Thank you for visiting out classroom, watching the slideshow, and listening to me speak about some of the important things in our classroom. To recap, the expectations/assessments that I showed you last night will be sent home in the first report card so that you can see what I am assessing. You can also read the expectations for the rest of the year to give you an idea of how Kindergarten progresses. For behavior management, if a child is not following a rule, I will give a verbal warning/redirection, then each further "offense" causes a number of that rule to be placed beside the name of the child. For each number recieved, a student loses 2 minutes of recess. If a child has 3 numbers beside his/her name, I will send a letter home for you to read and discuss with your child. I found that many parents like to ask their students after school if they recieved any numbers. It really helps to open discussions about behavior. If you have questions about the numbers or want to know if your child received any that day, you are welcome to email you and I will respond as quickly as possible. I can SOMETIMES remember after school, but in the busy after school acitivities, my mind is mainly on making sure that the students get connected with their adults safely. The last topic I discussed was checking the white folder everyday after school, emptying it, and then sending it back to school the following day.
Today, we started off the day building and sorting with shapes, listening to "Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten" on tape (preparing for the Listening Center), singing the song "Learning Letter Sounds", reviewing position words, shapes, and colors with our Stoplight Poem, listening to a story called "Jungle Bullies" (teaching the students about standing up to Bullies in order to share and play together), centers, Music, and watching the Letter Factory (teaching letter names and sounds).
Post the Stoplight Poem at home in a visible spot. We will continue to practice reading it at school, and soon your child will read it at home as well. Use our Math Words "under, on, above" to ask questions for your student to answer: ex. What color is under yellow?
Have a great long weekend and enjoy spending it with your children!
Miss Kimpton
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