Mrs. Bryant

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Mrs. Bryants Kindergarten Class
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Contact Info.

• Leigh Anne Bryant
• lbryant1_at_kleinisd.net Please e-mail me! ?
• [phone]
• http//classroom.kleinisd.net/webs/lbryant1/

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Conference Time

• My conference time is from 1200 1245 Monday -
  Thursday
• Please e-mail me to schedule an appointment
• Parent/Teacher conference day is Monday, October
  14 please sign up

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Schedule

• Lunch 1050 1120
• Specials 1200 1245
• Computers Friday, 145
• Reading Buddies Friday, 115
• Library Wednesday, 1010

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Academics

• Grades are available through gradespeed.kleinisd.n
  et
• E Really Excellent work (Significantly above
  expected level)
• E Excellent work
• S Really Satisfactory (Slightly above expected
  level)
• S Satisfactory (At expected level)
• N Needs Improvement
• U Unacceptable
• Some assignments are graded, some are not. Work
  that is not graded will have a ? or a check mark.
  This will be sent home throughout the week.
• Graded work is sent in the Tuesday folder ONLY.

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Report Cards and Progress Reports

• Report cards are issued every 9 weeks.
• Mandatory 6 grades taken per subject, per 9 weeks
• Kindergarten does not issue progress reports.

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Textbooks/Curriculum

• Follow TEKS and standardized Klein curriculum
• Plan as a Kindergarten team
• Use many web-based and software-based learning
  tools

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Language Arts

• Handwriting Manuscript
• Weekly letter focus Two letters per week
• Sight words Word banks and word wall
• Rhyming
• Counting syllables
• Concepts of print words/letters, punctuation,
  capital and lower case, top to bottom, left to
  right, where to begin reading

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Writing

• Inventive spelling is used. (Ex rainbow
  rnbo) see examples
• Writing on the sounds heard in the words. In the
  beginning, typically the first and last sounds
  heard.
• Its going to look a little messy at first. ?

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Math

• Envision Math
• Position words (over, under, above, below, left,
  right)
• Sorting (alike and different, color, shape,
  texture)
• Patterning
• Numeral Writing (1 20)
• Counting (1 100)
• Graphing (reading and making graphs)
• Measurement (Nonstandard Units)
• Shapes (2D and 3D shapes)

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Science

• Science Safety and Tools
• Five Senses
• Matter
• Magnets
• Cycles of the Environment
• Living and Non-living
• Animal Groups (mammals, reptiles, amphibians)
• Insects
• Plants

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Social Studies

• Me and my community
• My family
• Manners
• Citizenship
• Community Helpers
• Friendship
• Celebrations around the World
• Presidents and the USA
• Texas
• Earth Day

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Our Reading and Writing Goals

• Children can identify capital and lowercase
  letters and their sounds
• Children can use those sounds to write words and
  sentences
• Children can use those sounds to sound out words
• Our goal is for your child to be READING books by
  the end of kindergarten

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Our Math Goals

• Children can count aloud 1 100
• Children can identify and write numbers 1 20
• Children can count by 10s, 5s, 2s to 100
• Children can identify all 2d and 3d shapes
• Children can sort 3 different ways
• Children can make 3 different types of patterns
• Children can count ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd,
  3rd)
• Children know position words (over, under, etc.)

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Rules to Remember

• Clothing must be in dress code.
• Girls no spaghetti straps or short shorts
• Please have girls wear shorts under their dress
• Medications go to nurse, not teacher children
  may not carry medicine this includes cough drops
• Please dont let your child bring toys or jewelry

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Attendance

• Each day your child is here on time, they get a
  sticker for their chart. ?
• Send notes for EVERY absence
• 15 or more unexcused absences can result in
  retention
• Tardies will affect conduct grade
• Early pick-up must get office to sign out
• For transportation changes - give notice to
  teacher AND office

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Transportation

• Please send a written note
• OR call the office and notify of any changes.
• Your child must have a written note to go home a
  different way.

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Help at Home

• Read to your child and have your child read to
  you This is the GREATEST PREDICTOR of success
  for children.
• PLEASE Practice
• TYING SHOES
• Writing name
• Letters and sounds
• Word, number and shape banks
• Check backpacks every day

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Homework

• 1 page each night letter practice over letters
  taught the previous week
• Approximately 4 pages a week
• Homework folders are red and should be returned
  on Thursday with word banks.
• Homework will be sent home on Monday with new
  words in word banks.
• Word banks may be returned early for new words.

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Homework Grading

• All pages completed on THURSDAY and word bank
  returned E
• Pages complete no word bank S
• 2 Pages complete N
• No homework returned U

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Tuesday Folders

• Please remove everything from the yellow Tuesday
  folder and return any school forms.
• Sign the bottom of the paper stapled in the
  folder and return Wednesday.

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Social Skills

• How to get attention (Raise your hand)
• Following directions
• How to accept no
• How to greet someone
• How to accept criticism
• How to behave at an assembly

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Discipline

• Behavior chart
• Blue Awesome E
• Dark Green Super E
• Light Green Good Job S
• Yellow Oops! S
• Orange Warning N
• Red Time Out N
• Purple Note Home U
• Positive reinforcement whenever possible
• Social skills and responsibility
• Behavior goes home weekly in Tues. folder
• Team points

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STAR Student

• Every child will be the star student one week!
• I will send home a letter with more information
  the week before your child is the star student.
• We started Star Student this week.
• Star student poster - Monday
• Star student show and tell - Wednesday
• Star student parent reading at 1035 - Friday

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Birthday Snack

• Food may not be brought from home to pass out to
  children.
• If you would like to order a birthday treat to be
  passed out at your childs lunch, please contact
  the cafeteria.
• A cookie or ice cream is available for purchase.

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College Shirt Day

• Every other Tuesday is College Shirt Day
• Children and Teachers may wear their favorite
  college shirt or college colors

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Benfer Spirit Day

• Every FRIDAY is spirit day! ?
• School shirts may be purchased in the school
  store.

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Thank You

• Thank you so much for your support.
• It is a privilege and a joy to teach your child
  this year! ?

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Lets Have a Great Year!