1. Welcome to Back-to-School Night!!
Ms. Proietto
Room 21
Oak Ridge Heights School #21
Pre-K ESL

2. Welcome!
Please find a seat. You may not be able to sit in your child’s chair as we do share seats for the AM and PM sessions.
I have left index cards and some pens on each table. If you have any questions throughout the night, please write down your questions and your contact information. There are many of us in the room tonight, so this will make it as easy as possible to answer all of your questions as I may not be able to speak with everyone one-on-one tonight. Do not worry, we will be meeting next month during our October conferences.

3.  A Little About Me  My name is Marisa Proietto
I was born and raised in New Jersey
I have two older brothers, a nephew, and two Yorkies
I graduated with a BA in Elementary Education and a Master’s in Special Education
I taught Kindergarten from in West Melbourne, Florida
I also taught Kindergarten in Green Brook during the school year
In my spare time...
Read
Travel
Shop
Spend time with family and friends
Go to the movies

5. Here is what our day looks like…
Morning Work - activity (cutting, tracing, gluing, etc)
Greeting Circle
Pledge of Allegiance
Sing
Choose a commitment to follow for the day
Movement activity
Read-Aloud/Story Time
Snack time – 15 MINUTES
Literacy Lesson/Math Lesson
Centers
Blocks center – what can you build?
Reading center – choose a book and read quietly or with a friend
Play center – pretend play, dress-up, cooking, etc.
Art center – paint, color, glue, etc.
Puzzle center – fine motor skills
Play-doh center
ABC center – letter recognition
Math center – number recognition, shapes, patterns, etc.
Closing Circle
Check our commitments – did we have a good day?

6. Daily Behavior
Green =
Yellow =
Red =

7. Monthly Behavior Calendar
*Please check this every day. It will let you know how his/her day was at school. It is on the inside of the take-home folder. The code at the bottom informs you of the color and behavior that occurred in class. It is important that you initial each day so that we know you checked it. If the behavior is something that I feel needs parental contact, I will give you a phone call to speak with you. If there are two or more consistent days on yellow or red, I will give you a call.

8. Our Curriculum Frog Street – Pre-K
Comprehensive, integrated curriculum
Child-centered learning
Provides a strong daily routine which develops key social skills and emotional control
Children are provided with choices in self-directed activities, or centers
Oral language and vocabulary development
Systematic and sequential continuum for building skills and concepts

9. Frog Street Pre-K Themes
Theme 1 – My School and Me
Theme 2 – My Family and Friends
Theme 3 – Giants
Theme 4 – Choices
Theme 5 – Stories and Rhymes
Theme 6 – I Build! I Create!
Theme 7 – Things That Move
Theme 8 – Animals
Theme 9 - Changes

10. Home/School Projects
Throughout the year, the children will have the opportunity to complete a few projects at home with you. Please take this opportunity to work with your child in completing these special projects. Use it as time to spend together to build the home-school connection. Please guide and help your child, but try to let them write/draw etc. It’s their time to use their imaginations and be creative. Don’t forget…have fun!!!

11. Take-Home Folders
 Take-home folders are used for parent-teacher communication. It is very important that you check your child’s folder on a daily basis. They include:
Monthly behavior calendar – please check and initial daily!
Any important notices
Any completed classwork
Homework
Notes

12. **This will start sometime in October**
Homework
Homework will be sent home on Monday. It does not have to be returned until Friday, however, if your child completes it early, they may return it to school. It is very important that you help your child with homework. Do not do it for them, but help them. Homework reinforces the skills we are learning in the classroom.
**This will start sometime in October**

13.  Important Reminders 
Check your child’s take-home folder on a daily basis. Please send the folder back to school every day. This is our main way to communicate with each other.
If your child is going home a different way than usual, please send in a written note to me and I will send it down to the office in the mornings. Do not tell the bus driver.
Continue to send in one small snack everyday. The children are given 15 minutes for snack.
If you would like your child to celebrate his/her birthday, please remember that school policy is no baked goods. A healthy snack (fruit, goldfish, carrots, pretzels, etc.) is acceptable.
There will be no weekly newsletter sent home. Our class website will list all of our skills and activities for the week. Please do your best to check the website weekly so you know what we are learning in our classroom! I update the website every Monday. I will show you how to access it.

14. Contact Information
School
**Best way to contact me**
School Phone: