Meet Room. 103

 Here is a slideshow of our class members. Hopefully this tool will help our community get to know each other better. Remember when we are inside we will be wearing masks. When we are outside we will not wear our masks. So, it is important that we recognize each other when we have our masks on and off.  

Let's see how many members you can recognize on the first day of school. Do you remember any of your classmates names?

Click on slideshow and view on full screen for best viewing.

Best Wishes From and to Former Students

 As we prepare for the start of a new school year,  it is always important to remember former students.  during the 2020-2021 school year our class family was a part of the Burlington Remote Academy.  Now first graders, former students will be attending Pine Glen, Memorial, Fox Hill and Francis Wyman.  They will be first grade rock stars!  Mrs. Hoyt wishes them a wonderful year!

Former students know how wonderful kindergarten is and wish the incoming class a year full of joy, learning and great fun! 

Over the past few weeks, former students, now 1st, 2nd and even 6th graders have written, called, visited and checked in to say hello and share excitement about the year ahead.  Once we are a classroom family, we are always connected!

Best of luck everyone!

Pumpkin Picking Time

 

Joyce was excited to report she had great success in growing her pumpkin!  Way to go Joyce!  How did everyone else do with their pumpkins?  

First graders are ready to start the year.  Keep in touch with Mrs. Hoyt to share all your fun adventures!

Time To Bloom

 

Did you attend kindergarten orientation at Pine Glen in May?  If so did you plant a sunflower seed?  By now you should have a tall plant and hopefully a beautiful sunflower!  Send Mrs. Hoyt a picture to share with classmates on our blog!

This is an extra opportunity.........if the flower did not grow, or you did not make it to the open house, do not fret!

2015 flower is all yellow and has a smaller head.

2014 was a much taller plant with a touch a brown in the flower!

They are all beautiful!

Photos, Forms and Meetings

  Hello Remote Academy Kindergarten Families - 

Please be sure to note all the tasks requested in my recent communication.  Follow up information will be sent with a reminder for the September 1 meeting.

Photos to email to Mrs. Hoyt(khoyt@bpsk.org) - please send a.s.a.p

• Introductory photo and comment for the blog

• Student photo for bulletin board(Send by August 31)

• Head shot with and without a mask for meet Room 103 

• Family photo that we can print and have available for our kindergarten students to see while at school.

Forms to Complete

1 - About My Child and Our Family

Sign Ups and Meetings

1 - Listening Conference with Mrs. Hoyt

2 - Orientation Meeting September 1

We Love Books! - Books for Individual Purchase or to Sponsor for the Class!

Mrs. Hoyt and Mrs. Kerr love putting books in students' hands!

 One of our goals during the coming school year will be to encourage and foster a love of books and reading.  Our class will have a Scholastic Book Club membership in which families may purchase books and our classroom  collection will grow as well.   Teachers also purchase books for students through this resource.  Information about book purchases will be sent home in  September, but you can go to this link now if you are eager to look!

 

Both Mrs. Kerr and Mrs. Hoyt are big supporters of putting books in the

hands of our students to have and keep as their own.  Throughout the year we

will be gifting books to the children.

As a loyal supporter of the Scholastic book clubs, our classroom is usually given the

opportunity to purchase books on sale.  Scholastic is currently running a program

allowing me to purchase a book of the week for $1. 

We would welcome your support.  If you would like to sponsor a class prize,

we will purchase a book for the class ($15 - per book sponsored).  When

the book arrives we will place a sticker on the inside noting your gift and

will award it to the entire class.(Each student to receive their own copy!)

If you would like to participate, please send $15 cash and

send a note indicating the donor name(s) we should include on the sticker.

Questions? - Contact Mrs. Hoyt

Here is how! 

*During the 2020-2021 school year students were the recipients of nearly 25 books thanks to generous donations from many sources!

Save The Date

 Pine Glen Kindergarten Open House Night

To be held virtually on Monday, September 13, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.

Kindergarten Orientation will help you learn the logistics of how we will function.  Open House will help you learn about our curriculum and what we will be learning this year.

The virtual Open House model will afford a great opportunity to have everyone attend as parents do not need to arrange transportation and babysitting.  

Mrs. Hoyt will be in touch about logistics and will share the meeting link.

If your family has technology or translation needs, please reach out so we may make arrangements to help with communications.

 

Meet Room 103

 

As friends share photos and introduce themselves, the pictures will be posted at the top tab Meet Our Kindergarten Friends.

I am so excited to see you and meet you!  We are going to have a great year!

If you are looking for the sample All About ME paper, scroll down as it was posted a few days ago.

Read Aloud Tips

 

Read Aloud Tips

We are big believers in the benefits of reading aloud to children.  Please make time to read with your son/daughter daily.  Below are some tips from the PBS show "Between the Lions".

* Read to your child every day.  If you can't ask someone else to be your child's designated reader.
* Try to find a regular time and quiet, comfortable place for reading together.
* Turn off other distractions, such as the radio or television.
* Read slowly enough so that your child has time to take in the story and look at the pictures.
* Children may enjoy holding the book or turning the pages.  Invite your child to point to words on the page or help you read the words.  Explain unfamiliar words.
* Encourage your children to ask questions about he characters, pictures, and words.
* Talk about the story with your child.  Did he or she like it? Why?
* Your child may want you to read the same story over and over again. after several retellings, ask your child to tell you the story.
* Older children enjoy reading aloud, too.  They can read their favorite parts, or you can take turns reading chapter books.
* Visit the Between the Lions website (pbskids.org/lions) for more on children and reading.

All About Me

 

Hello kindergarten friends! I cannot wait to officially meet you. Here is a picture of my All About Me paper that I will share with all of you soon!  Please fill yours out and have it ready to share are our class meets.  I will invite a different friend or two to share their paper each day. 

All About Mrs. Hoyt!

Hello Room 103 Friends,

 I can not wait to meet you!  Here is a picture of my All About me paper.  Please fill out yours and bring it when you come to orientation on September 1.  

Blog Translation

 

Blog Translation Available

This blog is available with translation.  Click the button on right and select the language you would like to view the blog in.  We hope this is a helpful tool to our students' families.

Preparing Kindergartners for School

 Tips

Preparing Kindergartners For School

These ideas are intended to help students be more independent, helping to maintain distance between students and teachers when feasible.

• Practice shoe tying or wear shoes without laces.
• Practice wearing masks for longer and longer periods of time.
• Practice taking masks on and off to eat and proper storage. (A small paper bag with child’s name may work)
• Practice opening snacks, food and drink containers. 
• Practice hand washing.
• Practice using a tissue to blow your nose.
• Practice with buttons, belts, etc for toileting and dressing for out of doors.