2019 2020 Welcome to Kindergartens Meet the Teacher

2019 -2020 Welcome to Kindergarten’s Meet the Teacher and Curriculum Night

Camp Directors Principal: Christie Winkelmann Assistant Principal: Sarah Sottille

Meet the Teachers Audrey Yoshioka, Christy. Asta, Tina Akins, Tammia Jones, Janet Pancratz, Patti Foster ,

Mady Toby Fifth Grade Ambassadors

Daily Procedures If you are late, take your child to the office to get a late pass If your child will be absent, call the attendance line 480 -541 -2001 If you are changing your going home plan, you need to notify the teacher in writing. If there is a change of who is picking up your child, notify the teacher in writing E-mail may not be the best option, as we don’t always have time to check our messages throughout the day.

Classroom Rules are consistent throughout the school and classrooms: 1. Be Respectful 2. Be Responsible 3. Be Safe These follow a PBIS model where ALL teachers and staff adhere to the same rules. .

ELA (English Language Arts) • CKLA Listening and Learning and Skills • Phonemic Awareness and Phonics • Large Group: Big Books, Poems, Songs • Small Group Instruction • Individualized Reading at varied levels • Picture books and Informational texts DIBELS Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy. Schoolwide testing of all students

Writing English Language Arts (ELA) • Inventive Spelling • Writing Rubrics • Manuscript (ball and stick) • Response to literature • Informative, opinion and narrative

Math (Ready) Counting and Cardinality Know number names and count sequences Count to tell the number of objects Compare numbers Operations and Algebraic Thinking Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from. Number and Operations in Base Ten Work with numbers 11 -19 to gain foundations for place value Geometry Identify and describe shapes Analyze, compare, create and compose shapes Measurement and Data Describe and compare measurable attributes Classify objects in categories

Science/Social Studies Plants/Farm Earth/Space Life cycles Five Senses/Healthy Habits Seasons/Weather United States/Holidays Native Americans Community

Special Classes Students will have five special classes each week, most taught by special area teachers. PE - Tuesday Music - Wednesday Art - Thursday Library - Friday. Computer Lab (taught by classroom teacher) - Monday *On P. E. days please make sure your child wears tennis shoes and dresses appropriately. If they do not dress appropriately they will have to sit out of P. E. .

Homework packets will be posted weekly. • Parents please PRINT and send completed packets back to school with your child. Please notify the teacher if you have any problems. • Packets are posted on Wednesday or Fridays (depending on classroom) • Access homework: http: //www. kyrene. org/brisas

Homework Weekly packets include: • PRINT pages from Parent. VUE • Skills/Math pages are in folder • Nightly reading is encouraged

Access Childs account

Access account

Progress Reports • Progress Reports-2 x a year in January & May • Conferences *Parent-Student-Teacher Conference in October *Group Portfolio Conference in February “Popsicle Night”.

Lunch • Students eat lunch in the cafeteria • Your child’s teacher is NOT with them during lunch time, lunch aides are on duty to help assist students • Hot Lunch $2. 90 • Milk and Water $. 50 available for sack lunches • • • Breakfast also available for purchase $1. 65 Adults $3. 50, On-line purchases available Cash/Check can be sent in with your student money in a baggie/envelope. Please write your child’s name on it.

Daily Snacks • This year students will be asked to bring their own healthy snack in a disposable baggie or container. Your child should be able to open, peel, or unlock containers on their own. • Time is limited so please only send a small snack easily consumable in a 5 -10 min period. We have the early lunch at 10: 50 so they just need something small to tide them over until lunch. • Please let us know if your child has any food allergies. We occasionally have/make a snack that coincides with our units of study. Thank you

PTSO

Field Trips Permission Slips Desert Breeze Park Walking (Trees/Leaves, Fire/Police stations, Train, Water Day, picnics, etc. ) 2 day notice Bus field trip Field Trip Volunteers

Field Trip Photos Fire and Police Departments Desert Breeze Tree field trip Tolmachoff Farms Field Tip

Communication Newsletters will be emailed each week. School/Class website: http: //kyrene. org Teachers contact information can be located on the homepage School Phone: (480) 541 -2000 Classrooms: (480) 541 -2141 (ends w/room number) Curriculum Night Powerpoint

And Always Remember… All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be …I learned in Kindergarten. Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. And it is still true no matter how old you are-when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

I look forward to working with you and your child this year. It is going to be a wonderful year filled with exciting learning adventures!

Thank You. for coming tonight! We’ll see you on Thursday !