Back to School

Welcome
to
Night

Kindergarten
Ms. Rowe & Mrs. Lavigne
2019-2020
 Before You Leave Tonight
• Sign up for a conference in November
 PWCS Welcome Back To
School Video
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TH7J
wIlXq8&feature=youtu.be
Agenda
•Welcome and Introductions
•Expectations of Children in Kindergarten
•Classroom Rules and Discipline
•Lunch
•Dismissal
•Curriculum
•How Can You Help At Home?
•Daily Folder and Refrigerator Stories
•Conferences
A Little About Me…
• This is my fourth year
teaching
• I’ve always taught
kindergarten
• I live in Fredericksburg, but
I am originally from the
Gainesville area.
• I have a 140 pound Great
Dane named Bentley
• My top two favorite things to
do is spend time with family
and friends, as well as be
around the water
 Kindergarten Expectations
Quality CHeetahs
1. Are caring friends
2.Raise their hands to speak
3.Listen when others are speaking
4.Follow directions quickly
5. Always do their best work
Behavior Management

• DoJo Points
• Goal: about 3-5 points a day
• Less than 3-5 points, conference
with teacher before playing
• Notes will follow in Dojo or in folder
as necessary
 Daily Behavior Sheet
• If necessary, your child or the class
may need a daily behavior sheet
• Check each day and initial
• Stays in the folder for 2 weeks
• Teacher will remove it once complete
• The intention is to inform you.
 Communication
• Class Dojo
• Green Daily Folder
• Remove loose papers from Daily Folder.
• All Correspondence – from and to school goes in
this folder
• Weekly Newsletter
• Report Cards
 What is Class Dojo?

• Class Dojo instantly reinforces positive behavior

& engages students!
• It is a SIMPLE, FREE mobile app for iOS and
Android and can be used from a computer.
• Parents & Teachers can easily message each
other.
• Teachers can share pictures from classroom
similar to FaceBook.
•Time – 12:50 – 1:20
•School Lunch Birthdays
Cost is $2.50 •During our lunch you are welcome
Monthly Calendar – PWCS to buy from the cafeteria:
website Cookies
https://pwcsnutrition.com/ Popcorn
Make checks payable to Frozen juice cups
PWCSFS or online w/credit Juice pouches
card at
www.myschoolbucks.com * No birthday parties are
permitted in school.
•Home Lunch
Please, no candy or soft
drinks!
 Snack
• Your child will be given time for a quick morning
snack.

• Please provide 1 easy to eat, healthy snack &

water (Please no juice or candy).

• Students should be able to open their snack

easily.
 Arrival/Dismissal

•First Bell – 9:10 am

•Tardy Bell – 9:20 am
•Students wait in the lobby until bell
rings
•If there is a change in your child’s regular dismissal,
please send in a written note or call the office before
3:00.
• Please do not take your child out of the bus line!
 Curriculum

Language Arts – Balanced Literacy Curriculum - Our goal

is for the students to become independent in reading and
writing.

•Guided Reading Groups & Work Stations – Students will

be grouped by reading levels.

•Writing Workshop & Interactive Writing –Students will

develop as writers at individual levels.

Shared Reading & Read Aloud – Stresses oral language &

concepts of print
Curriculum (cont.)
Math
• Number Identification
• Counting & Number Sense
•Patterns
•Data collection (sorting, graphing)
•Fractions
•Measurement & Geometry (shapes)
•Computation (Addition & Subtraction)

•Science and Social Studies: Various Units

• County Information: www.pwcs.edu

 Assessments/ Grading
• PALS Assessment:
October and May
• VKRP (Math) Assessment: September & May
• Formal Reading Test (DRA): May/June
• Quarterly Math Test: every 9 weeks
• Quarterly Writing Samples: every 9 weeks
• Data Folder: monthly
• Informal Assessments: weekly
(1 grade per subject per week)
• Report Cards: every 9 weeks
Assessments/ Grading cont’d

• Class work can be graded based on the following

criteria: 1) accuracy 2) effort 3) completeness 4)
neatness 5) participation.

Report Card Grading Scale:

S+ Exceeds Objectives
S Adequately Meets Objectives
S- Inconsistently Meets Objectives
N Does not meet objectives
4th Quarter Writing Sample
 Homework
Refrigerator Stories *In November, additional
• Comes home in daily books & sight word practice
folder will come home.
• Child practices reading it
each day
• Complete writing
response
• Save in red folder* for
continued practice.
• Optional to turn in
 How Can You Help At Home?

Reading and Writing

 Read daily with your child for 20 minutes.
 Weekly Refrigerator Story & Writing Response
 Practice letter recognition & sound awareness.
 Practice sight words & handwriting
 Rhyming
 Encourage them to write independently, even if not
correct. 
How Can You Help At Home? (contd.)

Math
 Practice counting and identifying
numbers.
 Practice writing numbers correctly.
 Play math games/board games several
times per week.
 Practice identifying and drawing basic
shapes
 Practice identifying coins and their value
(penny, nickel, dime, quarter).
 How To Get In Touch!

Tel. 571-466-4500 marceljx@pwcs.edu

Notes
 Conferences
Monday, November 4, 2019
(No school for children)

November