Welcome to Meet The Teacher Night!

About Me - Teaching in East Penn for 10 years - Taught 5 th, 1 st, and Kindergarten - BA in Elementary Ed and Humann Development from Boston College - Masters in K-12 Technology from DeSales University - Continuous education work through Wilkes - Live in Bethlehem with my husband, my daughter Makenzy, and my son Gavin

Our Day - Unpack and welcome center - Opening exercises (announcements, calendar, etc) - LA - Math - Snack/Bathroom - Daily 5 - Kid Writing-to come later in the year - Specialist-art, gym, library, music - WIN-to come later in the year - Pack up

Language Arts - Letter identification - Letter-sound correspondence - Rhyming and rhyming application - Sound isolation - Pre-reading skills and reading skills - Kid writing - Zaner-Bloser letter formation

Sight Words/Little Readers - Sight Words: flash cards to practice during the year - No need to cut them all out at the same time (move at your child’s pace) - Practice often with your child - Homenote will inform which words we are working on in school - Little Readers: small books to practice at home - Send back to school with a parent’s initials - Keep at home

Handwriting - Watch your child as he/she is forming letters and holding a pencil - letters are formed from the top - please reinforce this at home - Students will use handwriting lines from the beginning of the year - though it may be difficult at first (as fine motor skills are still developing), it is important for them to know what they are working towards - Terms sky, grass, and dirt are used to describe the different sections of handwriting lines - See the Zaner Bloser Handwriting Handout that provides directions for proper writing formation

Math - Shapes & colors - Number identification - Counting to to-1 correspondence - Patterns & sorting - Place Value - Measurement - Addition - Subtraction

Homework/Homenote Homework: - Homework will be sent home most Mondays-Thursdays - May be written homework or work done verbally with a grown up - A great way to keep up with what we are doing in school and to reinforce skills we have completed within the classroom Homenote: - Sent home every week - Describes the homework, upcoming activities, and reminders

Behavior - Mrs. Ringer: Behavior chart where the kids put a dot on for good behavior (can be from bus driver, other teachers, etc) - Clip Chart: Wonderful-Purple Great-Blue Ready to Learn- Green Make Better Choices-Orange Note Home- Red -Verbal warnings will be given -Remember that we are all learning rules in school

Snack -Should be small -No Peanuts or Tree nuts -No juice boxes/milk- you may bring in a water bottle or we have a water fountain in the classroom

Birthdays -Non-edible due to Shoemaker’s policy -We sing/card and pencil/birthday cape -Invitations: -Whole class or all boys/girls -Class directory

Reminders - Written Excuse note needed for absences - send in within 3 days of absence - any type of day trip, extended vacation, etc. needs a trip request form filled out in advance (this is found on EPSD website) - Current address and information - enewsletter will be used often - Sign Up Genius: conferences - Shoemaker website/PTO website - sign up for blasts from both - Student Accident Insurance Brochure can be found on my website and the EPSD website

Schedule Changes ScheduleDatesAM KGPM KG CondensedEarly dismissal days (1 PM dismissal for all elem. students) September 25 th January 29 th March 18 th May 6 th Kindergarten Conferences (1 PM dismissal for all elem. Students, 2 additional days for kindergarten) November 17 th -24 th April 25 th -May 3 rd 9 AM- 10:30 AM11:35 AM- 1 PM Modified1-hour delay, usually due to weather10 AM- 11:45 AM12:35-3:20 PM (no change) Modified2-hour delay, usually due to weather11 AM- 12:45 PM1:35 PM- 3:20 PM

Other Mrs. Brinckman: - Use crosswalks in drop-off and pick up - Drop off in the morning should NOT be before 8:45 am due to supervision purposes. - Parents are REQUIRED to send in a note for early pick-up. If there is an emergency and a student needs to be picked up early please call the office by 2:45 at the latest. - Parent pick up will be at 3:15 which is prior to bus dismissal. Mrs. Ringer and/or Mrs. Beitler will greet them in the vestibule each afternoon and dismiss their child(ren) directly to them. Nurse: - If your child is sick with a fever they can return to school after being fever free without medicine for 24 hours. - If your child is vomiting they can return to school after 12 hours of not getting sick. - Peanut/Tree Nut free

Scholastic - Online orders only - Browse a variety of books at different levels - Flyers will be sent home occasionally- I will and let you know when a new order is available to browse - Our classroom can earn a free book for each online order ☺

Star Of The Week - All information will come home the Friday prior to your child’s week - Poster - Fluffy- classroom pet they will come home - Notebook- record memories of your time with Fluffy

My Website - Games - Storytown link and Mega Math - Handwriting paper - Scholastic book orders - E Newsletter - Star of the week schedule

Clearances/Final Thoughts Clearances: - Mystery Reader for 1 time only - may be permitted in the building as a visitor (no affidavit required) - - Mystery Reader more than 1 time/Field Trips/Classroom Celebrations - will need clearances Thank you - Thank you for volunteering to tear out workbook pages and all the supplies - Thank you for coming tonight!