ClyattvilleClyattville ElementaryElementary

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Kindergarten Yahoo

Breakfast!

IntroductionParents,

Welcome to ourKindergarten

Yahoo Breakfast!!

• Mrs. Chavarria• Mrs. Bush• Mrs. Nichols• Ms. Haynes• Mrs. Greene

Title 1• Signed Compact• Student agrees too…….• Teacher agrees too…….• Parent agrees too…..• Together we help the child be

successful!!!!

Topics we will discuss:

• Expectations• Attendance• Lunch Number/ Ice cream $• Transportation Changes• First Nine Weeks Standards• Word Lists/ Sight Words• Homework Folders• Rules/Discipline• Journal Writing• GKIDS Report Card

Explained• Questions

Beginning Beginning Expectations:Expectations:

• Write name using a capital letter only at the beginning

• Recognize name and letters in name• Recognize 8 Basic Colors• Recognize 6 Basic Shapes• Count From 1-10• Listen attentively to a story• Recognize some letters of alphabet• Know the difference between a letter and a

number

Attendance• Kindergarten is Important• Days absent are recorded as well

as early check-out/tardies• 3 days to turn in excuse (Dr. notes

when possible)• County office sends home truancy

letters for excessive absences

Lunch • Learn 5 digit lunch number for

Breakfast and Lunch• Ice Cream for Sale .$.75• Rules in Cafeteria(name tags)

Transportation Changes

• Please Notify the teacher in Writing if your child will go home a different way.

• Learn Bus Number• May need Car Number#• Up to Date address and Phone #

Report CardsReport CardsWeekly Academic ReportsDaily Behavior Folder

•Report cards go home every 9 weeks.

•We will send home weekly academic reports.

•Behavior/Homework Folders Daily

•Newsletters

• Fluency –The ability to read quickly and accurately.

• Kindergarten students are asked to read the:• Letters of the Alphabet, Sight Words,

Numbers, and Dot Cards with fluency

Dot Card Examples

•Homework Mon-Thur

•Behavior Reported Daily

•Sign Each Night and Return

•Important Notes

•Word Lists

“3R” Rules1. I can be Respectful.

(smile, be kind, and talk nicely to others)

2. I can be Responsible.(walk in the building, keep hands and feet

to myself, and be a good role model)

3. I can be Ready to Learn.(listen and follow directions, sit quietly,

raise my hand to speak, and always do my BEST)

1st Offense- Warning2nd Offense- Student moves to yellow3rd Offense- Student moves to red4th Offense- send to officeZero Tolerance- child goes directly to the office

Journal Writing in Kindergarten

What is expected in a “Good” Journal?

Beginning of the year:

Copy the Date

First name

Appropriate picture

Attempted words/sentences

What is expected in a “Good” Journal?

Date

First and Last Name

Two Sentences

(Phonetically spelled words)

Punctuation

Appropriate Picture

Capital Letters at beginning

After Christmas:

Phonetically Spelled Words or Invented

SpellingDear Parents,Sumtimz the way werds sound is not the wa

thay luk. Young readers and writers ned to fokus on the mesaj and wil spel wrds uzing the soundz thay her. Az thay becum aware of convenshun spelling you wil begin to see the chanj.

When children create their own spellings for words they do not know how to spell correctly they’re using invented spelling. They use what they know about letters, sounds and spelling patterns to spell the word as well as they can. This is age appropriate for kindergarteners.

Samples of

Student Work:

August

*Picture

*Teacher Dictation

SEPTEMBER

*Letters

SEPTEMBER

*WORDS

OCTOBER

*SENTENCE

December

*More Sentences

April

*Different Types of Sentences

GKIDS= Report Card

Sent end of each 9 weeks• NA=Not Yet Assessed

• ND=Not Demonstrated• EM=Emerging

• PR=Progressing• MS=Meets Standard

• EX=Exceeds• AC=Area of Concern

• DE=Developing• CD=Consistently Demonstrating

Upcoming Upcoming Dates:Dates:

• August 22nd: Popcorn Sale ($1)• Sept 1st: Labor Day, NO SCHOOL• Sept. 9th: Parent Involvement Team

Meeting (PIT) at 3:15• Sept. 11th- Kindergarten 9-11, Memorial

Service @ 10:00am• Sept. 25th: Popcorn Sale• Oct. 8th- End of 9 weeks • Oct. 23rd-24th- Fall Break (Mon &Tue)

Questions?

THANK YOU for Coming!!!!!!

Don’t forget to visit our websites for further information.

http://www.lowndes.k12.ga.us/CES/Class/677-Anna-Bush