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My email is cmtemple@jacksonsd.orgPlease feel free to email me if you have any questions.
Updated August 21, 2023Hello! My name is Ms. Temple and I will be your child's Kindergarten teacher this year! Kindergarten is an exciting year for both you and your child! I look forward to working with you and your child this year.I will use this page as a form of communication until our Google Classroom is up and running and everyone is logged on. I will update the date at the top each time I update the page. I will also be using Remind texting services as another way to keep an open line of communication! I have the new log on information for the 2023/2024 school year at the bottom of this page. Please log on ASAP! I love to share reminders and pictures of your children with you this way!Important Reminder Notes for the start of school:-Please label everything that comes in, including water bottles. And don't forget sweatshirts/jackets as the weather will start to get cooler, (plus, our air conditioning works very well in our room, so it does get chilly in there sometimes). This can be as easy as pinning a ribbon or piece of fabric inside the clothing, so you DO NOT have to write on it.-Please send in a backpack with a folder each day. You may use the Switlik folder that the PTN will supply for you, or you can use another of your choice. BUT, please only send in 1 folder. Sending 2 just confuses the kids and then they put some papers in 1 folder, and other papers in the other folder-thus causing things to get misplaced.-The students are also encouraged to bring in a water bottle each day. And it must be water. We do have a filtered refilling station that we can use to refill if needed. Juice will ONLY be allowed in the lunchroom. (I will have a small supply of water bottles here for those that do forget to bring a water bottle. At times, I may ask for parents to send in a case of small water bottles to have on hand. Their water bottles will be returned home each day to wash. *if a water bottle does get left here accidentally, please send in a new, clean one for the next school day and I will try to be sure to send home both bottles the next school day.-The students will need a lunch each day. They may bring their own or purchase a lunch from the school cafeteria. I attached the Food Service Website information above.**For the 1st month...If your child wants to purchase a lunch, please just send in a post-it (small note) just to give me a heads-up so I know they need to get on the lunch line. Sometimes kids will need a lunch, BUT will still bring in their lunch box with extra snacks, so I don't want to overlook them for the lunch line.The link below will take you to our NEW online menus!
BREAKFAST for ALL STUDENTS: $1.00
LUNCH PRICING: Elementary $2.20 - Middle $2.45 - HS $2.70
-Please notify me ASAP if your child has any food allergies.The students will be receiving a student id card on a lanyard. Please be sure that they wear them every day. THANK YOU! (This will be needed for the bus, lunch and the library).Once I have received all the information on any food allergies, we will having a small snack in the afternoon. We kindly ask that it be a "dry" snack. We will also ask for a few donations of bulk sized snack to have on hand in case any child forgets their snack that day.Upcoming Dates:Kindergarten Orientation-Wednesday, August 30th at 10am.First Day of School-Wednesday, September 6th
Feel free to email me with any questions or concerns...but please be aware that it may take me a few days to respond. During the school year, a hand delivered note will be needed if your concern needs immediate attention (for ex. a change in bus/pick up dismissal for that day).My email is cmtemple@jacksonsd.orgLiteracy
We will start the year with a program called Fundations. Fundations will introduce the children to 2-3 letters a week. We will work on identifying each letter, the letter sound and printing the letter correctly. Each week we will send home a parent note to let you know what the focus is for the week and how you can help our child at home.Unit 1This week our letters will be:Letters introduced:How Can You Help At Home:- During review at home, see if your child can think of 3-5 words that begin with that letter.
- Have him/her look for things around your house that begin with the letters you are practicing.
- Identify the beginning letter of family members or friends names.
- Have your child help with shopping and helping to write the shopping list.
- Use the Parent Information page that we send home each week. Included with the Parent Information page, will be the letter pages. Please use these pages to review with your child at home. They can trace the letter with their finger, starting at the top and going down. As they finish tracing the letter, they can practice saying the letter name, the keyword picture and then the sound. For example, Tt, top, /t/. They can then color the picture.
***SAVE THESE PAGES TO MAKE A BOOK AT HOME AT THE END OF OUR INTRODUCTION UNIT***
Each week, we will introduce 2-3 grade level words (sight words). Grade level words are a mixture of sight words and tricky words that your child will see in their leveled reading books. Each week, we will send home flash cards of the words for that week. Please keep these in a safe place and review them daily.Unit 1 Words:This week we will work on the words:Words you should have at home:Unit 2 Words:(Beginning in January)*please add our new words to the 1st bag I sent home. Keep this bag at home...it does NOT NEED to come back to school. A good spot to keep them is in their Book Boxes!Readers WorkshopIn class during our readers workshop time, we are learning how to be a Reader.We are learning that there are 3 ways to read a book...1. Look at the pictures2. Look at the words3. Retell the story
Reading at HomeIt is highly encouraged that you read at home with your child. We will start the week of ___ with our Switlik School Reading Program. Please keep the reading calendar in their homework folder. I will be checking it on Fridays. I am just looking for the parent signature and the title of their favorite book that they read that day.*If you do do extra reading over the weekend, feel free to add those dates and your initials under the current week section on the log. I do love to reward my friends who do extra practice!! :)Check out this chart to see how reading for an extra 20 minutes a day with your child will benefit him/her in school!
Please make daily reading an important part of your day!"Readers are made on the laps of their parents!"Again, reading is not meant to be a chore at home....we hope that you make reading part of your daily routine!Writers WorkshopWriter's Workshop is a designated time each day where students become “authors”.After each mini-lesson students will have independent writing time where they will choose their own topic for their writing and have an opportunity to practice skills and strategies taught in the mini lesson. By giving the students choices in their topics, the writing becomes authentic, engaging, and meaningful. During this independent writing time the teacher will be meet with individuals or small groups to conference and encourage their growth as authors.Students will learn to write, revise, edit, and publish stories throughout the school year. They will also begin to assess their own writing and learn to implement the characteristics of quality writing into their own work.In the spring, we will showcase students’ writing during our “Switlik Author Night”. Students will have opportunities to share some of their published stories with their parents and celebrate their accomplishments.So encourage writing at home....drawing a picture and then labeling it. And if they can....write a simple sentence to go with it!Or writing can be as simple as writing a list or making a card for someone!And for those that need to copy words that they see at home....that is GREAT Practice too!!!I love seeing extra practice....use the back of some of our homework pages to try this 1-2 a week. You will see how quickly they will get better with practice (and with one-on-one help!)
Math Envision 2.0This year we are using a program called Envision 2.0You can access the website by following the directions below.We are working on Topic #1-Numbers 0-5
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At the beginning of each topic, we will send home a parent information home page. This will also include copies of our math vocabulary words. You can keep these at home to use for review. After each lesson, we will send home the corresponding homework page to complete at home. These pages are meant to be done with help.
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Social Studies & Science
- We will start our 1st Social Studies Unit on Citizenship, Community and Rules
Each week we will focus on a new color and color word. During the week, we will do a few fun activities with that color. One day a week, we will dress in that color too.
We will send home color word cards for you to review with your child. Please review these at home. Many of the children feel very successful when they can read the color words so quickly in the year. Please keep these cards at home.
Week of 9/11-Red Week
Week of 9/18-
Week of 9/25-
Week of 10/2-
Week of 10/9-
Week of 10/16-
Week of 10/23-
Week of 10/30-
Week of 11/6-
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Switlik School is proud to be a Bucket Filling School! Each month, 2-3 students will be chosen for our Class Bucket Fillers! Encourage your child to be a Bucket Filler at home too!
Supplies
As for supplies, your child will need a backpack that can hold a 9 x 12 folder.Please label it and have your child practice opening and closing it on their own. THANK YOU!
I would also like to ask for an old shirt to use as an Art Smock. Please label this and send it in ASAP. They will be stored in the classroom for our "messy" art projects.
As always, tissues and wipes are a "teacher's best friend", so I would gladly accept any donations of tissues or baby wipes. THANK YOU!
During the course of the year, I may ask for specific items that we will share with the class. Please look below for any needed items on my class page.
I would recommend having crayons, pencils, scissors, and glue or/glue sticks at home for homework projects. Please do not send any of those items to school. I have all the supplies that your child will need!Wish List Items
Tissues
Baby Wipes
16 or 24 count Crayola Crayons (but I will save these for later in the year)
Thank you!
Additional items may be added as we need them!
Target Dollar Spot Items-this area is a teacher's dream and has LOTS of fun things for the kids for the classroom (mini erasers, stickers, prize box items)....anything that is kid friendly!
If you have something at home you think the kids would like to use and you are not sure, just email me to ask! :)
Lunch
We will eat lunch during the 1st lunch period, 10:45-11:15.
You will need to send in a lunch (ready to eat, we cannot heat up anything), easy to open snacks and a drink or you may buy the school lunch each day!
Your child does have the option to purchase a lunch everyday. Please visit the school website for the lunch menu.
The lunch period is only 30 minutes and many of the K students have a tough time finishing up their lunch and snacks. I suggest that you limit their snack choices in their lunches to 1 or 2 only. Many children tend to open their snacks first and not eat their sandwich/lunch item.
PLEASE alert us to any allergies that your child has with a note.
Specials
Monday-Library with Ms. Palme
Tuesday-Music with Mr. Morgan
Wednesday-Gym with Mr. Hamdi *WEAR SNEAKERS
Thursday-Computers with Mr. Autenreith *Chromebooks are NEEDED
Friday-Art with Mrs. Langer
A Note from the School Librarian-Ms. Palme
You can access the digital ebooks on the school library Destiny page.
Here is the link with the directions (or see her class page for more info).
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jNUxCPjTPld4RD8yT9rx0aLdytOAmemFCcZqoDIuFNo/edit?ts=59dfe27e
Report Cards: Please be sure you are ready to access your child’s report card on the district portal website. Report cards will be available on the portal to parents on ____. Also, please remember that if your Portal log-in does not work, please try the “Forgot My Password” link above BEFORE contacting support, as most issues will be resolved through that feature. Please note that the “Forgot Password” link will work only with parents who have an e-mail as their login ID. For questions or problems with your login ID’s or password (or if you do not have them), please send an email to portalsupport@jacksonsd.org and include your name and phone number, as well as your child’s name, school, grade, student ID number and the problem you are experiencing and we will respond to you as quickly as possible.
I would like to help you all keep up with ALL the activities that we do in class. Join my Remind group on your phone and/or email. I will post reminders about upcoming activities and events! It is easy to do and FREE to join! Follow the ink below and sign up today!
Ms. Temple's Class 2023-24
Ms. Temple's Remind Link Invite for 2023/24
Text the message @aeb8ha to the number 81010
Free Learning Websites
Epic! Online Digital Reading Library
I just added our class to this GREAT reading resource!
To log on....
1. Go to https://www.getepic.com/
2. Log in with our class code ***Will be updated soon
3. Find your child's name and begin!!
*Please continue to read the calendar section. That section will keep you updated with our activities and events.
PTN News
Please consider joining our amazing PTN! Send in your family membership envelopes! Every dollar raised by the PTN, goes right back to your students!
We can already thank them for our new Switlik folders, classroom care packages, our gift card for our memory book photos, plus many more things that they have in store for us!
*The PTN class page is up and running!
You can also access it via the school page on the website.
Their page is listed at the bottom on the Switlik Home Screen.
You can also follow them on facebook!
Consider attending the monthly meetings and joining a committee! It is a GREAT way to get involved in our school!
Their next meeting is:
Upcoming Activities:
Let's work together to make this a great year for your child!
Ms. Temple
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