Back to School Night Mrs Urbaniak and Mrs

Back to School Night Mrs. Urbaniak and Mrs. Malik’s Kindergarten Class

Arrival and Dismissal � Morning Drop Off- 7: 30 a. m. - -Staff members and volunteers will bring your child to their classroom. You may walk your child down the first day but we encourage you to allow them to come to class independently the rest of the year. � Dismissal- 2: 35 p. m. -Bus riders will be escorted to their bus by a teacher. - Walkers will be escorted through the front doors. - Car riders will be escorted by a teacher to the gym where the students will wait for their adult to arrive in the car loop. Please stay in your car! - Daycare riders will be escorted to the gym where their daycare vans will pick them up in the car loop. - We must receive a high five, hand shake, or a hug before the child leaves so we know who they are leaving with. - If there is a change in dismissal, we must receive a note.

Homework �Since we are a full day Kindergarten program, homework will not be a requirement. We will be covering our entire curriculum within the school day. �There are optional programs for you to participate in with your child throughout the school year if you would like extra reinforcement such as the Fast Start Program and Word Club. �More information about these programs will be addressed at Curriculum Night.

Kindergarten Discipline Plan �We will come up with rules as a class together during the first week of school. �We use a variety of rewards throughout the year including shark fins and shark bites. �The color chart is used to monitor behavior.

Each child will start on “Ready to Learn”

Lunch �Students will have lunch at 11: 40 each day. �Students have the option to purchase lunch or bring lunch. If your child will be purchasing lunch, you can send in money or upload money to their account on the MSE website. Lunch is $3. 05. �Students will need to know their number to purchase lunch. �A lunch calendar can be located on the MSE website.

Demonstrate how to get to payment options and lunch menu

Snack �Students will be able to have a snack in the morning. �We do encourage the snack to be small and healthy. �Some examples are carrot sticks, pretzels in a small bag, an apple, a cheese stick etc. �We STRONGLY encourage you NOT to pack another lunch. The snack time will be limited to about 10 minutes so the students will not have enough time to eat more than one small snack.

Treat Free Policy �We are a treat free school. Birthdays will be celebrated with songs, certificates, pencils, and fun! We will celebrate summer birthdays in the spring �Instead of providing treats, we encourage you to donate an item to the classroom or send in a book for us to read to the class. �Birthday party invitations may not be distributed in school unless there is an invitation for every student. Please make alternative arrangements outside of school if you do not plan to invite everyone.

Project Based Learning (PBL) � Loudoun County Public Schools began the implementation of learning through One to the World in 2016. One to the World is a type of learning in which students will solve authentic problems and make real world connections. � We used this model last year and we will be using this model again in our classrooms this year through Project Based Learning is very similar to One to the World in that students will be empowered to make meaningful contributions to the world by solving an authentic challenging problem. Students will exhibit persistence and passion while learning significant content and importance competencies as they focus on authentic problems in our world.

Project Based Learning (PBL) • Students will have the opportunity to critique, revise, and reflect throughout their project and will create a public product. • We will need your support during our projects as we will be conducting four projects that align with various SOL’s (Standards of Learning) this year.

PARENT SURVEY

Code to the Future �Moorefield Station is one (1) of three (3) Loudoun County Public Schools that was selected to represent our school division in a new initiative beginning last year. �In Kindergarten, students will balance the time they spend on computers by engaging in hands-on, high-interest lessons with manipulatives, such as Legos, in order to develop an understanding of patterns and sequences that will serve as a foundation for computer programming.

Code to the Future �One of the computer programs we will be using is Scratch. If you have access to a computer at home, it would be highly beneficial for you to create an account for your child to use at home to start exploring the program Scratch so they are somewhat familiar with the program when we begin using it in 3 weeks. https: //scratch. mit. edu/ �If you have an i. Pad, the Scratch program we are using in the classroom will not be on the i. Pad but you may use the Scratch Jr. app.

Volunteers • Volunteer Coordinator- Works with the teacher to develop a schedule for all of the volunteers. If a volunteer is unable to make it on their scheduled day, they would contact the volunteer coordinator and the volunteer coordinator will do their best to find a replacement. �Room Mom/Dad- Coordinate the Fall, Winter, and End of the Year parties and help with special celebrations in the classroom. �We will also need extra support throughout our Project Based Learning Projects. �Make sure you fill out a form if you are interested in helping us this year

Daily Folders �This is the best way to communicate between home and school. �Please be sure to remove the items that are in the side labeled “keep at home” on a daily basis. �Any notes for us can be placed in the side labeled “return to school”.

Monday Folders �These red folders will go home each Monday and should be returned on Tuesday. �Please make sure to read through the information carefully. The office and PTO use this as a main form of communication between home and school.

Book Orders �We will be sending home book orders within the first few weeks of school. �I will attach a letter to guide you in setting up an on-line account with Scholastic (if you are interested in using their website to order) and how to use our class code when ordering.

Daily Schedule • SEARCH and Guidance take �We will visit P. E. three place on alternating weeks. times a week. • Guidance lessons teach �We will visit Music twice a about various social aspects week. in school such as �We will visit Library and friendship, bullying, and Art once a week. safety. �Reading Buddies- Fourth • SEARCH lessons are taught graders will come in and to implement higher order read to your child or vice thinking. versa once a week. �Computer time will be integrated into the classroom with Code to the Future.

Other Information �Send in a disposable camera. �We order t-shirts in Kindergarten for field trips and spirit wear. The shirts will be $10 and can be ordered on-line or using the form we will be handing out �Star Student gives your child a chance to share information about themselves with the class (we will share their posters on Fridays). �Our Class “Pet”.

Other Information �Transportation tags and green tag for backpacks �Allergies- we encourage all students to wash their hands before school. �If you are going to be absent be sure to call the absentee line and send an e-mail to both Mrs. Urbaniak and Mrs. Malik.

Pay On-Line �The county encourages you to pay online by credit card for such things as field trips, class shirts and lost books. There is a link on the righthand side of our school website. There is a small charge but you can lump several items into one cart and pay for them at once. The t-shirt will be listed soon.

Before you leave… �Please be sure to check your child’s cubby for items to be taken home. �Be sure to sign up for a conferences using the Sign Up Genius (a link was sent out yesterday) �Fill out and leave transportation form (also be sure to do this in Parent. VUE). �Thank you for coming and I look