Ms. Murphy and Ms. Murphy and Mrs. Denton’s Mrs. Denton’s KindergartenKindergarten

Ms. Murphy and Ms. Murphy and Mrs. Denton’s Mrs. Denton’s KindergartenKindergarten

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Lunch 11:25-12:05

• Please come eat lunch with your child in the cafeteria after we track back in.

• Money takes a few days to process when you add it on the online account.

• Send lunch money (or any other money) with your child in a labeled wallet or envelope.

• I recommend keeping some money in your child’s lunch account for days that he/she forgets his lunch. Students without a lunch box or money will receive a fruit and vegetable tray.

Specials Schedule• Monday – Gym (wear sneakers)

and Computer Lab• Tuesday – Media (return library

books)• Wednesday – Art• Thursday – Music• Friday – Media, Art, Music first quarter rotation

Snacks• Please send a healthy snack to school

with your child each day.• Please label with your child’s name.• Healthy snacks – fruit, vegetables,

crackers, granola bars, cheerios, goldfish, yogurt, water bottles

• Cookies, candy, cake, chips, soda, or juice are not allowed.

Class Wish List• Clorox Wipes• Hand sanitizer• Tissue• Rings to attach word cards to backpacks• Items for Prize Box• Ziploc bags (various sizes)• Glue sticks• Old socks• Coffee tubs or cans• Empty paper towel rolls• books

Communication• Tuesday Folders - school-wide

communication, behavior chart, homework, student work, classroom newsletters

• Despite the name, Tuesday folders will be sent home everyday

• Conferences • Email – amurphy1@wcpss.net• Classroom Website

Email and Daily Folder

• Email is a great way to communicate with me most of the time. The Daily Folder is also checked each day for parent/teacher communication.

• When children are absent, I need a handwritten note in order to excuse the absence.

• I usually check my email before and after school. If the message is about a urgent matter, such as a change in transportation, please send a note in the daily folder.

Class Website

Check the class website for newsletters, homework, and pictures.

Kindergarten Supply List

• Box of crayola crayons• A pair of primary scissors• 2 packages of glue sticks• A single subject notebook• 2 portfolio type folders with pockets• A bookbag (bags with wheels cannot fit into our cubbies)• Bath towel• A change of clothes (including socks and underwear)• 2 packs of Expo markers for dry erase boards• 1 composition notebook• 1 cloth grocery bag

Positive Behavior System

Following routines, learning guidelines/procedures, following directions, sharing, getting along with others and making and maintaining friendships are some critical social/emotional expectations of kindergarten. We encourage the children by acknowledging their behavior and giving them positive and frequent feedback when they are being appropriate.

Individual and Corporate Behavior

• Each day Ms. Denton and I will communicate with you about your child’s behavior on a calendar in the Tuesday folder. On the calendar, students will receive a color (green, yellow, or red) based on their behavior that day. Green indicates that a child behaved appropriately all day. Please praise them for a job well done! Yellow indicates that a child broke school rules and received several warnings. Red indicates that a child chose not to follow classroom/school rules after excessive warnings. Students will be rewarded on Fridays if they have earned greens everyday that week.

• Please initial and return the calendar each day. Your participation is crucial for reinforcing and rewarding good behaviors, as well as improving inappropriate ones.

PROWL Tickets

• Both the class and individuals have the opportunity to earn PROWL tickets when they are “caught” working hard at following school guidelines. Whenever the class earns 10 PROWL tickets, they will have the opportunity to choose a reward (picnic lunch, 15 extra minutes of centers, etc). They will vote on the reward each time.

• Individuals who have earned PROWL tickets will put the tickets in a can and we will draw a couple out each day for a reward (lunch in the class, sit beside a friend, etc.) This is a positive way to encourage appropriate behavior.

Book Log HomeworkEvery night read your child a story or listen to him/her read a story to you. Record

the title on the book log. Turn in the log at the end of each month. Make reading with your child a happy, relaxing experience.

1. Put your child on your lap or right next to you. Find the front and back cover.

2. Point to the title and explain that the title tells what the book is about.

3. Before and during reading, encourage your child to look at the pictures and to talk about what they see. Discuss what is happening in the pictures and then ask them to predict what will happen next.

4. Ask questions such as: Who was your favorite character in the story? Where does this story take place? How do you know? Have you ever done anything like the people/animals in the story?

5. Point to the words as you read. Explain that words are made from letters and that words tell the story. When you finish reading a page, show them where to go next.

6. Point out the periods.

Popcorn Words and Letter/Word Rings

Individualized RingsRead each night with your childRewards for individual and class reading

achievements

Homework will start in August.

Classwork Classwork will be sent home in the

Tuesday folder. Take time each day to open the folder and look at the work with your child. Praise your child for work that is well done. Ask him/her to read it to you. Make a special place to keep the student made booklets so that they can be reread throughout the year. Look for popcorn words.

Birthdays• You are welcome to bring a special snack

(must be pre-packaged at the store) for your child’s birthday and stay for the celebration. You are also welcome to drop the snack off in the morning.

• Please contact me at least one week in advance to make arrangements.

• School policy does not permit birthday party invitations to be passed out at school.

Volunteers and Room Parent

• Parents are encouraged to volunteer as classroom helpers, field trip chaperones, and special event helpers. Please sign up and I will contact you!

• All volunteers must register each year in our office. Please see Ms. Bennett as soon as possible for an application.

• We need one parent to be our room parent. This person would be a PTA/classroom liaison and serve as a contact person for a few special classroom events.