Mrs. Murray's Kindergarten Class
October 21-25th
cmurray@rivermill-academy.org

Important Dates:
Fall Festival- October 18th
Field trip- Oct. 30th
Halloween Party- Oct. 31st

Weekly Focus:
Math- Math assessments (done on an individual basis), students will work on centers/math activities while teacher tests children. 

Writing- "I like"....sentences.
Work on using anchor charts to complete simple sentences & writing on the line.  

Cafe- Syllables

Letters of the week: Q and U
(practice through songs/movement, poems, and letter crafts)

Theme: Pumpkins/ life cycle

Sight words- but, not, what, all, were

Calendar- days of the week, months of the year, weather, shapes, colors, numbers, ABC's
 
**Daily Homework: No math homework this week due to individual assessments. Practice the 5 weekly sight words in booklet. Turn it in once they know the entire page. Practice letters and sounds.** 

Library books are checked out every Friday. Please have your child return it the following Friday in order to get a new book. 

CONTACT INFORMATION

Please make sure to check emails, folders, and Dojo daily for any important info or updates.  Email is the BEST way to reach me, but always feel free to call as well. I check it regularly and use it to keep you guys updated on what is happening in our class each week.  If your information changes at any point during the year, please send the new info in your child’s homework/take home folder.

TAKE-HOME FOLDER

Your child will bring home a folder each day. This will hold papers that need to go home, completed class work, homework, turn in money/permission slips, etc. The front pocket will be labeled “Return to School” and the back will say “Keep at Home.”  Please check the folder and return it to school daily. Please check for any notes as well. 

MONEY

If you are sending money, it will need to be in a sealed envelope or plastic baggie labeled with your child’s name and with what the money is for.  Please do not send any loose money to school with your child. It needs to be labelled. 

LUNCH

Our lunch will be from 10:50 to 11:15 each day. On Fridays, parents or other family members are allowed to bring outside food (McDonalds, Wendys, etc.).  This is the ONLY day that outside food is permitted on campus.  Parents are allowed to come and eat lunch with their child any day they’d like. However, please meet your child in the cafeteria and not in the classroom.  We will have designated tables for children and their “lunch guest” because our regular lunch tables only seat 24 students.  We do ask that you avoid eating lunch or coming to school for the first few weeks of school. This can be a hard transition for kids and it makes things easier if we can establish a routine before having visitors.

ICE CREAM
Fridays will be designated as our “ice cream” day.  It is $1.00 and will serve as their afternoon snack. If you do not want your child to participate, please make sure to send me a note on Fridays and a snack with your child for the afternoon.  This year they are implementing a new policy in regards to ice cream.  Money must be in your child’s lunch account before ice cream days,

SNACK

Snack time will be each afternoon at 2:00. If you send snack in your child’s lunchbox, please make sure they know what it is. We have had incidences where they accidentally eat their snack during lunch and then don’t have anything for later in the day. Snack ideas include chips, yogurts, fruit cups, jello, crackers, water, juice, etc. Please don’t send sodas or candy.  

SPECIALS

Below is our specials schedule for the first half of the year…

          Monday: 10:00 to 10:30 PE

          Tuesday: 9:30 to 10:00 Music

          Wednesday: 9:30 to 10:00 Art

          Thursday: 9:30 to 10:00 Spanish

           Friday: 9:30 to 10:00 PE

                       10:00 to 10:30 Media (Library)

• Please make sure that your child wears tennis shoes on PE days. We do have recess each day from 11:30 to 12:00 and SUGGEST that they wear appropriate shoes for that as well.JPlease avoid flip flops.

EXTRA CLOTHES

All students will need a change of clothes to keep in their book bag.  I will remind everyone during the year when they need to be switched out, especially when the weather changes.

BEHAVIOR

This year our class will be using “Dojo” as a form of tracking our behavior. Students earn points for positive behaviors and lose points for negative choices. You will receive a notification once your child earns, or loses, a point along with a brief description of what they did.  If your child loses a point and I feel that more detail is needed on the incident (other than the description given) I will contact you through Dojo or a note in their folder.  You may also contact me via Class Dojo, but be aware that my response time might not be immediate.  I will do my best to respond to you in a timely manner.