3. Nuts and Bolts To Begin Please pass around the clip board and sign in Please grab a yellow TRANSPORTATION sheet from the middle of the table and fill out for confirmation purposes! Before you leave, please sign your student up for their *STAR STUDENT* week! It is on the Writing Center Table (more information to come!)

4. My 1 st year teaching at Creekside! Love the Otters already WSU….GO COUGS! BA in Elementary Education Grew up in Port Orchard 2 sweet nieces that I adore! Love to read, hike, and be with my family. About Me…

5. Information about your child… If you did not pick up papers at Meet the Teacher, please grab them from the Writing Center Table! It will provide me with information about your child and communication through email. If you brought these papers back with you today, please turn them in under the AM or PM pile on the Writing Center Table – Thank you! Any other important information about your child that I did not ask about, please email me! The more I know, the more helpful I can be to them

6. Kate Hubner Rm. 166 Classroom phone 425-837-5219 Class Website please visit weekly Email hubnerk@issaquah. wednet.edu

7. Daily Take Home Folders Transport weekly classroom newsletter, homework, notes and reminders from me, book orders, field trip permission slips, school notices and community sports opportunity handouts, etc. Please check daily! There will be two sides to these folders which will work as follows: To be LEFT at home: these papers will be yours to keep ! Bring RIGHT back: these papers will be something that needs your attention, and are to be sent back to me!

8. Arrival for AM Kindergarten Driving your child to school & walking to school – front entrance –Walk down the sidewalk at the left end of the school. If they arrive prior to 9:05 wait in covered basketball area. –9:05am (first bell) they will move to the area outside of our classroom windows and line up with their classmates until 9:10am –At 9:10am teacher comes to pick up class

9. Student drop- off Parents exit Students climb out of the car independently Pull all the way forward

10. 9:10 arrival student line –up area Hurry UP !!!

11. Dismissal of AM Kindergarten EA (Educational Assistant) will pick up the kids and walk them to their bus. Pick up – meet your child at the front entrance of the school (near the office).

12. Arrival for PM Kindergarten Bus – the kids will get off the bus and an EA (Educational Assistant) will walk them in a line to the classroom. Walk to school or ride to school – it is preferred that you park and walk your child down to the bus area to meet the EA who will escort the rest of the class in.

13. Dismissal for PM Kindergarten Few minutes before the bell Bus – teacher will walk kids to bus area and help them find their bus. –They will have a color coded bus card – please keep in their backpack! EA will walk the kids to the front of the school who are picked up Walkers – walk through the bus area to exit the school

14. If there is a change in your child’s going home routine… Need the arrangements in writing (note and/or email). –Emergencies – over the phone (call front office) Bus passes – fill out form online and place in Daily Folder to turn in to me at school.

15. Library We have library 1 time a week. Kids will be allowed to check out 1 book every week (check out won’t start for the next month or so). Kids may return their book anytime during the week and must return it in order to check out a new book.

16. School Supplies Share all consumable supplies. Bring to school daily: Daily Folder Backpack with their name labeled on it Coat, jacket, or sweater

17. Blake Label your … Jacket and backpack

18. Appropriate Clothing Dress comfortably. PE days – pants, shorts, or tights. Non-skid, closed toe shoes for the gym. No hats in the classroom please. A coat for our unpredictable weather.

19. AM Specialist Schedule Tuesday – Library Thursday – PE Friday - Music

20. PM Specialist Schedule Monday – Music Tuesday – PE Thursday - Library

21. Bathrooms We will take a break to “empty our tanks” each day before or after recess. Encouraged to go during “working” time, not “learning” time. Emergencies – always allowed to go!

22. Birthday Celebrations In keeping with our district nutrition policy, we will not be having birthday treats in the classroom. We will celebrate in other non- food ways in the classroom. Summer birthdays can be celebrated at anytime during the year, please talk with me to set this up. Please do not pass out party invitations in class, as this can cause hurt feelings to those children not invited.

23. Snack Please send in a snack each day WE ARE A NUT-FREE CLASSROOM!! This will happen during “snack and story time”, at the carpet, so please be mindful when choosing a snack. For healthy, nut-free ideas, visit http://snacksafely.com/snacklist.pdf

25. WE FILL BUCKETS!! This year Creekside is all about FILLING BUCKETS. There will be more information about this at a Parent Bucket Filling Workshop on September 30 th at 7pm When you are kind and helpful you fill someone’s internal bucket. When you do something unkind, you empty their bucket (as well as your own). Many growth and learning opportunities in terms of behavior. This is a learning time. We will fill out buckets with “warm and fuzzy” feelings! We also are a “Leader in Me” school. We practice the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Leadership Skills. You can find more information about this Creekside Philosophy on our school website!

26. Volunteering Parent volunteers working with students will begin after the first few weeks of school, as I want to foster independence and an “I Can Do It” attitude. –Parent volunteers may work in the work room during these first weeks on prep work. –More “job specific” information/sign up opportunities will be offered at curriculum night.

27. No regular homework is given. Ask that you read (or child reads) 15 minutes a night and practice sight words (will come later). Please set aside a “book box/tub” for our small readers! There are occasionally special projects that will be sent home that usually require adult assistance.

28. Curriculum Night September 19th This is when we will go into depth about our Kindergarten Curriculum: Please set aside box/ tub for little reading books. Phonics based reading program (Fountas & Pinnell) Everyday Math Lucy Caulkins Writing (new this year) Social studies (My World), Health (My Body), and Science (plants, solids and liquids, 5 senses, and rocks)

29. STAR STUDENT MondayTuesdayWednesda y ThursdayFriday Share “All About Me” Poster Tune Tuesday! Share their favorite song (school appropriate, please!) Nothing extra Pick “Snack and Story” book (May bring a book from home or choose from our classroom library) Show and Tell Calendar with available dates on Writing Center Table. Please sign up today if you can! Students who aren’t signed up will be assigned a free week and I will contact to let families know. Their All About Me poster will go home with them the Friday before their week!

30. EventParticipantsDateTime Kindergarten First Day of School Full Day Kindergarten Thursday, September 5 th 9:15 – 3:40 AM Kindergarten Thursday, September 5 th 9:15-11:45 PM Kindergarten Thursday, September 5 th 12:25 – 3:40

31. Thanks for Coming!