Mrs. DouglasKindergarten

Thunderbird Elementary

1 BSIS degree in from WBU, M.Ed. Degree from WBU

2 I’m married to Jeremy. He is a therapist.

3 Janae is my daughter. She is in second grade.

4 I have a 3 year old son, Taelon. He attends Calico Caboose preschool.

MEET THE TEACHER

What your child should know by the end of Kindergarten

• All the letters of the alphabet

• How to connect sounds with letters

• Recognize sight words (such as I, a, me, are, see, like, and, etc.)

• Understand how words work by following along while he or she listens to simple books

• Follow simple directions

• Write independently

• Tell stories or ideas to an adult

• Print numbers, letters of the alphabet and a few simple words.

• Write numbers from 0 to 21 in order

• Count aloud to 100, backwards from 10, and by 10's to 100

• Build addition and subtraction families to 5 (for example, 2+3=5, 1+4=5, 5-3=2, etc.)

• Recognize the names of squares, rectangles, circles and triangles

• Measure objects using non-standard units (for example, the table is four teddy bears high)

• Use the terms "longer," "shorter," "equal," "more" and "less."

• Recognize and name pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and their values.

• Recognize simples patterns (such as a/b/a/c or red/yellow/red/blue)

• Read and interpret graphs

• Check your child’s folder every day for homework, notes from school, and other important information.

• Help your child with their homework.

• Read with your child every day.

• Contact the teacher with any concerns.

• Encourage your child and help them believe they can do it!

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Thunderbird phone number: 296 – 6060

Teacher email: brittany.douglas@plainviewisd.org

Conference Time: 10:20 – 11:10

If your child will NOT be following their normal pick up routine (bus, pick up, etc.) please notify the office before 3:00 p.m.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Daily Schedule8:00 – 8:20 breakfast8:20 – 8:30 morning meeting8:30 – 10:15 reading10:20 – 11:10 PE, computers, library,

music11:10 – 11:40 writing11:40 – 12:10 lunch12:10 – 2:20 math2:25 – 2:40 recess2:45 – 3:20 science

It is going to

be a GREAT

year!