Kindergarten
Bridge to Kindergarten
Rising Kindergarteners get a preview of being a kindergartener in FCPS!
When: July 8 – 26, 2024 (time TBD). Students attend 4 hours/day in the morning.
Where: Lemon Road Elementary School
Is your child gearing up for kindergarten at LRES? Set them up for success by sending them to B2K! Rising kindergarteners will learn some of the routines and expectations and what it means to be in kindergarten. Lunch and transportation will be provided.
Please Note: Priority will go to students with little or no preschool experience. If space permits, other rising kindergarteners will be contacted and asked to join.
Please contact Taylor Argue to register.
Summer Playdates
Save the date and bring your family along to meet other Rising Kindergarteners!
- Thursday, June 20th at 10:00 a.m.
- Saturday, July 27th at 10:00 a.m.
- Monday, August 5th at 5:30 p.m.
- Open to both Kindergarteners and new-to-Lemon Road families
Rising Kindergarten Orientation
View the orientation slideshow from the April 2024 Rising Kindergarten Orientation. We can't wait to welcome our Lions for the 2024 - 2025 school year.
Included are photos of our Administrative Team and Kindergarten Team as well as information about schedules and curriculum.
Kindergarten Curriculum and Information
Workshop Model
The Workshop Model is provided in most Kindergarten subjects and includes:
- Sense-making community builders
- Whole group focus lesson
- Small group differentiated workstations
- Independent work
- Small group lessons with a teacher
- Rich tasks to activate problem-solving
- Reflection
Language Arts
Reading
- Engaging with storybooks
- Print organization
- Conventions of print
- Character development
- Patterns in stories
- Nonfiction
- Poetry
Writing
- Developing the writing process
- Drawing for meaning
- Making lists and labels
- Informational writing
- Personal narratives
- Poetry
Oral Communication
- Active listening
- Collaborative discussions
- Conversation skills
Math
- Building class community through the data cycle
- Sorting & classifying objects
- Numeracy
- forward counting
- backwards counting
- sets of objects
- Numeral writing & recognition
- Subitizing (breaking apart numbers) fluency to 5
- Addition & subtraction strategies through 10
- Plane figures & patterns
- Measurement
- Coin identification
- Calendar skills
- Picture graphs & object graphs
Science
- Scientific Investigation
- Five Senses
- Observations
- Plant & Animal Needs
- Life Cycles
- Speed
- Magnets
- Shadows
- Weather Changes
- Phases of Water
- Sink or Float
- Reuse & Recycle
- Water & Energy Conservation
Social Studies
- Rights & Responsibilities
- Being a Good Citizen
- Economics
- Jobs
- Choices
- Wants
- Money
- Geography: Land & Water Features
- Map Skills
- Community & Community Members
- Past & Present
- American Symbols & Holidays
Portrait of a Graduate
Attributes
- Communicator
- Collaborator
- Ethical and Global Citizen
- Creative and Critical Thinker
- Goal-Directed and Resilient Individual
FCPS strives for all students to...
- Develop knowledge and skills that can be applied across subject areas and in real-life settings.
- Utilize and grow critical thinking skills that require them to go beyond the facts.
- Engage in learning that fosters curiosity.
- Confront and make contributions to solving real-world problems.
- Demonstrate learning and skills in a variety of ways, such as projects and portfolios.
- Set goals and reflect on their progress.
Sample Kindergarten Schedule
8:05 - 8:20 Arrival/ Networking/ Breakfast
8:20 - 8:40 Morning Meeting
8:40 - 9:45 Language Arts (Reading, Phonics, Spelling, and Oral Language)
9:45 - 10:00 Recess
10:00 - 10:30 Language Arts (Writing)
10:30 - 11:00 Content (Science/Social Studies/Health)
11:00 - 11:30 Lunch
11:30 - 11:45 Second Recess
11:45 - 12:45 Specials (Music, PE, Art, Outdoor Education, etc.)
12:45 - 1:30 Math
1:30 - 1:50 Choice Time and Snack
1:50 - 2:05 Recess
2:05 - 2:40 Small Group and Independent Work
2:40 - 2:50 Closing Circle
2:55 Dismissal
School Breakfast and Lunch
- Students have lunch for 30-minutes daily
- Breakfast is offered to all students
- Students are assigned a 4-digit PIN associated with the MySchoolBucks account
- Kitchen Manager: Sharron Lyons
Practice Routines at Home
- Waking up in time to be at school by 8:05
- Setting a consistent bedtime
- Brush teeth, wash face, comb hair, tie shoes
- Dressing for the weather (layer up & label items)
- Determining how children will arrive and depart school
- Finding the bus stop
- Register or join waitlist for SACC
- Giving warning before needing the restroom
- Unpacking and eating any items packed for lunch
Encourage Autonomy at School
- Getting dressed
- Tying shoes
- Taking off and putting on a jacket
- Using the restroom alone
- Washing hands
- Opening and closing lunch containers
- Going through the lunch line
- Make eye contact and listen to directions
- Making safe choices
Kindergarten Team
2023 - 2024
Kindergarten Teachers
- Kindergarten Teacher, ES
- Kindergarten Teacher, ES
Kindergarten Assistants
- Kindergarten Assistant
- Kindergarten Assistant
- Kindergarten Assistant