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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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.

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

• 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
  • Food and Nutrition Programs Website
  • Free and Reduced-Price Meals Website
• Kitchen Manager: Sharron Lyons