About the teacherS
Welcome! My name is Mrs. Gosin and I will be teaching K5.2 this year. I have been teaching for 11 years and this will be my 7th year here at OCSI. At OCSI, I have taught both Kindergarten and First grade. I believe that students are capable of so much, and I love helping them grow into their full potential. It is also my privilege to serve as our Kindergarten Coordinator this year.
I am originally from Hawaii, but I currently reside in Yomitan with my wonderful husband, and two dogs, Moses and Chopstix. We absolutely love Okinawa and plan to stay here for a long time if possible.
I look forward to a wonderful school year!
I am originally from Hawaii, but I currently reside in Yomitan with my wonderful husband, and two dogs, Moses and Chopstix. We absolutely love Okinawa and plan to stay here for a long time if possible.
I look forward to a wonderful school year!
About Kindergarten Events
Here is a PowerPoint about Kindergarten and the events to look forward to in Kindergarten. It will be a busy year! Some field trips (Yomitan no sato, zoo, fire station) are not included because we are still setting the dates. I will let you know as they approach throughout the year.
This powerpoint is from 2014-2015. This page is under construction and a new one will be put up for this upcoming school year.
This powerpoint is from 2014-2015. This page is under construction and a new one will be put up for this upcoming school year.
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About the Curriculum
Daily Five
The Daily 5™ is a framework for structuring literacy time so students develop lifelong habits of reading, writing, and working independently.
How does it work?
Students select from five authentic reading and writing choices, working independently toward personalized goals, while the teacher meets individual needs through whole-group and small-group instruction, as well as one-on-one conferring. These choices include
The benefits of The Daily 5 for teachers and schools include the following:
The Literacy CAFE™ System helps students understand and master the four key components of successful reading: Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding Vocabulary.
How does it work?
The CAFE Menu breaks each component—comprehension, accuracy, fluency, and expanding vocabulary—into significant strategies that support each goal. Posted on the classroom wall and built throughout the year, it serves as a visual reminder of whole-class instruction as well as individual student goals.
Teachers use The CAFE System to assess, instruct, and monitor student progress. It provides tools for constructing group and individual lessons that provide just-in-time instruction, ensuring that all students reach their potential. The system helps teachers
Everyday Mathematics
About Everyday Mathematics
Everyday Mathematics is a comprehensive Pre-K through grade 6 mathematics program developed by the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project and published by McGraw-Hill Education. Every year in the US, about 220,000 classrooms are using Everyday Mathematics.
Why It Works
Everyday Mathematics is a research-based and field-tested curriculum that focuses on developing children’s understandings and skills in ways that produce life-long mathematical power.
The Everyday Mathematics curriculum emphasizes:
Each grade of the Everyday Mathematics curriculum is carefully designed to build and expand a student’s mathematical proficiency and understanding. Our goal: to build powerful mathematical thinkers.
Repeated Exposure to Teaching for Long-Term Learning Max Bell, the leading force behind the first edition of Everyday Mathematics, has said that if you give children an opportunity to forget something, they will. Everyday Mathematics is carefully structured so that children are not given the opportunity to forget!
Practice through Games The curriculum has a wide variety of fact-practice games. Children find these games much more engaging than standard drill exercises, so they are willing to spend more time practicing their basic facts. For more information on games, please visit our sample games page.
The Daily 5™ is a framework for structuring literacy time so students develop lifelong habits of reading, writing, and working independently.
How does it work?
Students select from five authentic reading and writing choices, working independently toward personalized goals, while the teacher meets individual needs through whole-group and small-group instruction, as well as one-on-one conferring. These choices include
- Read to Self,
- Work on Writing,
- Read to Someone,
- Listen to Reading, and
- Word Work.
The benefits of The Daily 5 for teachers and schools include the following:
- students develop independence, stamina, and accountability;
- less time consumed by classroom management leaves more for instruction;
- the framework adapts flawlessly to district-adopted curriculums and state mandates;
- improves schoolwide literacy achievement; and
- behaviors of independence transfer to other content areas.
The Literacy CAFE™ System helps students understand and master the four key components of successful reading: Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding Vocabulary.
How does it work?
The CAFE Menu breaks each component—comprehension, accuracy, fluency, and expanding vocabulary—into significant strategies that support each goal. Posted on the classroom wall and built throughout the year, it serves as a visual reminder of whole-class instruction as well as individual student goals.
Teachers use The CAFE System to assess, instruct, and monitor student progress. It provides tools for constructing group and individual lessons that provide just-in-time instruction, ensuring that all students reach their potential. The system helps teachers
- establish and track the strengths and goals of each child by providing a structure for conferring;
- organize assessment data and use it to inform instruction;
- maximize time with students in whole-group, small-group, and one-on-one settings;
- create flexible small groups focused on specific reading needs;
- engage students, fostering ownership and accountability to reach goals; and
- develop a common language to talk about reading development and proficiency.
Everyday Mathematics
About Everyday Mathematics
Everyday Mathematics is a comprehensive Pre-K through grade 6 mathematics program developed by the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project and published by McGraw-Hill Education. Every year in the US, about 220,000 classrooms are using Everyday Mathematics.
Why It Works
Everyday Mathematics is a research-based and field-tested curriculum that focuses on developing children’s understandings and skills in ways that produce life-long mathematical power.
The Everyday Mathematics curriculum emphasizes:
- Use of concrete, real-life examples that are meaningful and memorable as an introduction to key mathematical concepts.
- Repeated exposures to mathematical concepts and skills to develop children’s ability to recall knowledge from long-term memory.
- Frequent practice of basic computation skills to build mastery of procedures and quick recall of facts, often through games and verbal exercises.
- Use of multiple methods and problem-solving strategies to foster true proficiency and accommodate different learning styles.
Each grade of the Everyday Mathematics curriculum is carefully designed to build and expand a student’s mathematical proficiency and understanding. Our goal: to build powerful mathematical thinkers.
Repeated Exposure to Teaching for Long-Term Learning Max Bell, the leading force behind the first edition of Everyday Mathematics, has said that if you give children an opportunity to forget something, they will. Everyday Mathematics is carefully structured so that children are not given the opportunity to forget!
- In this approach, sometimes called a “spiral,” a topic is revisited repeatedly in different ways, in increasing depth, and using different examples and contexts.
- Important concepts and skills are purposefully revisited in a single grade and often across multiple grades.
- But “spiraling” does not mean mastery is not important: Every grade of Everyday Mathematics includes specific Grade-Level Goals that precisely describe content to be mastered in that grade. These goals are carefully articulated so that skills and concepts develop coherently at each successive grade level.
- Learning, in effect, “snowballs” over time. Through repeated exposures over time, concepts and skills become embedded in the child’s long-term memory.
Practice through Games The curriculum has a wide variety of fact-practice games. Children find these games much more engaging than standard drill exercises, so they are willing to spend more time practicing their basic facts. For more information on games, please visit our sample games page.