Kindergarten Parents' Weekly News!
Week of September 30-4, 2024
Dear Kindergarten families,
Please take a moment to read the information below. Some of the information may be repetitive. However, I hope it is delivered promptly and consistently to all Kindergarten Park Street families. 😊
This is our Kindergarten Team!
Meet our teachers!
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
You will find Q1 - Progress Report in your child yellow folder.
Car Riders...
T-Shirts for the Field Trip $5.00
Field Trip to Cagle's Farm! $15.00
- Please complete and sign the permission slip and return to the teacher with $15.00 in the white envelope as soon as you can.
- Please send $5.00 in the white envelope to buy the T-shirt that identify our class for the Field Days.
- If you would like to be a chaperone, please communicate with your child's teacher.
Save the Date...
WHAT'S COMING UP?
- 9/19 Fall Pictures (Please make sure that you send students picture day money with them to school in the white envelope).
- 9/23-9/27 Fall Break (NO SCHOOL)
- October 10th - 1st Field Trip for Cagle's Farm (please send the permission form with $15 as soon as you can).
- October14-18 - Parent and Teacher Conference (You will receive more information soon).
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.
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.
What your child will be learning?
Reading:
- 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.
Phonics:
- New Letter: P, p, O, o
- Identify letter's name
Math:
- 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:
- Sink and Float
- Fall/Pumpkins
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...
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.
😃 English Videos to Practice at home for K1, K2, K3, K4!
DLI - MATH NIGHT!
Thank you to the families who attended our Math Night! It was a fun time for the kids to put into practice what they learned in Math class!
Dual Language Immersion (DLI) K1 & K3 MATH HOMEWORK
- As an extension from what they are learning in Math class, your child will be working on the Math books volume 1 and 2 that you received at the Sneak-A-Peek meeting. HOMEWORK for the week of September 30-4, 2024:
- Volume 2, Theme 13-1: Analyze and Compare Two-Dimensional (2-D) Shapes
Pages: 509-512
*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, October 4th, 2024. Thank you! :-)
😃 Spanish Videos for Dual Language Immersion (DLI) K1 & K3 to practice at home!
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

