Welcome to Coddle Creek Elementary’s Kindergarten Registration

1. Welcome to Coddle Creek Elementary’s Kindergarten Registration

2. What To Do • Please go to the Proof of Residency Table FIRST. • Visit the Dental Hygienist • Please go to the Check In Table. • Your child will be taken to a Kindergarten classroom for some fun. • Please check in at the Nurse’s table • Please take a seat • Complete Paperwork • Look over information • Visit other tables • Listen to the Coddle Creek/Kindergarten Overview • Q&A with the Kindergarten Teachers • Make sure ALL Paperwork is Turned into Nurse • Pick up your child in the Kindergarten Classroom • By following the cacti to the coyote moons!

3. Kindergarten Registration Agenda • Welcome Mr. Brian Foster (Principal) • PTO Mrs. Danielle Pike (PTO) • Social Worker Mrs. Lesa Sipperly (Social Worker) • Immunizations Mrs. Orion Holland (School Nurse) • What to expect next year (Kindergarten Teachers) • Mrs. Dawn Arnette • Mrs. Elizabeth Settlemyre • Mrs. Tracy Vita • Mrs. Mary Williams • Mrs. Lydia Wood • Questions & Answers with Kindergarten Teachers • Finish Paper Work • Teachers will be available if you have any specific needs you would like to discuss • Pick up your child in the Kindergarten Classrooms & Pick up their Treat Bags • Thank you all for joining us today • We look forward to seeing you in August!

4. Important Information For Kindergarten Parents • Parental visits to your child’s classroom are welcome, but please check with their teacher for appropriate times. • Notify teacher immediately of any changes in transportation, address, phone number, etc. • Notify teacher if your child has any special medical needs. • Attendance is strongly encouraged. Written excuses are mandatory. • Please label all clothing and other belongings with permanent ink especially jackets, coats and lunch boxes. • Pay lunch money on Mondays (for week) enclosed in an envelope with your child’s name, teacher’s name, the amount enclosed, their account number (TO BE ISSUED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR), and what it is for (Ex. Lunch Monday and Friday / Ice Cream – Tuesday…). • Ice cream is offered daily. Send ice cream money with lunch money. Please indicate which days you wish your child to purchase ice cream on the envelope. • Toys and candy are discouraged. • The school day begins at 7:35.PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD AT SCHOOL ON TIME. The building opens at 7:15am. No student will be allowed to enter before this time. • Do not walk your child to his/her classroom, after the first week of school. • If your child is a car rider, please use the car rider drop off/pick up circle, located next to the gym. FOR SAFETY REASONS, DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD OUT OF THE CAR IN THE BUS PARKING LOT. • Help your child to learn his/her bus number and lunch number • We are looking forward to having you and your child as a part of our school. If we can be of any help, please call Mt. Mourne/Coddle Creek School at 892-4711.

5. Getting Ready For Kindergarten From the Teachers • When practicing writing child’s name, write name beginning with an uppercase letter and the rest lowercase letters (Ex. John vs. JOHN). • When practicing recognizing and writing letters, practice both upper and lower case letters. • Teach your child their address, telephone number, and birthday. • Help them become independent with their personal skills (ex. snapping, zipping, buttoning, tying, etc…). • Practice rote counting – see how far they can count! • Read with your child daily. • Let your child have experiences with pencils, crayons, paint, glue, scissors, etc… • A child needs a good night’s rest (10 –12 hours) and a nutritious breakfast each day to help him/her do their best at school. • Dress appropriately for Kindergarten. We DO get messy! • IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER • Open House During the Week of August 16, 2009 (Date & time will be sent to you by mid August with your child’s class assignment) • First Day of School Tuesday, August 25, 2009

6. Is my child ready for kindergarten?

7. 2009-2010 Kindergarten • Registration Requirements • In order to register your child for Kindergarten for the 2009-10 school year: • Your child must be 5 years old on or before August 31, 2009 • You must provide an original copy of the child’s birth certificate • A copy of the child’s social security card is requested • You must provide a copy of the child’s immunizations. State law requires the minimum doses: • 5 DPT, DPaT, or DT doses (If 4th dose is after 4th birthday, 5th dose is not required; DT requires medical exemption for Pertussis.)  • 4 Polio vaccine doses (If 3rd dose is after 4th birthday, 4th dose is not required.) • 1-4 Hib doses (Series complete if at least one dose given on/after 15 months and before 5 years of age; not required after age 5.) • 3 Hep B doses (Children born on or after July 1, 1994 are required to have 3 doses.) The last dose of Hepatitis B series shall not be administered prior to 24 weeks of age - effective 5/17/02. • 2 Measles doses (at least 30 days apart; 1st dose on/after 12 months of age) • 2 Mumps doses (on/after 12 months of age) • 1 Rubella dose (on/after 12 months of age) • 1 Varicella vaccine required for those born on or after April 1, 2001. However, an individual with lab tests showing immunity or a history of chickenpox documented by a health care provider, parent, or guardian shall not be required to receive varicella vaccine. Documentation must be on or ttached to the immunization card • You must provide proof of residence (something showing current service into the home with the parent’s name): • Home phone bill (not cell phone) • Electric bill • Cable bill • Lease agreement--accompanied by 1 of the above documents showing proof of residence (same name must be listed on the lease and the document and must be the same person who is enrolling the child) • A driver’s license is not acceptable • Your child must have a current physical completed within 1 year prior to the Kindergarten start date (August 25, 2009). This physical includes a vision screening. A comprehensive eye examination is required for children who fail the vision screening for students entering school during the 2009-2010 school year (House Bill 2699). Forms are available from the school or the Iredell County Health Department. Please call to make an appointment as soon as possible.

8. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten

9. Provide a daily routine that includes regular times for meals • Establish a bedtime that gives your child 8 or more hours of sleep at night • See that your child has opportunities for rigorous physical activity everyday • Help your child select and wear clothing appropriate for indoor and outdoor climate • See that your child has had required immunizations & current health exams • Help your child develop independence in dressing, eating, and personal hygiene • Interact frequently with your child each day by talking, listening, and touching • Take your child to a variety of places such as the library, the park, the grocery, or the post office • Provide toys, games, and household objects that encourage exploration, manipulation, and dramatic play. Occasionally work with your child using the materials • Provide opportunities to play with other children • Teach socially acceptable ways to disagree • Encourage social values such as helpfulness, cooperation, sharing, & concern for others • Demonstrate common expression of courtesy & praise your child for using them • Establish reasonable limits for and hold your child to them • Talk with your child about family, our culture and our values • Provide opportunities for my child to learn about other cultures in our community • Encourage work values such as effort, persistence, initiative • Read to your child every day. Talk together about pictures & stories • Provide books, magazines, and other print materials for your child to handle • Provide opportunities to play alphabet games and read alphabet books • Provide pencils, markers, paper & encourage drawing and scribbling or writing • Invite your child to help with grocery lists, shopping, etc.

10. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Provide a daily routine that includes regular times for meals

11. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Establish a bedtime that gives your child 8 or more hours of sleep at night

12. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten See that your child has opportunities for rigorous physical activity, outside when possible, everyday

13. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Help your child select and wear clothing appropriate for indoor and outdoor climate

14. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten See that your child has had required immunizations and current health exams

15. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Help your child develop independence in dressing, eating, and personal hygiene

16. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Interact frequently with your child each day by talking, listening, and touching

17. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Take your child to a variety of places such as the library, the park, the grocery store or the post office

18. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Provide toys, games, and household objects that encourage exploration, manipulation, and dramatic play. Occasionally work with your child using the materials

19. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Provide opportunities to play with other children

20. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Teach socially acceptable ways to disagree

21. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Encourage social values such as helpfulness, cooperation, sharing, and concern for others

22. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Demonstrate common expression of courtesy and praise your child for using them (thank you, please)

23. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Establish reasonable limits for your child and hold your child to them

24. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Talk with your child about family, our culture and our values

25. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Provide opportunities for your child to learn about other cultures in our community

26. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Encourage work values such as effort, persistence, initiative

27. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Read to your child every day. Talk together about pictures and stories

28. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Provide books, magazines, and other print materials for your child to handle

29. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Provide opportunities to play alphabet games and read alphabet books

30. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Provide pencils, markers, paper and encourage drawing and scribbling or writing

31. Helping Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten Invite your child to help with grocery lists, shopping, etc.

32. What will my child learn this year in Kindergarten?

33. Kindergarten…

34. What we actually teach!!!!

35. English/Language Arts • Read at level 3 (minimum) DRA level book • Read the 24 Kindergarten sight words (we, up, to, the, so, see, she, no, my, me, like, it, is, I, in, he, go,do, can, am, and, an, at, a) • Know at least 50 out of the 54 capital/lowercase letters and printers “a” and “g” • Know letter sounds • Distinguish beginning sounds of words and ending sounds • Rhyming words (hot/pot, up/cup,etc.) Concepts About Books • Title • Front of the book • Back of the book • Know where to begin reading a book • Know the difference between letters and words • Know where to go at the end of a line • Be able to point (track) words • Question mark, period, and exclamation point (recognizes and knows what it is used for) • Know the difference between capital and lowercase letters • The direction in which you read (left to right) • First letter in a word • Last letter in a word • Last word in a sentence • Beginning sounds of words • Ending sounds of words

36. Mathematics Goal 1: Explore numbers 0-30 • Read, write, and count groups 0-30 • Identifies placements of objects (first place through tenth place) • Puts numbers and groups of numbers in order (0-30) • Estimates amounts less than or equal to 10 • Share items equally between 2 people and explain • Solve simple problems and explain Goal 2: Exploring Measurement • Tell how 2 things are the same and different using color, weight, height, width, length, and how they feel • Identifies days of the week, months of the year, seasons using the calendar and can tell what comes before and after Goal 3: Explore Geometry Around Us • Names and makes basic shapes: circle, rectangle, triangle, sphere, and cube • Tells how shapes are the same and different • Uses positional and directional words (above, over, beside, left, right, on, etc) • Completes simple puzzles Goal 4: Explore Data Analysisand Probability • Makes and understands graphs • Uses graphs to answer questions Goal 5: Exploring Algebra Concepts • Sorts objects and explains how they are sorted • Identifies, continues, and creates patterns

37. Science Students will: Goal 1: Explore Animals • Observe how animals grow, live, and interact in their world • Tell how animals and humans are alike and different Goal 2: Explore Weather • Watch and describe weather • Explain weather changes • Use common weather tools Goal 3: Explore Objects • Observe and describe objects • Use their 5 senses (look, feel, smell, hear, taste) • Sort objects • Identify natural resources in our world Goal 4: Explore Tools and Measurement • Observe and compare objects using tools • Use tools to measure • Discuss standard and non-standard measurement (using a ruler versus paper clips to measure something)

38. Social Studies Students will: • Understand how individuals are alike, different, and special • Understand how families are alike and different • Show good citizenship such as respect, responsibility, and honesty in the classroom, school and community • Understand the process of voting • Understand why we have rules and laws • Follow rules/laws of classroom, school and community • Participate in problem solving activities • Be able to describe how individuals and families grow and change • Tell similarities and differences of families of the past to families of today • Become familiar with variety of family celebrations and traditions • Become familiar with places in home, school, and community • Make and read a simple map of home, school, and community • Tell how different places in the home school, and community are used • Identify seasons and their changes • Know the difference between wants and needs • Understand how families and communities work together to meet their needs and wants • Understand what services are provided by people in the community • Become familiar with different types of communication (computers, cell phones, emails, etc) • Become familiar with different types of transportation • Have an understanding of the basic parts of a computer and how it works.

39. Names Around Town Office Staff: Phyllis Honeycutt, Secretary Nyra Moore, Data Manager Meredith McCurdy, Bus Transportation Brian Foster, Principal Support Staff: Vonnie Auld, Instructional Facilitator Kristin Frye, Counselor Lesa Sipperly, Social Worker Orion Holland, Nurse Jessica Daniels, Speech Amy Marlowe, Exceptional Children Nancy Lee, Exceptional Children Enhancement Teachers: Kevin Johnson & Kent Nixon, Physical Education Linda Lerch, Computers Pete Metzgar, Art Jennie Setzer, Media Specialist Susan Stolzfus, Music Deana Sears, Cafeteria Manager Custodians: Randy Redfear, Gary Peet, Marie Hart, Melvin Mayhue Kindergarten Teachers: Dawn Arnette, Elizabeth Settlemyre, Tracy Vita , Mary Williams, & Lydia Wood

40. Questions and Answers

41. Thank you for your time and we will see you in August at Coddle Creek Elementary!

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