Classroom news…
SCHOOL HOURS
School hours begins at 8:45 am – 4:15 pm. If you arrive after 9:15 your child will be marked tardy. Please stop by the office and sign in prior to bringing or sending your child to class.
BREAKFAST
Please encourage your child to eat breakfast each morning in the cafeteria. It is provided free of charge to all students!
BACKPACKS
Children should bring a roomy backpack to school every day to transport their homework notebook, agenda, folder, and personal items such as lunchboxes, jackets, coats, etc. Please label all of your children’s belongings in case they get misplaced.
AGENDAS
Each kindergarten student will receive an agenda. The agenda is used as a place to record behavior choices for the day and for teacher-parent communication. Check and sign the planner each evening.
HOMEWORK
A homework calendar, book and reading log will be sent home each night in your child's homework folder. In addition, please work with your child to practice their weekly sight words. Read with your child every evening for 15-20 minutes, write the title of the book in the Reading Log, and return the homework folder everyday!
Some suggestions for practicing sight word
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
Birthday’s will be celebrated during our lunch time from 11:35 – 12:05 pm in the cafeteria. Please notify me at least 2 days BEFORE your child’s birthday if you are planning to bring in treats. Please ensure that you check in at the office when you arrive at school prior to coming to the cafeteria.
SNACK
I will be sending home "Snack Calendar Information" for parents at the beginning of the school year.
Each family will be assigned a day each month to provide snack/juice for the students in our class. No peanut products, No gummy products, No sodas or glass bottles. Water bottles or real fruit juice are healthier choices! Snacks do not have to be individually wrapped. Family size boxes are cheaper to purchase! Suggested snack items could include: Washed fruit, apples, bananas, fruit cups, fruit bars, graham crackers, animal crackers, cheese sticks, crackers, fig newtons, goldfish, etc. (If your child has allergies, we respectfully ask that he/she bring his own snack each day. Please remember to send a small snack/juice each day with your child for the afternoon).
REWARDS PROGRAM
"Oakhurst Rocket" tickets will be given out throughout the day in class and from staff members throughout the school to enter in a weekly drawing from the administrative team as they display "good behaviors" in the school environment. On Friday's one student from grades K-2 and 3-5 will be drawn during the morning news to receive a prize.
OAKHURST BLUE FOLDERS
The Oakhurst blue folders will be sent home every Wednesday. Please check the folder for important information. Please work with your child to establish a daily routine for checking the folder and keeping it in their backpack so that it comes back to school the following school day. Return any forms, permission slips, progress reports, etc. in the folder.
SCHOOL HOURS
School hours begins at 8:45 am – 4:15 pm. If you arrive after 9:15 your child will be marked tardy. Please stop by the office and sign in prior to bringing or sending your child to class.
BREAKFAST
Please encourage your child to eat breakfast each morning in the cafeteria. It is provided free of charge to all students!
BACKPACKS
Children should bring a roomy backpack to school every day to transport their homework notebook, agenda, folder, and personal items such as lunchboxes, jackets, coats, etc. Please label all of your children’s belongings in case they get misplaced.
AGENDAS
Each kindergarten student will receive an agenda. The agenda is used as a place to record behavior choices for the day and for teacher-parent communication. Check and sign the planner each evening.
HOMEWORK
A homework calendar, book and reading log will be sent home each night in your child's homework folder. In addition, please work with your child to practice their weekly sight words. Read with your child every evening for 15-20 minutes, write the title of the book in the Reading Log, and return the homework folder everyday!
Some suggestions for practicing sight word
- Use colored pencils or markers to write them.
- Find and circle sight words on boxes, newspapers, or in magazines.
- Type them on the computer, Ipad, or Laptop.
- Spell with magnetic letters on the refrigerator and on a cookie tray.
- Use shaving cream on the side of the bathtub and use your finger to write them.
- Play Sight Word Bingo and Sight Word Go Fish!
- Make flash cards on index cards.
- Write with water or chalk on driveway or sidewalk.
- Practice reading them in the car.
- Log in to Raz-Kids, Dreambox and/or Compass Learning!
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
Birthday’s will be celebrated during our lunch time from 11:35 – 12:05 pm in the cafeteria. Please notify me at least 2 days BEFORE your child’s birthday if you are planning to bring in treats. Please ensure that you check in at the office when you arrive at school prior to coming to the cafeteria.
SNACK
I will be sending home "Snack Calendar Information" for parents at the beginning of the school year.
Each family will be assigned a day each month to provide snack/juice for the students in our class. No peanut products, No gummy products, No sodas or glass bottles. Water bottles or real fruit juice are healthier choices! Snacks do not have to be individually wrapped. Family size boxes are cheaper to purchase! Suggested snack items could include: Washed fruit, apples, bananas, fruit cups, fruit bars, graham crackers, animal crackers, cheese sticks, crackers, fig newtons, goldfish, etc. (If your child has allergies, we respectfully ask that he/she bring his own snack each day. Please remember to send a small snack/juice each day with your child for the afternoon).
REWARDS PROGRAM
"Oakhurst Rocket" tickets will be given out throughout the day in class and from staff members throughout the school to enter in a weekly drawing from the administrative team as they display "good behaviors" in the school environment. On Friday's one student from grades K-2 and 3-5 will be drawn during the morning news to receive a prize.
OAKHURST BLUE FOLDERS
The Oakhurst blue folders will be sent home every Wednesday. Please check the folder for important information. Please work with your child to establish a daily routine for checking the folder and keeping it in their backpack so that it comes back to school the following school day. Return any forms, permission slips, progress reports, etc. in the folder.