Early Childhood News
Quakertown Community School District
Winter 2020
Contents
QCSD Primary News
- Welcome BCIU
- Kindergarten Registration Information
- Focus on Foundational Skills - Phonemic Awareness
Research & Resource Share
- Kindergarten Teacher's Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills
Contact QCSD
QCSD Primary News
Welcome to Bucks County Intermediate Unit
Currently, the Sixth Grade Center has embraced these students, families, and BCIU staff. Walking through the Sixth Grade Center you will see and hear the joyful voices of 12 year olds as well as 3 and 4 year olds!
2020-2021 KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION WILL BE HELD
Monday, March 2nd 11:30am - 7:00pm
Tuesday, March 3rd 8:30am - 4:00pm
Wednesday, March 4th 8:30am - 4:00pm
Thursday, March 5th 11:30am - 7:00pm
Please click here for more information regarding registration.
Please click here to review the slides from the Kindergarten Parent Information Night.
Focus on Foundational Skills
Phonemic Awareness
In other news, our K-1 students have been participating in Heggerty's short, fun, engaging, and effective phonemic awareness activities. Heggerty offers a Pre-K edition! Below you can find more information about the resource and activities.
- The Pre‑Kindergarten version of these lessons (purple book) includes 10 components that are taught within each lesson, eight phonemic awareness skills and 2 additional activities to develop letter name and letter sound recognition and language awareness activities. During the language awareness activities, the students learn nursery rhymes. The lessons can be used for instruction within a half‐day or full‐day Pre‑Kindergarten program.
- Click here to see videos of the language and hand motions used with the Heggerty resource.
Research & Resource Share
The information in this Kindergarten Teacher’s Guide is designed to assist teachers in supporting out-of-school literacy activities that are aligned to classroom instruction, informed by student need, grounded in evidence-based practices, and facilitated by ongoing parent-teacher communication. The Teacher’s Guide provides a framework for literacy support activities presented during schools’ family literacy nights and parent-teacher conferences.
QCSD Contact Information
Dr. Lisa Hoffman
Assistant Superintendent for Office for Teaching and Learning
215-529-2005
Erin Oleksa-Carter
Supervisor of Literacy and Arts
215-529-2015
Janet Pelone
Director of Pupil Services
215-529-2014
Kelly Cramer
K-12 Instructional Coach
215-529 -2664
Parent Information for Kindergarten Readiness
Doris Yurchak
QCSD Registrar
215-529-2023
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