Welcome to Kindergarten!

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Welcome to Kindergarten!
Pleasant Valley School
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Meet Our Team

• Ms. Colleen
• All Day
• Ms. Rosini
• All Day
• Mr. Mott
• All Day

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Other Teammates!

• Mrs. Miner
• School Principal
• Mrs. Post
• Vice Principal
• Ms. Messina
• School Secretary
• Ms. Gayle
• School Nurse

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What do I need for school?

• Backpack
• Lunch box (for snacks, drinks, and lunch)
• Healthy snack and drink
• Milk and or Lunch money (optional)
• Milk / Lunch Money - Please pay Friday for the
  following week. Please put money in a sealed
  envelope with your childs name, your childs
  teachers name, and the amount enclosed. Thank
  you!
• Blanket (for all day only)
• Change of clothes
• Label everything with your childs name.

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What will I learn in Kindergarten?

• ABCs and 1,2,3s
• Rhyming, letter sounds, sight words, reading
  books
• Counting to 30, patterns, measuring, shapes,
  money, time, graphing
• Weather, animals, plants.
• Holidays, special people

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What does the day look like?

• Communication Folder
• Morning Work
• Morning Meeting
• Read Aloud
• Bathroom / Snack Break
• Literacy Activities - Guided Reading, projects,
  lessons, journal writing
• Lunch / Recess / Nap
• Math Activities
• Specials - Art, Music, Gym, Library, (Health)

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What can I do at home?

• Read, read, read!
• Go places, talk about what you see!
• Visit your local library regularly
• Play and make art work - cut, color, glue, play
  with play dough
• Practice writing your name
• Practice reading and writing letters and numbers
• Practice letter ID, sounds, sight words
• Practice rhyming words
• Eat healthy and get a good nights sleep!

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When do I need to be at school for All Day K?

• Students line up on the K-1 playground between
  840 and 850am.
• School starts at 855am.
• Dismissal begins at 325pm.
• 325 Parent Pick-ups from Gym.
• 330 Bus students and Walkers are dismissed.

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Where can I go for more information?

• Weather Channel 19 or check the i online
• Grotons District Website http//www.groton.k12.c
  t.us/gps/site/default.asp
• Pleasant Valley Website
• http//www.groton.k12.ct.us/Domain/1020
• PV Kindergarten Team Website
• http//www.groton.k12.ct.us/domain/1062

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Is there anything else?

• Please have ID ready if you or a family member is
  to pick up your child.
• Please call the office or send in a note if
• Your child is out sick or has an appointment.
• Any change in a childs pick-up routine.
• Any change in contact information (phone or
  email).

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Have a great Kindergarten year!