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Welcome to Kindergarten

Name: Macon-Hall Kindergarten
Address: 9800 Macon Road, Tennessee, 38016
Telephone: (901) 416-2625

"For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack"
Rudyard Kipling

Our Mission

The mission of Macon-Hall is to provide a high performing learning environment that prepares students to become college and career ready.

Our Vision

At Macon Hall our vision is to cultivate a student-centered, culturally inclusive environment in which learners gain the academic confidence and technological proficiency needed for a continuum of success. This will be obtained by a collaborative effort that includes appropriate internal and external communication among administrators, teachers, parents, and all other stakeholders. The aforementioned will work together in an effective manner to promote academic excellence, character development, and social responsibility.

MSCS KINDERGARTEN CURRICULUM

KINDERGARTEN SUPPLY LIST

WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT...

August 4 -8

• Smart Start Week 1: Exploring self-identity and child's sense of belonging

• Phonemic Awareness: Sentence Segmentation &Identify Rhyme

• Letter Recognition: A-H

• High Frequency Word: I

• Oral Vocab.: names

• Grammar/Writing: Shared writing

• Envision Math: Topic 1 & 2 - Numbers 0-5

• Science: Describe Matter

• Social Studies: Taking Turns

August 11 - 15

• Smart Start Week 2: Who is in your family?

• Phonemic Awareness: Sentence Segmentation &
Identify Rhyme

• Letter Recognition: Ii - Rr

• High Frequency Word: can

• Oral Vocab.: numbers

• Grammar/Writing: Shared writing

• Envision Math: Topic 1.3 1.7 - Numbers 0-5

• Science: Describe Matter

• Social Studies: Work, Then Play

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August 18 - 22

• Smart Start Week 3: What can you do?

• Phonemic Awareness: Recognize Rhyme &
Identify and Blend Rhyme

• Letter Recognition: Ss - Zz

• High Frequency Word: Review I & can

• Oral Vocab.: Days of the Week

• Grammar/Writing: Shared writing

• Envision Math: Topic 1.8 - 1.10 - Numbers 0-5

• Science: Describe Matter - Liquids

• Social Studies: Week 1 Personal Direction

August 25 - 29

• Unit 1 Week 1: How can we get along with new friends?

• Phonemic Awareness: Sentence Segmentation

• Letter Recognition: Mm /m/

• High Frequency Word: the

• Oral Vocab.: wander, exercise, plenty, behavior, appearance

• Grammar/Writing: Nouns

• Envision Math: Topic 2.1 – 2.4

• Science: Matter: Liquids

• Social Studies: Maps & Globes

WONDERS SIGHT WORDS

REPORT CARD SKILLS

Quarter 1
Reading Skills

Please keep in mind, every child learns at a different pace. Therefore, our goal is for your child to master these skills by the end of the school year.

Identify story elements: author/illustrator
Name 10 uppercase letters in random order
Name 10 lowercase letters in random order
Reads sight words (10 out of 12)
Identify beginning sounds
Identify letter sounds (Tt, Ii, Nn, Cc, Oo, Dd)
Write the letter for each sound (Tt, Ii, Nn, Cc, Oo, Dd)
Write first and last name correctly
Correctly form uppercase letters: (T, I, N, C, O, D)
Correctly forms lower case letters: (t, i, n, c, o, d)
Draw/dictate/write to give information or explain
Recognize sentence structure: capitalization and punctuation

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Quarter 1
Math Skills

Please keep in mind, every child learns at a different pace. Therefore, our goal is for your child to master these skills by the end of the school year.

Topic 1-Numbers 0 to 5
Topic 2-Compare Numbers 0-5
Topic 3- Numbers 6-10
Topic 4-Compare Numbers 0-10
Classify and Count Data

TENNESSEE READING 360

Reading 360

The At-Home Decodable Book Series is now available for free for all Tennessee families of K–2 children to encourage at-home reading practice to help young learners become stronger readers. Just click the link above for more information.

Online Decodable Readers

Cracking the Code

Katie Garner

How the Secret Stories® Method Works

An Approach to Teaching Reading that Kids Want to Learn

Secret Stories® is a brain based approach to traditional phonics instruction that accelerates learner access to the reading and writing code. Secret Stories® provides the logical explanations for letter sound behavior that learners brains crave. These logical explanations are shared in the form of “secret” stories, which are the secret reasons WHY letters make all of the crazy sounds that they do when they get together in words. The “Secrets” work seamlessly with any reading series or phonics program, fitting snugly between the teaching of reading and writing.

Learn More

For Parents

SECRET STORIES

KATIE GARNER

Reading 360 & Secret Stories

Reading 360° is a comprehensive approach that will provide optional grants and resources to help more
Tennessee students develop strong phonics-based reading
skills by supporting districts, teachers, and families. MSCS teachers attended summer training for Reading 360 and we are excited to implement this reading supplemental into our classroom.

3rd GRADE COMMITTMENT

3rd GRADE COMMITTMENT

The 3rd Grade Commitment is a collaborative effort between schools, parents and community towards ensuring we all work together to best help MSCS students reach reading readiness before the third grade

Parent Information

KINDERGARTEN SCHEDULE

DAILY SCHEDULE

Schedule is subject to change.

9:00 – 9:15 - Arrival/Breakfast (Breakfast in the cafeteria will begin at 8:45 a.m. daily. Please drop off your child in the back parking lot car line.)

9:25 – 10:25 – ELA

10:30 – 11:15 - MAPS (Music, Art, P.E.)

11:25 - 11:45 - Recess 1

11:50 - 12:30 -ELA

12:30 - 1:00 - Lunch

1:10 - 1:55 - RTI

2:05 - 2:35 - Recess 2

2:40 - 3:40 – Math

3:40 –4:00 – Science/Social Studies

4:00 - Prepare for Dismissal

LUNCH MENU

CLICK ON LINK BELOW

Make sure you change the menu to lunch in the upper, left corner, in red.

DISMISSAL

For more detailed dismissal information, click on the picture below for how your child goes home.
BUS RIDER, CAR RIDER, FRONT DOOR/BACK DOOR WALKER, DAYCARE/YCARE