Kindergarten General Information 

Curriculum 
At Daves Creek we follow the Georgia Standards of Excellence.  Additional information about Kindergarten standards can be found at www.georgiastandards.org 

Reading and Phonics

KendoreKingdom-includes phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency training, practice in applying these skills in reading and writing, and enriched language experiences.

American Reading Company- Literacy Lab

CCGPS Reading and Language Arts Frameworks

Writing

Lucy Caulkin Writing

Writer's Workshop

ARC

Journaling

Math

enVision 

GSE Math Frameworks 

Math Tubs

Sundance Newbridge

Houghton Mifflin Georgia Science

Assessments

Standards Based Reporting

•  Georgia Standards of Excellence - Report Cards and Rubrics are aligned to the National Common Core GPS.

Running Reading Record

• Administered by a teacher when needed to assess reading growth and fluency.

GKIDS (Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills)

• Administered twice a year

Attendance
Regular school attendance is essential to your child’s success in school. Lessons are teacher directed, involving listening and oral expression and involve hands-on activities. Therefore, it is sometimes difficult to send make-up work home.   Students may be excused for the following reasons:

• Personal illness

• Serious illness or death in the immediate family

• Celebration of religious holidays

• Conditions rendering attendance impossible or hazardous to health or safety.

• It is the responsibility of the parents to send a written excuse within 5 days of the absence.
• Vacations and non-school related functions are not excused absences.  Traffic problems and oversleeping are not excused late check-ins nor is checking a student out of school due to a parent’s schedule.

Field Trips

• Field trips are planned by grade level and relate specifically to the objectives of the CCGPS. 
• Parents are needed to chaperone trips; however on some trips the number of adults may be restricted.

Transportation

• Bus transportation is available for all students who live within the school district.
• Bus and car riders are given a number at open house.
• If there is a change in dismissal plans, a signed and dated note or email from the parent or guardian must be received by the school in order for a student to be dismissed in any way other than the usual manner. This includes being picked up by someone other than the parent or guardian.
• Students are not allowed to ride a bus with another student as a change of transportation.  Arrangements to get to the friend’s house will be as a car rider. 

Medication

• All medication must be kept in the nurse’s office and administered by school personnel. 
• Parents must complete and sign a medication form before any medication can be dispensed.
• All medication must be in its original container, specifying name of patient, prescribing physician, dosage and name of pharmacy, and brought to the school by an adult.

Sample Kindergarten Class Schedule

7:50-8:30 Check-in, Lunch Choice, Morning Work

8:30-9:00 Calendar math

9:00-10:30 Guided Reading /Literacy Centers

10:30-10:45 Restroom/Snack

10:45-11:30 Shared reading/writers workshop                    

11:30-12:10 Math/math tubs

12:10-12:30 SMART Whole Group Phonics                           

12:30-12:40 Restroom/prep for lunch

12:40-1:10 Lunch

1:10-1:35 Recess and bathroom break  

1:35-2:05 Learning Centers

2:05-2:50 Specials (Art, Music, PE, STEM Lab, Robotics, Global Connections)

2:50-3:00 prepare for dismissal