Aug. 15-23

Hi Kindergarten Families!

Our first 3 days of Kindergarten have been a huge success! I am SO impressed with the easy transitions your children have made.  As parents, you have all done an amazing job at raising confident, independent, and respectful children and you should all be very proud of them!

We use a school wide program called "PBIS" Positive behavior interventions and supports.  This is a framework for teachers and students to use to create a safe environment from the beginning of the year.  Our whole school is using this approach to teach positive behaviors. We are all using the same guidelines in classrooms, hallways, on playgrounds, bathrooms, cafeteria, etc.  You will see these signs posted around the school.  This is intended to decrease the negative behaviors and less bullying behaviors by implementing what is the appropriate behaviors.  I will talk more about this at Back To School Night.

Next week we will continue to focus on building a caring classroom community by learning each other's names, singing songs, playing games, doing fun art projects and most importantly learning and reviewing our classroom rules and procedures.

We will begin our "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" theme which focuses on the letters and sounds of the alphabet through themed books and art activities. We will begin daily practice of our Zoophonics program which also focuses on letter names/sounds. Lastly, we will begin a short unit of familiar Nursery Rhymes to practice rhyming and segmenting of simple words. We will do some fun Nursery Rhyme art projects and practice that tricky skill of cutting with scissors. :)

REMINDER: Beginning on Thursday, August 22nd, the morning drop-off routine will be changing. All kindergarteners will go directly to the upper playground (the primary yard) before school begins instead of to their classrooms. We will continue to practice this routine with the students so they fully understand the playground safety rules and know where to line up. Our yard duties and teachers will be supervising every morning beginning at 7:30. 

Each week we will send you an email to update you on all of the fun and exciting things going on in our class.  Please make sure you have sent in the transportation form that gives us all your contact information.  Our blog has the same information.  If you prefer to NOT be on this weekly email list, please let us know and we will remove you from it. If you prefer a different email address please let us know that as well.

Please remember to send your child's "Homework Folder" (the plastic folder that was provided on the first day of school) EVERY day to school in your child's backpack. We use this every day to send school work and important information home to you.  Also, if your child is going home differently than their regular routine, please send a written note in their homework folder so we can make sure everyone gets home safely.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Victory

Important dates: 

Back to School night   Thursday, August 29  at 6:00-6:30 (No children event)Please be on time because we will start talking at 6:00.

No school on Monday, September 2.