Welcome to Kindergarten Information Night

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Welcome to Kindergarten Information Night
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Great Falls Elementary - Jane Esty, Principal
Village Elementary - Brian Porter,
PrincipalNarragansett Elementary- Polly Brann,
Principal

• Kindergarten Teachers
• Betsy Fox
• Rosalie Mosher
• Kim Wright
• Kathy Baker
• Cindra Simpson

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• A Typical Day in K
• 2.5 hours for 175 days
• Arrive, greet, get ready
• Circle Time (calendar, weather, numbers)
• Everyday Math program
• Reading Street program
• Center time
• Specialists Music, PE, Story Time, each week
• Snack and Recess

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Approximate AM/PM KindergartenAttendance Areas
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Great Falls Elementary School Approximate AM/PM
KindergartenAttendance Areas
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Village and Narragansett School Approximate
AM/PM KindergartenAttendance Areas
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Norm Justice Director of Facilities
Transportation normj_at_gorhamschools.org 207-222-114
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Judy Philbrick Administrative Assistant judyp_at_gorh
amschools.org 207-893-2547
http//www.gorhamschools.org/
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Kindergarten Literacy Reading Street
Program-It provides high quality literature (K
60 fiction/40 nonfiction)-Every selection
emphasizes a science or social studies
concept-It provides instruction for whole-group
and small-group teaching to attend to specific
needs-It focuses on six trait writing

• What Can I Do At Home?
• Engage your child in conversation
• Encourage your child to be a letter/word
  detective
• Read, read, read
• Talk about books
• Write, write, write
• Read your Family Times newsletter

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Kindergarten MathEveryday Math ProgramHands-on
ActivitiesDiscussion and DiscoveryHigh
Expectations

• End of Kindergarten Math Goals
• Count to 100.
• Read and write numbers up to 30.
• Compare and order numbers up to 20.
• Identify 2D and 3D shapes.
• Create and describe patterns.
• Solve addition and subtraction problems to 5.
• Know days of the week and purpose of the
  calendar.
• Identify coins and bills.

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Kindergarten Math

• What Can I Do At Home?
• Whenever you find yourself using math in your
  daily lives, point out this fact to your child.
• Count, count, count!
• Discuss maths usefulness in real-life
  situations. Encourage your child to experiment
  with and use everyday math tools like rulers,
  tape measures, measuring cups and spoons, clocks
  and calculators.
• Play games together that use numbers, counting
  and patterns like Candy Land, Go Fish!, and
  Trouble.
• Have fun, stay positive and encourage your child
  to enjoy math!

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• Advice from the K teachers
• Strive for excellence, honor progress.
• I promise not to believe everything your child
  tells me happens at
• home, if you promise not to believe everything
  that happens at
• school!
• Celebrate the new things they are learning!
• Enjoy this age and stage of your childs life -
  they will be grown up
• before you know it!

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• Health and Wellness
• Please have your physician fill out the Physical
  Exam Form at their 5 year old physical.
• A physician and parent signature are required for
  ALL medications, including over the counter
  medication. Cough drops that contain menthol,
  medication, or additives are included. Please do
  not send in medication with your child, a parent
  must hand carry in all medication and it must be
  labeled and in the original container.
• Please sign a Release of Medical Information
  sheet for kids with significant allergies, so we
  can speak with their physician if needed.

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• Health and Wellness
• Please bring in a copy of all immunizations to
  registration, and if you are choosing not to
  immunize, then please sign an EXEMPT form with an
  explanation, and return to the school nurse.
  However, if we do have an outbreak of some kind,
  the student could be exempt from school for up to
  14 days depending upon the CDCs recommendations.
  
• School Attendance Guidelines--Temperature should
  be normal for 24 hours before sending a child to
  school without the use of Tylenol or Motrin. We
  check temperatures upon return to school. When
  calling your child out absent, please give
  symptoms and whether they have a temperature.
  Your child should be free from diarrhea for 24
  hours before returning to school.

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• Safety and Security

• Collaborate with the Gorham Fire Department for
  Fire
• Education and regular fire drills each year.
• Review and practice the school Crisis Plan with
  staff.
• Use two-way radios to communicate from the
• playground to the office.
• Use radios on buses to connect to the
• transportation office.
• Doors are locked by 9 a.m.
• Each school will advertise their protocol for
  dismissal and visitors.

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Kindergarten Paperwork

• Student Registration Form
• Kindergarten Parent and Child Information Form
• Student Talent Release Form
• Bus Form
• Home Language Survey

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Kindergarten Paperwork

• Please remember to bring a copy of your
• childs original birth certificate,
• current immunization records, and
• proof of residency to K screening.

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for attending our event !
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Do you have any questions for us?

• Feel free to contact us if you have any
  additional
• questions.