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!

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

This is a photo illustrating the Workshop Model which is detailed in the bullets below.

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

logos for the FCPS portrait of a graduate skills listed above

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
    • Food and Nutrition Programs Website
    • Free and Reduced-Price Meals Website
    • Nutrislice Website for Lemon Road food menus
  • 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 Teachers

Kindergarten Assistants