1. Welcome to Glenwood’s Kindergarten Back-to-School Night Thurs., Sept. 11, 2014

2. Kindergarten Back-to- School Night Welcome Typical Routines Homework Folders A.M Library (days 3 & 9) Recess Birthdays Snack/allergies tree nut & peanut Gluten intolerances Water bottles (please open at HOME!) Johnny Appleseed Day – Tues., Sept. 23rd

3. T-Shirts Instead of having Kindergarten T-shirts this year, we are recommending that all families buy a Glenwood T-shirt to wear every Friday and on special days.

4. Homework is coming…. Yellow “Alphabet book” (aka “Alphabet Flip book”) Orange HWOT book – 1 page ONLY per night…

5. Photo Albums We will be taking lots of photos of your children throughout the year to help them remember their time in Kindergarten. If you wish to donate to help defray the costs for printing pictures and purchasing a photo album, we’d certainly appreciate any donations!

6. Scholastic Book Orders Every month, we will be sending home Scholastic Book Order forms. If you wish to purchase any books, please do so on-line. Details to follow with the first book order.

7. Homeroom Moms Christine Savelloni Email: crt101068@aol.comcrt101068@aol.com

8. Daily Routines Settle In Time/Unpack Choice time Opening Exercises/Morning Meeting Morning Message or Question Language Arts Centers Math Snack/Story Science/Social Studies integrated throughout the day Recess/Pack up to go home

9. Kindergarten Curriculum Language Arts –Reading Workshop –Project Read –DIBELS Handwriting - HWOT Math - Investigtions Computer/Library (2x per cycle) Integrated Social Studies and Science

12. District website: http://www.rtmsd.orghttp://www.rtmsd.org Class website. Go to district website, choose Glenwood School, then staff, then Dabrowski Virtual K: www.rtmsd.org/virtualk Rose Tree Media School District Website Information

13. Conferences Glenwood: Monday, Nov. 24th All day (9:00 am. – 7:00 p.m.) *a.m. conferences in the Parent Resource Room *p.m. conferences in our classroom

14. Conferences Indian Lane: Tuesday, Nov. 25th All day (9:00 am. – 7:00 p.m.)

15. Progress Reports Issued in late November, late February & June

16. E-mail me! mdabrowski@rtmsd.org `