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My email is cmtemple@jacksonsd.orgPlease feel free to email me if you have any questions.
Updated September 29, 2024***9/29-Please log onto my Google Classroom via your child's log in on their chromebook to see ALL the latest information and updates. That will be my MAIN WAY of communicating wih you of all the activities and events going on!***Hello! 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 2024/2025 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!I would also like you to email me from your email so that I have it in my email address book.*Please do not forget to tell me who you are and who your child is. Many times your name on REMIND or on emails does not contain your name, so I want to be sure what email belongs to what parent. THANK YOU!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 refillable 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 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.Our lunchtime is from 11:55-12:25.**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: $2.00
LUNCH PRICING: Elementary $3.20 - Middle $3.45 - HS $3.70
*these prices reflect an increase from last year
-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, at times, may have a small snack in the afternoon or for special occasions.Upcoming Dates:Kindergarten & 1st Grade Back to School Night-Tuesday, September 24 @7pm*please watch this important message from our Principal Dr. Raymond before attendingWear Blue on Fri Sept 27th for Blue Color WeekApple Smiles Snack-Fri Sept 27thNo School Thurs Oct 3rd & Fri Oct 4thNo School for Students on Mon Oct 14th-Staff PDSpecial Note from the PTN about Back to School Night
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 are starting a NEW Literacy Program this Year called HMH "Into Reading". This program will introduce the uppercase letters 1st, and then the lowercase letters. The letters will be introduced as Alphafriends. During the week, we will work on identifying each letter, the letter sound and printing the letter correctly. We will also work on many other literacy skills such as rhyming, parts of a book, story elements and sight words. 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.Module 1This week our letters will be:X Y Z O Q C G D B P R U J SLetters introduced:H I L T F E A N M V K WLiteracy Skills We Are Working On:Alliteration-Words that begin with the same initial letter/soundRhyming-Words that sound the same at the middle & end of the wordSyllables-a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a wordHow Can You Help At Home:During your 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 we are learning about.
Identify the beginning letter of family members or friends' names.
Have your child help with shopping and helping to write the shopping list.
During the year, we will introduce grade level words (sight words/heart words). Grade level words are a mixture of sight words and heart (tricky) words that your child will see in their leveled reading books. Heart words are words that have an irregular sound. We will teach them the irregular sound in class. We will send home flash cards for the new words. Please keep these in a safe place and review them daily.Module 1 Words:This week we will work on the words:Words you should have at home:*I will send home a ziploc bag with the 1st set of words. As we send home additional words, please add the 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!Reading at HomeIt is highly encouraged that you read at home with your child. At the beginning of the year, it is important to start a reading routine. It is also important for your child to listen to you (or another good reader) read so that they know what a good reader sounds like. It is also good practice to have your child listen to the same story over and over a few times. Make a point to visit the Jackson Library! This will allow your child to pick books that interest them, thus helping them to become a reader for life!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!Writing ProgramOur writing program will be integrated with our reading program. We will spend time each day learning how to be a writer. We will start out slow-so encourage your child to write at home....whether it is their name, copying words they see around your home or just drawing a picture and telling you all about it!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.So encourage writing at home....drawing a picture and then labeling it. And over time, 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 from home...so feel free to 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!) Or buy a notebook that your child can use to practice writing in.I am hoping that you see great growth over the year! Writing tends to be a favorite time of the day for many students!
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.
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 9/9-Red Week *wear red on Fri 9/13
Week of 9/16-Yellow Week *wear yellow on Fri 9/20
Week of 9/23-Blue Week *wear blue on Fri 9/27
Week of 9/30-No Color this week
Week of 10/7-
Week of 10/14-
Week of 10/21-
Week of 10/28-
Week of 11/4-
Week of 11/11-
Switlik School is proud to be a Bucket Filling School! Each month, 1 student 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 regular-sized pocket folder.Please label their backpack 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, paper towels and wipes are a "teacher's best friend", so I would gladly accept any donations of tissues, paper towels 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 almost all the supplies that your child will need!Wish List Items
Tissues
Paper Towels
Baby Wipes
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 in the classroom (mini erasers, stickers, prize box items)....anything that is kid friendly!
Sometimes a $10 Gift Card to Target or Dollar General would be best! I like to pick up holiday themed items for the kids or different items to use in our math or literacy centers. I hold onto to these and use them as needed!
I also have an Amazon Wishlist with a few items for our classroom. Please keep in mind, that some of these items may not be used until later in the year. I just wanted to add some items that I know we will use at some point in the year.
Please click here to see my Wishlist
I also have a Scholastic Book Fairy Program. You can click here to read about it and to donate to the fund.
*This might be a great way to have grandparents contribute to our classroom! Books are ALWAYS great gifts!
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 3rd lunch period, 11:55-12:25.
You will need to send in a lunch (ready to eat, we cannot heat up anything), easy to open snacks and a drink or your child may buy the school lunch each day!
Your child does have the option to purchase a school lunch every day. Please visit the school website for the lunch menu. link posted above.
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. I am NOT in the lunchroom with the children, so it is hard for me to monitor
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 (once they are distributed)
Friday-Art with Ms. Kopf
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 in late December. 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 2024-25
Ms. Temple's Remind Link Invite for 2024/25-english
Text the message @he3d4h4 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 xia2716
3. Find your child's name and begin!!
***EPIC is ONLY available (for free) between the hours of 7am-3pm***
*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 meeting dates are:
(These can be changed during the year. Please check their newsletters or teacher page on the school website for up to date info. OR, join their Remind text service!)
The meetings are held on Tuesday nights @7pm in the IMC (school library)
October 8th
November 12th
December 10th
January 14th
February 11th
March 11th
April 8th
May 6th
Upcoming Activities:
Let's work together to make this a great year for your child!
Ms. Temple
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