Dear
Families, 8-29-16
I am excited about the school year and look forward to spending each day with your little one! If you haven’t
bought any supplies for your child yet, here is what we are still in need of:
· 2 wide-ruled one subject
notebooks
· One 1-inch binder
· 2-24 packs of Crayola
crayons (They work the best! J)
· 2 glue sticks
· 2 Expo dry erase markers
(black)
· 2 plastic vinyl 2-pocket
folder
· 1 box of tissues
Please let me know if
you have an email address that I may use to get ahold of you. You may write this on the sheet that tells me
all about your child (if you haven’t already)! J
Last
year I sent home a weekly newsletter. I
will also post the newsletter to my blog.
I will try to send the newsletter home on the same day each week. However, there may be weeks where it is not
needed.
BLOOMZ: I
am going to try a parent/teacher communication tool called BLOOMZ this
year. Last year I used Class Dojo, but I
have heard there is more I can do with Bloomz.
I am excited to try this, but forgive me if I make mistakes. I will be learning along with you. There is a sheet in your child’s mail today
that explains how to connect with our classroom!
TAKE HOME FOLDERS: You will find everything
from me in your child’s folder. Please leave the behavior calendar in
the binder so that they may color each day. I will be marking “Keep at home” and “Back to
School” in their folders. This will help
them to know which papers need to come back with them to me at school.
SNACK: Snack time is different
than kindergarten. We will have a small
break for snack each day, but you do
not have to provide a snack for each child. Children will need one snack
per day for themself. Thank
you!
Let
me know of any questions that you may have!
I look forward to a fun-filled year with your child.
LUNCH: Lunch and lunch recess
will be daily from 11:30-12:10.
ALL ABOUT ME: If you did not make it
to the open house you will find an All About Me poster in your child’s
mail. Please fill this out with your
child and send it back to me sometime in September. One student per week will be displayed in the
hallway throughout the year.
GYM:
For
the first week of school we will have gym on Tuesday.
For
the remainder of the year gym will be on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The schedule can change at times. Your child is encouraged to keep a pair of
gym shoes in their locker at all times.
This way they will never forget their gym shoes! J
MATH:
At
times you may see a Home link in your child’s mail. These consist of a few math questions that
pertain to the day’s lesson. A lot of
times I will do this with the children together before they go home for the
day. However, there may be times that
they will have the home link as part of their homework.
CATERPILLARS:
If
you come across any caterpillars or milkweed, please send them in! We would love to observe them making their
chrysalis’ and turning into beautiful monarch butterflies!
VOLUNTEERS:
I
have had a few moms ask me about volunteering!
Thank you!
I
usually begin a set volunteer schedule in October. That way the children have the month of
September to learn our classroom routine.
Please email me and let me know if you are interested (even if you have
already told me in person) so that I can come up with a schedule and a
plan. Then you can let me know if my
plan will work!
Sincerely,
Mrs.
Kamphouse
