September 2020

Homeroom Teacher Ms Lydia

In our classroom we create a safe and respectful atmosphere.

Every morning we have our Morning routine which includes:

- Attendance and greetings

- Calendar
- Morning songs ( days, months, letter sounds and HFW..)
- Morning message
- Daily schedule
Each day your child should bring:

- Folder
- School uniform ( PE only one day)
- Water bottle
- Lunch box/bag
- Healthy Snack
- Sanitizer
- KG is a fundamental part of your child’s education. We
encourage students to come to school everyday.

- If ABSENT for more than 2 days, please make sure you

inform the school’s management ahead of time if possible.

- Parents must phone reception giving the reason for the

absence with the following info: the date/day of absence
and reason for absence.
First Teaching period will start at 7:45 am (students
should arrive 7:30).

Dismissal 12:30
- During the school year we use the clip chart as our whole
classroom management. If that does not work for a student,
we differentiate and make a behavior checker that will work
for them.

- Positive reinforcement ( focus on positive actions, praise

positive behavior rather than negative…) will always be used
with all students.
- Social distancing
- Greetings without touching
- Reminders of washing hands, use sanitizer
- No sharing toys, materials or food.
- All materials should be labeled
- Student should bring a labeled basket
- Sanitizer, wipes, tissues
 OUR RULES

1. Be kind
2. Be safe
3. Look after the things in the classroom
4. Raise your hand when you want to speak
All children need to know they are special! Each week
there will be a STAR student
-Bringing lunch: please provide a healthy lunch bag

-Healthy Snack- Each day

-Water Bottles

-Sweets and chewing gum are always forbidden.

 WRITING

-Working together in “Shared” & “Interactive” writing.

-Whole class mini-lessons.
-Writer’s Workshop.
-Small groups based on student needs.
-Working on a piece of writing at various stages (thinking, planning,
writing, revising).
-Sharing work with others.
 READING
•Reader’s Workshop “Small groups based on the children individual
needs”.
•Read to Self
•Partner Reading
•Shared Reading
•Guided Reading
•Read Aloud “simple sentences with H.F.W.”
•Reading Buddies
•Take Home Books
•Library
 MATHS
Our math program emphasizes a hands-on, problem-solving
approach to learning math concepts.
We also work on our calendar skills which include: the days of the
week, the months of the year, the concepts of yesterday, today and
tomorrow, and various counting skills.
Units for Math include:
* Numbers
* Shapes and Patterns
* Sorting, Ordering and Comparing
* Measurement
 SCIENCE
Topics to be covered this year include:
• Motion
• Living things
• Earth and Sky
• Problem solving
SOCIO EMOTIONAL LEARNING
-Support children socially and emotionally
-Making online learning fun and interactive
-Opportunities to express themselves and their
feelings, to socialize with their friends.
-Showing empathy is an important part of being a friend and getting along
with people. It means you can think about and understand how other
people are feeling.
-We will promote activities that will help kids to understand how to
describe their own feelings and how to be supportive of each other:
-Talking about your feelings
-How would you feel if … What would you do if … ( activities)
-Reading stories
• Work on letter recognition (capital, lowercase, and sounds)

• Review the H.F.W

• Practice counting objects individually, work on number

recognition.

• Practice writing their name and letters.

We believe that having a positive parent/teacher
partnership is essential for your child. I mean who
knows your child better than you! With this positive
relationship we hope to learn more about your child
and help your child in every way we can.

Don’t hesitate to contact me via ClassDojo.

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