.•Model writing conventions.• Engage children in inquiry

about concepts.• Informally assess children’s

understanding.

Activities• Daily Message

• Discussion, referring to books as resources, manipulating materials, and participating in activities


Rhyme TimeRhyme Time

Focus•Develop children’s

phonological and phonemic awareness.

•Connect thematic concepts and vocabulary through rhymes, chants, and songs.

Activities• Chant rhymes and songs.• Play sound games.


Story TreeStory Tree

Focus• Promote children’s

receptive and expressive language skills.

• Introduce new vocabulary in context.

• Encourage children to love books and reading.

Activities• Interactive story

reading• Making predictions and

answering questions about the story

• Retelling stories• Relating the story to

real life• Celebrating each story


Creating a Story Creating a Story TreeTree


Learning LabsLearning Labs

Focus• Develop children’s

self-regulation.• Provide activities for the

children to learn through active engagement in a playful manner.

• Enrich children’s language and vocabulary in context.

• Assess and individualize learning for children.

Activities• Tour of lab choices• Child’s choice(s) of lab(s)

each day• Reading and writing

opportunities in context of play

• Small group• Numerous Learning Labs

in each theme


Let’s DaydreamLet’s Daydream

Focus•Rest and restore

children’s energy.• Spark children’s

imagination and promote their appreciation for language imagery.

Activities• Listen to poetry

and prose. • Rest, enjoy music,

read quietly.


Write AwayWrite Away

Focus• Promote children

to express themselves through drawing and writing.

•Develop children’semergent-writing skills.

•Model and encourage phonetic writing.

• Encourage respect for the work of others and encourage them.

Activities•Discuss writing topics.•Write •Share their writing

and illustrations with friends.

•Listeners offer thoughtful responses to the writers.


Let’s Think About ItLet’s Think About It

Focus•Develop children’s

skills to process, synthesize, and apply new concepts.

•Promote the development of language and literacy in the discussion.

Activities• Reflection and

discussion• Interactive games


Home LinkHome Link

Focus• Promote a positive

connection between home and school.

• Increase the family’s participation.

• Look forward to the next day.

Activities• Verbal activity • Math Home Links• Reading materials


Tools of the TradeTools of the Trade

• Program outcomes• Theme guides• Curriculum components• Assessments• Materials and manipulatives• Cooperative Learning Standards• Teacher’s manual


The Path The Path of Stepping Stonesof Stepping Stones

• Learn letter sounds and letter cues.

• Blend letter sounds to read words.• Learn letter names.• Read groups of words

in a sentence.• Read KinderRoots Shared Stories.


Stepping StonesStepping Stones

• Review Picture Names• Alliterative Phrase• Introduce /m/• /m/ Names• /m/ Pictures and Objects• Make the /m/ Sound• Introduce the Shape of /m/• Write /m/• Practice Writing /m/• Review /m/

Lesson for /m/


Gem StonesGem Stones

• Letter-sound correspondence• Auditory sound blending• Word-level blending

• Writing sounds• Auditory segmentation of sounds• Sound spelling


Letter-Sound Letter-Sound CorrespondenceCorrespondence

• Phoneme identification• Connection of phonemes to graphemes

/ b /

b


Pure SoundsPure Sounds

• Slightly sustain these sounds.

f l m n r s v

z a e i o u

• Quietly bounce these sounds, one at a time.

b c d g h j k

p t qu w x y


Auditory Sound Auditory Sound BlendingBlendingSay-It-FastSay-It-Fast

Focus

•Develops phonemic awareness

• Provides practice for sound blending at the auditory level

Activities• Teacher or Joey

produces a series of phonemes that combine to make a word.

• Children blend the sounds and say the word.


Word-Level BlendingWord-Level Blending

• Look at the letters.• Recall the sound that correlates with

each letter or letter combination.• Blend the sequence of sounds,

left to right.• Repeat the blended sounds to produce

a recognizable word.


Writing SoundsWriting SoundsWrite lettersWrite letters

Focus•Reinforce connection

between mnemonic picture and letter shape.

• Practice recall of letter and production of shapes.

Activities• Cue for new letter• Practice writing letter

throughout the day.• Practice writing

previously taught sounds.


Auditory SegmentationAuditory SegmentationBreak-It-DownBreak-It-Down

Focus• Develops phonemic

awareness skill of orally isolating phonemes in

words.

Activities• Teacher says a word.• Children use Joey Talk

to produce phonemes.


Sound SpellingSound Spelling

Focus• Practice breaking

words down into phonemes; then recall and produce the corresponding graphemes.

Activities• Teacher pronounces the

word and children repeat it.• Children listen for the

sounds in the word.• Children write the words in

KinderRoots Writing Books.


Alphabet Wall FriezeAlphabet Wall Frieze

Focus•Use mnemonic

pictures to help children remember letter shapes and sounds.

• Expose children to alphabetical order.

Activities• Teacher names picture

and its letter sound, and children repeat.


The Alphabet ChantThe Alphabet Chant

Focus• Teach letter names.•Reinforce mnemonic

pictures for each letter.•Reinforce alphabetical

order.• Active learning for

young children

Activities• Teach motions and

words of the chant.


Teaching a Teaching a Stepping Stones LessonStepping Stones Lesson

Lesson for /m/Lesson for /a/


Concept of Concept of Print LessonsPrint Lessons

Focus•Read Big Books

with repetitive, predictable text.

•Read books with rhythm and rhyme.

Activities• Learn concepts of print,

such as, author and illustrator, parts of book, and punctuation.


Let’s Think About ItLet’s Think About It

DevelopmentallyAppropriate Practices

Cooperative Learning


Home LinkHome Link

Book Club

• Article reading• Reflections Page• Discussion with peers


Talking and Thinking Talking and Thinking MathematicallyMathematically

•Problem solving•Mathematical reasoning•Communication•Hands-on, manipulative use•Connections•Representation


Math MysteriesMath Mysteries

Focus•Introduce and explore

numeration/number sense, problem solving, computation, statistics and probability, geometry, measurement, money, time, and fractions.

Activities• Moving to Math• Show Me What You Know• Introduce, explore, and

practice new math concept.• Whole group and working

with partners• Discuss today’s lesson.


15 Minute Math15 Minute Math

Focus•Mathematical activities

connected to everyday situations

•Review and practice previously introduced math concepts.

Activities• Calendar board• Graphs• Number Recognition

Circles• Concept review activities


Math/Manipulative LabMath/Manipulative Lab

• One of the Learning Labs each day• Extends Math Mysteries concepts• Thematically connected• Hands-on manipulation


Mathematical Mathematical MovesMoves

• Math Mysteries lessons and activities

• 15 Minute Math board and activities


The House that The House that Cooperative Learning Cooperative Learning BuiltBuilt

• Complete Tasks• Practice Active Listening• Help and Encourage Each Other• Everyone Participates• Explain Your Ideas/Tell Why


Monitoring Student Monitoring Student Progress through Progress through AssessmentAssessment

Teach

Assess (formally or informally)

Review/Reteach/IntroduceNew Information


Beginning Beginning Assessment ToolsAssessment Tools

• Observation checklists• Math Task Cards• Stepping Stones Assessment

– Phonics and Phonemic Awareness

– Oral Language Development


Stepping Stones Stepping Stones AssessmentAssessment

• Administered approximately every eight weeks (first assessment at end of unit 4)

• Administered by classroom teachers

• Information reviewed by Success for All facilitator for use in whole-school progress analysis.


Sections of the Sections of the Stepping Stones Stepping Stones AssessmentAssessment

1. Phonemic Awareness and Phonics– Auditory Sound Blending– Auditory Sound Segmentation– Reading Sounds– Writing Sounds– Reading Phonetic Words– Reading Sight Words

2. Oral Language Development


Assessment 1Assessment 1

• Auditory Sound Blending (Say-It-Fast)

• Auditory Sound Segmentation (Break-It-Down)

• Reading Sounds • Writing Sounds


Calculating ScoresCalculating Scores

Out of 5

Out of 5

d m a t s i f n o bOut of 30

Out of 20

Sam 5 4

R

24 15W

N

Say-It-FastBreak-It-Down

Stepping Stones TotalLatest SOLO

First Assessment

5 (Say-It-Fast) + 4 (Break-It-Down) + 8 (Sounds read correctly) + 7 (Sounds written correctly) = 24

Letter names are not included in the Stepping Stones score.

Calculating ScoresCalculating Scores





24






24

27

25

30






24


Structured Oral Structured Oral Language Observations Language Observations (SOLOs)(SOLOs)

• Oral Language Skills

– Receptive vocabulary

– Expressive vocabulary

– Sentence length /complexity

• 2 or 3 students per week






15


Using Data from Using Data from the Stepping Stones the Stepping Stones AssessmentAssessment

• Teachers– Plan instruction.

• Success for All facilitators– Monitor student progress

at a schoolwide level.


The Pillars of The Pillars of KinderCornerKinderCornerDomainsDomains

• Language/Literacy• Science• Emotional/Personal• Cognitive• Creative• Mathematical• Physical• Social Studies• Interpersonal


KinderCorner KinderCorner Construction CrewConstruction Crew


Becoming Familiar Becoming Familiar with KinderCornerwith KinderCorner

Mechanical

Routine

Refined


Gears in MotionGears in Motion

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