WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN

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WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN!

• August 25, 2008
• http//teacherweb.com/SC/CenterforKnowledge/SallyD
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Our Day

• Morning Language Activities
• Calendar, weather, days of the week, (Spanish and
  English), months of the year, colors, ABC song,
  100s chart, piggy bank (Hundreds, tens and ones),
  tally marks
• Morning Message- dictation, echo reading, count
  and tally words and sentences, reading words
• Peanut words- high frequency sight words

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• Literature Time
• Special Friend Celebration
• Designing the Special Friend Page!
• Journals
• Centers and Small group activities

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• 10.00 Snack 40
• 10.10-10.40 Centers
• 1120-1150 Lunch
• 1200-1230
• QUIET TIME!
• Browsing boxes books and paper/pencil
  TOWEL!

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• 1230-130 MATH
• Singapore Math
• Sunshine Math (2nd semester)
• 1.20-1.45 Recess
• Water
• 2.00-2.35 Social Studies/ Science

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• Social Sciences
• Themed science or social studies activities
  (Hirsch Units and State Standards)

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Social Studies Units
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Science Units
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• 230-245 End of the Day Journal
• How was your Day?
• What did you learn today?
• Treasure Chest!!! (contributions welcome!)
• Carpool/After School

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LUNCH!

• We eat at 1120 every day
• Hot lunch available for 2.10
• Milk .50
• Watch labels for nutritional values Lunchables
  have high sugar and sodium ?)
• Watch amounts in lunch boxes!
• Online lunch payments
• https//www.mynutrikids.com/login.asp

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Schedule

• Please help us when you can

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Special Areas Schedule

• Monday
• 10.40-11.15 Physical Education
• Tuesday
• 10.10-11.15 Music/Art
• 2.10-2.40 Physical Education

• Wednesday
• 1.05-1.35
• Thursday
• Friday
• 2.10-2.40 Computers/ Library

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PE Schedule

• Monday 10.40-11.10
• Tuesday 210-245
• Wear Tennis shoes and shorts! (under dresses) ?

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Peanut Words

• High Frequency words-
• Often readable on sight
• a, the, is , it, and
• Do not try to sound them out
• Full list on web page and in handbook
• Study/review NIGHTLY. Return to school each
  day!!!

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Journals

• May be Scribble, driting, or initial consonants
  of words.
• Do not worry about content, just help them
  stretch out words for initial letters. The
  rest will follow!
• Mary had a little Lamb
• M H A L L

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Authors!

• Your child dictates a sentence to us.
• We write down what they say.
• They Touch Read
• They Make sentences
• They make books!

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Hirsch Reading

• Topic lists in Handbook (check the Library for
  titles)
• Look at homework sheet for current topic
• What your Kindergartner Needs to Know (REQUIRED
  BOOK)

• Due quarterly
• Plays and journal entries on cultural events also
  acceptable
• (Draw a picture and bring in playbill)
• Oct 22 due date for Language Arts and Fine arts

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Homework

• Please initial top and bottom of folder every
  day.
• STARRED and bold items MUST be returned to
  school next day.
• Read 20 minutes every night and sign on log.

http//www.tooter4kids.com/classroom/why_read_for_
20_minutes_every_da.htm
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Behavior Chart

• Green Super Star!
• Blue Good Day ?
• Yellow Not so good ?
• Red Unacceptable ?

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Behavior Expectations

• 3 Yellows in one week After School Detention.
  Pick up is at 4pm SHARP- No After School care
  provided that day for child.
• Red at any time is DETENTION
• 3 (excessive) tardies DETENTION
• 5 tardies Suspension (Be here by 8.10!)

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• Sept 1  Labor Day (holiday)
• 5  Grandparents Day
• 18  Back-to-School Picnic (Sesqui)
• 19  early dismissal (12 noon) Parent
  Conferences (1/2 day) 
• October 15  Health Screening ½ day
• 23 Hirsch activities 1 and 2 Due
• 24 NO SCHOOL
• 29  Fall Pictures individual

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Please SAVE

• BOX TOPS
• Campbells UPC CODES

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QUESTIONS?

• Please sign up for
• Homeroom
• helpers
• Please look
• over my website for
• updates and wish lists

Wishing Tree