Mrs. Becky Thibeaux & Mrs. Pam Williams K-3

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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Kindergarten Information small medium large STARTING TIME: The first bell rings at 7:45. Children are considered tardy after 7:55. School begins with prayer, pledge, and leaders. PRAYER: Throughout the year the children will learn the "Our Father", "Hail Mary", "Angel of God", "Baby Jesus", "Glory Be", and the prayer before meals. In addition to these formal prayers, we learn to talk to God and be mindful of His presence. DAILY HELPERS AND LEADERS: We have three or three helpers each day. We change helpers every day so each child will have a turn more often. The helpers each have special jobs of helping with the calendar, holding the flag, turning on and off the lights, closing the door, holding the outside door open, taking notes to the office, and helping the teacher keep the room tidy. SHOW AND TELL: Following prayers and pledge we have sharing time or "Show and Tell". Children may bring something that relates to what we are studying or they may bring other things of interest. Our show and tell will be every Friday. BRINGING TOYS TO SCHOOL: The children are not allowed to bring toys from home to play with at recess. It is not necessary and often creates problems. We have plenty of balls, and other outside equipment to play on. TEACHING CIRCLE: In order to have the children's undivided attention during actual teaching time, the children sit in a semi-circle on the floor in front of the teacher. This way the teacher has them up close and the children are more inclined to listen and learn. SCHOOL WORK: After teaching time and explanation of directions, the children return to their table to do their school work. While the students are working, the teacher and aide go from child to child, reviewing their work and progress. Mistakes are corrected, praise is given, and encouragement to continue given to those who have slowed down to watch their neighbor. HOMEWORK: Each day the children will bring home their folders. The folder will contain the school work we did that day plus important notes from the teacher or the office. The child's "homework" is to show you the papers. Let your child know how proud you are of his hard work by praising him and displaying his papers. Praise can work miracles toward developing your child's enthusiasm toward school. NOTES FROM THE TEACHER: Remind your child to do his homework by giving you the papers in his folder. You will receive a lot of important papers from school. Take these out every day. Let your child know you think it is important he gives you these papers. The teacher will keep you posted of any special problems your child may be experiencing by writing a note or maybe just putting a little message in the margin of a school page if he needs extra help. NOTES TO THE TEACHER: Please send notes to school in your child's folder. Be sure to date the notes you send to the teacher. This will let the teacher know if it is a current message. Have the notes sticking up in the pocket of the folder. Please do not just put notes loose in your child's backpack. TELEPHONING THE TEACHER: You, on the other hand, should keep in touch with the teacher if you have any questions concerning your child or the school in general. Write a note, call, or e-mail. The teacher will be glad to talk to you after school or at night. Please don't hesitate to call or write. SNACKS: The children have two snacks each day. The first snack is around 9:00. It is a little mid morning snack whick consists of a variety of fruit, crackers, and juice. The teacher purchases this food with your supply money. After naptime we have another snack. The parents supply the afternoon snack, including juice. You will be assigned one week at a time to send afternoon snack. You will receive a note about this. Let your child help you pick out something he would like to eat after naptime. Some suggestions might be cookies, brownines, small individual bags of chips, pudding, fruit or fruit cups, Ritz crackers, cheese sticks, etc. Please do not send cupcakes or sheet cakes unless it is your child's birthday. If your child has any food allergies, please let us know! BIRTHDAYS: We also celebrate each child's birthday. We try to assign your snack week to coincide with your child's birthday. However, there is sometimes more than one birthday in a week. Therefore, your child's birthday may be celebrated during a different week. If your child's birthday is in the summer or on a holiday, your child will be assigned a "pretend" birthday. Your child may choose cupcakes, sheet cake, or cookie cake for his birthday. Parents do not attend the party. Children are not allowed to pass out birthday invitations at school. SEASONAL PARTIES: The Kindergarteners have more parties than the upper classes. We have a party for Halloween, Christmas, Valentines and Easter. The room mother will contact those of you who signed up to send something. ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM: PHYSICAL EDUCATION: The Kindergarten children have P.E. in the gym twice a week. Mrs. Bea Jones is the P.E. teacher. The children should wear tennis shoes on those days. K-3's P.E. days are Tuesday(8:00-8:25) and Thursday (1:50-2:10) LIBRARY: We have library once a week with. Our librarian is Mrs. Jackie Whitcher. K-3's library day is Tuesday (2:00-2:30). MUSIC: We have music once a week. Mrs. Laura Koury is our music teacher. K-3's music day is Monday(8:25 - 8:55). SPANISH: We have Spanish once a week. Mrs. Carmen Porras is our Spanish teacher. K-3's Spanish day is Wednesday(10:10 - 10:30). NAP TOWEL: Towels are kept at school during the week. They will be sent home every Friday to be washed. Please send a regular sized bath towel, NOT an extra large one or a beach towel. I allow the children to bring a VERY small pillow and blanket to sleep with.(NO BIGGER THAN 8" X 8") These will be kept in the booksack until naptime. DAYS ABSENT: Please write the teacher a note telling why your child was absent. This way we can better take care of his needs on his return. If your child has a "touch" of the virus, please don't send him to school. Sickness can spread fast among the little ones who are close to each other. If your child has fever, do not send him back to school until he has been fever-free for 24 hours. The children will not get behind because they miss a few days of school. We will give them extra individual help. MEDICINE: If your child needs medicine during the day, YOU must come to school to give it to him. We are not allowed to dispense medicines anymore unless it is a medication that must be taken on a daily basis. In this case a form obtained from the school office should be completed by the physician and remain on file in the school office. Medicines are then dispensed in the office. DISMISSAL: Car riders are dismissed first. PreK, Kindergarten and 1st grade car riders are dismissed at 2:40. Second grade through sixth grade car riders are dismissed at 2:50. If your kindergartner has a sibling in 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade, the kindergartener will not go out to the car line until 2:50. If you have a 5th or 6th grade student, your kindertener will be picked up at Olive Street at 2:45. Parents will be given a NAME CARD to display when they pick up children in the car line. Please use these EVERY TIME you pick up children. Please make extra name cards for others who might be picking up you child. If your child is going home with someone else or a different way than usual please write a note. We will not let the children miss the bus because they tell us they THINK someone else is picking them up today. I am looking forward to our year together. Please talk to me if you have any concerns. Mrs. Becky and Mrs. Pam Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

Mrs. Becky Thibeaux & Mrs. Pam Williams K-3

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