Welcome to Kindergarten Parent Orientation

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Welcome to Kindergarten Parent Orientation!

• Were 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 todays meeting,
  please feel free to e-mail me here at school or
  write a note in your childs 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
  1145.
• 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 childs 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 childs 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 childs 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 childs 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 childs progress, please
  sign and return the report in your childs folder.

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Report Cards

• Report cards will be sent home 3 times a year and
  will be placed in your childs folder at the end
  of each grading period.
• Please be sure to look over your childs report
  card, sign the yellow card and return the
  envelope to school ASAP.
• Remember-I am here for you as a resource for your
  childs learning! I am always willing to help!

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Lunch and Snack

• We will go to lunch at 1212 (Mross) and 1216
  (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 childs 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 childs 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 childs
  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 childs 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 childs 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 childs
  packet. Our school is allocated Federal money
  based on the percentage of free/reduced
  participants.
• Please complete the sheet about your childs
  personality characteristics in your childs
  packet and return them as soon as possible.
• Please make sure that you sign in on your
  teachers attendance sheet and complete the
  Important Sheet before you leave.

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Dismissal

• 245 pm - Dismissal for walkers and daycare van
  riders.
• 250 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 childs 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!