welcome to kindergarten parent orientation! we’re so glad you came !
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Welcome to Kindergarten Parent Orientation!
We’re so glad you came!
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Who are your teachers?
Room 1:Mrs. Mross and Mrs. Crewell
Room 2:Mrs. Tripp and Mrs. Daly
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Making a Transition to Kindergarten!
• Kindergarten is different than preschool. It takes time for the children to adjust to the changes.
• If you have questions after today’s meeting, please feel free to e-mail me here at school or write a note in your child’s folder.
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The first 10 days!
• The first 10 days will be half days.• Your child will be dismissed from
school at 11:45. • During these half days, your child
will have the chance to transition into the “Big School”.
• We will get to know the school, learn the classroom routine and get to know each other.
• This will also allow us to do home visits in the afternoon.
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Home Visits
• Home visits are completely optional. • We will come for a short 15 minute
visit to give you the opportunity to ask any questions that you may have about Kindergarten.
• This also gives your child the opportunity to see his or her teachers outside of the classroom.
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Daily Communication Folder
• Your child will need to bring their folder to school every day. This is a easy way for us to communicate with each other.
• The communication log shows your child’s daily behavior.
• Please sign daily and make any notes that you need to communicate with us.
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Discipline Policy
• Our school has a set of rules that will help us have a safe and inviting classroom.
• We will be discussing the rules and developing our class mission statement during the first few days of school.
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Discipline Policy
• Each class has a discipline system of flipping tickets when they break a rule.
• Your child will have a happy face , one green, one yellow, and one red ticket. When he or she breaks a rule, he or she will flip a ticket.
• Every child will have the opportunity to flip his or her ticket back to a happy face if behavior has improved.
• An explanation of your child’s daily behavior will be flagged in the communication log.
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Curriculum
• Reading will be taught using different approaches-Shared reading (whole group – big books, poems, chants, etc.); Guided reading (small groups); Individual reading
• Reading lessons and many of our writing activities will come from nursery rhymes, traditional stories, songs, or poetry.
• Most math lessons will involve hands-on learning activities.
• Daily writing will be taught through the Writing Workshop approach.
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Focus Words
• Kindergarten focus words are the words we are learning to recognize, spell, and use in our daily reading and writing activities.
• Kindergarten students have 25 words they need to know before the end of the year.
• A list of these words is in your child’s packets.
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Reading Logs• The most important thing you can do
to help your child at home is to read with or to him/her every night!!
• Your child will be bringing home class books the SECOND nine weeks or sooner to read.
• Read daily with your child.• Once your child begins bringing home
books, record the books your child reads at home in his/her Reading Log each night. Please return the Reading Log and book inside the provided bag.
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Weekly Skills-Progress Report
• At the end of each week, a progress report will be sent home in your child’s folder.
• Your child will be assessed weekly to see if he/she can demonstrate the skills/concepts introduced that week.
• If your child continuously can not demonstrate targeted skills-it will be time to set up a conference.
• After reviewing your child’s progress, please sign and return the report in your child’s folder.
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Report Cards• Report cards will be sent home 3
times a year and will be placed in your child’s folder at the end of each grading period.
• Please be sure to look over your child’s report card, sign the yellow card and return the envelope to school ASAP.
• Remember-I am here for you as a resource for your child’s learning! I am always willing to help!
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Lunch and Snack
• We will go to lunch at 12:12 (Mross) and 12:16 (Tripp) each day.
• When you send in money with your child, please put it in a sealed envelope or a ziplock baggie labeled with your child’s name.
• Students may purchase ice cream or a slushy on Fridays.
• Provide a healthy snack for your child everyday.
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Field Trips
Kindergarten is planning several fieldtrips for this school year.
• Air Traffic Control Tower MCAS Cherry Point
• Pumpkin Patch• Mayflower Ferry Trip• Naval Hospital• The Farm• Fort Macon Beach
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Field Trips
• Understand that some places we visit limit the number of chaperones due to availability of tickets, etc.
• According to county policy, all chaperones will need to provide their own transportation for field trips.
• We ask that parents not bring younger siblings on field trips as this is a special time for you and your kindergartener.
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Medications
• All medications must be administered by the school nurse. This includes cough drops and chap stick. Any medication must have a form completed by your child’s physician. Forms can be obtained from the school nurse.
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Parent Volunteers
• Craven County policy states that all parent volunteers must complete a volunteer orientation. This may require a background check and fingerprinting.
• Homeroom Moms or Dads are needed to help with special events that take place throughout the school-year.
• A library volunteer is needed to take the children to the library once a week to return and check out books.
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Birthdays
• We will be happy to help celebrate your child’s birthday at school. Please let me know in advance if you would like to do something special for your child.
• School Board policy states that most items should be store bought (frosting, etc.) to ensure safety.
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Other Information
• We are on a rotating schedule for specials this year. We will have Art, Music, P.E., and Computer Lab.
• Scholastic book orders-make checks payable to the book company. The order forms will go home periodically throughout the year. This is a great way to get books on your child’s reading level and it helps us get books for our class.
• We will be using Weekly Readers as part of our guided reading program. There is a letter in your child’s packet with more information.
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More information
• I will send home a monthly calendar with events on it. This calendar will also have our specials rotation on it. Put it up on your refrigerator!
• Check our web page every month. I will update at the beginning of each month.
• Instead of a traditional Show-n-Tell, we have daily share time after center and writing times.
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Even More Information
• Please complete the lunch form in your child’s packet. Our school is allocated Federal money based on the percentage of free/reduced participants.
• Please complete the sheet about your child’s personality characteristics in your child’s packet and return them as soon as possible.
• Please make sure that you sign in on your teacher’s attendance sheet and complete the “Important Sheet” before you leave.
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Dismissal
• 2:45 pm - Dismissal for walkers and daycare van riders.
• 2:50 pm – Dismissal for car riders, bike riders, and AWE after-school care. Parents need to display the car rider sign in their car visor.
• If there is a change in the way your child goes home, please send a note in your child’s folder or call the school office with that information.
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Thank you for coming!
• Thank you in advance for all your support this year! I am certain that we are going to have an “AWE-some” school-year!