Kindergarten Kindergarten Starts Monday!Starts Monday!

Welcome!

• Mrs. Fleckenstein – Room 1• Mrs. Wilson – Room 2

Schedule - AM

•8:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.•Meet at Opening Ceremony•Room 1 lines up behind number 1•Room 2 lines up behind number 2•Dismissal at side gate by

cafeteria (cannot wait on campus)•

Lunch • Students who wish to eat lunch at

school need to pay in the cafeteria.• Free and reduced lunch application

is online.• Lunch boxes from home should be

healthy foods. (*if just a bag of chips we will send through the hot lunch line)

Homework

• Homework will start on September 8th.• Homework will be given out on Mondays.• Homework is due everyday signed by

parents.• Homework will include online (Journey’s,

IXL, and Reading Eggs), sight words, reading books, writing prompts, and flashcards.

Building Independence• Clothing – using belt and pant buckles,

putting on coats, using zippers and buttons, tying shoes

• Food – opening food packages, using silverware to eat

• Bathroom – asking to use the bathroom, flushing on own, remembering to wash hands

Kindergarten Routines

• Please check your child’s backpack every night for notes and papers.

• Please empty the backpack every night and return only signed notes.

• Library books are due every Tuesday.

Kindergarten Expectations

• 100 sight words (testing on Fridays)• Rocket Math addition• Accelerated Reader/STAR• Essential Skills• Kindergarten Content Standards

Mastery

Parent Information• Kindergarten web page on Bracken website. Will have the

monthly kindergarten calendar and parent resources.• Progress reports (Essential Skills) will go home 1X a month.

Please sign and return. • Parent meetings each month.• Parent and child activities each month. No siblings allowed.• Parent Volunteers to clean Kindergarten’s garden area weekly.• Parent Volunteers to cut and make student activities for learning

stations. • If your child is sick please call the office to let them know. Please

write a note to give to the office upon your child’s return to school.

• If your child is late to school please take them to the office for a tardy slip before coming to the classroom.

Parent Information Continued…

• Scholastic Book orders due on the 20th of each month. If you place an online order you must let us know otherwise you will not receive your books.

• Every child needs a backpack and headphones.• No toys are allowed to be brought from home

unless requested by teacher.• Clothing requirements: No sandals/flip-flops,

spaghetti straps/muscle shirts (shirts 3 fingers in width), shirts with no bellies showing, and shorts/skirts have to be finger tip length.

Field Trips Tentative

• Gilcrease Orchard October 28th. Cost is $5.00. Two parent volunteers needed.

• Fire Department• Lied Discovery Museum. Cost is $6.00.• Natural History Museum. • Siblings are not allowed on field trips.

First Day Jitters• Please talk positively about school with

your child.• Reassure your child that someone will

be there to pick him/her up after school.

• Don’t worry! We are here to help your child.

• Parents should not walk their child to the classroom from their dot. It makes goodbyes harder.

Questions?

• What questions or concerns do you have?