Welcome to Kindergarten

Back to School

Parent Meeting

August 21, 2014

Meet The Teachers

Mrs. Goldstei

n

Ms. Tecler

Mr. Harrington

Mrs. Street

Ms. Oswald

Mrs. Graves

Our Road Map to

Kindergarten

Communicatio

n

Procedures

2.0

Common Core

Assessment

School Procedures•Call the office if your child is going to be

absent.

• If late, students must go to the office and get a late slip.

•Notes are required for absences, late arrivals, and when your child’s dismissal routine will be different.

•Yellow information papers will be sent home on the first day of school.

•School hours are from 8:50 a.m.-3:05 p.m.

•Early Dismissal (1/2 Days) 8:50a.m.-12:35 p.m.

•Delayed Openings(inclement weather) Listen to the radio, news on TV (MCPS Channel is 34 on Comcast), or check on the MCPS Website (www.mcps.k12.md.us).

School Procedures, cont.

Lunch/Breakfast•Breakfast is FREE to all students and is served everyday

in the classrooms.

•Children may buy their lunch from the cafeteria or may bring their lunch from home.

•Please do not send lunch items needing refrigeration or items stored in glass containers.

•Free and Reduced Lunch Applications will be sent home along with the Yellow Information paper on the first day of school. Each family will complete one form listing all of the children in the family.

•Daily lunch costs $2.55 for full price and $.40 for reduced price. Milk is $.60.

•An account can be set up with the cafeteria manager if you prefer, rather than sending money daily.

School Procedures, cont.

Birthdays

Parents may bring cupcakes or cookies only to school to celebrate their child’s birthday. Please do not bring in cakes or drinks.

The cupcakes or cookies need to be brought to the office and will be served at lunch in the all-purpose room.

School Procedures, cont.

Materials

Children are requested to bring a backpack to school daily.

Donations of school supplies are requested for your child’s classrooms and are appreciated.

Please label your child’s belongings and clothing (lunchboxes, coats, hats, gloves, boots, etc.)

School Procedures, cont.

Personal BelongingsPlease do not let your children bring a

toy from home to school. (unless it is for a special occasion that the teacher will inform you about)

We are not responsible for stolen or damaged belongings and it may become a distraction to learning.

CommunicationNewsletters will be sent home by

the classroom teachers

Monthly YellowYellow Sheets from the Principal

Parent/Teacher Conferences to be held in November

•Updates on classroom events

•Current Studies

•Homework Information

•Progress of students

•Concerns or questions

•Information about upcoming school,

community, and PTA functions

Communication, cont.

Home/School Folders

•Classroom Newsletters

•Homework

•Community Information

•Notes between home and school

Please contact your child’s teacher with any questions you may have. Send a note in the folder or call and leave a message with the main office

301-840-7123

15 minutes a night is required by Montgomery

County Public Schools

NO Homework will be assigned on Fridays

Homework will be in your child’s folder

daily/weekly (depending on your

child’s teacher)

Montgomery County Public Schools follows the Common Core

and also uses Curriculum 2.0.

The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear

understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need

to do to help them.

MCPS Curriculum 2.0 is built around developing students' critical and creative thinking

skills, as well as essential academic success skills, so that students are well prepared for a

lifetime of learning.

Reading•Guided Reading Groups

•Read Aloud

•Shared Reading

Writing and Writer’s Workshop•Modeled

•Shared Writing

•Guided Writing

•Interactive Writing

•Independent Writing

Word Work

•Phonics

•Sight vocabulary

Reading/Literacy

Learning/Literacy Centers

ABC Letters

Writing Puppet Show

Read the

Room

Computer Phonics

…..More Learning/Literacy Centers

Puzzles

Read-Along Books

Math/Learning Centers

•Statistics

•Number Sense

•Measurement

•Compose

•Decompose

•Geometry

•Sorting

•Patterns

•Positional Words

•Graphing

•Counting

Math & Social Learning Centers

•Music

•Science

•Math Manipulatives

•Housekeeping/Dramatic Play

•Computer

•Art

•Sand Tables

•Blocks

Science(Many direct links and integration

through the Reading Program!)

Plants and Animals

Weather

Social Studies(Many direct links and integration through the Reading Program!)

America the Beautiful

Welcome to the

Neighborhood

All About Families

Transportation

AssessmentKRA (Kindergarten Readiness

Assessment)

DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills)

Progress Monitoring and Benchmark AssessmentParent Conferences are in November

Report Cards are sent twice during the year in

January and June

E.S.O.L.•E.S.O.L. is a support for students for whom English is a second or other language.

•Students with a first language other than English will be tested/assessed within the first couple of weeks of school.

•A letter will be sent home to notify parents if their child has tested into E.S.O.L. and will receive services.

•Students will meet in small groups based on their language proficiency and needs to help them gain a grasp and understanding of the English language.

Available Resources

Linkages to Learning

Don’t forget to join the PTA!

We are looking forward to a great

year!

Thank you for coming!