Behavior Chart Information
I have a pocket at school with four color cards in it. We begin each day with a green card. If I still have my green card at the end of the day, you will know that I have had a good day. If I do not obey our class rules, my teacher will take my green card, and I will be on an orange “warning” card. Here is our behavior color chart:
Green card: good day
Orange card: after several warnings--note home--recess timeout--5 minutes
Yellow card: note home--recess timeout--15 minutes
Red card: note home--no recess—the principal will talk to me
Sometimes, if the teacher catches me doing something good, I will get a “star” ticket! If I get 10 of these, I get a surprise. Here are the rules I must follow:
- Be kind to others
- Respect other people’s things
- Listen and do
- Obey all safety rules
- Use inside voices when inside
We will also be creating our classroom rules together as a group at the beginning of school so the above list is the main rules for every Kindergarten classroom.
Kindergarten Expectations
Know letter names, upper and lowercase
Form letters correctly
Know letter sounds
Know 35 or more sight words
DRA score of 3 or higher (Guided Reading)
Be able to use reading strategies taught
Know word families (chunks) and make words with those
Spelling tests in the Spring semester will cover 30 words over 10 weeks with a short sentence with punctuation.
Rhyme: be able to pick out 2 words that rhyme and hear a rhyme in a passage that is read.
Understand concepts of print
Front to Back
Left to Right
Top to Bottom
Spaces in between words
Be able to use invented spelling
Write in homemade books
Write in Journals
Know colors
Know color words
Know months of the years
Know days of the week
Know words that start with each letter of the alphabet
Know beginning and ending sounds in words
Know 2D & 3D shapes
Count to 100 by 1’s, 5’s, and 10’s
Identify numbers 1-30
One to one counting
Know addition facts to 10
Read number words
Know directional words
Before and after
Above and below
Addition
Subtraction
Recognize and know the worth of money
Penny
Nickel
Dime
Comparing measurements
Report Card Information
Overall grading scale for learned skills in Kindergarten.
E = 93%-100%
S = 85%-92%
I = 78%-84%
N = 70%-77%
U = 69% and below
Homework
In the Fall, name homework will be sent home until your child has fully mastered writing his/her first name. A monthly calendar of homework will also be sent home. When your child completes an assignment please initial it. At the end of the month return it for a surprise!
In the Spring, there will be Monday through Thursday homework for Spelling. All homework will be marked on their behavior chart that comes home to you so you will know if there is homework on that night. Homework should take your child no more than 10 minutes to complete and be returned the next day. We want parents to help their Kindergartner with their homework, it is not meant for them to do all by themselves. They will need the instructions read to them and if they need help, please help them. Thank you for your help!
Birthday Party Guidelines
We do celebrate birthdays! Please feel free to send cupcakes or cookies to celebrate your child’s birthday. You can send enough for the entire Kindergarten or enough for your child’s classroom. We usually celebrate at snack time which is at 2:00 in the afternoon, right after getting up from nap. You can bring the food to the office and they will get it to us or you can bring it yourself at 2:00 in the afternoon.