Good evening kindergarten parents! Welcome to our class blog. :) Here you will read about important announcements, upcoming events, what we are studying and learning each week, and any extension activities that you can do at home. We have had a GREAT week in our classroom so far and I am very excited for our last staggered entry group tomorrow and then for the whole class to come on Friday!
This week we have been learning all about our classroom procedures including unpacking in the morning, packing up in the afternoon, sitting on the carpet, taking care of our classroom, math workshop tubs, free choice centers, and many others! We are learning all about our friends and working on remember their names and fun facts about them. We also are learning all about the sun, the moon, and the solar eclipse in preparation for Monday! We did an art/science activity where the students got to sponge paint a sun paper plate and a moon paper plate so they can actually move the plates to show what happens during an eclipse.
- Blue Communication Folders: Your child will bring home a blue folder every day that has papers in it. Most of the papers will be their school work and occasionally we will send home a note in it or an important school wide note. Please have your child unpack this folder each afternoon and empty all of the papers out. Your child needs to bring it back empty the next day.
- Visitor/Parent Pass: CSD has put a new procedure in place for this school year. Anyone entering the building that plans to walk in the school for any reason will need to sign in on a sign in sheet and grab an orange pass. This includes pick up and drop off time. You return the orange pass when you leave.
-Afternoon Pickup: As of now, we are staying in the classroom during dismissal at the end of the day. It has worked the past two days because we have had small groups. We will see how this goes on Friday with the whole group! Mrs. Rumburg or I walk each child down to the carpool line when their number pops up on our tv screen. This could get tricky with 21 students so we may end up going and sitting down closer to carpool to make this process easier. I will let you all know what we decide to do. :) You are welcome to pick up at the classroom or come through carpool. If you come to the classroom, just knock on the door and we will send your child out to you! If you are wanting to do the carpool line this year, I suggest starting sooner rather than later so that your child can get practice with it.
-Class Schedule: Here is a link to our class schedule! As of now it is set in stone but may be tweaked if our class needs extra time here or there. We have specials on Monday's and Friday's so these days are very different than the rest. Thursday's are also a little different because we go to the park!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nd0bq1zNwzSEejfL01yf5JVqZiWbzz5Wq7_8LOqLyTw/edit?usp=sharing
Below is a link to an article Mr. Hoover (another kindergarten teacher) found that includes fifteen questions to replace the typical "How was school today?" question. Be sure to check it out so that you can hear all about what we do at school every day from your child. :)
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/parents-fifteen-questions-replace-how-was-school-today-elena-aguilar
Have a great night!
Love,
Mrs. James
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