
Kindergarten Parents' Weekly News!
Week of September 11-15, 2023
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month 2023!
During National Hispanic Heritage Month, from September 15 – October 15, the U.S. government celebrates the countless contributions of more than 60 million Hispanic Americans, Latinos, Latinas, and Latinx-identifying people to our culture and society.
Important Infomation
Parents, be on the lookout for this weekly newsletter. You can find it every Sunday night in the Panther Express from Principal Soto or via email from you child's teacher. Please reach out with any questions!
Please is very important to send in your student backpack a change of clothing in a gallon sized zip lock bag with your kid name on it to use in the event of an accident.
Check and empty the side "Keep at home" from your child folder EVERY DAY.
Make sure you are looking at your child’s folder each night, signing the behavior form, and emptying out the papers, check and sign the behavior chart report on the back of the daily folder...
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 snacks or full lunch in your child lunch box if they don't eat the cafeteria food.
- Keep practicing tying their shoes and send them with tennis shoes, we want to make sure they are prepared and safe.
- Keep practicing writing and spelling their names and the 5 digits number. The goal is that they can mark it independently when they go to the cafeteria and media center.
- 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.
Important Dates!
9/20 Fall Pictures
9/25-9/29 Fall Break (NO SCHOOL)
10/5 - Field Trip to Sleepy Hollow Farm (please sign and send the permission slip with the money ($20) as soon as you can.
Parents University
Marietta City Schools will host Marietta Parent University (MPU) at Park Street Elementary School 2023-2024 school year. MPU is focused on Raising Highly Capable Kids (RHCK), which is a 13 session, evidence-based parenting program developed to build stronger families by empowering parents with the confidence, tools, and skills they need to raise healthy, caring, and responsible children. Come and join us! :-)
Enjoy our PTA for just $10.00!
PTA Spiritwear!
Fall Pictures Day
https://strawbridge.fotomerchanthv.com/clients/park-street-elementary-school/fall-pictures-9-20-2023-59/optIn
This link will allow parents to sign up to receive updates via email regarding their child's school portraits. These updates include promotions, additional deals and the ability to order more pictures at a later time. When entering student information, parents should be sure to enter the student's name as it is on file at the school.
*NOTE: School uniform is not required for pictures...
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
EIP Spotlight
One-to-One Correspondence In kindergarten Math we are working on one to one correspondence. This is the skill of counting each object in a set once, and only once. For example, a child who touches each block in a row and says the number out loud for each block touched, “one, two, three…” is showing the ability to count with one-to-one correspondence.
Why is One-to-One Correspondence Important? It is the building block for almost all math concepts. Without mastering one-to-one correspondence, children will oftentimes struggle with basic math concepts.
How can you help??? Have your child practice counting with objects at home. You can use all different types of objects when counting. Mini erasers, pennies, dry pasta or beans, and even toys. If it’s an object that kids are interested in, they will want to count with it.
What is EIP?
The Early Intervention Program (EIP) is one of Georgia's educational reform initiatives to improve student learning and academic success. The primary goal of this program is to offer immediate assistance and additional instruction to help students succeed academically in the areas of reading and mathematics. A student's EIP status is determined on a number of factors depending on what grade the student is entering.
Learners who qualify as EIP will receive a letter home in the next few weeks. Parents should read the letter, sign, and return it to school indicating that they are aware of their child's EIP status.
For more information please us the QR code to visit www.gadoe.org.
ESOL teachers serving Kindergarten providing language support in English:
Parents: Read this article (available in Spanish) to find out why it is important to read to your child in their home language.
Why Reading to Your Kids in Your Home Language Will Help Them Become Better Readers
ESOL Newsletter
20 ways you can help your child succeed at school: (even if you do not speak English) From: Ann Rakestraw, MAT, TESOL ESOL Team Lead
https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/twenty-ways-you-can-help-your-children-succeed-school
Parents: Click this button on the website to read this in Spanish:
What we will learn next week and how parents can help from home?
MATH for K1, K2, K3, K4
THIS WEEK:
- Theme 12 - Identify and Describe 2DShapes: (triangle, circle, square, rectangle, hexagon, trapezoid).
- Lesson 12.7 Positional Words: (above, around, behind, below, beside, between, down, in front of, in the center, in the middle, inside, near, next to, on, outside, over, through, under, up).
- Theme 13 - Analyze, Compare and Create 3D Shapes: (sphere, cylinder, rectangular prism, cone, pyramid) Lesson 13.1 and Lesson 13.5
REVIEW:
- Count forward and backward from 1 to 20.
- Numbers Identification from 1 to 20.
- 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.
- Count, read and form numbers from 1 to 20.
- 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.
SCIENCE
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Good Friends make good citizens.
READING
- Listen stories and answer questions.
- Read Aloud: Being a good citizen.
- Identify stories elements and connections to text.
- Identify the author and illustrator of a book.
PHONICS
- Letters: N n, O o, D d
- Identify all the alphabet letters and sounds. At this time they should combine two vowels sounds with 6 consonants to begin blending sounds together.
WRITING
- Write the alphabet letters.
- Practice and spelling name.
- Practice 5 digits number.
- Labeling pictures
English Video to practice at home every day!
Dual Language Immersion (DLI - (K1 & K3) important information...
Good News for DLI from our Media Center!
DLI Math Homework...
- As an extension from what they are learning in Math class, your child will be working on the Math books at home...
THIS WEEK:
Math Book, Volume 2
- Theme 12, Pages 469-478 - Identify and Describe 2DShapes: (triangle, circle, square, rectangle, hexagon, trapezoid).
- Lesson 12.7, Pages 490-492 - Positional Words: (above, around, behind, below, beside, between, down, in front of, in the center, in the middle, inside, near, next to, on, outside, over, through, under, up).
- Theme 13 - Analyze, Compare and Create 3D Shapes: (sphere, cylinder, rectangular prism, cone, pyramid) Lesson 13.1, Pages 510-512, and Lesson 13.5, Pages 526-528.
DLI Spanish Videos to practice at home every day!
From: Dr. Jennifer Zimmerman, LPC School Counselor
Please see the link below. It has some helpful information for parents concerning the counseling department.
Thanks,
Park Street Elementary School
105 Park Street
Marietta, GA 30060
770-429-3180 ext 7017
Fax 770-429-3182
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