A little bit about the kindergarten teachers…

Melisa Gungoll-I am a Oklahoma State University graduate with a degree in Early Childhood Education.   I have taught in the public schools and private schools for 21 years.

How to contact me:

Amy Dolf (kindergarten assistant)  I attended the University of Oklahoma.   This is my second year at Rosary full time.

What does my child need to bring?

  • An extra change of uniform clothing, labeled with your child’s name
  • Small resting blanket, small pillow if needed, and a small quiet resting buddy if needed
  • Water bottle with a spill and leak proof lid
  • Their navy blue bag
  • Their Bulldog binder

Student Expectations

  • To always do your best!
  • To be respectful to everyone and everything
  • To follow the class rules that were made together as a class
  • To listen to stories read to them in a group setting
  • To participate in small and large group activities
  • To stay on task for 15 minute increments

Parent Expectations

  • Have your student to school on time, prepared, and well rested daily
  • Encourage responsibility-let them put their bag away, lunch box away, sign in every morning.  If eating lunch with your child, let them put their tray away or throw their trash away and clean their area.
  • Read or do literacy activities nightly for 20 minutes.  This could be but not limited to a stick in the dirt and writing, chalk on the driveway drawing pictures, helping write a grocery list, practicing sight words, writing a note to grandma, draw a picture for a friend, writing letters in the tub with bathtub crayons, and or reading.  Make it fun!
  • Keep them home if they are running a fever over 100, vomiting, or have had diarrhea within the last 24 hours
  • Communicate all important information

Classroom Management

  • As a class, we made our 4 rules and signed our “contract” that we agree and will follow the rules
  1. Respect everyone and everything
  2. Sit criss cross applesauce with your hands in your lap and voices off on the carpet
  3. Raise your hand when you have something to say and stand when speaking
  4. Stay with our class and ask a teacher if you need to leave the room
  • Verbal and nonverbal cues will be given first
  • If the behavior continues, the student will be asked to take a break from the group until the student feels like they can participate correctly.
  • If the behavior continues, the student will be asked to take a break from the group and will have to wait on a teacher to talk about the issue and figure out a solution.
  • If the behavior continues, the student will visit a buddy classroom until the student can participate correctly and fully with a solution.
  • Mrs. Harris’s office is available as needed.  Phone calls and or emails will be made to parents when warranted.
  • We use Love and Logic and Responsive Classroom-natural consequences.  For example, it you choose to play during work time, then you can work during your play time.

Daily Schedule

  • 8:10 Arrival/prayer/calendar
  • 8:30-9:00 special daily (PE, Music, Computers, Library, Art, Spanish)
  • Morning meeting
  • Centers
  • 10:45-11:05 lunch
  • 11:05-11:40 recess
  • Religion
  • special/journals/handwriting/centers
  • Rest time
  • Grouptime and snack
  • Recess
  • 3:10 dismissal/prayer

Rest time

  • The school provides rest mats.  Your child can bring a small blanket, small pillow, and small quiet stuffed friend.  Space is an issue.  Everything needs to fit in your child’s cubby.
  • The lights are off and soft music is playing
  • Students are allowed to look at books during rest time
  • Students do not have to sleep, but are asked to rest their bodies quietly for 30 minutes
  • After 30 minutes, students who are asleep, are allowed to continue to sleep for up to an hour.  Students who are awake are able to choose a center or activity as long as they are not disturbing a sleeping friend.

Bulldog Binders

  • Go home daily
  • Contain student work, information from our classroom, school, and community
  • Contains sight word lists and 100’s chart for practice at home
  • Contains a literacy log.  Write down the number of minutes and the activity that you do each day.  This could be anything, but not limited to writing with a stick in the dirt, chalk on the driveway, a note to a friend, writing the grocery list, looking for sight words while driving in the car, and of course reading nightly.
  • Contains a velcro pouch for important notes from home, money, and or forms that need to be turned into the school.
  • The binders should be taken care of so they can be used from year to year.  We ask that you do not eat or drink while using your binder and that you keep it in your navy blue bag to help ensure that it is not lost.

Birthdays

  • Can be celebrated at school with a small birthday treat for all  22 students in our class to share
  • Please let the teachers know which day you would like to celebrate your child’s special day
  • If sending out invitations at school, all students must be invited.  The exception to this is if it is an all boy or all girl party, then all boys in our class or all girls in our class must be invited in order for you to pass out invitations at school.

Book Orders

  • Will be sent home periodically
  • You can order online or on the order form sent home
  • If ordering on the order form, only 1 check is needed for the total combined amount for all books ordered.  Checks can be made out to Scholastic books
  • Online orders can be submitted at any time, using the classroom code HJKX6
  • Every book purchased helps our classroom to receive free books

By the end of the school year, your child should be able to…

  • Rote count to 100 without skipping
  • Recognize and write numbers 1-20
  • Recognize 2d and 3d shapes
  • Complete simple addition and subtraction math problems
  • Read simple text
  • Recognize and name sight words
  • Write 2 full sentences with a capital letter and correct punctuation

This is just the highlights of some of the big items we will be learning this year.  Specific academic standards can be found on the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City website at http://www.archokc.org/catholic-school-office/curriculum.  Yes, some students are already reading and counting past 100!  We will take them from where they are now and strive for them to reach their full potential.  If your child is already counting to 100, writing words, or reading you can expect them to be challenged to go further.

How can I help???

  • Read to your child daily!
  • Practice sight words.  Point out words around your house, on food boxes, in the car as you are driving, in the store while you are shopping, and or while you are reading books nightly.
  • Practice rote counting to 100 or further without skipping numerals.
  • Play board games and do not always let your child win.  Candyland, Trouble, Sorry, Uno, Chutes and Ladders, Hi Ho Cherry O, Dominos etc are some good options.
  • Have your child help with household tasks.  Sorting, folding, and putting away laundry, taking out the trash, unloading the dishwasher, taking their dirty dishes to the sink after a meal, feeding pets, walking the dog, pulling weeds, etc.  By doing tasks you are helping your child see some of the tasks that need to be completed for your family, a sense of ownership among the family, and responsibilities.  Family roles are part of our religion curriculum.
  • Volunteer in the classroom, cafeteria, and other areas of our school.  Be involved!  Don’t forget to log your time and talent hours in renweb!