1. The Rainbow Riders
Open House
2012
Welcome!

2. Outline for Tonight
Introductions
- Introduction to
Kindergarten
- Daily Schedule
- Curriculum
- What we want a kindergarten
Child to Be
- Communication
- Parent Volunteers
- Housekeeping Items
- Questions?

3. Introductions

4. the kindergarten team
Jacky Zehra Laura
Maite Jacky Joanne
Rosie Maite Jenny
Phebe
Phebe Patrice Snow Krista

5. Our Specialists and Support Teachers
CMC with ESL
Ms. Pat Ms. Anissa
P.E. with
I.T. with Steve Art with Ms. Liz Coach Bill
McCallum

6. Specialist Videos

7. Every Child is Unique

8. Our Curriculum
How to Learn vs. What to
Learn

9. dispositions transdisciplinary
skills
-caring
-research
-creative -personal management
-self-directed and reflection
-critical thinking
-balanced
and problem solving
-responsible -connection and
-ethical/fair collaboration
-communication

10. Our Units
11. 1. 1. Communities
Unit 1. Communities Unit 2. Materials
We all need to understand where we belong. Children are naturally curious about objects in the
Students will inquire into the communities they belong world around them. Students will explore the different
to, identifying similarities and differences along the properties of man-made and natural objects that are
way. The concept of uniqueness will be discussed present in their everyday lives. They will participate in
and how this enriches our classroom community will experiments and explorations into how the properties
be explored. Students will discuss, role play, and of different materials affect their uses. They will work
practice being responsible caring, and cooperative in both independently and in small groups to construct
their own classroom community. meaningful knowledge about objects in their world.
Unit 3. Our Bodies Unit 4. Stories
Our bodies are a big part of who we are and we all Stories are a universal way of communicating.
share a common cycle of life. Students will participate Through listening to, reading, telling, writing, and
in projects that will help them learn different and body acting out stories, students will develop an
systems and how they work. They will also learn understanding that stories are told all over the world
about how to keep their body parts and systems in different ways and for different purposes.
functioning well by living a healthy lifestyle. They will
inquire into the different stages of life we all go
through and how different cultures celebrate and

11. We want our children to be:
Inquirers

12. Team Players

13. Speakers & Listeners

14. Readers

15. Writers

16. Mathematicians

17. Scientists

18. Artists

19. Global
Citizens

20. What your child needs to
bring each day:
• Water Bottle
• Hat
• Healthy Snack & lunch
• Black Folder
• Change of Clothes
• Backpack – not too big
please
• LABEL EVERYTHINGNG!

21. House Keeping
• Absent or Late
• Leaving School Early
• Birthdays and Invitations
• Food (restrictions & allergies)
• Class Mascot
• Poetry and Song Books

22. House Keeping Cont.
• Costumes (International Day
/Filipiniana / Character Day)
• Telephone Tree
• Junk Materials
• After School Activities
• ID Tags
• Uniforms
• Library Books

23. Communication
• Report Cards (Dec and June )
• Parent Conferences (Oct)
• Student Led Conferences (Mar)
• Blogs
• Black Folders
• E-mail (hafeezz@ismanila.org)
• In Person

24. Parent Volunteers
• Room Mom
• How can you help?
• Wednesday Reading Mornings
(8:30 - 8:50)
• Special Projects
• Field Trips