Everything I need to know I learned in Kindergarten!

• Share• Play fair• Don’t hit• Put things back where you found them• Clean up your own mess• Don’t take things that aren’t yours• Say you’re sorry• Wash your hands• Flush

Kindergarten: The Highlights

Behavior

• Color System• Rewards & Consequences• Daily communication folder

Lunch

• www.myschoolbucks.com• Menus available online• Parents are welcome***Must sit at separate parent tables & have the appropriate forms on file with the office

Arrival • Car drop off in the back-teachers will be there to

direct your child to class• If you want to walk your child to class please

park in the front & check in at the officeDismissal• Car Rider-Walker-Day Care-Bus-Champions• Car tag is a must• Ride changes must be from the parent in writing

or called in to the office***Be prepared on the first day of school to let your teacher know how your child will get home!

Schedule

AM: Readers & Writers Workshop

Recess & Lunch

PM: Math & Science***Subject to change!

Kick Start Kindergarten!

Let’s Kick Start Reading!

• READ EVERY DAY! Learning can be fun and casual! You don’t have to be a teacher to teach!• Touch the letters on the letter chart, say the letter, the picture that goes with it, and the sound ***Letter

sounds don’t end with “u”! • Look in your favorite book, on food labels, on street signs and billboards.• Write the letters in shaving cream• Make the letters in play dough• Write the letters with your finger in the palm of your hand• Play with magnetic letters• Use bath paints to write letters in the bathtub• Use sidewalk chalk to write the letters of your name• Paint letters with water on your driveway• Find letters in newspapers and magazines• Finger write on your friend’s back• Write letters in the air with a magic wand• Squeeze some hair gel and glitter in a Ziploc and write your letters on the bag• Write your letters with your finger in pudding• Use cooked spaghetti to make the letters• Keep a journal. Draw something you did today and write a “story” about it• Say the letters in a few sight words• Write your name and all the letters on paper. ***Handwriting paper will help with correct letter

formation and is available at most dollar stores and Walmart!

Let’s Kick Start Handwriting!• WRITE SOMETHING EVERY DAY!• Play with play dough• Use tweezers to move small things• Use clothespins to pick up cotton balls• Use tiny broken crayons to make a picture• Cut out coupons• Draw squiggly lines on paper to cut out• Cut out coloring pages• Squeeze a stress ball• Shoot a water gun to write on the sidewalk• String fruit loops, cheerios or pasta on a necklace• Click legos together and take them apart• Write the sight words from our list• Write your name over and over and over! Be sure to emphasize Capital first

letter and lower case letters following.

Let’s Kick Start Math!• COUNT EVERY DAY! ***Counting a pile VS. Counting/Number ID VS Counting• Look in your favorite book, on food labels, on street signs and billboards.• Use all the letter activities like shaving cream, spaghetti, bath paint, and play

dough• Cut out numbers from newspapers and magazines then line them up in order• Write a number on an index card and make a pile to match the number• Set the table for every person in your table• Make & count collections (shells, rocks, toys) 1:1 counting• Count the letters in your name• Add & Subtract using objects• Count your food before you eat it (goldfish, fruit snacks, cereals)• Write the numbers with a pencil• Card games• Dominos• Dice ***Subitizing

Shhh…They won’t even know they’re learning!

Board games: Make the most of family game night!• Memory• Connect Four• Mancala• Hi Ho Cherry-O• Candyland• Operation• Trouble

Apps• Endless Alphabet• Endless Reader• Endless Numbers• ABC Ninja, 123 Ninja• Little Writer• Starfall• PreSchool• Rocket Speller Websites• Starfall.com• Abcya.com• Youtube.com/havefunteaching• Tumblebooklibrary.com (Username: nisdtx Password: books)

Want to Hit the Ground Running?

On the first day of school your child can…• Write their name correctly• ID most capital and lower case letters• Make most letter sounds• Count to 20• ID numbers 1-10• Count quantities to 10• Help themselves - clothing, bathroom, eating, asking for help

Questions?