Kindergarten

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Kindergarten

• a place to make your mark on the world
• click on the forward arrow key to move through
  this powerpoint

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Preparing Your Child

• Reading Readiness
• Preparatory Skills

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Reading Readiness

• Rhyming words
• Letter/sound recognition
• Read, read, read!

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Preparatory Skills

• Writing their name
• Tying shoes
• Zipping
• Knowing how theyre going home each day

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Full Day Program

• Well rounded curriculum
• Lunch
• Rest Period
• PE and Music

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Lunch

• Deposit money in account easiest for
  kindergartners
• Need volunteers for a couple of weeks
• Send a healthy snack, to be eaten in the morning,
  due to a late lunch schedule

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Rest Period

• Sleepers and non-sleepers
• King-size pillow case no sleep mats please
• Wash weekly

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Special Classes

• PE three times a week
• Must wear tennis shoes on PE days
• Music twice a week
• Art once a week

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Activities and Events

• Weekly Activities
• Special Units and Events

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Weekly Activities

• Library Friday mornings
• Computer Room
• Parent Readers

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Special Units

• Bear Week
• Johnny Appleseed
• Fire Prevention
• Thanksgiving Feast
• Holidays Around the World
• Texas Unit
• 100th Day of School
• Egg Hunt
• Egg Hatching
• Field Day

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Volunteers

• Classroom Helpers
• Helping Hands
• Parent Readers
• Computer Aids

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Classroom Helpers

• Work with small groups of students
• Make materials for the classroom
• Help with special events

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Helping Hands

• Weekly
• Cut, paste, color, staple, etc. materials for
  classroom use
• Can be taken home

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Parent Readers

• 20 minutes per week
• Teacher can provide books

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Computer Aids

• Help students log on and off server
• Help with programs and typing
• Help students save and print

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August Events

• School Supply Sale
• Meet the Teacher

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School Supply Sale

• August 11th - 12th from 900-100 and 500-700
  pm
• 20.00
• Package insures correct supplies
• Spirit T-shirts available
• Deposit money in lunch account

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Supplies

• Bring unopened package to Meet the Teacher
• Dont put your childs name on anything

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Meet the Teacher

• Friday, August 20th 1130-1230
• Helps ease your childs fears and makes the first
  day go much smoother
• Drop off supplies