KINDERGARTEN BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT Welcome to Kyle

KINDERGARTEN BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT Welcome to Kyle Wilson Elementary School

Top News Encore schedule -dress appropriately v Change of clothes – in bag labeled with name to leave at school v Label everything (backpacks, lunchboxes, jackets, water bottles) v Absent? Send a note in the following day v v. Excused vs. unexcused v. Too many absences = retention?

Let’s Party! v Birthdays vstore bought, individual snacks vhanded out at lunchtime v 25 in classroom at this time v 2 parties v. December 16 (Winter Workshop) v April 21(Spring Celebration) v. End of the day from 2: 00 -3: 00 v 2 field trips v. October 13 trip to Belvedere Farm v. May xxx-Nature trip to Locust Shade Park

Good to Know Info v Breakfast v Served daily at 8: 50 v Must be in class and seated before the bell rings v Book orders v Please submit orders online for book club v No checks/cash v Snack time v Lunch is served at 11: 00 v Snack about 2: 00 v healthy snack dry foods only please v Disissal v 3: 40 for Kindergartners

Come say “hey” on Conference Day v Sign up sheets v. In classrooms v. Monday, November 7 v. Interpreters available – please notify teacher v Meetings throughout the year v. Schedule directly with your child’s teacher v. Send a note v. With your student v. By e-mail (preferred)

Volunteers v Each classroom is in need of volunteers v. In school help-Room moms/dads v. At home help-Phone tree v Sign up sheets vin classrooms vreturn to teachers as soon as possible

Classroom Management v ESD (effective school-wide discipline) v. Used in all classrooms v. Baldridge principles v Behavior management program v. Established in all Kindergarten classrooms. Class Do. Jo.

Kindergarten Curriculum Daily 5 v Writing v Reading v v Jan Richardson’s Guided Reading program v Whole group and small group instruction v Math v Blended approach v Math Connects v Whole group and small group instruction v STEAM v Integration throughout the curriculum

Kindergarten Packet v Recognize, tell, and write v all letter names and all letter sounds vupper and lower case vout of order v. First name and last name written in proper case v Practice high frequency words daily v List in tonight’s packet v Write letters using correct formation v top to bottom

Wait! There’s more! v Students should be able to: v Identify, and write numbers 0 -100 Count in order to 100 Identify and draw shapes Identify colors Identify coins by name and value (penny, nickel, dime, quarter) Know days of the week and months of year Understand follow all directions Work independently v v v v

Homework v Read and record every evening for at least 20 minutes. Regulation 663 -1 v Practice identifying CAPITAL letters, lower case letters and their sounds. Refer to the picture chart for the sounds we use at school. v Practice writing your first and last names using only one capital letter at the beginning of each name and writing the rest of the letter in lower case. v Practice Kindergarten high frequency words. v Practice cutting, coloring, and gluing. (Remember neatness counts towards every grade. ) v Practice counting up from one to one hundred. v Practice counting down from twenty to zero. v Practice identifying the numerals 0 -100. v Again, read to your child. Later in the year your child will be able to begin to read to you!

Kindergarten Poem

The Kindergarten Team � Thank › › you for coming tonight, Mrs. Booth and Mrs. Lourenzo Ms. Holbrook and Mrs. Eversole Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Lloyd Mrs. Wehrmann and Mrs. Lohdi › Email: holbrokr@pwcs. edu