Welcome to Ms. Sarube’s Kindergarten
Our Specials
Monday: Art
Tuesday: Music
Wednesday: Gym
Thursday: Music and Library
Friday: Computers and Gym
Lunch and Snack: We will have snack everyday. Healthy snacks are encouraged. Lunchtime is from 11:30-12:30
*PLEASE AVOID ALL PEANUT/NUT SNACKS FOR THE CLASSROOM!
They can keep their money in their lunchbox or I know that some of the children have sent money into the cafeteria already. We have a separate “Peanut Free” table for some of the children to sit at.
Parties: We love to celebrate birthdays and holidays. When your child’s birthday approaches we would love to share in the celebration. Feel free to send in a special goody. Please Note: Classroom Allergies
As Holiday/Special Day parties approach our class mothers will contact you to help them prepare for the celebrations.
Homework Policy: We will be working up to sending home a weekly packet that will be due back by Friday.
Classroom rules of Behavior: We use our eyes and ears before our mouths. We treat each other the way we would like to be treated.
How our classroom works: The children enter each morning and put their folders and lunchboxes in bins on the table by the hooks. After a morning practice sheet, they then sit on the rug where we go though our morning routine…pledge, lunch count, calendar, weather, special events and review our daily schedule. We are counting our days until the 100th day of school…at that point we’ll have a BIG PARTY!
Following our morning routine we do some ELA (English Language Arts) work…journals and Fundations.
Most of our instructional lessons are done from the “rug area” followed by independent work at their tables. During “center-time” I will be pulling groups of students to my table to work on specific skills.
What we’re learning this year: Kindergartners are ACTIVE learners…we are learning with EVERYTHING that we do in school…our classroom is bright and full of energy and we will use that energy to explore the world around us.
Some of the “academic” subjects we teach include…
I. ELA (English Language Arts) ~
a. We are using the Macmillan/McGraw-Hill http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/new_york/students
b. We will also be using the “Fundations” program for writing/reading.
http://www.fundations.com
http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/fund_lessons.html
c. One of Kramer Lane’s Reading Specialists, will be “pushing in” and “pulling out” of our classroom during the year. She will focus on Early Intervention Stratagies.
II. Math ~ We are using Macmillian McGraw-Hill’s Math Connects Program. There are many online tools for you to use. Please see attached handout. http://www.macmillanmh.com/math/2003/student/index.html
We also follow the New York State Common Core Learning Standards.
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/common_core_standards/
III. Social Studies ~ In Kindergarten we focus on ourselves and others, our families and our community. We learn about being a citizen, rules and laws, customs and traditions.
IV. Science ~ We do many fun and exciting things in Science this year…Weather, the world around us, plants and animals and at the end of the year we grow ladybugs!
Report Cards: *See attached
Class Trips: Pumpkin Farm, Bethpage Firehouse, Bethpage Library and possibly Hofstra Playhouse
KEY WORDS:
CARING and RESPECT
Please don’t hesitate to contact me with ANY questions or concerns you may have. You can call me at school and leave a message 644-4500. You can write me a note and I’ll call you back. You can e-mail me at dsarube@bethpage.ws
I look forward to an exciting and enjoyable year!
Quotable Quotes
Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them. ~ Lady Bird Johnson
We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open. ~ Harry Edwards
Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more.
~ A. Lou Vickery
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. ~ Chinese proverb
When all men think alike, no one thinks very much. ~ Walter Lippmann
No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness, and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure. ~ Emma Goldman
We learn 10% of what we read, 20% of what we hear, 30% of what we see, 50% of what we both see and hear and 70% of what is discussed with others, 80% of what we experience personally and 95% of what we TEACH someone else. ~ William Glasser
The first duty of an education is to stir up life, but leave it free to develop.
~ Maria Montessori
While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior. ~ Henry C. Link
Helping All Children Blossom
A child is like a butterfly in the wind
Some can fly higher than others,
But each one flies the best it can.
Why compare one against the other?
Each one is different! Each one is special!
Each one is beautiful!
~ Author Unknown
Rachel Carson: “If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.”
Stacia Tauscher: “We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.”