Welcome to Lemm Elementary’sKindergarten Parent Night

September 11, 2012Created by: Ashley Magee, www.firstgradebrain.com Graphics © ThistleGirlDesigns

Lemm’s Motto

Expect Success!

Stay Connected!Class website: Each teacher has a class website where important information and links will be posted periodically.

Email: This is the best way to reach all of the teachers.

Phone: Each teacher has their own phone number. Please leave us a message, and we will do our best to return your call within 24 hours. We do not answer the phone during the school day.

Lemm’s Phone number- 832-484-6300•Please call this number if you must get a message to us, such as if there is a change in the way your child will be going home.

Classroom Rules Sit correctly in your chair and on the floor.

Listen to the teacher and follow directions.

Keep your hands, feet and objects to yourself.

Use your quiet voice.

Raise your hand before speaking.

Walk in the school.

Behavior Management

Superstar Chart- Individual Reward System

Marble Jar- Whole Class Reward System

Positive Reinforcement and Recognition

Special Classes

Music- Two days per week with Mrs. Rhodes or Mrs. Cupit.

P.E.- Three days per week- Please have your child wear sneakers on these days.

Library- Every Friday with Mrs. Viehe

Art- Every week with Ms. Dickerson for 30 minutes.

Don’t Forget!•Check your child’s backpack and blue communication folder each day.

•Please keep a change of clothes in your child’s backpack. You might also want to send a light jacket or sweater should your child get cold in the building.

•Please label EVERYTHING your child brings to school or has in their backpack.

•Weekly folders go home each Thursday. Please remove all papers, sign, and return on Friday.

•Please practice teaching your child how to tie shoes, buttoning and zipping pants, etc…

•Practice having your child memorize their lunch PIN number. Also, have your child practice opening lunch items themselves, such as baggies, juice boxes, pudding cups, etc….

•Practice having your child know their first and last name, address, phone number, and birthday.

•Please take off your hat and turn off your cell phone upon entering the building. Don’t forget to check in at the front office, and get a visitor’s sticker that is to be worn on your shirt where it is clearly visible.

GradingOur grading system, consists of the following-• Major grades- 50% Minor grades- 40% Homework- 10%

Progress reports will go home at the halfway point of each 9 week period(4 ½ weeks). Please sign and return the bottom portion of your child’s progress report when they are brought home.

Report Cards go home at the end of every 9 week period.

• Grades will be assigned a letter-•E+ = 96-100 – Advanced•E = 90-95 – Exceeds Expectations•S+ = 85-89 – Meets Expectations•S = 80-84 – Approaching Expectations•N = 70-79 – Below Expectations (experiencing some difficulties)•U = 69 and below – Experiencing difficulties

•Your child’s grades can be monitored online on Gradespeed.

Assessments

TPRI- Texas Primary Reading Inventory

• State test given to students to help identify any areas of concern with regards to reading/phonics.

• Test is given one on one with each student three times a year in October, January and May.

• Will continue to be assessed by this test in 1st grade.

Homework•Information regarding homework/projects will go home in the weekly folder on Thursday.

•Homework accounts for 10% of your child’s overall grade in each of the major subject areas. It is graded on completion.

•Please read with your child every night.

•If there are any questions regarding any of the homework or projects, please do not hesitate to ask!

Birthdays

• We recognize student’s birthdays in class, but do not have a “party” of any kind.

• Parents are not allowed to bring in any food items to celebrate birthdays.

• Birthday party invitations can only be passed out in school if all of the girls in the class are invited (if you have a daughter), or all of the boys in the class are invited (if you have a son). Of course, you are free to invite all of the students in the class if you choose!

ELA•Alphabet (upper and lowercase letters and sounds)•What a word and sentence are•Identifying and producing rhyme•Blending and segmenting words•Story sequence•Character, setting, main idea•Compare and contrast stories•Parts of a book, the job of the author and illustrator•Consonants and vowels•Cause and effect•Fact vs. fantasy•Drawing conclusions•Poems (new poems are added to poem folder on Friday)•Sight words

Book Orders• Scholastic Book Orders will be sent home once a month.

• You may order books by filling out and returning the paper order form by the due date. Some classes also allow you to order books online. Ask your child’s teacher if they participate in online ordering.

• When you order books, your child’s class earns points that can be used for books and other classroom materials.

• We can “hold” books for you if you would like to order books for gifts.

Math•Geometry•Sorting and classifying•Position and location•Identify, create and extend patterns•Numbers 0-20, comparing and ordering numbers•Fractions•Ordinal numbers•Time•Addition and subtraction•Calendar•More and fewer•Graphing•Measurement•Counting to 100

WritingWe will be working on handwriting, including how to properly hold a pencil, and make the various strokes that make up a letter. We will practice making both uppercase and lowercase letters. We will be utilizing a new Handwriting curriculum this year, called Handwriting Without Tears.

We will practice writing simple sentences- including beginning the sentence with a capital letter, leaving spaces between words, and using ending punctuation.

We will practice making pictures to go with our writing, including adding details to pictures.

Science

Scientific Investigation- tools, senses, problem solving

Matter, Force, Motion and Energy- magnets, how things move

Earth and Space- rocks, soil, water, weather, seasons, night and day, objects in the sky

Organisms and Environment- living and nonliving, basic needs, sorting plants and animals, characteristics of plants and animals, plant life cycle, plant and animal parts

Social StudiesI Belong- rules, community, pledge (U.S. and TX)

My Family- community, families, traditions, jobs, needs and wants

My Neighborhood and Community- neighborhoods, resources, landforms, bodies of water, Texas, voting

My Changing World- technology, inventions, needs and wants, natural resources, conservation

Parent Involvement

•Occasionally, we could use volunteers to come up to the school to help with certain labs or other activities.

•We occasionally also need volunteers to come to the school to help prepare classroom materials for students. This might include cutting paper, stapling, putting together books, cutting out di-cuts, etc…

•If you are interested in volunteering, you need to go to the K.I.S.D website and fill out the volunteer paperwork in order for a background check to be performed. You must do this and be “cleared” by the district prior to volunteering in any way.

•Your child’s teacher will send out a note or email the parents when volunteers are needed.

Welcome to a great yearin Kindergarten!