Kindergarten
We are thrilled to have your child in kindergarten this year! This is an exciting time for your child! The first days of school will mark one of the most important milestones in your child's life. We are so glad we get to share this time with you!
The skills we practice daily in kindergarten are the building blocks for your child's future success in school and in life. It is important that your child be in class every day and that you are working with him/her each evening! We know if we all work together, we can make this a wonderful year for your child!
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to talk to the classroom teachers before/after school or send us an e-mail.
Union Ridge School uses the Superkids Reading program. Kindergarten focuses on the 26 letters of the alphabet. Students systematically learn to read and write letters, to associate letters with sounds, to blend letter-sounds to form words and sentences, and to read and write phonetically regular words as well as Memory Words. Kindergarten is split into two levels or semesters: Meet the Superkids & Superkids' Club.
Level 1: First Semester Meet the SuperKids
This level begins children’s formal phonics instruction by teaching 13 letters of the alphabet—five short vowels and eight consonants. Students learn one sound for each of the letters and how to blend the letter-sounds to read words and eventually sentences. They also learn how to write the capital and lowercase form of each letter and to encode (spell) words with the letters and sounds they’ve been taught.
Comprehension instruction begins with lessons about read-aloud stories and then continues, starting in the middle of the level, with lessons about short decodable stories children read themselves. Lessons for each story build background and vocabulary before reading and help guide children’s comprehension as they read.
Expressive writing is taught through shared writing activities and independent writing in which children dictate what they want to write or use temporary spelling. By the end of this level, students understand how written language relates to spoken language.
Level 2: Second Semester Superkids Club
This level continues children’s phonics instruction by teaching the remaining 13 letters of the alphabet, one sound for each, and how to write the capital and lowercase forms. With each new letter they learn, children are able to decode and encode (spell) more and more words. They read longer decodable stories as the level progresses, and lessons continue to develop their comprehension and vocabulary through reading. Expressive writing is taught the same way as in the previous level, but as children increase their knowledge of letters and sounds, they are able to write more words themselves.
Meet the Superkids
Superkids Club
Our Superkids curriculum has a wonderful website with games, stories, and activities for your child to utilize at home. You can even download the Superkids app to your phone or tablet, so your child can learn on the go! This program also includes a parent portal, which contains information about the Superkids Reading Program and what your child will learn this year as well as activities your child can do at home.
To create your parent portal account, follow these steps:
1. Your child's teacher will request the e-mail address of a parent or guardian.
2. Look for an e-mail from Superkids Reading Program.
3. Click the link in the e-mail. On the page that opens, create a password for your parent portal account.
4. After submitting the above information, you have finished creating your parent portal account. You will be automatically logged in to the parent portal.
To access the parent portal, follow these steps:
1. Click here to go to superkidsreading.org and select the “School and Parent Log-in” tab at the top right.
2. Select the “Parent” link.
3. Enter your e-mail address and password.
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Union Ridge School uses the Superkids Reading program. Kindergarten focuses on the 26 letters of the alphabet. Students systematically learn to read and write letters, to associate letters with sounds, to blend letter-sounds to form words and sentences, and to read and write phonetically regular words as well as Memory Words. Kindergarten is split into two levels or semesters: Meet the Superkids & Superkids' Club.
Level 1: First Semester Meet the SuperKids
This level begins children’s formal phonics instruction by teaching 13 letters of the alphabet—five short vowels and eight consonants. Students learn one sound for each of the letters and how to blend the letter-sounds to read words and eventually sentences. They also learn how to write the capital and lowercase form of each letter and to encode (spell) words with the letters and sounds they’ve been taught.
Comprehension instruction begins with lessons about read-aloud stories and then continues, starting in the middle of the level, with lessons about short decodable stories children read themselves. Lessons for each story build background and vocabulary before reading and help guide children’s comprehension as they read.
Expressive writing is taught through shared writing activities and independent writing in which children dictate what they want to write or use temporary spelling. By the end of this level, students understand how written language relates to spoken language.
Level 2: Second Semester Superkids Club
This level continues children’s phonics instruction by teaching the remaining 13 letters of the alphabet, one sound for each, and how to write the capital and lowercase forms. With each new letter they learn, children are able to decode and encode (spell) more and more words. They read longer decodable stories as the level progresses, and lessons continue to develop their comprehension and vocabulary through reading. Expressive writing is taught the same way as in the previous level, but as children increase their knowledge of letters and sounds, they are able to write more words themselves.
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Our Superkids curriculum has a wonderful website with games, stories, and activities for your child to utilize at home. You can even download the Superkids app to your phone or tablet, so your child can learn on the go! This program also includes a parent portal, which contains information about the Superkids Reading Program and what your child will learn this year as well as activities your child can do at home.
To create your parent portal account, follow these steps:
1. Your child's teacher will request the e-mail address of a parent or guardian.
2. Look for an e-mail from Superkids Reading Program.
3. Click the link in the e-mail. On the page that opens, create a password for your parent portal account.
4. After submitting the above information, you have finished creating your parent portal account. You will be automatically logged in to the parent portal.To access the parent portal, follow these steps:
1. Click here to go to superkidsreading.org and select the “School and Parent Log-in” tab at the top right.
2. Select the “Parent” link.
3. Enter your e-mail address and password.