Wilsons Kindergarten Team

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• Wilsons Kindergarten Team
• Corby Brooks
• Karen Carriker
• Connie Culver
• Jamie Pruitt
• Lisa Zalomski
• Catherine Sauer
• Maria Ueckert
• Gina Lopez
• Maria Sanders
• 2009-2010

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Kindergarten Daily Schedule

• 830-845 Meet Greet/Announcements/Morning
  Work
• 850-900 Morning Message/Interactive Writiing
  MWF
• Read Aloud T TH
• 900-925 Workstations/Guided Reading I
• 925-940 Modeled Writing
• 940-1015 Independent Writing/TAG
• 1015-1035 Workstations/Guided Reading II
• 1035-1045 Calendar
• 1045-1130 Math Lesson/Math Tubs
• 1130-1200 Restroom/Recess
• 1200-1230 Lunch
• 1230-1240 Word Work/Phonemic Awareness
• 1240-1250 Shared Reading/Big Books MWF
• Poetry/Manipulation of Text
  T TH
• 1250-100 Interactive Read Aloud with
  Accountable Talk
• 100-125 Workstations/Guided Reading III
• 125140 Modeled Reading/Workshop Mini Lesson
• 140150 Independent Reading/Share Time
• 150215 Seatwork/Guided Reading IV

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Report Cards

• Kindergarten report cards will be sent home
  each nine weeks, with performance grades in
  Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social
  Studies.
• On the kindergarten report card, students will
  be given a check or dash in academic areas. A
  check means that the student demonstrates skill
  to mastery and a dash means that the student is
  unable to demonstrate the skill to mastery. Work
  habits and conduct will be marked using E, S, or
  N (Excellent, Satisfactory, or Needs
  Improvement).
• At the end of the first nine weeks, the ISIP
  and district math benchmark scores will be
  discussed during the parent/teacher conference on
  October 12th. At any time we are happy to
  answer your questions or address any concerns so
  please feel free to call us at 281-463-5941 or
  write in your childs daily take-home folder.
• Progress reports are given every 4 weeks.

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Conferences

• Our district has established parent-teacher
  communication as an important ingredient in
  school success. October 12th has been designated
  as Parent-Teacher Conference Day so that
  individual conferences can be scheduled with all
  parents. This will be a student holiday and
  child-care arrangements need to be made prior to
  the conference. However, feel free to request a
  conference at anytime throughout the year.

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Communication
Please check your childs take-home folder on a
daily basis. We may send notes to you that need
a quick response. Take-home folders act as a
communication tool between home and school. Be
sure to review the conduct/work habits list with
your child, read any additional information
inside the folder and return it the following
day. If you have any questions, comments or
concerns about how your child is doing, please
let us know as soon as possible.
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Homework

• Homework (Monday Thursday)
• Homework will begin Tuesday, Sept. 5th
• Homework will be found in the take-home folder.
• Homework will be completed in a separate folder
  or notebook.
• Homework is given a grade on the report card.

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Basic Personal Needs

• Your child will feel more confident in school if
  he/she can
• Tie shoes (double knot)
• Use the restroom independently and wash hands
• Put on and remove outer clothing without help
• Keep track of personal property. Please put your
  childs name on everything (backpacks, coats,
  lunch kits). We encourage each child to bring a
  bag or backpack (no rolling backpacks) to school
  daily in order to conveniently carry papers home.
  
• Please pack a change of clothes in your childs
  backpack.
• Each of these tasks will boost his/her
  confidence. Be sure to praise your child as new
  challenges are met.
• Please do not allow your children to bring
  his/her toys to school.

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Medical Information
Please deliver all medications to the school
nurse. This includes cough drops, inhalers,
prescription meds. Please refer to student
handbook for clarification.
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Transportation
Any change in your childs departure from school,
whether permanent or temporary, requires that you
notify the school in writing. Send any changes
in transportation on a note in your childs
take-home folder. After 300, changes in mode of
transportation will not be accepted unless there
is an emergency.
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Money
If you give your child money for lunch, pictures,
special programs, or other reasons, please put it
in an envelope. On the envelope, please write
your childs name, the purpose for the money, and
send it in the students folder.
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Lunch

• Kindergarten students eat lunch from 1200-1230
  p.m. daily. Please be sure you have made daily
  arrangements for lunch. Money can be sent in
  your childs folder to be deposited in his/her
  account. Parents are encouraged to prepay online
  or on the phone with a credit card or electronic
  check. To set up a PAMS (Pre-pay for Meals)
  account go to http//www.pamslunchroom.com or
  call
• 1-888-994-5100.
• We ask visiting parents to finish lunch by
  1225.

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Library
The school library can be one source of quality
books for you and your child to enjoy.
Kindergarten students can check out one book at
this time. After the winter break, two books may
be checked out. Books may be returned to school
on any day of the week. Parents can also check
out books by setting up a separate library
account.