Kindergarten 101 and Next Week's Special Color Days!

Important Dates:

9/4 (Monday) - No School

9/5 (Tuesday) – Please wear RED to school

9/6 (Wednesday) – Please wear BLUE to school

9/7 (Thursday) – Please wear YELLOW to school

9/7 (Thursday) - Kindergarten Parent Orientation (Kindergarten 101)

• If you would like to attend this night at JELV choose Session 1 5:00-5:30, or Session 2 5:45-6:15.

• This event is a childfree night where families can meet the teacher; ask questions about our classroom and our kindergarten curriculum.

• You are welcome to come to either session 1 or 2, please choose the time that works best for you and your family.

9/8 (Friday) – Please wear GREEN to school

What Are We Learning Next Week?

• Book(s)/ Poem(s):

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

• Concepts of Print

• words are written and read left to right, top to bottom

• The parts of a book

• front cover, back cover, title, title page, pages, the job of an author (writes the words) and an illustrator (draws/paints the pictures)

• Letter(s) & Sound(s): Uu, Cc & Oo

• Spoken words can be written as letters from sounds

• Math: numerals, counting

Homework:

• We are working on being more independent in Kindergarten in preparation for 1st Grade. Things like zipping zippers, buttons, opening milk, water and chip bags. However, the trickiest one is learning to tie shoe laces.

• Please help your child learn to tie their shoes! If you already know, you have no homework!

Check Out :

• We have a website and a Classroom Group on Facebook. We will be posting pictures and important events on Facebook, to help families keep up with all of the activities and events in our classroom. You must request to join and Mrs. Candy & I will add you!

Specials Schedule:

Monday –NO SCHOOL Tuesday (Day 5) –Art

Wednesday (Day 1) –Science

Thursday (Day 2) –Library

Friday (Day 3) –Gym

• Please have your child wear tennis shoes/sneakers for Gym!

Reminders:

• If you send your child with breakfast and lunch, please place the breakfast and lunch in separate, labeled containers. It will help your child differentiate between their breakfast and lunch as well as any confusion about whose food is in the container.

• The container can be a Kroger bag or a paper bag; it does not have to be a separate lunch box.

• Label it with your child’s name.

• Please put breakfast or lunch money in the zipper pouch of your child’s T.I.G.E.R. Folder.

• Please put breakfast/lunch money in the zipper pouch and do not have your child place it in their pockets.

• The money may get lost or the child may not remember to give it to us or what it is for.

• This will eliminate any confusion, lost money or unexpected cafeteria charges.

• You can also place any type of note in the zipper pouch in your child’s T.I.G.E.R. Folder.

• It could be a note for transportation, absence, doctor, dentist and so on.

• Please send in an extra set of clothes for your child, just in the case of an accident, if you have not sent in extra clothes already.

• Please initial your child’s behavior calendar inside of their T.I.G.E.R. Folder every night.

• When you initial it, please take a few moments to talk about your child’s day together.

• Thank you for doing this at home! It helps at school when your child knows that you will discuss their day with them.

• Remember that it will only be colored in of your child was on any color other than green. If the calendar is left blank, it means your child had a great day on green!

• If your child was on green, blue or purple remember to celebrate a great day! It could be their favorite dinner or dessert, a trip to the park, a movie night, a family game night, getting to visit a nearby family member, or any other reward you think your child would enjoy!