TITLE I Info from Mr. Rhodes

Title I compact: At home Top responses by parents: Check my child’s backpack daily Get my child to school on time and try to attend parent meetings Stay in contact with my child’s teacher through e-mails, phone calls, etc.

Title I compact: K students Practice sight words Follow the bee attitudes and be a good listener Read at home

Title I compact school goals: Kindergarten 50% of the students will show at least a 30% growth in ELA/Reading from the beginning of the school year to the end of the school year as measured by Early Literacy 50% of the students will show at least a 30% growth in Mathematics from the beginning of the school year to the end of the school year as measured by GKIDS/STAR The ultimate goal of BPS is that all students will be on grade level by the time they leave our school

Kindergarten Mrs. Pickens Class

Housekeeping Please initial your child’s folder and return to school each day. Transportation changes must be made on the orange transportation form in your child’s folder. Please keep phone numbers up to date. Please send a snack for our class to share each month.

Mrs. Pickens’ Text Alerts Text to @3fd6f to 81010 class reminders Inclement Weather (Early Dismissal) Upcoming Events/Reminders

Money Please send all money in a envelope or zip top bag labeled with your child’s name, explanation of payment, and amount. Put this money in the pencil pouch that is in your child’s folder. Please do not combine payments.

Attendance It is very important that your child is at school everyday. If your child is sick, please send an excuse note with your child the next day. If you do not send a note your child’s absence will be unexcused.

Tardies and Dismissals The tardy bell rings at 8:00 School dismisses at 2:30 Please keep tardies and early dismissals to a minimum.

Homework Sight words need to be practiced each night. Please read with your child each night and fill out the Reading Calendar in your child’s folder.

Assessments G-KIDS STAR Early Literacy Math Pre/Post Test

G-KIDS Standards based Will be used for report cards Exceeds, Meets, Progressing, Emerging, Not Demonstrated, Not Yet Assessed

STAR Early Literacy Computer Based Assessment Given 3 times a year Reports tell students strengths and weaknesses Use the data to plan our lessons and group’s activities

STAR Early Lit Word Knowledge (letters, sounds, alphabetic sequence) Phonemic Awareness (rhyming, blending word parts, beginning & ending sounds, etc.) Phonics (vowel sounds, word building, etc.) Comprehension at a sentence level

Numbers and Operations Number Identification Sequence Completion Composing and Decomposing Measurement

BEE ATTITUDES BEE Respectful BEE Responsible BEE Safe BEE a Problem Solver

Liveschool Students earn points each day for good behavior choices. Students can buy rewards with the points they earn each week. Students can choice to save their points to buy something more expensive in our store. Students can earn red points for “sad” behavior choices. Points will not be subtracted. Students can also earn Bee Bucks for following the BEE Attitudes.

Behavior Steps Classroom System (Liveschool) Chill Zone (reflection spot in room) Buddy Zone (reflect in another room)

Reading and Writing Standards Sound out words in order to read Know the sounds letters make Write about what they know Use sight words when writing stories Read sight words fluently Write a narrative, informational, and opinion piece of writing

Word Wall Words Kindergarteners learn a minimum 80 sight words. These words usually cannot be sounded out. Please practice reading these words every night.

Math Standards Compose and Decompose Numbers to 10 Add and Subtract Fluently Count to 100 by 1’s & 10’s Identify solid and flat shapes

Class Schedule 7:45-8:15 Morning Work and Announcements 8:15-9:00 Math Workshop 9:00-9:45 Writers’ Workshop (Computer Lab-Tues.) 9:45-11:19 Literacy Workshop 11:19-11:49 Lunch 11:49-12:15 Calendar 12:15-12:45 Recess 12:45-1:15 Music(M, W, F) PE (T, R) 1:15-1:30 Snack 1:30-2:10 Shared Reading/Intervention Groups 2:10-2:15 Community Circle 2:15-2:30 Pack Up and Dismissal

Morning Work and Announcements Each morning there will be a worksheet or activity at your child’s table for them to complete. Students have until after the announcements to complete the activity.

Community Circle Helps build community within our classroom. Students get the opportunity to share every morning.

Literacy Workshop 16 groups Students do literacy based activities in each group. I will work with small groups of students. (Guided Reading, Sight words, phonemic awareness, etc.)

Lucy Calkins Writing Mini-lesson Writing Workshop Sharing Time

Mini-Lesson Each lesson focuses on a specific writing skill. Stretching out words, adding detail, punctuation, capitalization

Writing Workshop Students spend 30-45 minutes writing a true story. We conference with the students on how to make their story better. Students draw a picture and sound out words during writing workshop.

Sharing Time Two students share their story each day. The class tells the author one thing they like about their story and one thing that could make their story better.

Snack We have a small snack each day. Send a snack each month for our class to share. Goldfish crackers, cereal, vanilla wafers, and pretzels are some examples.

P.E. and Music Students must wear tennis shoes to participate in P.E. Our class goes to PE on Tuesday and Thursday. We go to Music on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Reading Wonders Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Letters Letter sounds Rhyming Blending/Decoding

Calendar During calendar time we learn: months of the year, days of the week, seasons, counting, place value, and money. Multiple Representations

Handwriting It is very important that each child knows how to make the letters correctly. We teach students to start their letters at the top of the line. Examples are in your packet.

Math Workshop Mini-lesson 8 centers Students do math games and activities in each center I pull small groups and work on math standards.

Shared Reading Work on ‘wh’ questions Story Maps Retell (Beginning, Middle, End) Critical Thinking Questions

Parent Apps Seesaw Journal Liveschool REMIND Twitter

Ipad Apps Reading Eggs Math Seeds ChatterPix Adobe Spark Kid Pic Popplet