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Standards Alignment and Pacing Guide Blending of Preschool Foundations and Kindergarten Standards Pacing guide for ELA and Math Assessments Nuts and Bolts for Transitional Kindergarten:Preparing Our Youngest Students toSucceed in Kindergarten Washington School Kingsburg Elementary Charter School District Mrs. Ying Lee- Transitional Kindergarten Teacher Mrs. Shirley Esau, Principal and Director of Categorical Programs * Inspiration – the youngest kindergarten students and a pioneering teacher * Kingsburg Kingsburg -12,000 people, located between Fresno and Visalia. Kingsburg Elementary Charter School District serves all the students in town – preschool through 8th grade. Largest Charter District in California ADA – 2500+ High student achievement – District API = 816 Transitional kindergarten students ride the bus just like kindergarten students. * Kingsburg Elementary Charter School District Washington School – preschool kindergarten: Title 1 Schoolwide Early Intervention preschool ( 30 students) State preschool (90 students) Transitional kindergarten (25 students) Kindergarten (243 students). Roosevelt School - first grade Lincoln School – second and third grades Reagan Elementary – fourth, fifth, sixth grades Rafer Johnson Junior High – seventh eighth grades Central Valley Home School – K-8 grades Island Community Day School – 4-8 grades * Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2010: SB 1381 The legislation SB 1381 creates transitional kindergarten, the first year of a two-year kindergarten experience for those students who are born between September and December. These children would have been in kindergarten if the law had not changed. Transitional kindergarten is proactive instead of retention being reactive. Both cases require the Continuance Form for each child and both are two year programs by default. Kingsburg’s Action Plan – 2009-11 Preschool to kindergarten Articulation plan with all public and private preschools. (2 year projec