Welcome to Kindergarten Orientation Thank You for Coming

Welcome to MTES

Our Principal – Mrs. Inman

Mrs. Fisher

• Vice Principal

• Math Coach

Mrs. Spurgeon

• Literacy Leader

Speech

Jessica Newcomb

School NurseRoz Wilkerson

• Student Health Passport

• Student Health Screening Notification

• Authorization for Use or Disclosure of Health Information

Enrollment Documents

Students must have a copy of a birth certificate, social security card, school physical, and shot record to be enrolled in school. This is a law, and we are audited.

Encore Classes

• Music – Mrs. Trescher

• P.E. – Mr. Johnson (Coach)

• Guidance – Miss Dyer

• Computer Lab – Mrs. Howard

• Library – Mrs. Wideman

The School Day

• School starts at 8:20 a.m.

Drop students off at the gym entrance

• School is dismissed at 3:20 p.m.

Pick up in front of the cafeteria – for your

child's safety, use the number card( If your child rides a bus, please return the bus number tag each day.)

If your child needs to get home a way that is different from his or her routine, you must send a note and call the office.

Overview of Kindergarten Math

• Hands on experiences with manipulatives

• Counting to 100 by 1’s, 10’s, 5’s and 2 ’s

• Recognizing numbers to 100

• Writing numbers to 100

• Reads number words zero - thirty

• Money (naming coins and values)

• Telling time (to the hour)

• Simple addition and subtraction

• Measurement

• Ordinal numbers through tenth

• Reading charts and graphs

• Calendar skills

• Sorting and categorizing

• Shapes including ellipse, hexagon, trapezoid, sphere, cone, cube, and cylinder

• Identifying and extending patterns

Overview of Kindergarten Reading

Sing, Spell, Read, and Write: Songs, games, and workbooks that teach

• Phonics - letter sounds

• Recognizing letters

• Rhyming

• Writing letters

• Blending sounds to read words

• Reading color words

• Sight words- list sent home second nine weeks

• Leveled readers

• Writing sentences and stories

• Retelling stories

• Sequencing events in stories

• Identifying the characters, setting, and events in stories

• Predicting what will happen next in stories

Awards and Incentives

• Naming Letters and Sounds (out of order)

• Reading Word Lists

• Student of the 9 Weeks

• Counting to 100 and Naming 1-100 (out of order)

• Most Improved

• Perfect Attendance

• Good Behavior Awards

School Spirit Awards

• First 9 Weeks – Most Respectful

• Second 9 Weeks – Most Responsible

• Third 9 Weeks – Most Conscientious

• Fourth 9 Weeks - Citizenship

• October 25

• January 10

• March 28

• May 21

All awards assemblies will begin at 2:30

Awards Assembly Dates

Communication

Folders

• Will be sent home each day

• Will contain schoolwork, homework, reports, and newsletters

• Two important practice activities

• Calendar in the back is a daily behavior record that you sign each day

Report Cards• Report cards reflect skills that are

required for Kindergarten • Mid term reports show student progress

toward achieving these skills• Mastery of these skills is necessary for

promotion to first grade• Conferences with parents

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Parent Teacher Conferences

We will schedule conferences to discuss your child’s test results and adjustment to

school.

School Rules

• Be ready

• Be respectful

• Be responsible

Kindergarten Rules1. Listen and follow directions

2. Complete work on time and do your best

3. Talk at appropriate times (raise hand)

4. Respect others (keep hands, feet, and objects to self)

5. Respect school and personal property

6. Keep a positive attitude

7. Behavior in cafeteria, bathroom, library, music, gym, computer lab, and hallways

8. Homework completion

9. Safety habits for myself and others

10.Anything other than these will be dated and listed on this paper

Money• Please send lunch

money on the first day of the week in an envelope marked with the student’s name and what the money is for.

• Mealpay Plus

BASP• Mrs. Wilson

Field Trips

• Autumn Acres Pumpkin Patch

October 31

• Premier Athletics and Cedar Hill Park

May 1 (tentative)

• School Wide Trip to the Zoo

May 22

We need volunteers to help in the classrooms. Please discuss this with us at open house. Volunteers are needed for the following activities:

• provide snacks• listen to students read • help with crafts and art activities• chaperone field trips• plan, serve, and clean up at parties• clean tables• file papers• any time you visit the school you must sign in at the office