

Kindergarten Parents' Weekly News!
Week of February 5-9, 2024
Happy black history month!
Black History Month, a federally recognized celebration, was created nearly a century ago to recognize the “the countless Black men and women who had contributed to the advance of human civilization,” according to the Association for the study of African American Life and History.
Important Infomation for this week!
- Please send students to school in proper warm clothing and write the student's name on their jackets.
Please remember all students are expected in the classroom before 8:30 am.
- Students should also have a change of clothes in their backpacks in the case of an accident.
- Make sure you are looking at your child’s folder to empty out the papers, check and sign the behavior chart EVERY DAY.
Green or Pink = Followed the rules and had a great day!
Yellow = Needed extra reminders about following the rules.
Red = Had a difficult time following the rules.
- Please send healthy full lunch in your child lunch box if they don't eat from the cafeteria.
- ATTENDANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT! Please, send a written excuse or call to the office if your child was or will be absent from school so we can excuse them.
We need your support!
Parents,
We've been working hard at school, but we have run out of some supplies. Would your please send the following items?
Important Dates!
- 1/29-2/9: Valentines Grams Fundraiser
- 2/12 (Friday) Career Day (info below)
- 2/14: Wednesday, San Valentine Day - cards exchanging in class (optional). Each teacher will send the list of students' names so they can practice writing the names.
- 2/19-2/23: Winter Break (No School)
- 3/1: Coffee with the Principal 8:30am
Parents,
We are getting ready for Career Day 2024 which will take place on Friday, April 12, 2024, from 9:00am-11:30am. If you would like to volunteer, please complete the google form below. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwxAd2xvkQ0b_0PeJaKmZdhN--YNq_H5e-pdQg3IJw_z8yhw/viewform
Alliance Theatre
Every Thursday, our Kindergarten students can't wait to see Mrs. Julissa Sabino! She is coming from The Alliance Theatre Institute. They are partners with school districts and schools to deliver professional learning for educators and arts integrated or theater-based instruction for students. Designed to support school curriculum and individual classroom goals across grade levels and content areas, Institute programs include: residencies, student workshops, and professional learning events.
Institute initiatives are aligned with the Georgia Standards of Excellence and Georgia Early Learning and Development Standards and yield proven results in students’ academic achievement and social-emotional growth. Additionally, these offerings provide teachers the opportunity to engage in job-embedded professional development by collaborating with professional teaching artists who embody high quality artistry and utilize their art form to positively impact school communities.
Our students!
This is our Kindergarten Team!
Meet our Kindergarten Teachers...
Mrs. Barbara Hoffman
Sra. Lenis Lopez
Mrs. Katie Fitzgerald
Mrs. Erica Gondek
Mrs. Navarro
Mrs. Amy Cheney
Mrs. Stephanie Sims
Mrs. Lucero Castro
Topic for this week:
Topic 7: Understanding Subtraction
Savvas enVision
Students develop an understanding
of subraction by representing
operations in different ways.
Subtraction Strategies Manipulatives and Subtraction Strategies Number line
Lessons 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 7-5, 7-8
REVIEW AT HOME:
- Number Identification from 1 to 50.
- Count from 0 to 100.
- Count by tens to 100.
- Count by five to 100.
- Count forward and backward from 1 to 50.
- Identify, write, represent and compare numbers up to 20.
- Explain, create and repeating patterns with a repetition.
- Identify, describe and compare basic shapes.
- Demonstrate the relationship between numbers and quantities up to 20 connecting cardinality.
- Observe, describe, and compare physical and measurable attributes of objects and analyze graphical displays of data.
- POSITIONAL WORDS: above, around, behind, below, beside, between, in front, down, in the center, in the middle, near, next to, on, outside, over, though, under, up.
READING
- Listen to stories and answer questions.
- Read Aloud: Farm Animals
- Identify stories elements and connections to text.
- Identify the author and illustrator of a book.
- Practice the frequent words list attached below this session. Sight Words: Please practice the first 50 words from the list below.
PHONICS
- Blending CVC
WRITING
- Narrative Writing - One sentence to tell an event while stile emphazing telling a story orally.
- Extending sentences using Who, What, When.
English Videos to practice at home every day!
Dual Language Immersion (DLI - (K1 & K3) Important Information...
DLI Math Homework...
- Count by ones up to 100.
- Count by tens up to 100.
- Count by fives up to 100.
- Count backward from 50 to 0.
- Make patterns.
- Use data to create simple graph.
- Review flat shapes (2D) sides and vertices.
DLI Spanish Homework...
Topic 6: Understanding Addition!
Savvas enVision Topic 7: Understanding Subtraction (-)
Students develop an understanding of Subtraction by representing operations in different ways.
Homework:
Savvas enVision
Subtraction Strategies Manipulatives and Subtraction Strategies Number line
Lessons 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 7-5, 7-8
Letters of the Week:
K, k, W, w
- Please your child should read this Spanish story at home everyday!
NEW LETTERS:
- Blending syllables with Zz, H, h (check Sonidos Iniciales chart).
- Review the five vowels sounds and write them correctly: A a, E e, I i, O o, U u
- Review and write syllables with: M m, P p, S s, L l, T t, D d, R r, C c, G g, Ch, V, ll, Qu,
Spanish Story to read EVERY DAY!
Addition Song - Spanish
Letters Names and Sounds - Spanish
DLI Spanish Videos to practice at home every day!
Counting by Tens - Spanish song
Park Street Student Standard Dress Attire
Uniforms can be purchased from Wal-Mart, K-mart, Value City Thrift Store, or elsewhere.
- Tops:
- Collared Shirts: Navy blue, light (powder) blue, yellow, and white
- Collared shirts can be long-sleeved, short-sleeved, button-up, and/or polo.
- Non-collared Shirts: Can be worn only in navy or pale yellow
- Marietta/Park Street Spirit Shirt: Any MCS or Park Street spirit shirts are allowed within the standard dress attire
- Collared Shirts: Navy blue, light (powder) blue, yellow, and white
- Bottoms
- Khaki
- Jeans (without rips)
- Navy blue skirts, pants, shorts, skorts, dresses, and/or jumpers
All pants must be belted/affixed at the waist and worn with a tucked-in shirt. The length of the khaki/navy blue shorts and skirts must be no more than five inches above the knees as measured from the inside bend of the knee.
- Tops:
We are Panthers!
Location: 105 Park Street Southeast, Marietta, GA, USA
Phone: 7704293180