Start of the Year Reminders

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PM EDK students attend their other kindergarten class and then join the AM EDK class for recess, lunch, and quiet time at 11:30am.  PM EDK students are dismissed for home at 3:10pm.

If you have a change in transportation (i.e. child is riding a different bus home, going to be a car rider, or will be picked up by someone other than you at dismissal) we must have a note stating this signed by the parent or guardian.  Otherwise, regular transportation arrangements will be followed.  This is for your child's safety!

Early Release Days 
(Please note this change...)
When the elementary schools have an early release day, PM EDK students will dismiss at 1:50pm.  AM EDK transportation will not be effected.

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All EDK students:

• 1 book bag or backpack (easy to open and large enough for 9" by 12" papers)
• 1 package of Ziploc style bags (sandwich, quart, or gallon size)
• 1 box of Kleenex tissues
  

AM students:

• 1 package of large sized paper plates
• and 1 package of small sized paper plates

PM students:

• 1 roll of paper towels
• and 1 package of Styrofoam bowls

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Please remember to label all of your child's belongings (jackets, backpacks, etc.) with his/her name.

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• Share a Story
  Read to your child each day.  "The single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children." (Becoming a Nation of Readers: The Report of the Commission on Reading)
  
  These could be library books or the simple predictable black line books and poems that your child brings home from school! (See 'Nightly Readers' below.)

• Nightly Readers
  Each night (Monday-Thursday), your child will be expected to check out  one book from our classroom library to share at home.  Most of the books will be those that a family member will need to read aloud to them. Books are due back to our EDK class the next day.  Once a child returns a book, he/she may check out a new one!

• Review Needed Skills
  Take a few minutes each day to help reinforce skills that your child needs extra practice with whether it be cutting, coloring, letter sounds, oral counting, tying shoes, memorizing home information, etc.  A little practice at home each night goes a long way!

• Take Home Poems, Booklets, and Retelling Charts
  Be on the lookout for these anytime throughout the school year!

• Home Literacy Kits
  Your child will have the opportunity to take home a packet of books, materials, and related activities for you and your family to work on together during a one week time period. Students will be able to choose a literacy kit approximately one time per month.

• Family Night
  One evening in the Spring, we will hold our class Family Night.  Students will eagerly want to share this exciting evening of hands on learning fun with you!

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1. all kinds of material preparation (cutting, gluing, stapling, etc.)
2. being an overseer for  small group work and ABC Centers
3. calling students back to do one on one skill practice
4. donating/contributing items for classroom use (books, small objects to count and sort, art center supplies, etc.)
5. enjoying a good book!  You could read aloud to the class. (Call ahead to make arrangements.)

More details to come...Watch your child's backpack for notices and monthly 'sign up' calendars.  I will ask volunteers to begin in late  September.  This will allow the class some time to settle in to routines, etc.

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