Schedule for Lori Bufkin
Kindergarten

8:00-8:15 Breakfast
8:15-8:30 Announcements
8:30-8:50 Calendar Math
8:50- 9:15 Morning Message/M. W.-*SP Lesson / T. Th. F.-WW(Science/Social Studies focus on Th.)
9:15- 10:00 PE
10:00-10:45 M.- Computer W.-Library T. Th. Fri.-Literacy Stations
10:45-11:10 M. W.- SP & Language tubs / T. Th. Fri.-Literacy Stations
11:10-11:50 Lunch
11:55- 1:05 Math
1:05- 1:50 Social Studies/Science(Computer Lab on Wednesday 1:00-1:45)
1:50- 2:45 **Work Time (Math, Language, Science, Social Studies centers)
2:45- 3:10 Recess
Dismiss

Thursday afternoon:
11:55-12:15 Read Aloud (Science or Social Studies Focus)
12:15- 1:00 Fine Arts
1:00- 1:45 Literacy Special
1:45- 2:50 Math

*SP & WW=Saxon Phonics & Writer’s Workshop

Discipline is simple. We work hard as a class to make the classroom a positive and safe place for all.
We have a motto in our classroom:

We are all safe, we are all important, and we all share.

We have six rules in our class:
1. Sit quietly on the carpet (so we can listen and learn).
2. Hands and feet to ourselves (so we don't hurt anyone).
3. Walk quietly in the hall (so we don't disturb the other classes).
4. Clean up after ourselves (because we care about our classroom).
5. Use an inside voice (when we are inside).
6. Raise your hand (when you want to ask the teacher a question or tell her something).

Individual kindergarten classrooms will vary, and curriculum will vary according to the interests and backgrounds of the children. But all good kindergarten classrooms will have one thing in common: the focus will be on the development of the child as a whole.
Taken from the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

1. Children are playing and working with materials or other children. They are not aimlessly wandering or forced to sit quietly for long periods of time.

2. Children have access to various activities throughout the day, such as block building, pretend play, picture books, paints and other art materials, and table toys such as legos, pegboards, and puzzles. Children are not all doing the same things at the same time.

3. Teachers work with individual children, small groups, and whole groups at different times during the day. They do not spend time only with the entire group.

4. The classroom is decorated with childrens original artwork, their own writing with invented spelling, and dictated stories.

5. Children learn numbers and the alphabet in the context of their everyday experiences. Exploring the natural world of plants and animals, cooking, taking attendance and serving snack are all meaningful activities to children.

6. Children work on projects and have long periods of time (at least one hour) to play and explore. Filling out worksheets should not be their primary activity.

7. Children have an opportunity to play outside every day that weather permits.

8. Teachers read books to children throughout the day, not just at group story time.

9. Curriculum is adapted for those who are ahead as well as those who need additional help. Because children differ in experiences and background, they do not learn the same things at the same time in the same way.

10. Children and their parents look forward to school. Parents feel safe sending their child to kindergarten. Children are happy; they are not crying or regularly sick.

Kids Who Are Different
by Digby Wolfe

Here's to the kids who are different,
The kids who don't always get A's.
The kids who have ears,
Twice the size of their peers,
And noses that go on for days.

Here's to the kids that are different,
The kids that are just out of step.
The kids they all tease,
Who have cuts on their knees,
Whose sneakers are constantly wet.

Here's to the kids who are different,
The kids they call crazy or dumb.
The kids who don't fit,
With the guts and the grit
To dance to a different drum.

Here's to the kids who are different,
The kids with a mischievous streak.
For when they have grown,
As history has shown,
It's their "difference" that makes them unique.