2. WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN! Mrs. Carney Room 106

3. How to get in contact with Mrs. Carney?  Marble notebook: best way to contact me  Email address: LCarney@havsd.netLCarney@havsd.net  Manoa School phone number: (610) 853-5900 extension 6000  Voice mail L. Carney: (610) 853-5900 ext. 6406

4. Sign Up Volunteer Schedule E-Alerts sign up www.haverford.k12.pa.us/manoa Scholastic Book Club www.scholastic.com/bookclubs class activation code: GP3PV

5. Kindergarten Procedures: Transportation Bus Rider Walker/Pick up AM Dismissal- 11:25 PM Dismissal- 3:26 After Care- Trinity or Brookline *Please send a note into school if there is a dismissal change

6. Supplies 1 school bag- first and last name, address, phone number and dismissal tag 1 marble notebook- first and last name *Please keep the rubber band on the notebook

7. Snacks Nut-Free Environment Please send in a small snack -one item and a drink Healthy snack- fruit, vegetables, crackers Water- no milk or fruit juices please If your child would like to bring a water bottle, that’s fine. Snacks are not shared Food allergies or specific diets - please let me know.

8. Birthday Parties Your child may celebrate his/her birthday in the classroom. You may send in prepared goodie bags (no food please) Read a special story Play a game Summer birthdays will be celebrated at the end of the year Please send in a note- one week before

9. Notes place all notes inside your child’s marble notebook under the rubber band Absent notes send in the yellow absent form when he/she returns to school. Change of dismissal Communication Daily Responding to notes/questions

10. Homework and News Check the class website www.haverford.k12.pa.us/manoa click on “eFaculty” click on “Carney, Mrs. Lindsay” click on “Homework and News” Newsletters- usually posted on Friday’s What the children are learning Announcements/News Field Trips Homework- usually due the following Thursday Place homework in marble notebook

11. Curriculum Houghton Mifflin Language Arts Program –Big Books –Strategies for reading- left to right, front/back of book, sight words, using pictures, identify characters, alphabet letters and sounds, plus patterns in words.

12. Everyday Math Numeration Operations and Computation Geometry Data Measurement Patterns

13. Social Studies/Science Social Studies *Combined with Language Arts Science *Engaged in active construction of ideas *The Senses *Living things and the environment

14. Kid Writing Writing letters to match sounds and words Describe their illustration We need parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, ANY grown-up

15. Handwriting Without Tears Formation of letters and numbers capital letters lowercase letters numbers www.hwtears.com

16. Responsive Classroom Rules Positive Reinforcement Circle Meeting Community Learners Hopes & Dreams Traffic Light

17. Report Cards & Kindergarten Assessments Standard based report cards -December, April, June AIMSweb -Letters and Phonics * Report card skill- homework

18. Conferences December & April *Please sign up for conferences

19. “All the seeds of today, Are the flowers of tomorrow.”