Tuesday, September 7th, 2004

Dear Kindergarten Families,

Welcome to my Kindergarten classroom! This will be a wonderful year full of many successes for your child. I enjoyed meeting those of you and your child who were here last Thursday. I look forward to meeting the rest of you soon. I am entering into my second year of teaching Kindergarten at Onekama elementary and I could not be more excited.

The literacy program I use is called the Building Blocks program which is a developmentally appropriate, multilevel, framework for Kindergarten. This program challenges students at every level. It focuses on the desire to learn to read and write, language concepts, print concepts, phonemic awareness, interesting words and letters and sounds. I plan to write all of you a newsletter each week telling you all the things we have been doing throughout the week. In addition to these weekly updates I will also summarize each month so you are always aware of the development of your Kindergartener.

The folder with this letter in it that you received today are Thursday folders. Beginning next Thursday these will come home each week with any information that you may need. Please return the folder with your child each Friday.

At orientation I had a volunteer sign-up sheet. My literacy centers will be each day beginning at 10:15 and ending at 11:30. I would like one volunteer per day so I am working on setting up a schedule. Thus far I have Patty Acker who is available on Wednesday’s, Peggy Pepera who is available on Monday’s, Wednesday’s and Friday’s and Lynn Peterson who is available any day of the week. Thank-you to those three ladies for being willing to donate their time! I could still use a couple more volunteers so if you have time in the morning please let me know!

I have an open door policy. Please e-mail me or jot me a note if you ever have any questions or concerns. I believe this is a crucial ingredient in the partnership we will have throughout this important year. Thank-you! Enjoy the first week!

Sincerely,

Miss Schultz

kschultz@manistee.org

 

Miss Schultz's Kindergarten HomePage for 2004-2005

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