This document provides information from a Kindergarten Title I event for parents. It introduces the Kindergarten teachers and discusses expectations for students, attendance policies, homework, behavior rules, journal writing, upcoming dates, and examples of student work. Questions from parents are also taken at the end. The purpose is to inform and engage parents on what their children will be learning in Kindergarten.

1. ClyattvilleClyattville ElementaryElementary
Title I EventTitle I Event
Kindergarten
Yahoo
Breakfast!

2. Introduction
Parents,
Welcome to our
Kindergarten
Yahoo Breakfast!!

3. • Mrs. Chavarria
• Mrs. Bush
• Mrs. Nichols
• Ms. Haynes
• Mrs. Greene

4. Title 1
• Signed Compact
• Student agrees too…….
• Teacher agrees too…….
• Parent agrees too…..
• Together we help the child be
successful!!!!

5. Topics we will discuss:
• Expectations
• Attendance
• Lunch Number/ Ice cream $
• Transportation Changes
• First Nine Weeks Standards
• Word Lists/ Sight Words
• Homework Folders
• Rules/Discipline
• Journal Writing
• GKIDS Report Card Explained
• Questions

6. BeginningBeginning
Expectations:Expectations:
• Write name using a capital letter only at the
beginning
• Recognize name and letters in name
• Recognize 8 Basic Colors
• Recognize 6 Basic Shapes
• Count From 1-10
• Listen attentively to a story
• Recognize some letters of alphabet
• Know the difference between a letter and a
number

7. Attendance
• Kindergarten is Important
• Days absent are recorded as well as
early check-out/tardies
• 3 days to turn in excuse (Dr. notes
when possible)
• County office sends home truancy
letters for excessive absences

8. Lunch 
• Learn 5 digit lunch number for
Breakfast and Lunch
• Ice Cream for Sale .$.75
• Rules in Cafeteria
(name tags)

9. Transportation Changes
• Please Notify the teacher in Writing
if your child will go home a different
way.
• Learn Bus Number
• May need Car Number#
• Up to Date address and Phone #

10. Report Cards
Report Cards
Weekly Academic Reports
Daily Behavior Folder
•Report cards go home every 9
weeks.
•We will send home weekly
academic reports.
•Behavior/Homework Folders
Daily
•Newsletters

11. • Fluency –The ability to read quickly and
accurately.
• Kindergarten students are asked to read the:
• Letters of the Alphabet, Sight Words, Numbers,
and Dot Cards with fluency

13. Dot Card Examples

14. •Homework Mon-Thur
•Behavior Reported Daily
•Sign Each Night and Return
•Important Notes
•Word Lists

15. “3R” Rules
1. I can be Respectful.
(smile, be kind, and talk nicely to others)
2. I can be Responsible.
(walk in the building, keep hands and feet to
myself, and be a good role model)
3. I can be Ready to Learn.
(listen and follow directions, sit quietly, raise
my hand to speak, and always do my BEST)

16. 1st
Offense- Warning
2nd
Offense- Student
moves to yellow
3rd
Offense- Student
moves to red
4th
Offense- send to
office
Zero Tolerance- child
goes directly to the
office

17. Journal Writing
in Kindergarten

18. What is expected in a
“Good” Journal?
Beginning of the year:
Copy the Date
First name
Appropriate picture
Attempted words/sentences

19. What is expected in a
“Good” Journal?
Date
First and Last Name
Two Sentences
(Phonetically spelled words)
Punctuation
Appropriate Picture
Capital Letters at beginning
After Christmas:

20. Phonetically Spelled Words
or Invented Spelling
Dear Parents,
Sumtimz the way werds sound is not the wa thay luk.
Young readers and writers ned to fokus on the
mesaj and wil spel wrds uzing the soundz thay her.
Az thay becum aware of convenshun spelling you
wil begin to see the chanj.
When children create their own spellings for words they do not know
how to spell correctly they’re using invented spelling. They use
what they know about letters, sounds and spelling patterns to spell
the word as well as they can. This is age appropriate for
kindergarteners.

21. Samples of
Student
Work:

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*Picture
*Teacher
Dictation

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*Letters

24. S
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*WORDS

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*SENTENCE

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*More
Sentences

27. A
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*Different
Types of
Sentences

28. GKIDS= Report Card
Sent end of each 9 weeks
• NA=Not Yet Assessed
• ND=Not Demonstrated
• EM=Emerging
• PR=Progressing
• MS=Meets Standard
• EX=Exceeds
• AC=Area of Concern
• DE=Developing
• CD=Consistently Demonstrating

30. Upcoming Dates:Upcoming Dates:
• August 22nd
: Popcorn Sale ($1)
• Sept 1st
: Labor Day, NO SCHOOL
• Sept. 9th
: Parent Involvement Team Meeting
(PIT) at 3:15
• Sept. 11th
- Kindergarten 9-11, Memorial
Service @ 10:00am
• Sept. 25th
: Popcorn Sale
• Oct. 8th- End of 9 weeks
• Oct. 23rd-24th- Fall Break (Mon &Tue)

31. Questions?

32. THANK YOU for
Coming!!!!!!
Don’t forget to visit our websites
for further information.
http://www.lowndes.k12.ga.us/CES/Class/677-Anna-Bush