In less than two weeks, it will be the first day of school, and a new group of Kindergarten 2 kiddies and their parents will open and enter through the classroom door.
New kiddies to love, and new parents to partner with. Therefore, here are a few things I would like my new parent-partners to know:
- Thank you for sharing your child with me this year. Parents are a child's first and most important teachers. I want to support you in that role.
- Your child is an amazing human being. I look forward to getting to know him/her better this year as his/her homeroom teacher. I know we will like each other. I want your child to learn and grow. I will try my best to provide lots of different ways for your child to discover and explore.
- Your kid is incredibly capable. I will support your child's independence.
- I will celebrate your child's achievements.
- The classroom is for the children. Children learn through play. This class room is designed for play-integrated learning.
- There will be homework and there will be times when I will expect my kids to work hard. I have high expectations for all of my students. I want to push them towards their fullest potential and capabilities this year. I want them to succeed.
- Although we celebrate cultural and linguistic diversity in school, our first classroom policy is to use only English in the classroom to promote and develop the use of the English language in school. However, other languages are equally valued and can be used in a different setting.
- I love reading. Very much. My students will be taught to love reading too (if they haven't already).
- In our classroom, we are all teachers and we are all learners. We are allowed to make mistakes. We try. We try again. We try together.
- We dance. We sing. We observe. We create. We laugh. We are thankful. We pretend. We wiggle. We celebrate. We explore. We ask questions. We take deep breaths. We have fun.
- Hugs (or handshakes or high fives) are always available.
- Let's communicate. I will share your child's discoveries, achievements, struggles and successes with you through this blog and personally. You are always welcome to spend time in the classroom, drop in after school to chat, email me or phone. Please stay updated and check our classroom blog from time to time. It's a great way to see what your child is doing in kindergarten.
- I'm not perfect, but I do my best.
- And I will really, really like your kid - I will like all the kids. That's a promise. Pinky promise.
Ms. Natalie
- 1 Sight Words Book will be sent home every Friday . Students are expected to read the book over the weekend. I will ask them to read the book individually on Monday.
- Reading Logs will also be sent back home on Friday. Students are expected to trace/write the Sight Words over the weekend. I will ask the students to identify and spell the Sight Words during the next school week.
K-3:
- Individual Reading Books will be assigned every Tuesday. Homework assignments and audio files will be available on this blog. Students are expected to read at home. I will quiz them and evaluate their reading abilities every Friday.
- Spelling Homework will be given every Friday. Students are expected to spell at home over the weekend. We will have Spelling Tests every Monday.