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A handbook of all you
need to know for the
upcoming school year
2014 - 2015

Miss Danielle Greene
dgreene@rcsnc.org
828-248-2354 (School)



1. Abbie Johnson
2. Ava Dobbins
3. Ayden Blanton
4. Brian Blowers
5. Connor Owens
6. Destany Hartley
7. Ethan McNeilly
8. Hailey Watson
9. Harmony Melton
10. Hayden Sprouse
11. Hunter Swink
12. Jayden Johnson
13. Jonas McSwain
14. Jordan Boyd
15. Julian Chappell
16. Kaiden Fortune
17. McClure Mayse
Miss Danielle Greene
&
Mrs. Missy Landis
Class List
WOW! Its such an exciting time!
Kindergarten! This is such an important
year in your childs life and I feel so
blessed and honored you have chosen to
share your beautiful gift with me! Thank
you so much for all your support,
encouragement and hard work you will
provide this year. I may be your childs
teacher but YOU are the most important
teacher in their life. I firmly believe in
communication in anyway, shape or form.
If you have a concern, question or just a
comment, please ALWAYS let me know. If
you have a problem and I dont know
about it, I cant fix it. And, boy, do I love
to fix problems! :) Its going to be a great
year! Your child is going to learn and
grow so much this year. In June, we will
both look back and think, Where has the
time gone and look at how much this baby
has grown!
We are going to have fun! We are going
to play! We are going to learn a lot!
We are going to grow!
So, enjoy this milestone in your childs
life. Dont be strangers in our classroom.
Come anytime, come for lunch, come for
snack, come for reading rotations.they
are only babies once. So, Im geared and
ready for a year of laughter, memories,
love and learning! Enjoy these upcoming
days and months. Its going to be a blast!
Thank you for trusting your babies with
me.
Love, Miss Danielle Greene
Zzzzzz: Please make sure your
child gets plenty of rest each
night! I love seeing bright, rested,
relaxed energetic children!


-Quite fun! Each child will have their special day to be KINGor
QUEEN for the day.
We will drawa picture of them, explore the letters in their
name, create a name bottle and much more!
I knowyour child will be SUPER excited to share the details of their
special day with their families!
Attendance is VERY important. Please make
sure your child is here every day before the
8:30 bell. Remember our Specials times when you
absolutely have to schedule an appointment during school
hours.
Active - Our students are VERY active throughout the day. There is
not a whole lot of sitting for very
long. We dance, jump,
transition and move!
We are 5 & 6 !
We need fun!
Birthdays - Birthdays are special days
honoring your child. You may have birthday
parties after lunch. Please check
with me prior to the event so I can help make it even more
special. When it is your child s birthday they will bring home the birthday
bag! Read the information that goes along with the bag and have fun!
BEE Folders - please make sure to send this back and forth to school each
and every day.
This is SO important.
ClassroomLibrary - Every day your child
will have the opportunity to check out a book
fromour personal classroomlibrary. When
they finish reading it they may bring it back and check out
another one.
Class? Yes? Whole Brain Teaching is my
behavior management of choice! It is
very positive, engaging and effective.
There is a lot of student interaction
and participation.
Dont Forget to keep an extra set of clothes in your
chids book bag. You never know what might happen in
a day.
Data Notebooks - They will go home twice a month
on Mondays. Please look through these, praise your child
for growth, note what your child needs to improve on, initial
them and send them back to school the next day. It is very
important it is returned.
If I dont have them, I cant assess
your child on our normal schedule.
Thanks so much!
Easy Peasy Kindergarten? Kindergarten is not what it used to
be! This year we will learn 113+ words, howto read cvc words,
nonsense words and books; numbers, howto add and subtract
numbers and so much more! It s amazing howsmart our
sweet little ones are and howmuch information they can retain! I amso
excited to see howhigh each one of our newKindergartners can soar!
Family Involvement: We will have various
activities throughout the year that we would
LOVE for your family to be involved in.
We have a big kindergarten Halloween Fun Fest, 50s days, 12 Centers
of Christmas, & Easter Extravaganza! I will
send home notes concerning upcoming events so you will always
knowwhat s going on!
Graph of the day: Each day there will be a
graph of the day! It could be a question about
anything fromWhat s your favorite dessert
to Do you like broccoli? Ask your child periodically about the
graph of the day! This will help with our math skills, comparing numbers,
literacy and it will be
fun getting to know
each other s opinions!
Homework - Homework will be in the formof a choice
board. I always encourage parents to work at your child s
pace. I knowwe all stay busy. As long as the homework is
completed by your child at some point in the week, that is totally fine
with me. Nightly or bi-nightly? When; is your choice completely.
Homework bags: Beginning in late September/October your child will
start bringing home homework bags! These bags are fun learning
activities that you can do with your child !
Interesting books! We will send home monthly Scholastic book
orders! This is a great way to stock your home library and
help our classroomearn points. You can order online. Our
online code is located on our Harris school website.
Jobs: Your child will have a classroomjob!
They will love being so responsible and helping so much!
We will change jobs each Monday morning! Ask your child what
their job is for the week! They may be line leader, teacher assistant,
lunch helper, marker inspector, schedule maintenance or one of many
other job titles!
- Keeping your child home: If at all possible,
please make sure your child is here at school.
They will miss valuable lessons when they are absent. Of
course, there are those times they need to stay home if they are sick
and in those cases, snuggle up with themand watch cartoons and eat
chicken noodle soup. Please always send me a note so I can excuse the
absence. Your child can only have 10 excused absences. After that, they
will need a doctor s note or the
absence will be considered unexcused.
Thank you so much!
Lunch: We eat lunch from11:10 - 11:40 each day. We would love
for you to come each lunch with us. Our doors are always open
to you!
Library - Our library day is THURSDAY. Your child will check out a Harris
Library book on this day. Please make sure your child returns their
library book so they may check out another one on their next visit. Our
librarian s name is Ms. Buchanan.
Math: We will be using engage NY math this year It is very
in depth and hands on! We use a TON of manipulatives
everyday during math. We have a math rotation. This
consists of 3 small groups rotating every 15 minutes.
Money: Please send any money in your
child s BEE folder in the zippered pouch and write the
date,amount and what it s for on the Money Index Card

Notes: Any notes (doctor s, excuse notesetc) you need to give
to me, please send it in your child s BEE Folder.
There is also a Parent/Teacher Communication sheet located in
your child s BEE folder you and I will use to communicate back and forth
about any given topic.
Open communication: Always feel free to
contact me with questions or concerns. I m
only a phone call, email or text away and my door
is always open before or after school hours if you need to discuss
anything at all.
Poetry: Look for lots of poems and poetry
this year! We will be keeping a poetry notebook and we will
learn some silly poems!
Pencils, Pens, Markers.you will see your child using themall this year! I
believe children should explore the fun of writing! Writing with a marker
on their writing paper that should be PENCIL ONLY is the coolest thing,
for whatever reason, to a 5 year old! :)
Reading: Reading is SO important. Make
sure your child is reading nightly. We will have reading rotations .
Your child will learn howto use reading strategies like Lips the
Fish, Eagle Eye, Stretchy Snake and Chunky Monkey. We will send home
rotation books 3 - 4 times per week. Have your child read their rotations
book to you and then send it back to school
the next day. Sight Words - We will learn a total of 113+ words by the
end of the year! We have broken themdown into
RainbowSight Words! Every child starts on red words.
Once they learn those words, they will move to the next color. There
are 10 colors total they will advance through. We will assess sight words
every week. Practice, practice, practice.
Snack: We will have afternoon snack each day. Each student will be
responsible for snack once a month. On their snack day,we ask that you
provide snack and juice for everyone in the
class. We currently have 17/18 students.
- Transportation: If you wish your child to go
home by any other means than you have originally specified,
please fill out the transportation log located in your child s
BEE folder.
Tennis Shoes - Our PE days are
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Please make sure your child wears
tennis shoes on these days.
- U : You are your child s number one teacher.
Thank you for all your support this upcoming year! I look
forward to working with you !
- Ugh? I got paint on my clothes!. It s going to
happen. Send your precious baby to school in play clothes,
They are here to learn through play.
- Volunteers: Are ALWAYS welcomed! We LOVE help!
If you want to lead a math rotation, literacy rotation
read with a small group, help with
projects.anything!! Just let me knowwhen you
would like to come and I will help make your time
most enjoyable!
Website: We have a classroom
website! This is where I will post pictures,
videos, information about
upcoming dates and much more.
This website is not open to the public. It is
accessible for members only. The website is
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Yahoo!! At the end of the year we
will have an AR party! When your child
reads 100 books, they will receive a
super cool AR t-shirt and entrance to the AR water party at
the end of the year! Please fill out the monthly reading logs.
At least 15 books a month is our goal for a grand total of 100+
books by June!
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