Welcome to Kindergarten Maplebrook Elementary

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Welcome to KindergartenMaplebrook Elementary
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Front Office Principal Marcia Reineking Asst.
Principal Annette Nevermann Counselor Jana
McClain Registrar Deedra Wilcox Nurse Donna
Liptak Kindergarten Team Stacy Berger Kim
Berger Peggy Clarey Lisa Cruz Lisa Sonnier
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Arrival

• The school day begins at 750. Please try to have
  your child here on time. The tardy bell rings at
  805. If your child is tardy he/she must go to
  the office to get a tardy slip before going to
  class.
• The building will not open until 730 in the
  morning and there will be no supervision before
  then. Parents may drop off at the early childhood
  wing or cafeteria side of the building. If your
  child will be eating breakfast at school, it will
  start at 730 and end at 755.

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Daily Schedule

• 750-810 Arrival, unpack, lunch choices,
  morning work, pledge and announcements
• 810-825 Calendar
• 825-910 Math Investigations
• 910-940 Math Centers
• 940-950 Snack
• 950-1030 Reading Block Begins Shared Reading,
  Guided Reading, Independent Reading, Phonics,
  Writing, Poetry, and Centers

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Daily Schedule Cont.

• 1030-1040 Read Aloud
• 1040-1110 Lunch
• 1110-1140 Recess
• 1140-1205 Rest Time
• 1205-1255 Continue Reading Block
• 1255-135 Science/Social Studies
• 135-150 Clean up, stack and pack
• 150 Dismissal

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Kindergarten Lunch

• Lunch will be approximately 30 minutes each day.
• S. Berger K. Berger1040, Clarey Cruz1045,
  Sonnier1050
• Every student will be issued a lunch account
  number. The number will be your childs school id
  number. Please help your child memorize his/her
  number.

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Lunch Cont.

• You may deposit money into your childs account
  online or send the money to school in an envelope
  with your childs name and acct. on the front.
• Breakfast1.30 Lunch2.00
• Please label lunch boxes with your childs name.

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Lunch Cont.

• You are welcome to have lunch with your child on
  Fast Fridays. However, we ask that you refrain
  from visiting for the first 2 weeks of school.
  This will make the period of adjustment at school
  go more smoothly.
• You may bring food from home or fast food
  restaurant for your child only. Bringing food in
  for another child is not allowed.

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Birthdays

• Parents are not allowed to send in cupcakes or
  treats for their childs birthday. If you would
  like to do something special for your childs
  birthday during the school day, you may purchase
  ice cream from the cafeteria for the entire
  class. The ice cream will be passed out during
  lunch. Ice cream is .75 each.

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Visiting MBE

• Upon visiting MBE, please remember to always
  check in at the front office and get a visitors
  sticker before going anywhere in the building.
  You will need your drivers license. This is for
  the safety and protection of all MBE students.

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Dismissal

• Kindergarten school day ends at 150. Please be
  on time to pick up your child. All kindergarten
  car riders are dismissed at the early childhood
  wing side of the building by the track and soccer
  fields.
• Please make sure you have a yellow car rider sign
  with your childs name written in BOLD, black
  writing. The sign goes in the front windshield
  and it really helps expedite the car rider
  dismissal process.

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Dismissal cont.

• At 205, all car riders who havent been picked
  up will be taken to the office. You may pick up
  your child there.
• If your child is going to be a bus rider, please
  be on time at the bus stop. If no one is there,
  the bus driver will bring your child back to
  school.

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Change in Transportation

• If there is ever a change in transportation,
  please notify your childs teacher in writing. We
  cannot change a students transportation unless
  we have a note from a parent. Also, if someone
  different is picking up your child, their name
  must be on the release form in the office. Your
  child will not be released to anyone whose name
  is not on the information card.

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Forms of Communication

• Daily Folders Students will bring home a daily
  folder for you to look through each night. There
  will be a calendar/conduct sheet, class work, and
  sometimes important letters to parents. Conduct
  sheets need to be initialed by parents every
  night.
• Lisa.cruz_at_humble.k12.tx.us
• 281-641-2965
• www.humbleisd.net/mbe
• www.humbleisd.net/mbe
• Before you leave today, please sign up to get
• district alerts via email/text messages. You
  will also need to sign up for the MBE Email group
  to receive the school newsletter every week. This
  will also allow you to receive important news
  from our campus. You may sign up in the computer
  lab or in your childs classroom.

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School Supplies

• If you did not order your childs kindergarten
  school supplies through EPI please pick up a
  supply list in the front office.
• Please try to get the supplies to school as soon
  as possible. You do not need to label the
  supplies.

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Assessment

• Each child will be assessed at the beginning of
  the year. They will be tested on letter
  identification, concepts about print, and
  phonemic awareness. The results from these
  assessments will be discussed during mandatory
  parent conferences in October.
• In December, we will begin testing for sight word
  recognition, how many words they can write/spell
  correctly, sentence dictation and reading level.
• Lastly, each child will be assessed again on each
  component to check for progression and if
  benchmarks have been met.

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Snacks/Rest Time/Recess

• Please send boxed or packaged snacks for our
  class. Each student will be given the same snack
  around 930.
• Snack Ideas Goldfish, pretzels, graham crackers,
  bagged popcorn, animal crackers, etc.
• We will have a short rest time for the first few
  weeks of school after recess. Please send in a
  labeled towel or small blanket with your child on
  the first day of school. We will send them home
  with your child each Friday to be washed over the
  weekend. Please return them the following Monday.
  Your childs teacher will inform you when rest
  time has ended.
• Please send a labeled water bottle with your
  child each day for recess.

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Things to Work on at Home

• Practice writing his/her name w/only the first
  letter capitalized
• Recognition of upper and lower case letters
• Letter sounds
• Counting from 0-100
• Number recognition from 0-20
• Sorting objects basic patterns (AB, ABB)
• Experience with using pencils, crayons, scissors,
  and glue
• Tying shoes, zipping coats, and buttoning
• Read to your child on a daily basis

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• Before you leave, please fill out red forms and
  nametags and turn them in to your childs
  teacher. Well also be happy to answer any
  questions you may have.
• We look forward to a partnership to ensure a
  successful, quality educational experience for
  your child in kindergarten!