SCHOOLS
Welcome to the Class of
2024!
Excellent work Class of 2023
-- Good Luck in First Grade!
Room 6 Full Day Kindergarten
Ms. Zammiello and Ms. O'Donnell
Welcome to the wonderful world of kindergarten!
Have a super summer!
Announcements/Reminders
August 30- Orientation for Parents and Students
August 31- First day of Kindergarten!
September 5- LABOR DAY-- No School
September 9- Potter Road Multi-Cultural Night--6:30pm
September 20- Picture Day
Helpful Tips for the First Day of Kindergarten--
August 31
Students should bring-- a backpack (large enough to fit folders)
--a snack ( 1 or 2 items and water or juice, no soda)
-- a lunch or lunch money -- a rest time blanket in a bag
-- a change of clothes in a bag (in case of accidents)--
this bag will stay at school until needed
Please LABEL all items with your child's name.
NO TOYS (this includes cards such as yu-gi-oh cards
and also NO SILLY BANDS) should be brought to school.
Curriculum-- summer vacation
I will update this section when school resumes at
the end of August.
Letter of the Week-
Word of the Week-
Poem of the Week-
Writing Workshop-
Math-
Open Circle-
Specials Schedule for 2011-2012
Monday 12:55-1:25 MUSICTuesday 12:55-1:25 ART, 1:25-1:55 PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Wednesday 10:45-11:15 ART, 2-2:30 COMPUTERS
Thursday 10:30-11 OPEN CIRCLE
Friday 10:15-10:45 PHYSICAL EDUCATION,
10:45-11:15 MUSIC, 2-2:30 LIBRARY
LUNCH will be from 11:46-12:16 every day.
Room 6 Wish List
Feel free to send items in with your child
any school day or drop them off in the office.
You may also bring in items on orientation day
on August 30. Thank you!
Paper Towels (on a roll)
Large glue sticks (Elmers is best)
Pump hand soap
Wet Ones Wet Wipes
Pump hand sanitizer
Tissues
Room 6 Rules
Each student is expected to follow rules every day.
1. We are kind to each other.
2. We keep our hands and bodies to ourselves.
3. We listen to each other.
4. We always try our BEST!!
In Kindergarten we will learn--
#numbers #counting (by 1s, 5s, and 10s) #mathematical patterns #2-d and 3-d shapes
#telling time on an analogue clock #measurement (weight, length, capacity)
#simple addition #counting a group of objects #to sort objects by an attribute #U.S. coins
^letters and their sounds ^first to write label words and then sentences
^to listen to stories read a loud ^beginning reading ^to use strategies to understand stories
^some sight words ^rhyming ^to segment and blend sounds
^to write about things that happen in our lives (writing workshop) ^fiction and non-fiction texts ^poetry
*the 5 senses *about worms *living and non-living things *investigating the school yard *our Earth and how to take care of it *pushes and pulls
@ the seasons @months of the year @days of the week @today and long ago
@holidays @important people in history (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., George Washington, etc.)
@our address and phone # @the town, state, country, continent, and planet we live in
@about different countries around the world @maps and globes AND MUCH MORE!
#=mathematics ^=literacy *=science @=social studies
Classroom Thematic Units of Study Throughout School Year (subject to change)
September- All About Us and Getting to Know each other, Names, Fall
October- Nursery Rhymes, 5 Senses, Halloween
November- Finish 5 Senses, Thanksgiving and Gratitude
December- Holidays around the World, Winter
January- Ezra Jack Keats (author study), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
February- Seasons, Months, Days of week,Telling Time, Valentine's Day
March- Dr. Seuss, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, Long Ago and Today
April- Earth Day, our address, phone #, town, state, country, continent, planet we live in, countries around the world
May- Living and Non-Living Things, Worms
June- Kindergarten Show, Pushes and Pulls
Any ?s, do not hesitate to contact Ms. Zammiello at -lzammiello@framingham.k12.ma.us