1. Welcome Parents to Open House To Do: Sign in
Sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences
Fill out holiday check off
Please find your child’s seat
Write your child a message

2. Balanced Literacy Read Aloud Shared Reading Guided Reading
Independent Reading
Reader’s Workshop

3. Guided Reading Literacy Centers
Goal: Help children learn how to use independent reading strategies successfully.
ABC Center
Newspaper Center

4. Special Student of the Day
Word Work
Special Student of the Day
Phonemic Awareness
Rhyming
Syllables
Beginning sounds
Segmenting words
Develops important understandings about words and letters
Fundations provides the foundations for life-long literacy for all children.

5. Writer’s Workshop
inventive spelling

6. Math
Kindergarten math focuses on counting; combining, and comparing sets of objects. We will work on geometry, measurement and algebraic thinking. Materials and appropriate technologies such as computers and the interactive whiteboard will be used.

7. Learning Centers (D and F days)
Dramatic Play
Blocks
Computer
Legos
Puzzles
Art/Playdough

8. Special Area Classes Media Center A Day 1:00-1:40
Please return library books on this day.
Art
B Day
1:00-1: Ms. Westerberg
Music
C Day
1:00-1:40 Mr. Ferrigno
Physical Education
D,E Days
2:30-3: Mr. Mc Cormick
Please wear sneakers on this day.

9. Personal Information Reading Log
High Frequency Words for Kindergarten a so like
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Personal Information
Reading Log
Please remember that your most important homework is to READ,READ,READ to your child! (15 to 20 minutes)
Reading logs are most important. Please fill out at home and return when complete.
Complete math sheet in workbook 
Book Baggie

10. Communication
Please check your child’s folder every night and return every day.
If your child will be going home a different way, please send a note.
Folders will be checked at school first thing each morning.
Three Ways to Contact Me
*Send a note in your child’s folder.
*Send me an
*Call the school and leave a message with the office. I will return your call.

11. Miscellaneous Classroom Info
Please check orange folder every night and return it everyday
Snack Scholastic
Birthdays
Scholastic!!! Order books and build a home library!
Free books for the class!
Class code: HB4RL
Snack in the afternoon, Please label healthy snacks in a small ziploc bag, only one please 
Please send change of clothes in ziploc bag
Birthday celebrations
One week notice, cupcakes and juice boxes/water preferred
Please do not send in a cake that needs to be cut.
Payment options, reminders of low balance, set spending limits, etc.
For more information call
LUNCH: $2.75

12. How to help your child at home
Ask them what they did in school
Monitor TV/computer games intake
Go to bed early since it’s a long day
Eat a healthy breakfast
Read every night with your child and discuss what you’ve read
See handouts for further suggestions
Read Aloud
prior knowledge
model reading
build vocabulary
story structure
sentence patterns
excited about reading

13. Thank you for coming!
I’m looking forward to an exciting and wonderful year with your children!