Welcome to Kindergarten!!

1. Welcome to Kindergarten!! Ms. Ashlyn Turner

2. About Ms. Ashlyn • 2nd year teaching • I live in Fayetteville, TN. • Born and raised in New Market, AL • Went to Jacksonville State University for 2 years and transferred to graduate with my Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education in May 2018 • I spend most of my time with my boyfriend or with my nephews. • I love to hike and explore waterfalls. • I can’t function without sweet tea. • I have two cats (Tillie and Rue). • I am allergic to red dye (found out in college)!

3. Contact Me E-mail: aturner@lcdoe.org Phone: 256-975-8014 Remind101: Text @msashlynk to 81010

4. Schedule

5. Schedule

6. Supplies

7. Supply List • Back Pack (large enough to easily hold a folder, but not too large to fit in lockers) NO ROLLING BACKPACKS!!!!!! • 4 small glue sticks • 3 large glue sticks • Plastic work box (about 4 ½” x 8”). ( Larger boxes will not fit in our desks.) • Blunt scissors • A box of 8 fat crayons • 1 box of colored pencils • 5 pocket folders (red, blue, yellow, purple, green) - Please do not write on the folders • 8 fat pencils • 1 spiral bound Notebook • 1 package fine point dry-erase markers—black AND colored • 1 dry-eraser • 1 box of 16 watercolors • 2 zippered pencil pouches • 1 package of white AND 1 colored 3x5 index cards • 1 box (gallon or quart) ziplock bags with the zipper

8. Wish List from the Teacher • Germ-X • Kleenex • Lysol Wipes • Copy Paper- White or Colored • Page Protectors

9. Folder- YELLOW One of the folders (yellow) will be going home every day. It will say “Take Home Folder.” Please place any notes, lunch money, etc. in the designated pocket. I will check these folders first thing every morning. I will send home any notes and school news back to you in this folder. You will also have a newsletter that will come home on Monday of every week. At the bottom of this, you will see a weekly behavior calendar. Please review your child’s behavior each day. PLEASE CHECK THIS FOLDER NIGHTLY! :)

10. School Fees

11. Fees School fees are $25. This money should be paid as soon as possible. Please send this money to the classroom in a sealed envelope. Do not pay in the office. This money goes partially to the school and the other part towards the student’s classroom for school supplies. Teacher’s only get $100 each year on school supplies and needed items for the classroom. The rest comes from his/her own pocket. This money helps teachers not have to spend as much from their own pocket.

12. Lunch

13. Lunch Money If your child is receiving a lunch from the lunchroom, please send lunch money in an envelope or sandwich bag with the amount of money, student’s name, teacher’s name, and lunch number (I will send this home as soon as I find out). Breakfast- $1.25 Lunch- $2.35

14. Attendance and Tardies

15. Attendance It is very important that your child be at school every day unless he/she is sick. If your child is absent for a whole or partial day, you should send a note to school on the day that your child returns to school. These notes must be kept on file in the office. If the child brings no note to school, the absence is unexcused—even if you called in. Students will only be allowed 3 parent notes each semester. After three parent notes, a doctor’s note will be required. Notes must be turned in within 2 days of the child’s return to school. If a student has five unexcused absences, the parent will be required to attend a Truancy Board meeting at the Lincoln County Courthouse. State law established these attendance policies and requires that they be enforced strictly, so PLEASE don’t forget these notes!

16. Tardies “Tardies” are when a child is late or when he/she checks out early. If your child accumulates ten unexcused tardies, he/she will receive a note from the truancy board. Ten unexcused tardies result in a truancy board meeting. Again, please don’t forget the notes!!!!!!!!!!!

17. Parties and Birthdays

18. Birthdays We are not allowed to have parties for birthdays during school. However, I am making an acception to birthday cookies/cupcakes. These items must be store bought items. You may send them with your student on the day of their birthday. These items will be passed out at the end of the day during our writing time.

19. Parties We are allowed to have two seasonal parties: Christmas and Easter. We will have some fun activities and a special snack for Halloween and Valentines, but no party.

20. Transportation

21. Transportation Times Morning: • You may drop off students starting at 7:00. They must report to the lunchroom to wait until 7:40. School starts at 7:50. Afternoon: • Shuttle Bus is dismissed at 2:50. • Car Riders are dismissed at 2:50. • Bus Riders are dismissed between 3:15 and 3:20.

22. Transportation- YELLOW PAGE • Please write down how your student is coming to school and going home from school. If they ride the bus, please write down their bus number (flip the page over and you will see bus numbers with their names.) • PLEASE DO THIS BEFORE YOU LEAVE!!

23. Change of Transportation If your child is going home a different way than you specified on the yellow sheet, please send a written note on where he/she is going (address with person’s name and phone number). You will also need to call up to the school to ensure the note made it to the office. Also, please put your number on the bottom of the note in case the office needs to call and verify anything.

24. This Week

25. Phase-In Week- LIME GREEN/ORANGE PAGE Please sign your child up for their first day of school on Tuesday (8/6) or on Wednesday (8/7). Next, sign your child up for their second day of school on Thursday (8/8) or on Friday (8/9). Please try to make both columns even.

26. Please bring your child’s school supplies on their first day. We will sort it together.

27. Topics for this week: • This week we will be discussing rules and procedures of the classroom. Along with this, we will discuss how students should act in the school, on the playground, on the bus, in car-rider line, and in the mornings when in the lunchroom. • Where classroom items are located • Around the school • Lunchroom Number

28. Classroom Rules

34. Curriculum

35. GO Math! • Standards based curriculum that was developed to to enhance mathematical understanding using models and formulas to solve real world problems. • Teaches students multiple ways to solve problems.

36. CKLA • Common Knowledge Language Arts • Split into 2 parts: “Skills” and “Listening and Learning” • Skills- This section involves reading and writing. We learn how to segment (spell) and blend (read) words by their sounds. First we teach how each letter sounds, then we will move to the name of the letter. • Listening and Learning- This section involves read alouds, class discussion, different activities, and broadening their vocabulary. It also integrates science and social studies (plants, native americans, seasons, presidents, 5 senses, Christopher Columbus, weather, pilgrims, plus more!) • www.coreknowledge.org then click on “Curriculum” then “Language Arts”

37. CKLA Homework I will be sending home nightly items for your child in their yellow folder. This does not have to be returned to me, BUT I highly encourage you to have your child review this work. In the end, it will pay off. It covers what we learned that day and helps keep you in the loop with his/her education. Remember to check your child’s yellow folder nightly for this work. Also on the newsletter your child will receive, you will see vocabulary words. Please review these because at the end of the unit, your child will need to know what the words mean.

38. Please help reinforce your student’s learning by asking what they have learned each day! This will help you see how much we learn each and every day!

39. This PowerPoint is uploaded onto the school website. Go to www.lcdoe.org click on Schools → Unity School→ About Us → Faculty and Staff→ Ashlyn Turner

40. Do you have any questions?