First Day of School 8:45 kids enter, toys (3 choices on carpet: puppets, dinosaurs, baby dolls) Help/show students:

o Their cubby o How to make their lunch choice o Pin on bus tags verify dismissal info on clipboard o Put on nametag 9:15 Kids play at carpet & I take attendance, send down with assistant First day picture use My 1st Day of Kindergarten frame 9:30 Meet at Carpet to go over: o Rules sitting, body, hands, table, toys, walking, bathroom, etc. o Story RA Miss Bindergarten o Ice-breaker/introduction dice roll game:
Dice Roll Game Sit in a circle and take turns rolling the jumbo dice. Teacher asks corresponding question. 1. What is your favorite food? 2. What is your favorite cartoon? 3. What is your favorite toy? 4. What is your favorite color? 5. What is your favorite animal? 6. What is your favorite movie?

Class tour
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Bathroom Tables Supplies Math drawers Books 6. 7. 8. 9. Kelso Lunch choice Water Line up spots

10:00 10:30 Welcome to Kindergarten from Houghton Mifflin o Intro letter a flashcards, white board o Sing ABC song o Story Tiptoe into Kindergarten o Sing song Bop till you Drop on cd (movement) 10:30-11 Show Centers & assistant teaches them while I test one on one for Kindergarten foundational skills o Construction paper heads I am special because\ o Design paper head, draw face, yarn hair o I am (name) and I can (blank). worksheet o Playdough letter formation mats 11:00 Ready for lunch Sanitize hands 11:08 Go to Lunchroom 11:15-11:55 (duty 11:50 recess) 12:00-1:00 Story Kissing Hand Model other centers: Chester Paper Bag Puppet Kissing hand sequencing (cut/paste) Kissing hand worksheet Alpha arcs 1:00-1:45 School tour: library, nurse, office, esl, music, pe, cafeteria Calendar

2:15-2:35 Snack and Recess outside 2:35-2:55 Math Centers: Unifix cubes, polydrons, pattern blocks 2:55-3:05 Pack up for home pass out school folder/forms, daily folders with introductory letter/newsletter 3:05 Dismissal James is Pick Up door (be READY by 3:05 for home) Lani walker door Bus riders exit with teacher (have them lined up in groups by what bus they ride)