Welcome to Kindergarten

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Welcome to Kindergarten

• By the Kindergarten Team

• Farm Hill School
• 390 Ridge Road
• Middletown, CT 06457

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S Safe
T Trustworthy
A A Attitude
R Respectful
R Responsible
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Supplies for Kindergarten

• Backpack
• Folder
• Healthy Snack
• Bath Towel
• Change of Clothes
• Lunch Money (brought to school on the first day
  of the week or can be paid on line)

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Suggestions for a Healthy Snack

• Canned fruit
• Fresh vegetables or fruit
• Popcorn
• Cheese (cubes, sticks, or with crackers)
• Crackers
• Cereal
• Pretzels
• Muffins or bagels
• Yogurt

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Safety First
Bus Nametag Necklaces

• Quick way to identify children
• Number and color-coded to show how the children
  get home
• Must be worn to and from school until told
  otherwise

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Our Day

• Unpack and get ready
• Morning Meeting
• Snack
• Language Arts activities (writing, reading,
  letter skills, etc.)
• Large group work
• Lunch and Recess
• Rest
• Math
• Health, Science, and Social Studies
• Center Time
• Music, Art, Library, and Gym are filtered into
  the day.

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The Homework Folder

• The first folder will be provided by the school.
• It is the mailbox between home and school.
• All correspondence between home and school should
  be relayed through this folder.
• It is checked daily at school and it should be
  emptied daily by you at home.
• Lunch money and homework should be placed in the
  folder.
• You may replace the folder at any time. Please
  buy a folder that has the bottom pockets. We
  make big projects in Kindergarten.

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The Kindergarten program enables your child to...

• recognize all upper and lowercase letters.
• recognize beginning and ending sounds.
• recognize 38 sight words.
• draw a detailed picture and tell about it.
• write a complete sentence.
• talk about fiction and non-fiction books
• rote count to 101.
• recognize and compare 2D and 3D shapes.
• recognize numbers 0-20.
• add and subtract.
• act out story problems.
• listen and follow directions.
• learn to get along with each other.

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Tips for a Successful Year

• Make sure your child is well rested.
• Have your child eat a good breakfast so that
  he/she has energy everyday.
• Gather school items the night before.
• Read daily to your child.
• Read all notices that come home in your childs
  folder and return the folder daily.
• Volunteer in your childs classroom or in PTA
  activities.

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Who gives the DIAL 3?

• Kindergarten teachers
• Elementary Instructional Support Teachers

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Registration
Documents needed

• Birth certificate with raised seal.

• Proof of residency

• Photo identification of parent or guardian

• Health assessment record (the blue form from your
  childs doctor)

Dont forget your child!
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Ideas for summer learning

• Read!! Read!! Read!! Visit the library and/or
  join the summer reading program. Encourage you
  child to have some quiet time with books.
• Have your child practice writing his/her first
  name using a capital first letter followed by
  lower case letters.
• Talk with your child about everyday things and
  the special things you do together.
• Count.
• Draw, color, cut and paste to improve fine
  motor skills.