Newsletter
April 29- May 3, 2024
The Kindergarten Konnection
Kindergarten Teachers and Contact Info
Macey Arel
940-369-1364
Mauri Audirsch
940-369-1324
Delanie Scherpenisse
Important Dates:
Adkins Elementary April Flight Plan- click here to read our School Newsletter and important words from Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Vaughn, Nurse Lujan and more!
May
Friday, May 3rd
Field Day
Important Links
Here are some important links that you might want to bookmark for your convenience!
Denton ISD SSO (Single Sign On) Portal
Kindergarten Field Trip to the Dallas Zoo
Adkins Kindergarten will be taking their last field trip of the year to the Dallas Zoo on Monday, May 6th! Thank you for sending in your $20 last week to pay for your child's bus/zoo admission. If you have not sent in your $20 for your child, please send this ASAP! Remember, if you would like to chaperone, please click the link HERE to fill out a background check. We must have an approved background check in the office on or before May 6th. If you choose to be a chaperone, NO SIBLINGS will be able to attend this field trip for any reason. Chaperones will need to pay $12 parking and $6 group rate admission at the door (let them know you are with Adkins Elementary to receive the group rate of $6). We encourage chaperones to carpool to save on parking. It's going to be a great day of wild fun!!
What is Guided Reading?
Your child will have Guided Reading this year. Guided Reading is a small group, teacher-directed process that helps the children to develop the reading strategies they need to become independent readers. Many times, the teacher will encourage the student to identify deeper concepts of the book, such as story elements, characters, problem and solution, and more! You will begin to see a book bag coming home in your childś backpack. In this bag, you will see books or letter/sound Identification activities that were practiced in their group that day. Please listen to your child read or practice the letter/sound activity with them, return the book to the book bag and send back to school the next day. We can wait to see them glow!!!
Student SSO Portal
Every day, your child will be using technology in the classroom via Chromebooks. In class, the students are using QR codes to access their single sign on portal (SSO). If you would like your child to show you how they use this portal for their learning, then they can go to their portal at home! Use the link below to access the link. You will need their username ID number and the password 126.abcd to log on. Students access iReady Math and Reading, Lexia Core 5 (Username- ID# and Password- ID#), Starfall, and Tumblebooks to name a few! Enjoy!
Just a few things.....
Family Lunch Visits- Our campus is now open for families to come and eat lunch with your child. You can bring lunch for your child or have them eat the cafeteria lunch during our lunch from 10:40-11:10. Tables are set up outside the cafeteria for you and your child enjoy a lunch visit. We don't recommend coming to eat with your child everyday, as we want them to build independence in the lunch room. You do not need to notify your child's teacher for these lunch visits. If you have any questions, please contact your child's teacher.
Lunch Accounts- If your child is buying their lunch in the cafeteria, you will need to make sure that your child has sufficient funds on their account. You can find this link at the bottom of this newsletter in our "Important Links" sections. The account also allows you to set up restrictions for your child, such as buying an extra snack on certain days from the snack cart at checkout.
Snack and Water Bottles- Thank you for sending a simple, easy snack with your child every day. We will not supply forks, spoons, straws etc. Snack time is only 5-7 minutes, so please plan accordingly when packing this quick, simple snack. Also, please pack a filled water bottle in your child's backpack every day.
Toys from Home- please talk with your child about leaving any personal toys at home. If your child is bringing toys/ costume jewelry from home, it becomes a distraction to classwork when they try to take them out of their backpack during instruction time. Thank you for monitoring their backpack for strays... lol!
Thank you!
Join Our Adkins PTA
We are so lucky to be living in such a wonderful community!!!! Our Adkins PTA works hard for staff, kids and families!!! Every cent you spend come right back into our classrooms for parties, supplies, field trips, books, field day, and more!!!! Please click the link below to sign your family up as a PTA member for only $10! One membership covers all your kids at Adkins! Feel free to share our link with Family member too! Anyone that is a member of our PTA has the privilege of having their voice heard during forum. Thanks everyone!
Kindergarten Library Day and Time
Your child will visit our Adkins Learning Commons (Library) once a week to listen to an interactive story from our librarian, Mrs. McCord. After the story time, they will be able to check out one book to bring home for the week. Please remember to put it back in their backpack before their next library time so they can check out another book. Thanks!
Arel Fridays at 9:00 am
Audirsch Wednesdays at 9:00 am
Scherpenisse Mondays 9:00 am
Special Areas- PE, Art, Music
Every week your child will attend their special area classes from 12:55-1:45. They will have a set schedule M-Th, with a rotation on classes on Friday. *****Please plan to dress your kiddo in tennis shoes every Friday. Here are the schedules for your child's class:
Arel: Monday- Music, Tuesday- PE, Wednesday- Art, Thursday- PE, Friday Rotation
Audirsch: Monday- PE, Tuesday- Music, Wednesday- PE, Thursday- Art, Friday Rotation
Scherpenisse: Monday- Art, Tuesday- PE, Wednesday- Music, Thursday- PE, Friday Rotation
Parents, please remember to have your child wear tennis shoes on PE days. Sandals, Crocs, or boots can be saved for days when they attend Music and Art. Also, if your daughter is wearing a dress to school, please have them wear shorts under their dress for safety. Thanks everyone!
Kindergarten Daily Schedule
7:40-8:00 Morning Meeting
8:00-8:30 Shared Reading/ Interactive Writing
8:30-8:50 Phonics Workshop
8:50-9:35 Writers Workshop
9:35-10:10 Reader’s Workshop/Guided Reading
10:15-10:35 Recess
10:40-11:10 Lunch
11:15-11:30 Word Work Stations
11:30-11:45 Interactive Read Aloud
11:45-11:55 Number Corner/Daily Numeracy
11:55-12:25 Math Workshop
12:25-12:50 Aviator Time/ Intervention and Extension time
12:55-1:45 Specials- PE, Art, or Music
1:50-2:20 Science/Social Studies
2:20-2:55 Snack, Pack up, Play Workshop
3:00 Dismissal
ABSENCES
Adkins Elementary asks that you fill out the form below when your child is absent from school. If you have a doctor's note, please upload it to this form. Thank you so much!
Click Below to fill out the form:
Join Your Child's Seesaw Account
Please be on the lookout for an email from your child's teacher with a link to join Seesaw! This will an online portfolio that we will use all year long. It will host Newsletters, announcements, photos, videos, private messaging, and more! You can share this link with family members and they can see your kiddo's Journal Page and all the fun they are having in Kindergarten this year!
Daily Backpack Checklist!!
Kindergarten is a busy day of learning and fun! But sometimes, our Kinders are so busy that they forget to go potty! Don't we all? So, to help your kiddo be prepared for any accident or spills at lunchtime, please keep an extra change of SUMMER CLOTHES in a baggie in your child's backpack at all times. On another note, if you have any gently used undies or long pants that you would like to donate to our Nurse's office, anything is appreciated. Nurse Lujan (LOO-HAN) keeps extra clothes for any kiddo that may need them. Thank you!
Please have these thing in your backpack every day:
change of clothes (winter/spring season)
filled water bottle
light jacket or sweatshirt
Daily GO Folder
*****NO TOYS/ costume jewelry, watches, etc.
Listed below are the Learning Targets for the Third 9 Weeks (9W4)
We will be working on these targets throughout the 9 weeks in our student workshops: large and small groups.
Math
Students will
studying how to make a graph this week!
Reading
Students will:
be flexible in their writing by writing some words quickly and slowing down to write other words .
Continue to use their vowel power in every word written or read, remembering to try long and short vowels if reader gets stuck (we tell them to "flip" the sound).
review their reading stamina and reinforce their reading time without any interruptions that cause them to be off task during this work time.
review what to do when they get to a word they don't know. They should look at the picture, identify if it is a snap word, get a running start with the word, use their sound out power, look for spelling rules, digraphs, and more!
identify and use digraphs /sh/, /th/, /ch/, and introduce /wh/.
identify, read, and write high frequency words correctly
choose when to use which Super Reader Power at the right time. Can your child tell you their Super Reader Powers?
recognize high frequency words in the pattern books
Snap Words
*** These words will be practiced in class and at home to be mastered by the end of each 9 week grading period. Please work your child to read and write these words correctly at home.
1st Grading Period: I see the red to yellow can blue like it is green in and orange you purple me said brown a my
2nd and 3rd Grading Period: you be here up am was so no said go she do went at got look this he on
4th Grading Period : what little behind that with some want from thank you please should would could there of when off because down for friend have who where they
Writing
Students will:
continue to write "How To" books! Students will add diagrams and labels.
build confidence in their writing by writing faster, stronger, longer and with flow. Say the sentence out loud as they write and and spell without stopping.
use a checklist to see how they are growing as a writer! Ask your writer how do they know they have grown as a writer? What do they see they are doing now that they didn't do when they started kindergarten?
go back and make their writing better with finger spaces, punctuation, make sure each word has a letter for every sound, and check to see if each word has a vowel.
go back and reread then revise their writing, fixing sentences and words they know need help.
write pattern books using their snap words and high frequency words.
write a letter for every sound they hear in the words they are writing.
make their writing fancy and fix up anything they think needs to be better before sharing.
make sure their pictures match their words.
focus on finger spaces.
add on to their sentences with more words.
learn how to write an ending to their stories.
Science
Students will:
study parts of a plant this week!
Social Studies
Students will:
describe and compare land forms--mountain, prairie, ponds, and rivers.
discuss how human characteristics of places such as ways of earning a living, shelter, clothing, food, and activities are based upon geographic location.
be learning about the environment in which they live. They will be learning about the physical characteristics such as land forms, bodies of water, earth's resources and weather.
understand that where people live determines how they live.
Health
Students will:
practice health habits that help individuals stay healthy like cleaning hands and proper amounts of sleep.
identify types of exercise and active types play that are good for the body.