Mill Creek Towne
Kindergarten News
All the children have made a good adjustment to our
Kindergarten program. It is important that you check your child’s
green school folder, complete any information, and repack it in
his/her backpack. Don’t forget to put money in your child’s lunch
account.
Reading
In reading we are
working on reading
for literary experience. Students will
identify the characters, problems, and
solutions of a story
using familiar books.
We are also learning
about capital and
lower case letters
and the sounds they
make. It would be
helpful if you would
reinforce these
strategies at home.
Students are learning
how to work independently at centers.
They will have the
opportunity to practice and review skills
taught in whole group
lessons. Students are
working on social
skills such as taking
turns and sharing.
Math
We are currently
working on Unit
One. We are working on number
sense. We will use
these words to locate specific items
in our room. We will
also learn the vocabulary word
“sort”. We will do
several sorting activities. We will also
learn the rules for
math stations.
Volume , Issue
September 4, 2015
Dates to Remember
9/4— Back to School
Picnic
9/7— No school (Labor
Day)
9/9— PTA/ Back to
School Night 7:00-8:45
9/14— No school
9/23— No school
Writer’s Workshop
The students will learn how to be a writer. The students will be
introduced to the structure and the routine of Writer’s Workshop. They will begin to learn the steps in the writing process.
In addition, we are emphasizing the importance of everyday
writing. Again, it would be helpful to have you demonstrate this
at home (shopping list, notes, letters, etc.)
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Science
Social Studies
Our unit of study for Science is weather. The students will learn how to use
their five senses to observe weather.
We will go on science walks and learn
what it means to be a scientist. We will
read several books about weather. The
students will get up and move with science this year.
The students will learn about
the rules of the school. The
students will take a tour
around the school and students will learn the roles and
responsibilities of the personnel in our school. The students
will develop the ground rules
for their classrooms and discuss what their job is in our
classrooms.
Parent Communication
Welcome to Kindergarten! We enjoyed seeing our new families at the Back to School
Picnic and Back to School Night. Don’t forget to sign up for parties. Please return all
paper work that was sent home the first week of school. Please continue to practice your
child’s PIN number. We are still backing up lunch.
We hope to see everyone! Don’t forget to sign up for parties and parent conferences.
Mill Creek Towne Elementary School
Vision and Mission statements
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The Mill Creek Towne Elementary School vision is to ensure the successful academic, social and personal development of all students. Our mission is for the staff, students, and community to:
Set high expectations based on the belief that all students can learn and succeed regardless of race,
disability, language, gender, ethnicity, and previous performance.
Foster a positive, risk-free, safe learning environment of mutual respect.
Promote open communication among stakeholders through PTA meetings, grade level newsletters, volunteer opportunities, the school website, and parent/teacher conferences.
Collaborate from all directions with all stakeholders is key to success.
Support differentiated instruction for various learning styles by using practices that engage and motivate students to learn.