Kindergarten News

September 2-6

Upcoming Events

Monday, Sept. 2—Labor Day (No school)
Wednesday, Sept. 4--Library

Thursday, Sept. 5—P.E./Music

Monday, Sept. 9—Fall Pictures

Monday, Sept. 9—“Back To School Bash” sponsored by the PTA

Weekly Theme

“All About Me”/

Self Esteem

Save your Box Tops!

Please remember to send in box tops with your child.  Each box top is worth 10 cents for our school, so please tell your relatives and friends to help with the collecting too!  It is a great way to earn money for our school.  THANKS!

NEWS

We have had a great first week of school!  Thank you for sharing your children with me!  I want to remind you of the importance of checking my blog at least weekly to see what is happening in our classroom.  It will be updated every Monday and will save Mrs. Smith, our school secretary, many calls from parents asking about dates and times of activities going on. Again our website is: http://south.ironk12.org.  Once there, click on “Teachers”, then click on my name.

We have worked hard on establishing a routine and effective classroom management skills so optimal learning will occur with each child.  Let me explain how our classroom management works.  If a student is disrupting the rest of the class, he/she gets a clothespin on the green stop light at the front of our room.  This is just a reminder.  If he/she needs two reminders, the clothespin is moved to yellow and five minutes of recess is missed.  If three reminders are needed, he/she sits on the “thinking chair” in my office, away from the other children.  After a few minutes, I visit with him/her and ask if they are ready to join the class again. If there is still a problem, he/she will visit with Mr. Oldroyd and it will be determined if the Skills Building program is needed.  Your child will bring home a paper for you to sign if he/she was on the yellow or red stoplight that day.  I will also contact you so we can further discuss how we can work together to improve the behavior. Thank you for your support!

Have a wonderful week and please contact me with any questions or concerns!

ginger.ekker@ironmail.org

586-2850