Mrs. Lillemon

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Mrs. Lillemon Mrs. Samuel

• Welcome you to
• Hilltop Kindergarten Orientation
• for Parents

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Mary Lillemon-AM and PM classes
Tammy Samuel-AM class Patti Fee-Guidance
Gene Rupp-Education Consultant
Northwest Ohio Educational Service Center
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Helpful Reminders Upon Arrival

• Stand outside or between double doors
• on one-way street.
• Do not leave children unattended.
• Can allow children to walk to classroom
• themselves to encourage responsibility
• once the bell has rung.
• If in the building AFTER 805 or 1205
• MUST HAVE VISITORS PASS!

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Helpful Reminders Upon Dismissal AM

• Stand outside or between double
• doors on one-way street.
• Cannot pick up at bus door!
• Interferes with buses.
• Do not stand outside room
• children see you and run out!
• Parents must send a note if student is
• not riding bus.

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Helpful Reminders Upon Dismissal PM 250 PM

• Outside or between double doors.
• Mrs. Lillemon will walk children out to you.
  
  
• If you have not arrived yet your child will be
  
  
• taken to the office to wait for you.
• Mrs. Lillemon has several children to place
• on busses out front.
• She will take children whose parents
• have not arrived to the office on her way
• out to the buses.

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Conferences
If you need to speak with us about your
childs progress, please feel free to
schedule conference time for that
outside of class time. We do not feel thats i
ts fair to other children to idly wait while we
talk.
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• Check Handbook
• for other important reminders
• Such as knowing what day is your
• childs library day so the book will
• not be late.
• Knowing what day is their P.E. day
• so they will know to wear their shoes.
• Show and Tell information will be coming
• when ready 1 ITEM!

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Reading

• THERE ARE 10 THEMES.
• EACH THEME HAS A SUBJECT TITLE,
• OUR FIRST THEME IS TITLED
• LOOK AT US.
• WE HAVE BEEN INTRODUCING
• A BOY AND GIRL EACH DAY.

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Reading

• WE WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO BRING IN
• PICTURES IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO.

• EACH THEME WILL LAST FOUR WEEKS

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Reading
SINCE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WE HAVE BEEN REV
IEWING THE ALPHABET ONE LETTER A DAY STARTING
WITH THE LETTER A.

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Reading
WE WORKED ON THE LETTER C TODAY. AFTER Z WE W
ILL BEGIN TO LEARN OUR SOUNDS STARTING WITH THE
LETTER S. EACH WEEK WE WILL LEARN A NEW SOUND
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Reading

• EACH SOUND IS CALLED AN
• ALPHAFRIEND. THEY WILL HAVE
• A NAME AND A SONG.
• THE ALPHAFRIEND S IS
• CALLED SAMMY SEAL.

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Reading
IN THEME ONE WE WILL BEGIN WITH WORDLESS BOOKS
. THE FIRST ONE
IS TITLED WE GO TO SCHOOL
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Reading
TIPS FOR STORYTELLING
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Reading
Wordless Book
We Go to School
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Reading
IN THEME 2 WE WILL BEGIN INTRODUCING OUR HIGH
FREQUENCY WORDS. A HIGH FREQUENCY WORD IS A WOR
D THAT IS USED OFTEN IN BOOKS. THE FIRST BEING
I. THERE ARE 18 ALL TOGETHER. WE HAVE A WORD
WALL IN OUR ROOMS WHERE THESE WORDS WILL BE ADDE
D.
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Reading
THERE WILL BE BOOKS WITH THE HIGH FREQUENCY WO
RD FOR THE STUDENTS TO READ. THE FIRST ONE I
S TITLED I RUN.

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Reading
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Reading
IN THEME 4 WE WILL BEGIN TO LEARN OUR FIRST SH
ORT VOWEL
SOUND A.
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Reading
Vowels
Short Vowels
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Reading
EACH THEME THERE WILL BE MORE
HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS INTRODUCED
ALONG WITH NEW SOUNDS AND VOWEL
SOUNDS. YOUR CHILD WILL BEGIN TO HAVE THE SKI
LLS TO SOUND OUT
THREE LETTER WORDS.
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Reading
THERE ARE BOOKS FOR THE CHILDREN
TO READ TO REINFORCE THIS SKILL.
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Reading
IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOUR CHILD READ
THESE BOOKS EVERY NIGHT TO HELP THEM CONTINUE T
O DEVELOP THE SKILLS THEY WILL NEED TO SOUND O
UT NEW WORDS.
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Mathematics
MATH PROGRESS REPORT
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Homework
Homefun
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Homefun
Make it a habit to set aside 10-20 minutes each d
ay.
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Homefun
Reading to your child is one of the most
important activities you can do!

You are encouraged to go to the library
often, get child own card.
Home Connections in reading
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Homework
Math Worksheet come home nightly

Some have to be returned!
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Homefun
Nightly Activity Cards
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Homework
Yellow Booklet
Ways to Promote Reading and Literacy at Home
given during
assessment or we have extras.
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Homework
Flashcards COMING SOON Children learn best in s
ets of 3 to begin, can work up to 5 Will send h
ome sets to work with. Show 3-5 if child knows
put in know pile or hand to the child if child
doesnt know give the answer and put at back of
pile. More info. will follow.
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Homework

• Games -
• Play a game of Concentration when
• learning letters or sounds.
• Play games in car, look for letters and
• words on signs.
• At restaurants look at menus.
• In books look for familiar word
• (mom, dad, cat, dog)

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Homework
Magnetic Letters
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Handwriting

• Difficult for most children, need a lot of
• supervised practice and encouragement.
• Watch carefully or they will practice the
• wrong way.
• Keep worksheet showing how to form
• letters, handy. Youll need it for
• your own reference.

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Handwriting
Can purchase wide lined primary
writing paper at the Dollar Stores
very inexpensively.
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Handwriting
No more than 20 minutes. If this is too difficult
or child is having problems with a specific let
ter try Tracing letters in sand or salt in a
shallow pan. Use pudding or shavin
g cream. Skywriting Bathtub crayons
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Its a Team Effort
Time is short for all of us.
With specials like gym, music, and library
we only have 2and a half hours a day to
teach what the state mandates we teach.
We are going to need your help at home!
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Standards Comparison Then Now
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Ways to Promote Reading
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Thank you for coming. We will all be ava
ilable after the meeting for questions and you m
ay pick up any booklets you feel might be helpfu
l on the back table.