Frequently Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions of students and parents.

1. What is phonemic awareness?
2. How do you handle behavior in your class?
3. Do students need to know their bus number on the first day?
4. Do tardies count?
5. What is Ms. Harper's cell phone number?
6. Where do I pick my child up from?

What is phonemic awareness?

I believe phonemic awareness is crucial in the steps to learning how to 
read. Therefore it needs to begin to be mastered in Kindergarten. Phonemic 
awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds 
(phonemes) in spoken words.

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How do you handle behavior in your class?

Students will have a monthly calendar in his/her take-home folder to chart 
his/her behavior. Each day students will be responsible for coloring in red, 
yellow, or green based on their actions for the day. This calendar is to be 
signed at the end of each week. Please discuss your child's behavior as 
needed. A note will be sent home along with the calendar for any student on 
red that day. Details of consequences and rewards are in the Kindergarten 
ABC's Handbook.

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Do students need to know their bus number on the first day?

Yes. Please notify me as soon as possible with your child's bus number. You 
can find this out by looking on the district website 
http://ccsd.net/schools/transportation/ or by calling 799-8111

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Do tardies count?

Kindergarten is the beginning of your child's school career so let's start 
now with teaching them the importance of being on time. It is also 
disruptive to the rest of the class when students continuously come in late 
and they miss out on our opening routines. I will be keeping a 
record of tardies and they will be documented on your child's report card. 
Morning class is tardy after 9:15a.m. and afternoon class is tardy after 
1:00p.m.

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What is Ms. Harper's cell phone number?

504-220-0167
Please feel free to contact me on my cell when you have a question about 
anything. I do not normally check it during school hours, but do have it on  
before and after school.

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Where do I pick my child up from?

Answer #6 (blank)

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