1. Kindergarten

2. 8:15-9:00 Morning Work/Call to Greatness
Daily Schedule
8:15-9:00 Morning Work/Call to Greatness
9:00-9:30 Morning Message / ELAR
9:30-9:50 ELA Stations / Guided Reading
9:50-10:30 Reader’s Workshop
10:30-10:55 ELA Stations / Guided Reading
11:00-11:30 Lunch 
11:30-12:15 Writer’s Workshop
12:15-12:30 Recess
12:30-1:30 Math - Calendar / Journal Problem / Lesson / Math Stations
1:30 - 1:45 Recess
1:45-2:15 Science/Social Studies
2:10-2:40 Pack up / snack / social stations
2:45-3:40 Specials (Art, Music, PE)
3:50 - Dismissal
“A day in the life of a Kindergartner”
GE blurb:GE is an opportunity to practice and gain social emotional skills while learning how to cooperatively engage in acceptable audience behavior and honing public speaking skills. Kindergarten will have the privilege of presenting campus announcements and leading the Call to Greatness during the 4th 9 weeks.

3. Cafeteria
Breakfast: Students may eat breakfast at school. Breakfast is served in the cafeteria from 8:10 - 8:40 a.m.
Lunch: If buying a lunch, students choose their own items to eat. Ice cream is sold daily. Please practice opening lunch boxes, packages, juice boxes, and cleaning up spills.
Lunch Money: Please place your child’s lunch money in an envelope or bag, labeled with his/her name, in the daily folder. If your child’s account runs out of money, an alternative meal will be provided.
Ice cream can be bought EVERYDAY unless you set a restriction. I cannot set a restriction.
Lunch Money: Let your students know if they have money in their folder, so they can take it to the cafeteria in the morning. We may not check folders until after the announcements and the cafeteria is closed by then.

4. Library Times: Each week the students will have a library lesson and are allowed one book to check out. If the library book is not returned by the following week, your child will not be able to check out another book until the first book is returned. *** Reading Logs will be sent home each 9 weeks. You must return your Reading Log at the end of the 9 weeks in order to earn a spirit stick.
Computer Time: Please provide your child with a set of headphones for the computer lab. (The small kind, which work in a portable CD player will work just fine) Make sure they are labeled with your child’s name.
Snack Time: Please send a small snack daily. Goldfish, pretzels, bars - nothing messy, or anything that requires a spoon/fork. No juice boxes.
Water Bottles: Please send a filled reusable water bottle daily. It should have a flip top lid, no screw top lids. Label clearly with child’s name.
Discuss your library day and computer day if you want.

5. Parties: There are three each year
Parties: There are three each year. The dates will be announced at a later date. The general times are before winter break, Valentines Day, and end of the year. A room parent will be assigned by PTO, but anyone is welcome to come. Party activities/food are reserved for the students of the class.
Birthdays: You may bring store bought individual treats (small cupcakes, donuts, cookies) to share with the class for your child’s birthday. It will be shared at the end of lunch time. Also, you have the option to purchase school ice cream for each child; it is $.75. Please no balloons, party favors, or goodie bags allowed.
Scholastic Book Orders: We will send out book orders throughout the year. This is an excellent way to purchase books for your child. Orders will be submitted online through a login and password provided by the teacher.
STRESS: Please let me know ahead of time if you are coming for your student’s birthday.

6. Folders
Daily Folders (yellow): A daily folder has been given to each child to bring papers and notes home. This folder needs to be returned DAILY! This is the place for you to attach notes for transportation, absentee excuses, or returned PTO fliers. We check the folders everyday before class begins.
**Transportation changes must be made through the front office. Teachers are unable to accept changes via .**
Wednesday Folders (red and white): Go home on Wednesdays, with papers from the school and/or PTO. Please return on Thursdays.
Homework Folder (blue): Folders are to be kept at home. Please practice skills until mastered (skills may include: letters, numbers, tracing sheets, and high frequency words.)
Book bags: Home readers will start in January. Your child will bring home a bag where the books will be kept. Read the books multiple times at home. Send it back on the same day each week.

7. SEESAW
Please make sure to use the QR code to view your child’s photos.
What is Seesaw?
Parent Communication to gain a glimpse into the life of a kindergartner.
Pictures may be posted at random intervals. Please don’t worry if you don’t get a picture every day or every week.
If you have opted out of media or in-district sharing you will not have access to Seesaw.

8. Specials
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How do I subscribe?
Go to the CFES homepage
Click “Staff Directory”
Click on each teachers’ webpage (Donna Fender, Debra Baxter, Michelle Bisig)
Click the subscribe button under their picture.

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