K - Parent's Newsletter
Week of October 28-1 2024
WHAT'S COMING UP?
10/28-11/1: Red Ribbon Week
11/5: NO SCHOOL: Teacher Work Day
11/20: Thanksgiving Lunch
11/21: Turkey Bingo
11/25-11/29: NO SCHOOL: Thanksgiving Break
12/12: Spelling Bee
12/12: Shop with a Cop
12/13: Pictures with Santa
12/19: PTA Holiday Performance (6:00)
12/21-1/6: Holiday Break
1/6: Teacher Work Day
This is our Kindergarten Team!
Mrs. Barbara Hoffman
Sra. Lenis Lopez
Spanish DLI Teacher (K1)
Mrs. Katie Fitzgerald
Ms. Daniella Salado
Mrs. Navarro
Mrs. Plunkett
Teacher- EIP 1-3
Hello. My name is Kristi Plunkett and I am an EIP teacher here at Park Street. EIP stands for Early Intervention Program. The overall goal of the Early Intervention Program is to provide additional instructional resources to help learners meet grade-level expectations. To be eligible for EIP support students need two qualifiers: 1 score below 30% in reading and/or math on MAP and 2 score below 15 on an EIP checklist in reading or below 9 in math. If your child qualifies you will receive a letter in the next week or so.
Instructional Paraprofessional
DLI, English Instructional Paraprofessional
Instructional Paraprofessional
Mrs. Rakestraw, ESOL
Parents,
These are ideas of activities you can do at home with your child to help them learn English. There are ideas for grades Kindergarten through 8th grade. Please scroll down after clicking on the link below for languages other than English. Enjoy!
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:9e3e9d14-5b76-4489-9d24-1e50beb38f67
Mrs. Jenna Manning ESOL Teacher
Reading at home is so important to help your child learn. Reading in your native language is just as important as reading in English.
Please read the following article on how reading in your native language helps your child actually become a better reader.
Ms. Bethany Martin Reading Specialist
We are learning the names and sounds of all 26 letters. We are also learning how to separate and blend the sounds we are learning to read and write short 2-3 sound words. Each week, I assess student progress to determine which letters, sounds, and skills students have mastered and use that information to determine which skills to address next week. At times, my groups will change to ensure each student is getting what he or she needs.
Send to your family, friends or teachers a Boo Grams!
Donation...
Kindergarten families can send stuffing mix boxes to cooperate with the Family Resources Thanksgiving Drive!
Cancer Awareness Month!
Mrs. Powell shared that we're very close to meeting out $1,000.00 contribution goal to the Atlanta Cancer Care Foundation. If you haven't done so, please consider getting a Panther Hope shirt. 100% of the proceeds goes to the Atlanta Cancer Care Foundation.
PTA will make a donation on behalf of Park Street Elementary Students & Staff!
Car Riders...
Bus Transportation Important Notice...
It's crucial that ALL students have their student ID cards to ride the school bus. This is a new requirement that we believe will enhance the safety and security of our transportation system.
Thank you in advance for your support, implementation, and dedication to ensuring all students are ready. Transportation will be on the ground at your schools to assist with scanning.
*Please encourage parents to download the My Ride K-12 app. The app provides real-time transportation information.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Johnson.
What your child will be learning?
Reading:
We integrate Science or Social Studies Standards in the Read Aloud Segment.
- Asking and answering questions from the story.
- Identify letters and sounds.
- Identify the Author and Illustrator roles.
- Retelling stories.
- Identify key events.
Writing:
- Letters formation and name practice. Letter Formation is VERY IMPORTANT.
- Making letter with different types of lines.
- Labeling pictures.
- Recognize Who and What in a sentence.
- We will work on sentence structure for the remain of the year.
Phonics:
- New Letter: B, b, U, u
Math:
Unit 3: Numerical Reasoning: How many? (Numbers up to 20).
In this learning plan, students will explore how numbers 11-19 are composed of a set of 10 and some more ones. Students will also explore different ways to compose and decompose these numbers to begin developing an understanding of place value.
- Counting Routines: from 0 to 100, backward from 20 to 0, by 10's up to 100.
- Count, Read and Write 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.
- Identifies and classify Flat 2D shapes: Circle, Triangle, Square, Rectangle, Hexagon
- Shapes attributes
- Positional Words: above, in front of, below, behind, beside, next to, above, top of, inside, outside, under.
Social Studies:
- How to be a good citizen
- Flags and Citizenship, US Flag, Pledge of Allegiance
Science:
- Fall/Pumpkins and Plants
- Living and none living
Reminders...
1. Keep the yellow daily folder in the backpack, Please check it every day and sign the behavior chart on the back.
Green or Pink = Followed the rules and had a great day!
Yellow = Needed extra reminders about following the rules.
Red = Had a difficult time following the rules.
2. Please, send healthy and full lunch in your child lunch box if they don't eat the cafeteria food.
3. Keep practicing tying their shoes.
4. Keep extra clothes in a ziploc bag in your student's backpack to use in case of need.
5. Please send a note to let the front office know or your child's teacher know if there are any transportation changes.
6. Practice the five-digit number, address and phone number everyday.
7. Label student's belongings (jackets, lunch box, etc).
8. Please, don't send water bottles unless it's medically neccesary.
Recommendations to work with your child at home!
Below are links to websites that provide opportunities for students to practice counting objects through engaging games and activities...
😃 English Videos to Practice at home for K1, K2, K3, K4!
MATH
SOCIAL STUDIES
READING
SCIENCE
DLI (K1 Y K3) TAREA/Dual Language Immersion (DLI) K1 & K3 MATH HOMEWORK
As an extension from what the students are learning in Spanish Math class, your child will be doing the homework from the Math books volume 1 and 2 that you received at the Sneak-A-Peek meeting.
~ HOMEWORK for the week of October 28th to November 1st., 2024:
- Count forward from 0 to 100. (Spanish video on the Spanish videos section).
- Count backward from 20 to 0. (Spanish video on the Spanish videos section).
- Count by 10's up to 100. (Spanish video on the Spanish videos section).
- Identify and write the nubers from 0 to 20 independently.
- Book Volume 2, Topic 9 - Count Numbers to 20! Complete Lesson 9-4, Count, read and write 18, 19 y 20 Pages 361-364 and Lesson 9-5 Count forward to any number to 20, Pages 365-369
*Please, send all the pages together in the sudent's daily folder to Sra. Lopez, Math teacher. The Due date to send this homework and receive the points in Class Dojo, will be on Friday, November 1st., 2024. Thank you! :-)
😃 Spanish Videos for Dual Language Immersion (DLI) K1 & K3 to practice at home!
LECTURA/READING
Letter Song and hands motion
MATEMATICAS/MATH
Positional Words
2D Shapes Song
Count by 10's Song
Counting backward song
1 -100
Number Chart
Please count from 1 -100, backward from 20 to 0, by 10's to 100 (last column)
Attendance and Late Policy...
Attendance is a critical component to the success of an elementary student. If an unavoidable
situation necessitates an absence, the parent must notify the school office in writing within 2 school days of the student’s return.
An excused absence means that your child is absent for a legitimate reason, for example, personal illness, illness or death in the family, religious holiday, court appointment, quarantine, or conditions rendering school attendance hazardous to health and safety. All other absences will be
considered unexcused. Georgia Law requires school action after five unexcused absences or ten tardies. The process begins with parent notification.
Students are tardy after 8:30 a.m. A parent must sign the student in at the office if arriving after
8:30 a.m. A student is counted present for the day if he/she arrives at or before 8:30 a.m. and stays until at least 11:55 a.m. or arrives before 11:55 a.m. and stays until 3:15 p.m. Partial attendance of a day is considered a tardy. Good attendance is vital to the academic success of students.
● After three parental excuse notes in a semester, parents must submit documentation
from a physician explaining the student's absence.
● If documentation from a doctor is not provided after three parental excuse notes in a semester,
subsequent absences will be marked as unexcused.
● Excessive absences can result in the intervention of the school social worker.
Park Street Dress Code
All students are expected to be in uniform. Fridays "Spirit Days" are the only days students should be out of uniform, on these days, students are still expected to wear Marietta/Park Street gear and be weather and school appropriate.
Reminder that all students should be wearing tennis shoes every day.
We are Panthers!
Location: 105 Park Street Southeast, Marietta, GA, USA
Phone: 7704293180