Parent Awareness

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Parent Awareness

• Springmore Elementary School
• Kindergarten
• Mrs. Whitaker and Mrs. Mayhue

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Thank you!

• Thank you for attending!
• Parent involvement is the number one most
• important thing you can do to help your
• child be successful in school!

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Classroom Website

• Please check out our classroom website at
• http//sites.google.com/site/whitakerclass/home

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Morning Arrival

• Students may arrive to school at 730 am. They
  wait in the gym and/or go to breakfast when it
  opens.
• Students can start to enter our classroom at 800
  am.
• The tardy bell rings at 810 am.
• The moment of silence will be the second bell
  after 810 am. All students/teachers/parents
  will freeze for 40 seconds.

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Transportation

• It is school policy that all transportation
  changes are in writing. Please send a note if
  there any transportation changes.

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Parent/Teacher Conferences

• Thursday, October 11th will be an early release
  day. Students will be dismissed at 100 pm. I
  will send home a parent/teacher conference
  sign-up sheet soon. Thanks!

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Homework Notebooks

• Please initial your childs homework/behavior
  sheet every night.
• School information is in your childs folder.

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PBIS

• PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and
  Support)
• Positive School wide behavior plan.
• Focused on consistent modeling of behavior and
  teaching social skills.
• www.pbis.org
• Gave you a copy in your folder the first day of
  school!

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What is the Matrix?

• The expectations for different areas of the
  school are found on the Matrix.
• D-Do Whats Right
• A-Always follow Rules and Procedures
• W-Winning Attitude Works
• G-Good Behavior is expected
• S- Safety for All

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What is an MIR?

• An MIR (Minor Incident Report) is essentially a
  note from the teacher. A copy will be sent home.
  
• After three MIRs (and three interventions) a
  child will visit the principals office.

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Curriculum

• We use the Common Core Standards in Math, Reading
  Science and Social Studies.
• http//www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/
• We use the WFTB (Write from the Beginning)
  writing program, Harcourt Reading program, Saxon
  Math, Building Blocks for kindergarten, Thinking
  Maps (graphic organizers) and themed integrated
  instructional units.

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Important Things to work on at home

• Writing your first and last name (refer to sample
  alphabet). Capital at the beginning and all
  other letters lowercase.
• Knowing sounds of letters and recognizing letters
  of the alphabet out of sequence (Capital and
  lowercase)..
• Recognizing numbers 0-30 out of sequence and
  counting 0-30 objects.
• Recognizing attributes to shapes such as sides,
  corners, flat and solid.
• Working on recognizing the kindergarten sight
  words.

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Lunch

• Please place all money in a labeled envelope with
  your childs name and lunch number.
• Red(0) and yellow(1) at lunch.
• Please check in at the office and meet our class
  at the cafeteria or come down to the room.

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Snack

• We will have snack at 930 and 130pm.
• We will notify parents when we are in need of
  snack.
• Items such as crackers, cookies, pretzels,
  fruit, gold-fish, popsicles,rice crispy treats,
  pop-tarts, granola bars, Little Debbie cakes,
  juice boxes, Kool-aid Powder (no red), cups and
  small plates.

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Box Tops

• Please collect Box Tops for our school.
• Box Tops help raise money for technology in our
  classroom.
• Everyone has a smartboard, ipads and ipod
  carts(check-out).

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Inclement Weather

• Please check the Cleveland County Schools
  website.
• Springmore After School Care will be closed if
  school closes early.
• Check with the YMCA whether buses run.

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Shelby Fire Department
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Volunteers

• We will need volunteers throughout the school
  year.
• Please fill out a Cleveland County Background
  check. You must complete a new form every year.
• See Mrs. Wallace for more information.

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Thank You!

• . Thank you for taking time out of your schedule
  to learn more about Springmore and our classroom!
• Please let me know if you have any questions!
  Thank you!

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Thank you for coming!!!

• Thank you for a wonderful start to the school
  year!