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Welcome to Open House! Mrs. Sherlock’s Kindergarten Class

Welcome to Open House! Mrs. Sherlock’s Kindergarten Class. My contact Info. Email: ksherlock1@kleinisd.net School phone number: 832-375-7739 Website: Mrs. Sherlock **The best way to contact me is email or a note in your child’s Daily Folder**. *I was born and raised in Austin, Texas

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Welcome to Open House! Mrs. Sherlock’s Kindergarten Class

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  1. Welcome to Open House! Mrs. Sherlock’s Kindergarten Class

  2. My contact Info • Email: ksherlock1@kleinisd.net • School phone number: 832-375-7739 • Website: Mrs. Sherlock • **The best way to contact me is email or a note in your child’s Daily Folder**

  3. *I was born and raised in Austin, Texas *I graduated from Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas *This is my 15thyear teaching, 12thin kindergarten, 7thyear in Klein *I have a husband-John, 2 stepdaugters-Kassidy and Kaitlyn, and a 17 month old daughter-Kinley * My goal is to foster a LOVE for learning within your child in a FUN, NURTURING and POSITIVE environment!

  4. Zwink is a High Expectations . . . High Support School! We have high expectations for each child’s achievement, and we provide the support to get them there. High expectations for behavior, character and academic achievement

  5. FOLDERS • Daily Folder- please check and empty each day. There is a short homework assignment that should be completed each day • Wednesday Folder- sign and return on Thursdays

  6. Homework and Grading • Homework - short assignment to reinforce a skill and focus on student-parent communication • Small Group Instruction – not many worksheets or “pencil and paper” tasks • Reteach, Retake - opportunities for reinforcing learning and achieving success

  7. Homework and Grading • Mastery is our Goal! • Graded Work - graded work is sent home in Wednesday folders • Checklists/Performance Tasks • Gradespeed - Parent Connect

  8. Grades • Report cards come home at the end of each nine weeks. In Kindergarten, children do not receive numerical grades. • They receive E,S,N,or U’s. • E+= Excellent 96-100 E= Excellent 90-95 • S+= Satisfactory 85-89 S=Satisfactory 80-84 • N= Needs Improvement 70-79 • U= Unsatisfactory 69 and Below

  9. Power Hour • An opportunity to individualize instruction to particular student needs • Students are grouped based on a need to reinforce certain skills • Every kindergarten teacher has a group at the same time • Other students work in stations to reinforce current skills being taught

  10. Basic Schedule 7:50 – 8:30 Small groups, Individual Work, News Crew 8:30 – 9:00 Power Hour 9:00 – 10:30 Reading/Language Arts 10:30 – 11:30 Lunch and Recess 12:00 (M, Th, F) Specials 12:45 (T, W) Specials 1:30 – 3:00 Math, Science, Social Studies

  11. Lunch • Our lunch time is 10:30-11:00 • Student lunch is $1.95 • If you would like to eat lunch with your child, please check in at the office and meet us in the cafeteria. • You may deposit money into their lunch account on-line or send money in a sealed envelope in their Daily Folder. • Please help your child memorize their lunch pin number.

  12. Specials P.E. is Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. *Please have child wear appropriate shoes to school on these days. Music is Monday and Friday Art- every Thursday Library- every Wednesday

  13. Your child’s Safety is very important to me. **Please send a note in your child’s Daily Folder if there will be a change in their transportation for the day. Please notify the front office as well. *If your child has an early dismissal, please send a note in their Daily Folder so I can notify the office and have them packed up and ready to go. * Encourage your child to tell me right away when an incident occcurs. (recess etc.)

  14. Nurtured Heart The Nurtured Heart Approach is a social curriculum that builds inner wealth by giving children a deep conviction that they can cope with problems and succeed socially and emotionally. • Active recognition of what children are doing well. • A refusal to put energy into anything negative. • Clear rules, consistently enforced without exception.

  15. Nurtured Heart *Positive & Consistent *Resets *Uh Oh note *I will contact you if behavior continues *Lets work together! Our counselor Ms. Watson is an excellent resource for Nurtured Heart information.

  16. FUN THINGS *Star Tickets *Treasure Chest *The 100th Day of School *Book Character Parade *Hands on curriculum *Parent Readers

  17. READ, READ, READ!!! • Please read with your child each night! I can not tell you how important it is to his or her success! • Please continue to practice letter identification, counting to 100, handwriting and rhyming with your child. • Your child is going to learn and grow so much this year!

  18. Parent Conference Day is Monday, October 14. • Please sign up for a time if you would like a conference on this day. • Working together we can make this first year a success for your child!

  19. Thank you for coming! *Please look over the handouts and let me know if you have any questions. *Always feel free to e-mail me any questions you may have throughout the year. ksherlock1@kleinisd.net

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