Information

Important Information for Parents from Room 14

Absences:

     If your child is absent, you must send a note to the school when

      he/she returns.  Please include your child’s first and last name,

      teacher’s name, date of absence, and the reason for the absence. All notes

      must be signed by a parent or guardian. These notes are kept in the

      student’s permanent folder in the office.

  Attendance:

      Regular school attendance is essential for your child to

      progress in school, both academically and socially. Please make every

      effort to have your child at school everyday.

      School hours:8:30AM (Arrival)   2:38 PM (Dismissal)

   Birthdays:

     Birthdays are special occasions for young children. If your child wishes,

      he/she may bring in a healthy treat for the class. Please try to send in healthy treats like

pretzels, or a fruit or vegetable platter.  Please do not send in cupcakes, cookies

      or candy. Please send a note a day or two in advance, so I can give you an exact

      number of children  and make you aware of any allergies in the classroom.

      Party invitations may be passed out at school, ONLY if everyone in the

      class is included.  This keeps a child from feeling left out.

  Changes in Transportation:

      If you plan to pick up a child that normally rides the bus or someone other than

      yourself is taking your child home you must send a written note or contact

      the office at 413- 594-3425.  Do not rely on your child to tell us this

      information, because children forget to tell us or they relay the

      information incorrectly. If no written note or phone call is received,

      your child will be sent home by his/her usual method of transportation.

 Homework:

SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER

Have your child practice writing his/her first and last name. Write the first letter with a capital letter and

the rest with lower case. Have your child practice naming the letters of the alphabet. Your child should be able

to name the upper (capital) and lower case letters of the alphabet even when they are presented out of alphabetical order.

NOVEMBER - DECEMBER

Read to your child for 10-15 minutes each day. As you read to your child talk about who the characters

are in the story, where the story takes place and what the problem is in the story...and how it gets solved.

Then have your child retell the story in his/her own words.

DECEMBER - MAY

Follow the schedule outlined below.

MONDAY: Review the letter of the week (upper case & lower case), practice printing the letters.

Complete the worksheet and return it to school.

TUESDAY: Learn the high-frequency words from the Word List (flashcards). Practice writing the high frequency

words from our word list. Write each new word 3 times.

WEDNESDAY: Read the take-home book, write a list of rhyming words on the back of the book.

THURSDAY: Re-read the take-home book (3 times). Have your child use the new high-frequency words

to write 3 sentences on the yellow lined paper.

Have your child put the paper in the blue folder and return it to the teacher.

Example: I like my cat. I see a dog and a fish. My cat and dog have a tail.

JUNE

Read to your child for 10-15 minutes each day. As you read to your child talk about who the characters are in the

story, where the story takes place and what the problem is in the story...and how it gets solved.

Then have your child retell the story in his/her own words.

  Money:

        All money should be brought to school in an envelope.  Please print your child’s

        first and last name, room number (K-14) and the dollar amount on the outside of

        the envelope.

  Parent/ Teacher Conferences:

      Please wait until after November 1^st to schedule a conference. I am

      available Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. We can meet at 8:05AM or

      2:45PM. Please call me at 413-594-3425 (ext.114) to request a conference.

     You can also e-mail me or send a note in with your child.

      My e-mail address:    cjacques@chicopee.k12.ma.us

      Show N’Tell:

      We begin show n’ tell in mid-October when we start Theme 2 in Reading, “Colors All    

      Around”   Children are assigned a specific day of the week,

      (determined by the first letter of their last name).  Your child’s show n’tell

      day will remain the same throughout the year. If your child is absent

      or there is no school on your child’s scheduled show n’ tell day, they

      may bring their show n’ tell in on Friday.

        Monday ------------    Letters A-G

        Tuesday------------     Letters H-M

        Wednesday --------    Letters N-R

        Thursday ----------     Letters S-Z

      Each child’s show n’tell object should be something that relates to the

      current theme in reading. Each child will orally give 3 clues about what

      they have hidden in their backpacks and the class will try to guess what

      it is. Please help your child to find an object that relates to our theme.

      Children should practice talking about their show n’ tell object by giving

      clues aloud in front of their family. Please do not send in pets,

      weapons, toy guns, video games, anything of great value or that can’t be

      replaced. Kindergarteners try to be careful, but some things do get lost

      or broken so help your child to choose his/her object carefully. Each

      child should be able to speak clearly with adequate volume while they are

      explaining or talking about the object they brought from home. Each child

      should also try to be a good listener so that he/she may respond to the

      speaker by asking questions or by telling the speaker what parts they

      liked the most about the show n’ tell and why those parts were

      interesting.

   School Work:

      Please look in your child’s backpack each day.  We send all school news by

      way of your child in your child’s BLUE HOME/SCHOOL COMMUNICATION FOLDER. 

      These folders will come home daily and are to be sent back to school each day. 

      Please use the blue communication folder to return all notes, money and other important  

      papers back to me.

  Support Staff:

       Mrs. Belair------------------- Paraprofessional

       Mrs. Varhue ----------------- ELL Teacher   

  Teacher:

        Mrs. Jacques

Looking Forward to a Great Year!