1. Welcome to Kindergarten
Meet the Teacher and
Curriculum Night

2. Heroes in Charge Principal: Christie Winkelmann
Assistant Principal: Marcie Romero
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3. Meet the Teachers
Janet Pancratz Audrey Yoshioka, Christy Asta, Patti Foster

4. Daily Procedures
Daily attendance is important
Learning starts at 7:40 AM
If you are late, take your child to the office to get a late pass
If your child will be absent, call the attendance line
If you are changing your going home plan, you need to notify the teacher in writing.
may not be the best option, as we don’t always have time to check our messages throughout the day.
If there is a change of who is picking up your child, notify the teacher in writing

5. Classroom Rules Rules are consistent throughout
the school and classrooms:
1. Be Respectful
2. Be Responsible
3. Be Safe
These follow a PBIS model where ALL teachers and staff adhere to the same rules.

6. ELA (English Language Arts)
CKLA Listening and Learning and Skills
Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
Large Group: Big Books, Poems, Songs
Small Group Instruction
Individualized Reading at varied levels
Picture books and Informational texts
DIBELS Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills.

7. English Language Arts (ELA)
Writing
English Language Arts (ELA)
Inventive Spelling
Writing Rubrics
Manuscript (ball and stick)
Response to literature
Informative, opinion and narrative

8. Math Common Core: **Dreambox …Home/School xt Counting and Cardinality
Know number names and count sequences
Count to tell the number of objects
Compare numbers
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and
understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from.
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Work with numbers to gain foundations for place value
Geometry
Identify and describe shapes
Analyze, compare, create and compose shapes
Measurement and Data
Describe and compare measurable attributes
Classify objects in categories
**Dreambox …Home/School xt

9. Science/Social Studies
Plants/Insects
Earth/Space
Life cycles
Five Senses/Healthy Habits
Seasons/Weather
United States/Holidays
Native Americans
Community

10. Special Classes PE Art Music Library
Students will have five special classes each week, most taught by special area teachers. PE
Art
Music
Library
Computer Lab (taught by classroom teacher)
*On P.E. days please make sure your child wears tennis shoes and dresses appropriately. If they do not dress appropriately they
will have to sit out of P.E.

11. Homework Homework packets will be sent home electronically each week.
Parents please PRINT and send completed packets back to school with your child. Please notify the teacher if you have any problems.
Packets are posted on Wednesday or Fridays (depending on classroom)
Small books will be sent each week in the homework folder
Access homework:

12. Homework
Weekly packets - on line
*Baggie Books
*Monthly reading log

13. Access Child Accounts

14. Access Child Accounts

15. Progress Reports Progress Reports-2x a year in January & May
A mini progress report is sent home
in March
Conferences
*Parent-Student-Teacher Conference
in October
*Group Portfolio Conference in March
“Popsicle Night”

16. Lunches Students eat lunch in the cafeteria
Your child’s teacher is NOT with them during lunch
time, lunch aides are on duty to help assist
students
Hot Lunch $2.90
Milk, Water, Juice $ .50 available for sack lunches Breakfast also available for purchase $1.65
Adults $3.50,
On-line purchases available
Cash/Check can be sent in with your student in a baggie/envelope. Please write your child’s name on it.

17. *Class Shared Snacks
August – Sign up to bring a healthy, store bought snacks to share with the class, 25 please.
Sept – May – Assigned a day 1x/month
Individually wrapped and easy to pass out
Please let us know if your child has any food
allergies.
Thank you

18. Building A Brighter Future …One Book at A Time!
Book Fair
Coming soon
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19. Brisas PTSO August 21st at 6:30 PM
ALL are welcome and encouraged to attend the Parent Social/Meeting. Look for more information coming out soon!
August 21st at 6:30 PM
President – Chris Hightower
Vice President – Dan Helt
Treasurer – Stephanie Tammaro
Secretary – Julie Forth
Volunteer Coordinator – Phyllis Cagle,
Contributions Coordinators – Phyllis Cagle & Hope Kopp Fundraising Coordinator – Christy Wilson,
Communication Coordinator – Ingryd Hernandez,
Historians – Kerri Jackson & Alisha Twitchell
PTSO EVENTS
Kinder Meet & Greet, Carnival, Ice Cream Social, Pumpkin Walk,
Turkey Trot, Decades Dance, Field Day, Student Store, Staff Meals, Book Fair, and more!

20. Fundraiser – 2017 Read-a-thon
The goal is to fundraise AND increase the love for reading in students
Reading starts Wednesday, September 6th - Friday, September 15th
Includes daily treats, exciting prizes, grade-level raffles and fun events!
Prizes for ALL students who participate.
No minimum $ amount required to participate.
100% of all money collected goes directly to help Brisas
Only planned fundraiser
Goal is to raise $30,000 to fund many school programs
Information will go home the week of August 28th

21. Communication Newsletters will be sent home each week.
School/Class website:
Teachers contact information can be located on the homepage
School Phone: (480)
Classrooms: (480) __ __
(ends w/room number )

22. Field Trips Permission Slips
Desert Breeze Park Walking (Trees/Leaves, Fire/Police stations, Train, Water Day, picnics, etc.) 2 day notice
Bus field trip
Field Trip Volunteers
Tax Credit donations: indicate
“Brisas Kindergarten”

23. Field Trips

24. And Always Remember…
All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be …I learned in Kindergarten.
Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess.
And it is still true no matter how old you are-when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.
Robert Fulghum

25. I look forward to working with you and your child this year
I look forward to working with you and your child this year. It is going to be a wonderful year filled with exciting learning activities!