Kindergarten Newsletter May 14, 2012 Can you believe we only have a week and a half of school? I am shocked? The last day of school is May 23, and the graduation is Monday, May 21 at 7:00. The last letter of the week is Uu. If you want to send in lists, you can This week we have a former Missoula Children’s Theater actress coming in to give us two workshops. Pet week:  If you would like to make an appointment to bring in your pet, please let me know. We could have pets come in the last 10 minutes of class with your parents. Be prepared to tell us how you take care of your pet. Appointments are necessary because we don’t want to have a cat and dog together or a dog and rabbit. If you have any questions about kindergarten graduation and what you have volunteered to bring or do, please talk to me. Reading objectives for the week: Develop oral language, preview comprehension skill, identify pictures whose names begin with /b/,/k/,/l/,form the letters B, b, C,c, L,l, compare and contrast elements in a story, identify the end of a story and the ending punctuation,  write high-frequency words, introduce concepts of print, develop story, learn academic language: vowel or helper letter, blend consonant sounds with short u and short e to read words. Math objectives: Reinforce the skill of ordering numbers, deepen children’s understanding of patterns, deepen children’s understanding of place value through an exchange game, by comparing patterns and identifying patterning rules, develop children’s sense of the duration of an hour, develop counting on as an addition strategy, introduce and provide practice with function machines, introduce the $1 bill, develop children’s sense and ability to manipulate numbers through a mental math game. Science: We have started our animal unit. We will be learning what animals need to survive – water, food, space, shelter, and how to take care of pets. Read Mrs. Moyer's story. Click on her photograph.               Click on the Pencil to view Mrs. Moyer's Rules & Expectations.                                                                            Click Here for Elementary Handbook

          

What’s New in Mrs. Moyer's Class

SHOW AND TELL: Your child will have a specific week when he or she is the V.I.P. That is, the Very Important Person. That week, he or she can bring in items to share with the class. We will notify you when it is your child’s turn, to give more details. If it is not your child’s week to show and tell, and your child would like to bring something that goes along with what we are studying, that would be great. I discourage bringing toys to school. We have plenty of educational toys here, and plenty of work to do, and often toys from home get misplaced or broken, sometimes creating bad feelings. Thanks.                                Mrs. Moyer

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TIME: We have only one session of kindergarten lasting three hours each day. School starts at 8:00 and ends at 11:00. MORNINGS: Kindergartners need to wait with their parents or other students in the lunchroom until the first bell rings. The time in the morning before the bell rings is a time for teachers to set up the room and prepare materials for the day, or we may have staff meetings or training sessions at that time. Students are not allowed to be in the halls or classrooms unsupervised. There will be supervision in the cafeteria starting at 7:30. Breakfast is served for a cost of $1.00 starting at 7:40 if you would like your child to eat here. If you need an application for free or reduced breakfast, please ask for a form in the main office. PICK-UP: Kindergarten ends at 11:00 each day. There is no bus leaving the school at that time. Please be prompt to pick up your child because the kindergarten teacher needs to eat lunch and prepare for preschool in the same room. If anyone else is picking up your child, please call or send a note or I will not release your child to that person.

       

SNACKS: The cooks graciously provide a snack for the kindergartners free of charge every day. If you ever wish to send a special snack with your child or snacks for the whole class, that would be fine. Please let me know if your child has any food allergies. Milk is available every day from the kitchen for a charge of 5 cents a day. Please plan to pay for the whole year. The cost for the entire year is $8.50.

                                

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? Call me at school 347-2411. Thank you for your time and I look forward to another productive year with your students.                               Sincerely,                          Mrs. Linda Moyer Click Here to E-Mail Mrs. Moyer		IMPORTANT PARENT INFORMATION: Volunteers...Click Here Click Here...Supply List
FRIDAY FOLDERS: Starting next week, artwork, papers, and important notices will be sent home in a large manila envelope entitled: Friday Folder – every Friday. Please look through the work and notes inside the folder, sign the front showing me that you read and looked through it, and then send the folder back every Monday morning. There is room for you to write comments or ask questions. If your child forgets the Friday Folder, I will send his or her work and notes stapled together, but there will be no way for you to sign or write comments. I will issue a new Friday Folder every nine weeks, if it is needed.		BIRTHDAYS: These special days will be acknowledged on or near the day. Please feel welcome to bring a special treat. Those students with summer birthdays will have a special summer birthday party towards the end of the year. COMMUNICABLE ILLNESSES: Please notify the teacher if your child develops chicken pox, mumps, measles, pink eye, impetigo, head lice, etc. and please keep your child home. Be sure to keep your child home if she/he has a bad cold, cough, fever, or has vomited during the night or morning. I do recess duty for my own class and cannot let a sick child stay in the room alone even if a parent requests that the child stay inside.
REGULAR ATTENDANCE: To get the most benefit from the kindergarten program, it is important that your child attend regularly. This not only gives them the academic start they need, but also starts good habits of attendance for the following years. If your child will be missing class for health or family reasons, please let the teacher know. Both regular attendance and prompt arrival are important.		Click Here for Academic Information Click Here for Kindergarten Core Knowledge Information                          Click Here for Idaho Content Standards for Kindergarten

            

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