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Welcome to Kindergarten Orientation Thank You for Coming. Welcome to MTES. Our Principal – Mrs. Inman. Mrs. Fisher. Vice Principal Math Coach. Mrs. Spurgeon. Literacy Leader. Speech. Jessica Newcomb. School Nurse Roz Wilkerson. Student Health Passport - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Welcome to MTES
Our Principal – Mrs. Inman
Mrs. Fisher
• Vice Principal
• Math Coach
Mrs. Spurgeon
• Literacy Leader
Speech
Jessica Newcomb
School NurseRoz Wilkerson
• Student Health Passport
• Student Health Screening Notification
• Authorization for Use or Disclosure of Health Information
Enrollment Documents
Students must have a copy of a birth certificate, social security card, school physical, and shot record to be enrolled in school. This is a law, and we are audited.
Encore Classes
• Music – Mrs. Trescher
• P.E. – Mr. Johnson (Coach)
• Guidance – Miss Dyer
• Computer Lab – Mrs. Howard
• Library – Mrs. Wideman
The School Day
• School starts at 8:20 a.m.
Drop students off at the gym entrance
• School is dismissed at 3:20 p.m.
Pick up in front of the cafeteria – for your
child's safety, use the number card( If your child rides a bus, please return the bus number tag each day.)
If your child needs to get home a way that is different from his or her routine, you must send a note and call the office.
Overview of Kindergarten Math
• Hands on experiences with manipulatives
• Counting to 100 by 1’s, 10’s, 5’s and 2 ’s
• Recognizing numbers to 100
• Writing numbers to 100
• Reads number words zero - thirty
• Money (naming coins and values)
• Telling time (to the hour)
• Simple addition and subtraction
• Measurement
• Ordinal numbers through tenth
• Reading charts and graphs
• Calendar skills
• Sorting and categorizing
• Shapes including ellipse, hexagon, trapezoid, sphere, cone, cube, and cylinder
• Identifying and extending patterns
Overview of Kindergarten Reading
Sing, Spell, Read, and Write: Songs, games, and workbooks that teach
• Phonics - letter sounds
• Recognizing letters
• Rhyming
• Writing letters
• Blending sounds to read words
• Reading color words
• Sight words- list sent home second nine weeks
• Leveled readers
• Writing sentences and stories
• Retelling stories
• Sequencing events in stories
• Identifying the characters, setting, and events in stories
• Predicting what will happen next in stories
Awards and Incentives
• Naming Letters and Sounds (out of order)
• Reading Word Lists
• Student of the 9 Weeks
• Counting to 100 and Naming 1-100 (out of order)
• Most Improved
• Perfect Attendance
• Good Behavior Awards
School Spirit Awards
• First 9 Weeks – Most Respectful
• Second 9 Weeks – Most Responsible
• Third 9 Weeks – Most Conscientious
• Fourth 9 Weeks - Citizenship
• October 25
• January 10
• March 28
• May 21
All awards assemblies will begin at 2:30
Awards Assembly Dates
Communication
Folders
• Will be sent home each day
• Will contain schoolwork, homework, reports, and newsletters
• Two important practice activities
• Calendar in the back is a daily behavior record that you sign each day
Report Cards• Report cards reflect skills that are
required for Kindergarten • Mid term reports show student progress
toward achieving these skills• Mastery of these skills is necessary for
promotion to first grade• Conferences with parents
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Parent Teacher Conferences
We will schedule conferences to discuss your child’s test results and adjustment to
school.
School Rules
• Be ready
• Be respectful
• Be responsible
Kindergarten Rules1. Listen and follow directions
2. Complete work on time and do your best
3. Talk at appropriate times (raise hand)
4. Respect others (keep hands, feet, and objects to self)
5. Respect school and personal property
6. Keep a positive attitude
7. Behavior in cafeteria, bathroom, library, music, gym, computer lab, and hallways
8. Homework completion
9. Safety habits for myself and others
10.Anything other than these will be dated and listed on this paper
Money• Please send lunch
money on the first day of the week in an envelope marked with the student’s name and what the money is for.
• Mealpay Plus
BASP• Mrs. Wilson
Field Trips
• Autumn Acres Pumpkin Patch
October 31
• Premier Athletics and Cedar Hill Park
May 1 (tentative)
• School Wide Trip to the Zoo
May 22
We need volunteers to help in the classrooms. Please discuss this with us at open house. Volunteers are needed for the following activities:
• provide snacks• listen to students read • help with crafts and art activities• chaperone field trips• plan, serve, and clean up at parties• clean tables• file papers• any time you visit the school you must sign in at the office