First Day of Kindergartenwith

Mrs. Richmond

Classroom Schedule

7:00 – 8:00Arriving to school and begin morning work and carpet play time

8:00 – 9:00

Clean up and go to carpet for: Carpet behavior, Read Aloud, Rise and Shine song, student intros, calendar, helpers, practice lining up/going to the bathroom and washing our hands

9:00 – 9:30Snack time and watch Leapfrog Letter Factory

9:30 -9:45Back to carpet and start read aloud Chester Loves School Book/Intro to school supplies/Bathroom break

9:45 – 10:20 Specials (Art, Library, P.E., or Computer)

10:25 – 10:45 Finish Chester book before lunch

10:45 – 11:00 Get ready for lunch and bathroom break

11:05 – 11:50 Lunch and bathroom break

11:50 – 1:25Recess, start Chester art project and practice how centers work daily

1:30 – 2:00 Nap

2:00 – 2:20Snack, pack up, afternoon wrap up, transportation and dismissal

Our schedule will be what we do everyday in our class and I can not wait to get started with all of my new friends.

A Look Around the Room• Art and Writers Awesome Work

• Class room rules

• Calendar/Carpet time

• Centers

• Schedule

• Supplies

• Library

• Our teachers and class friends

My experience• I’ve been a Kindergarten Assistant

Teacher for 5 years.

• This will be my first year as a teacher.

• I have a Masters Degree in Management

• I used to work at a bank for 7 years before teaching

My background• I grew up in Kosciusko, MS

• I went to all of the Kosciusko Elementary schools and High School

• I went to college at Holmes Community College, University of Phoenix, and Belhaven College

• I have lived in :Carthage, MS and Shreveport, LA

• I currently live in Madison, MS and I love being here.

Getting to knowMrs. Richmond

My Family• I am married to Jason and we have been married for

6 years. He is a professional builder and can build anything. Jason is loving, he likes to make people like and is a very hard worker.

• Together we have three kids and they are Fallon, 21 Brady, 9 and Jase, 2. Fallon has a new baby so now I am a grandmother, but he will call me “Sissy”. Brady is a 4th grader at Mannsdale Upper and makes all A’s and Jase goes to see his “TuTu” everyday and he is working hard at learning to follow directions.

• Our family has one pet and his name is Jasper. He is a Miniature Schnauzer and he is 4 years old. He loves to chase after the kids and squirrels.

Class Goals• Learn to follow directions show that we are

respectful

• Be able to read on the goal level

• Learn how to count to 120

• Be able to add and subtract

• Learn how to be a artist through painting and coloring in the lines

• Be a good listener

• Be a leader

• Know all of the sight words

Classroom Rules• Please be nice to others

• Always follow directions

• Remember to have a clean heart

• Please remember to raise your hand

• Remember sharing is caring

• Don’t cry just try

Class Subjects that will be completed through centers:• Reading center

• Math center

• Whole group

• Art center

• Social Studies/Science center

• Listening center

• Literacy center and Writers Workshop

Reading Centers• During this center we will be learning about our letters and. Also,

we will learn how each letter should sound/look and as each group masters those topics we will move on to learning how to read. Once each of you finish kindergarten you will be reading like a pro!!! Aren’t you so excited for Reading!!!

Math Centers• We will start out with the

numbers 0-10 and as we learn these we will move on until we get to 120. We will learn how to spell, write, say, identify all of the numbers. Also, we will learn about shapes, money, greater or less than, word problems and addition and subtraction. Each of you will be ready for First grade when we finish at the end of the year!!!! I can’t wait to get started and watch each of you grow throughout the year!!!!

Whole Group• During whole group we will all be learning new things as a class.

Anytime we start something new I will introduce it during: morning meeting, songs/videos, and during whole group. We will all work together, listening to the teacher to so we won’t miss anything important. Whole group is such an important time for us and we will learn it in a way that will be so fun and easy to remember!!!!

Art Centers• During our art centers we will be

doing cute projects that will be displayed in the hall or go home to your parents so they can see how well you follow directions to create a beautiful piece of art. We will be doing art that goes along with what we are covering at the time. My favorite art project is the self portrait and you will always know how to create a portrait of yourself or of someone else!!! Remember to always work hard and do your best!!!

Social Studies/Science

• Over the course of the year we will get to see how a butterfly grows. We will get to see it come out of its cocoon and we can then release them outside. It is so exciting to see them change from day to day. Also we will learn about space, presidents, oceans and animals. All of these different topics are so exciting to learn about and they will teach you a little bit about how our world works from along time ago up until how things work today!!!!

Listening Centers• Our listening centers are a fun

time where we get to listen to stories about our different topics we will cover. We will then get to go back to our desk and color a picture of our favorite part of the story. Later, as we get better with our writing we can start to write a story about what happened! This is a good time so show off your coloring and writing skills!!!!

Writers Workshopand

Literacy• During writers workshop we will be creating pictures

that are labeled telling us what we are doing and later writing stories. Our stories will be on something that you are telling us about and we will also get to teach each other how to do something through our writing!!! Even when we do whole group we will get to write about so many different things and we can then put them outside our room with our art work!!!!

Field Trips• Throughout the year we will go on two field trips! The trips will be to the

Pumpkin Patch and the other will be to the Children’s Museum.

• At the Pumpkin Patch we will get to tour the grounds that will have different animals there and we get to pick our very own pumpkin to take home! At the end, we will get to have a picnic with all the other Kindergarten classes.

• The Children's Museum is a trip that you parents can attend and you get to go look around with them or with the teacher. Also, at the end we will get to have a picnic and play on the playground.

• Throughout the year, we will also have other events like Barnyard Bash, 100th Day of School and Splash Day.

Does anyone have any

questions?

Let’s Have aGreat Year!