Newsletter
August 21-25
The Kindergarten Konnection
Kindergarten Teachers and Contact Info
Macey Arel
940-369-1364
Mauri Audirsch
940-369-1324
Delanie Scherpenisse
Important Links
Here are some important links that you might want to bookmark for your convenience!
Denton ISD SSO (Single Sign On) Portal
Car and Walker Tag Numbers
Hello Families,
Please practice learning your child's car tag and walker tag numbers every day. These need to be memorized quickly for dismissal.
Thank You!
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
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
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!
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!
Important Dates:
August
24th - College T-Shirt Day- wear a shirt from your favorite college!
24th- PTA Meeting 6pm: Flight Crew Kick-Off with Pizza & Touch a Truck - Korak invited
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 Lexia Core 5, Imagine Math, Starfall, and Tumblebooks to name a few! Enjoy!
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
filled water bottle
light jacket or sweatshirt
Daily GO Folder
Listed below are the Learning Targets for the First 9 Weeks (9W1)
We will be working on these targets throughout the 9 weeks in our student workshops: large and small groups.
Math
Students will:
count objects to 5.
read, write and show whole numbers from 0-5 with and without objects.
compose and decompose numbers up to 5 with objects and pictures.
use appropriate problem solving processes to come to logical solutions
Encourage Mathematical Thinking at Home!
If you ever need a resource to know how you can encourage mathematical thinking with your child, this link has a quick article with practical and fun ways to incorporate math at home. Enjoy!
https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/299-help-your-child-develop-early-math-skills
Reading
Students will :
recognize words are represented by print.
demonstrate one to one correspondence between spoken words and printed words.
recognize the difference between a letter and word.
hold a book correctly.
read top to bottom and left to right.
identify the parts of a book. (title, front, back)
identify capital and lower case letters.
identify the common sounds letters represents.
identify and read snap words.
Snap Words
*** These words will be practiced in class and at home to be mastered by the end of the first 9 week grading period.
I see the red
to do yellow can
blue like it is
green in and orange
you look purple me
said brown a
Writing
Students will:
write their name.
write capital and lower-case letters, left to right, and top to bottom.
try to write the sounds they hear in words.
label pictures.
encourage writing of any kind. (scribbling, letter like forms, random letter strings, or phonetic spelling)
Science
Students will:
observe properties of objects, including bigger or smaller and heavier or lighter, shape, color, and texture.
record properties accurately.
communicate about the properties of matter using science vocabulary.
observe and describe weather changes from day to day and over seasons.
observe using five senses.
explore different things in the natural world and use tools to help investigate.
observe and record properties of objects including relative size and mass. (bigger or smaller, heavier or lighter, shape, color, & texture.)
Social Studies
Students will:
identify community helpers.
identify a purpose for having rules and why they keep us safe.
identify authority figures and explain how they make and enforce rules.
explain why we celebrate the US Constitution.
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.