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Monteith Elementary
Welcome to Kindergarten
Information Night!
January 16, 2014
We Love Monteith!
Office Staff
– Keith Howell
– Patti Kwiakowski
– Cathy Kinnaird
The Kindergarten Staff
– Kathe DiVirgil
– Diane Richards
– Natalie Bruveris
Speech and Language
– Tabatha Khoury
Reading
– Kristin Fellows
Speech and Language
Handout and articulation profile
Enhance Vocabulary
Repeat and Add
Use Books
Starfall Games:
http://www.starfal.com
Follow child’s lead
Alphabetic knowledge
Offer choices
Model to improve
Direction following will help
Technology Apps
Reading Ways to help build a foundation of Language Arts Skills
Storybooks – look at pictures
Informational books –
conversation
Songs and nursery rhymes
Explaining word meanings
Playing with sounds in words.
Teaching the names and
sounds of letters.
Limit screen time
Lots of conversation
Relationships!!!!!!
School Safety
Please check in at the office each time you enter the building.
Visitors must have a pass when walking the halls.
All doors will be locked during the day. Please use buzzer system if you need to enter the building.
Monteith’s School Wide Expectations Monty’s Expectations are posted on our website
Be Respectful
Be Responsible
Be Safe
Monty’s PBS Program
I will be respectful and kind
to others.
I will practice responsibility.
I will always be safe.
Today, I will DO my best to
BE my best.
•Calendar
Check often!
•Lunch Menu
•Parents
Monteith & GPPSS Parent Information
•Students
Educational Websites for students to
access from school & home
Site Shortcuts
Important information easily accessible,
including the Monteith Messenger
•Headlines Monteith & District Flyers & Information
•Upcoming Events Calendar at a glance
Monteith
Website
Sleep and School-Aged Children
Sleep and School-aged Children (5-12 years)
Children aged five to 12 need 10-11 hours of sleep. At the same time, there is an increasing
demand on their time from school (e.g., homework), sports and other extracurricular and social
activities. In addition, school-aged children become more interested in TV, computers, the media
and Internet as well as caffeine products – all of which can lead to difficulty falling asleep,
nightmares and disruptions to their sleep. In particular, watching TV close to bedtime has been
associated with bedtime resistance, difficulty falling asleep, anxiety around sleep and sleeping
fewer hours.
Sleep problems and disorders are prevalent at this age. Poor or inadequate sleep can lead to
mood swings, behavioral problems such as hyperactivity and cognitive problems that impact on
their ability to learn in school.
Info from the National Sleep Foundation
Is my child ready for Kindergarten?
You know your child best!
Questions to think about…
Set up meeting with Elementary School
Principal or preschool teacher if you are
unsure.
PTO
Kindergarten Handouts
- Monteith’s Parent Information packet
- District Registration packet
- Speech info
- Welcome letter
- Kindergarten waiver
- Transition to Kindergarten Day Information
- Kid’s Club information
- Sodexo (Lunch services)
Love and Logic Parenting and Teaching
Shaping Self-Concept - Allows our kids to
struggle…lets them work through their trials… and
guides them toward independence.
- Allow kids to wrestle with tying their shoes, zipping coat,
etc.… instead of automatically jumping in and doing it for
them.
- Teach them how to talk to their teachers about problems
at school… rather than always doing it for them.
- Teach them how to work out problems with friends…
rather than fixing problems for them. When we fix things
we take away the belief system that they can fix things
on their own.
- Teach and model friendly and kind behaviors… talk
about how it makes others feel.
- Don’t always tell kids they are smart unless you are
providing reason… you study, take school seriously,
work hard, etc.
- Remember that the more things they learn to do for
themselves, the stronger and more confident they
will become!
Questions????
