Welcome to Kindergarten!

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Welcome to Kindergarten!

• April 15, 2010

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Teachers

• Melissa Bartek
• Ellen Harjo
• Erin Heinze
• Sarah Ojeda
• Marcia Pittman
• Tracie Reed
• Smita Patel

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What does the first month of school look like?

• Establishing routines
• -hallway procedures
• -classroom transitions
• -cafeteria procedures
• -stamina ?

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Sample Schedule

• 735 Pick up students, unpack, morning
  announcements, wake up shake up
• 800 Morning message/Phonics
• 820 Shared Reading and writing
• 840 Rotations/guided reading
• 940- Science/Social studies
• 1030 Wash hands/ restroom
• 1045- Recess
• 1105- Lunch
• 1140- Calendar
• 1210- Specials
• 105- Math rotations
• 215- snack/ pack up/read alouds
• 230- dismissal

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Expectations

• Feet and hands to yourself
• Good listener
• Work together
• Small voices inside
• Fine motor- holding pencil correctly and using
  scissors
• Sit still on the floor during whole group
  activities
• Sit properly in a chair

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Transportation

• Car line You will stay in your car while
  following the line up the front. Your child will
  be loaded by a teacher.
• Walkers You will park your car in the parking
  lot and walk into the library side door and
  pick up your child.
• Bus rider Please go to transfinder on the Comal
  website and find your childs bus number. Bus is
  suggested 2 mile rule is lifted.
• SACC At school day care.
• Day care please specify which day care you will
  be using. If your child is absent or not going to
  the day care that day please notify the school
  and the day care.
• If you need to change your childs afternoon
  transportation you must write a note or talk to
  your childs teacher. If there is no notice of a
  change your child will go home the regular way.

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Lunch

• Parents are welcome to come to lunch and sit with
  their child! When you come to visit you must
  bring a drivers license to check in each time.
• Lunch numbers will be given to each student at
  the beginning of the year. Please help your
  child remember this number.
• Lunch can be paid for online or sent to school in
  an envelope.
• Sack lunches cannot be refrigerated or be put in
  the microwave.
• Restaurant manners are expected.

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Recess

• Tennis shoes are recommended
• Check weather daily ?
• Two playgrounds one for K and one for the older
  grades
• Please refrain from visiting during recess. You
  are welcome to come during lunch.

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Specials

• PE summer.gault_at_comalisd.org- tennis shoes are
  recommended
• Art fran.baum_at_comalisd.org
• Music cozette.snyder_at_comalisd.org
• You will receive a specials schedule from your
  childs teacher each 9 weeks.

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Nurse

• Nurse Marisa
• Marisa.gonzales_at_comalisd.org
• If your child is on any medication please let
  your classroom teacher know as well as the nurse.
• If you have any questions please feel free to
  email, she would love to help!

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Snack

• 1 Healthy snack
• Small snacks are great
• The less crumbs the better! ?
• No juice, no drink

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SAGE

• This is the gifted and talented program
• Sherry.metzger_at_comalisd.org
• The students are officially tested in the
  spring. If you feel you are interested please
  notify your childs teacher at the first parent
  conference.

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Behavior folders

• Your child will bring home a daily behavior
  folder.
• There is a section for respect, responsibility,
  and self-control. If your child receives a mark
  in his/her folder please discuss and reinforce
  the appropriate behavior.
• Good behavior is rewarded with stickers or stamps
  on each day.
• We do have behavior parties at the end of each 9
  weeks. If a child has 10 or more folder signs
  they will not be participating in the party.

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Attendance

• Attendance is taken daily at 1000 am.
• If your child is absent please send a note to the
  teacher.
• Doctors notes are sent to the teacher as well.
• If you know your child will be absent, notifying
  your teacher ahead of time is helpful! ?

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Tardies

• We pick up the students at 745 so please do the
  best you can to get to school on time.
• This will help the students develop a set routine
  and get their day off on the right foot!

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Getting to school

• We will meet all the kindergarteners everyday in
  the cafeteria at 735.
• We also have the students drop off their lunch
  boxes at this time.
• Please refrain from standing outside your
  teachers door.
• If you are late the students can walk to the room
  and meet the class there.

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Report card

• There is a section for reading, writing, math,
  social studies, science, specials, and work
  habits.
• We will conference after the first report card to
  discuss progress.

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DRA

• DRA is our the Developmental Reading Assessment.
• The levels are based on high frequency words and
  number of words.
• Your child will be reading on their specific
  levels in their classrooms.
• When? Depends on the report card

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TPRI

• Texas Primary Reading Inventory- Standard Texas
  assessment
• We will go over specifics at your first
  conference.

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School Supplies

• See district list
• Backpacks please make sure they are the regular
  size backpacks. We have backpack hooks so we
  prefer one with no wheels.

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Birthdays

• The class will celebrate birthdays during snack
  time
• The treat MUST be STORE BOUGHT. We are not
  allowed to serve homemade treats
• We prefer individually wrapped treats such as
  rice krispy treats, donuts, Little Debbiesetc.
• No visitors, drinks, balloons, presentsetc.
• Invitations If you send any birthday invitations
  to school you must invite the WHOLE class.

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1st day of school

• There will be a tears and cheers breakfast for
  kinder parents after you drop off your child.
• Please be sure to bring your drivers license
  EVERY TIME you come to the school.
• Hot news is an email that will be sent out
  giving you information on current activities
  going on in the school.

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Questions??

• The question and answer session will take place
  in the kindergarten classrooms.
• Feel free to walk around and get an idea of what
  the classroom looks like and ask any questions
  you may have had on the powerpoint, kindergarten
  in general, or specifics for your child.