North Elementary School Kindergarten Preview
JSD 117 Mission Statement & Goals ● Our goal in the Jacksonville School District is to be a partner with you in order to prepare our students to be successful. ● What does this mean? ○ We want to communicate with you often about the progress of your child both socially and academically. Please also communicate with us about anything that you are concerned about or that you would like to know more about. We are here to work with you. ○ We also expect our parents to come to our Parent/Teacher conferences. These will be held in October and February of each year.
Arrival Procedures & Attendance ● Students may arrive at North between 7:30 am and 7:50 am. ● To help with smooth transitions for both parents and student, please give them a hug and drop your student off at the sidewalk. ● Students will sit in the gym in the K section making sure the morning begins smoothly until the bell rings. There is NO supervision before 7:30! Any students arriving in the classroom after 8:00 will be marked tardy. ● ATTENDANCE IS KEY! ● Tardiness and absences = lost learning time
Dismissal Procedures ● Students will be dismissed daily according to after school plans at 2:30. Please avoid scheduling appointments that interrupt the learning day. ● Please review the car dismissal plan in the North Handbook ● IMPORTANT: Changes in after school plans should be sent by note or called in to the office before 2:00 pm. We will not allow students to change plans unless we have direct instructions from home.
Breakfast, Lunch, and Snacks ● Students may eat breakfast between 7:30-7:50 each morning. North is free breakfast and free lunch for the whole school! ● Students will eat lunch and enjoy recess from 11:00-11:40. ● We have a snack each morning. PLEASE send snacks if you are able to help. Our favorites include: crackers, cereal, pretzels, fruit snacks, fresh fruit/veggies.
Let’s Stay Healthy ● Sleep is key! Kindergarten is exhausting! Research shows that 5-6 year olds need 10-12 hours of sleep each night to be ready to learn and grow. ● Please call the school office to report an absence and the reason for the absence to the office before 8:00. ● If your child becomes sick at school, you will be called. This includes a temperature over 100 or other illness. Please be sure that emergency contact info is current! ● Students must have a physical, dental, and eye exam on record with the office. Please contact the nurse if you have any questions. ● Please see the handbook for medicine at school policy.
Kindergarten Expectations ● Reading ○ Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page ○ Recognize and name all upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet ○ Know the sounds of the letters and blend those sounds together to make words ○ Recognize and produce rhyming words ○ Change beginning sounds of words to make new words (cat to bat) ○ Recognize sight words ○ Answer questions about stories and retell familiar stories
Kindergarten Expectations ● Writing and Language ○ Write a complete sentence by the end of the year on their own ○ Form letters correctly and write their name legibly ○ Give an opinion about a book that we have read (For example: I like this book because…) ○ Add drawings to their writing for more description ○ Spell simple words phonetically ○ Write letters corresponding to their sounds ○ Capitalize first words in sentences, the pronoun I, and ending punctuation
Kindergarten Expectations ● Math ○ Count to 100 by ones and tens ○ Write numbers 0-20 ○ Count up to 20 objects ○ Know which groups are greater than, less than, or equal ○ Add and subtract within 10 by using objects to represent numbers ○ Add and subtract fluently within 5 ○ Categorize objects ○ Correctly name shapes
Things to work on at Home YOU are your child’s first teacher! ● Work on recognizing and writing your child’s name ● Read nursery rhymes ● Sing, say and write the ABC's ● Count as high as your child can ● Sort items around the house ● Read together- every night!
Ways to Help Your Child be Successful in Kindergarten ● Ask your child to tell ● Send your child’s about the best part of backpack and folder to their day (and tell the best school everyday. part of your day too!) ● Check and empty your ● Have a consistent routine child’s folder each night. at home and make sure your child is well-rested ● K students need to wear for school each morning. tennis shoes to school each day. It is very helpful if your child knows how to tie their shoes.
Contact Us ● North Jacksonville Elementary School ○ Phone: (217) 245-4084 ○ Fax: (217) 243- 2818 ○ Facebook: North School Community Club ● Please know that emails and phone calls will be returned after students leave for the school day. ● Visit www.jsd117.org for updated information First Day of School will be August 18th!
First Day Tips ● Get kids to bed early the night before and have a great breakfast in the morning- the first day requires “brain food”! Pack backpacks and lay out clothes the night before for a smooth routine. ● Take a deep breath, try to relax, and know that we are here to make this a wonderful first day and first year in school for you and your student! We are partners! (And a few tears are OK)
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