Thank you to all of our KC families who attended Curriculum Night this past Tuesday. If you were unable to attend, we placed a handout of items discussed in your child's folder. Some highlights included we will be having our annual Spalding Informational Night on September 21st. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about our Core phonics program and how you can help your child at home with practicing phonograms, completing homework, and beginning to read. Your child will begin taking home a leveled reader daily beginning after Fall Break to read for homework and to practice decoding and comprehension skills. Also, our Singapore Math Informational night will be October 26th. This is another enriching opportunity to learn and experience the Singapore approach which enables students to encounter math in a meaningful way through concrete activities before progressing to the pictorial and abstract representation. Lastly, homework will begin the day after Labor Day. For the week of August 28th please work with your child on reciting our poem Whole Duty of Children. Each child will be reciting our poem, with a buddy or independently, during the first week of September.
Next week a copy of your child's first bi-weekly assessment will be sent home. Our first assessment included 8 phonograms, listening to 4 orally spoken words and recognizing the first sound, and sorting and matching for math. These assessments are given one on one with either myself or Mrs. Trujillo. We will try to write as many notes as possible to give you an understanding of what your child's responses included and suggestions for practicing at home. If you have any questions regarding our bi-weekly assessments please don't hesitate to ask. Lastly, we have begun //to send home "Dress Code Reminders". There are written on pink note cards and are reminders of items needing correcting. Please help your child with being able to independently unfasten and fasten belts. Some students wear velcro and magnetic belts which help because of ease of use. Only the top button of shirts may be left unbuttoned and all shirts must be tucked in. Girls must wear bike shorts under skirts/jumpers since we often sit on the floor criss cross. Bike shorts are also necessary for PE and recess time. Again, any questions regarding dress code please feel free to ask. Reminders:
Our Specials Schedule: Monday: PE Tuesday: Art Wednesday: PE Thursday: Music Friday: PE
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It has been an amazing second week in Kindergarten! We have quickly and proficiently settled into our daily routines. Scholars have done a wonderful job of unpacking their backpacks independently and preparing for our morning Pledge of Allegiance followed by reciting our class rules and Core Virtues. We have been working diligently on learning our Spalding Phonograms and holding our pencil in Spalding grip. We practiced forming our phonograms on our desks with a dry erase marker. You should have seen the looks on their faces when I gave them permission to write on their desks with marker! I had to reassure all several times that it was for learning and it was acceptable to write our phonograms big and small using a marker that would erase! We learned the meaning behind our core virtues of Friendship, Responsibility, and Wisdom through wonderful stories enriched with these virtues. We will learn and practice Citizenship, Courage, and Perseverance this coming week. Your child is excited to demonstrate our Core Virtues and is so excited upon receiving a virtue(s) during our class time. Each day Mrs. Trujillo will staple the virtue(s) you child has earned to the back of the weekly newsletter sent home each Monday. Also, thank you for sending in 2 healthy snacks for snack time. This week's snack time was much smoother since each child was able to enjoy their snacks within our limited snack time.
K-2 Curriculum night is Tuesday, August 22 from 6-7. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about our Core Curriculum, our daily schedule, and our goals for Kindergarten. It is also an excellent opportunity to visit your child's classroom and sit in their seat! I will be happily answering questions and sharing information to make our year of Kindergarten exciting and memorable. Hope to see all of our Kindergarten parents there! Reminders:/
Our Specials Schedule: Monday: Music Tuesday: PE Wednesday: Music Thursday: Art Friday: Music We had a wonderful first week in Kindergarten! We learned many new things including our classroom routines and procedures. We learned how to arrive to school, empty backpack, and turn our red home folders into the basket. We also enjoyed lots of singing during calendar time to begin learning our months of the year, days of the week, and our daily weather. We read the story Owen together and we were very fortunate to each receive a piece of Owen's precious yellow blanket to give us comfort as we embark on our journey of learning. We participated in our Specials classes including, Art, Music, and PE! We played on the playground building friendship. We began building our community through group activities and participation through Singapore Math and Spalding Phonics. We were introduced to two phonograms o and c. Also, ask your child about Spalding pencil grip! We discussed objects that are the same and almost the same in Singapore Math and began using our Textbooks. Overall, it was a very exciting week filled with lots of participation, exploration, and learning! It is going to be a fantastic year!
Snack time is a time to reenergize through a healthy snack and to build community. Our snack time is limited to 10 minutes. We are currently eating snack following Specials at 9:15. Please limit your child's snack to two items. We only have time to eat a small snack to reenergize! We are a nut free classroom so please do not send any nut products including, but not limited to, peanut butter, Nutella, or granola bars with peanut butter. If you send a Lunchable please do not send any other snack because there will be no time to eat additional items. Also, please no Doritos, Cheetos, Cheese balls, or any other cheesy (messy) snacks. Some suggested healthy items are fruit, yogurt, apple sauce, goldfish crackers, cereal bars, or vegetables. Thank you so much! Reminders:
Monday: Music Tuesday: PE Wednesday: Enrichment (Poetry) Thursday: Art Friday: Music Dear Kindergarten Families, Welcome! I am Mrs. Lisa M. Picazo and I will be your child’s Kindergarten teacher. I am looking forward to a wonderful year of building relationships, fostering conversation, and guiding exploration within our learning environment. I have a Master’s Degree from Northern Arizona University in Multicultural and Bilingual Education and a Post Baccalaureate certificate in Elementary Education from the University of Phoenix. I am entering my eighteenth year of teaching and I have taught first, second and fifth grades as well as Kindergarten through eighth grade reading interventions in a public school district. This is my second year within Great Hearts as a Kindergarten teacher and I am very excited to be an integral part of your child’s education. I am Angela Trujillo and I was born in Romania and moved to the United States in 1996. I graduated from nursing school in Romania and worked for several years as a pediatric nurse. I am proficient in several languages including English, Romanian, some Spanish and Sign Language. I joined Archway Trivium East last year as a fifth grade Teacher Assistant. This year I am excited to join the Kindergarten team as a Teacher Assistant. I have experience serving as a volunteer classroom support to teachers in private schools and at Great Hearts Academies. Throughout the year your child will be immersed into a community of learners seeking truth, goodness, and beauty. Your child will develop friendships, explore mathematics, and have meaningful conversations in all content areas. I will support and encourage your child as he/she develops an engagement and love for his/her learning. I am positive that your child and I will have a rewarding and successful year as we mutually engage in our sense of wonder and pursuit of truth. In the next pages you will find specifics about classroom policies, procedures, and guidelines. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at [email protected] Sincerely, Mrs. Lisa M. Picazo Kindergarten Lead Teacher |
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