Welcome! Please find your child’s Flag and pull up a tiny chair Index cards and pencils provided for notes. Extra chairs in back.

Miss Brittney Wilson Kindergarten Roxbury Elementary Curriculum night 2017 Miss Brittney Wilson Kindergarten Roxbury Elementary

Lunches and Water bottles Change in Transportation Home Parent Survey Housekeeping Overview of day Rewards Bring Book Tomorrow! Green is Gold Lunches and Water bottles Change in Transportation Home Parent Survey

Reading expectations Kindergarten Reading Level Expectation is a 4/C What is a 4 and how does my child get there? Review the handout for explanation of leveled texts 1-4 Guided Reading Bags(coming in November) How do Bag Books work??

Sight words Solon Kindergarten sight word requirement is 25 words. (Sight Word Ring) We will learn WAYYYYYY more than 25 sight words in this room  Your child will be exposed to over 200 sight words over the course of this year and it will be possible to learn them all! (Heidi’s songs) Sight words directly correlate with reading levels and comprehension. Please practice sight words daily at home with sight word ring!

writing How can you help your child develop into a confident writer? Do not tell them how to spell words! **Help your child sound out instead** What does stretching out the words look/sound like?? (use the arm and other strategies!) Encourage Support What Writing Looks Like in the Classroom Lessons are broken into parts Building tools for your child to become a confident reader in the classroom.

Differentiation in the classroom Guided by Data ELA DRA2 Formative Summative State tests Mini Lesson Small Group Guided Reading Individual Conferencing Math Problem Solving Direct Instruction & Guided Practice Flexible Grouping

math Math Lesson Math Homework What does a math lesson look like?? Daily Common Core Review Video Newspaper Please be sure to complete math homework daily! Tear off back page. No math homework will be given on a test day! I will send home tests, but need them to be signed and returned the next day!!

Mindset Mondays at roxbury All students will be provided with tools to have a Positive Growth Mindset. ***YOU CAN DO IT*** We want to stay “above the line”. New lesson will be taught on Mondays via announcements and the focus will continue throughout the week.

Snack Homework Calendar 1st homework calendar will be sent home on September 1ST. Please keep this hung at home in a safe place. They should be signed and returned on the last day of the month. Please remember to send in a daily snack. Teachers may not give students snacks  No peanut/treenut, cinnamon in the classroom!

Scholastic Book Orders Picture Day Every month I will distribute a set of Scholastic book order forms. Money spent earns our class points=FREE BOOKS!!  Makes a great reward/present! Picture Day is September 12. Picture order forms were sent home in the first week of school. Keep forms until picture day and send in then.

Security Guard E-Forms Roxbury will have an onsite security guard present during school hours. Secure safety of all students! All E-Forms should be completed!

Our classroom webpage Navigate to the Solon City Schools website Click Roxbury, followed by staff directory, and click on my name! http://www.solonschools.org/ *Pictures

PTA You may pay tonight! If not, please send the money in the sealed envelope PTA provided to you. Thank you, thank you  JOIN THE PTA!!!!

Look About Lodge: OCT 11 (please sign permission slip now) Playhouse Square: OCT 24 Young Chef’s Academy: FEB 20 Moms and Muffins: MAY 3 1:30-2:15 Cleveland Zoo: MAY 17 Dads and Desserts: MAY 31 1:30-2:15 Look About Lodge: TBA Important dates I will only be taking volunteers to the Playhouse Square and Young Chef’s academy. Everyone is welcome to come to the zoo!

Signup sheets Classroom Parties – Meet your Classroom Coordinators Parent-Teacher Conferences November 7: 4:00pm-7:00pm November 8: 4:00pm-7:00pm November 9: 8:00am-11:00am NOTE DIFFERENT CONFERENCE DATES Volunteers can signup for 4 parties: Halloween Holiday Valentine’s End of Year Organizers who signup will be responsible for coordinating the party! They are the ONLY ones able to attend!!!

Volunteers There is still time to volunteer! Days, times, and lists will be finalized in the coming weeks.

Can you help? Math books! Ipads Note for your kinder