Supplies:

Supplies, in Kindergarten, are purchased by the school using the kindergarten stipend.  This practice ensures that all students have specifically the correct number and type of  pencils, crayons and markers. This enables students to learn responsibility and to  follow directions without any lost or broken supplies to hamper progress.  

Snack:

Every day your student needs to bring with them a small snack:  pretzels and juice, apple and water, etc.  If they do not bring a snack, they will still be allowed to socialize and have a break.

Please send in 1 full water bottle daily, however, we may refill the bottles with filtered water at our water bottle station located in our hallway.  The station worked beautifully last year!

Lunch Time and Recess:

Don't forget to pack a lunch or order from our monthly healthy & tasty lunch menu! We eat lunch at 11:15 than go out to recess together.  Our children eat lunch and then go outside for recess everyday.  Remember to dress for the weather!

Communication Folders and Homework:

Every day your student should bring home a regular 2 pocket folder.  Please try to look through the folder with your child every night.  Work that was completed during the day is included, as well as homework and classroom announcements. Please include transportation notes, or any communication in this folder.  Your student is responsible for emptying it every morning when they get to school. 

 I will make sure each of your children place homework pages, including weekly word lists, in the "return'" labeled pocket of their home folder.  I will include work not completed in school, as homework.  In the first 1/2 of Kindergarten we will only have unfinished classwork and 'heart word' practice or simple book reading practice as Homework.  Homework is practice for what we learned in school and should take no more than 10 minutes total time.  If you have a specific question, or your child is frustrated, simply write a short note at the top of the work page.  Usually, there is more than one student experiencing the same problem!

 I think this will help with "mix ups!"