Welcome to Parent

OrientationKindergarten

2019-2020

Classroom Phone Number: (281) 641-1523

E-mail Address: amy.atteberry@humbleisd.net

Check out our

WHE website!

WHE Website

Grade Level Activity Fees –used for grade level projects and resources.

School Café- online access to student’s lunch account for balance information and snack restrictions.

Volunteer Application -All volunteers (including field trip chaperones) need to complete a district volunteer application.

ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL• Students may arrive to school as early as 7:30am

• Students will be dismissed to classrooms at 7:50 am

• The tardy bell rings at 8:00. Valuable instruction begins promptly.

Excessive tardies and/or absences will be dealt with through

administration.

• If your child is absent, please call the attendance line @ 281-641-1519

by 8:50 to report their absence. Attendance line is available 24/7.

• Students are dismissed at 3:20

• Car riders and walkers are dismissed at the front of the school

● Bus and daycare riders leave from the side of the school.

● YMCA students meet in the cafeteria.

● Please make sure you send a note or call the office when there is a

change in the way your child is getting home!

Take Home Folder

Students should bring their take home folder back

and forth from school every day

• Please check for papers in the folder and take

them out.

• Any notes or papers you need to send to school

can be sent in the folder.

• The conduct card is also in the take home folder.

Please review any “incidents” with your student

and discuss better choices.

HomeworkAll Kindergarten students will

receive a homework spiral

starting in a few weeks .

This spiral will be placed in their

take home folder on Mondays. It will have a

calendar of short assignments for the week.

Please help your child complete the homework

each night and return the spiral every Friday.

Students may bring a snack to eat and water

in a sports cap bottle to drink to class

• Fruits or vegetables

• Cheese

• Crackers or Pretzels

• Beef jerky sticks

• Chips

• Cookies

• Candy

• Cakes or Cupcakes

Healthy Snacks Unhealthy Snacks

BIRTHDAYS• We celebrate each child’s birthday as a class. If you

wish to bring something for your child’s classmates,

feel free to bring small items such as pencils,

erasers, or small toys. Due to food allergies, food

items must be cleared through the school

nurse 2 days before the birthday.

• School policy states that no invitations will be

passed out at school.

Additional Information…

• Scholastic Orders. Online orders only. (See Flyers)

• Daily Schedule

• Progress Reports/Report Card

• Specials (PE, Art, Computers, Music and Library)

• Field Trip sometime in the Spring.

• Breakfast Prices: $1.40 Students

• Lunch Prices: $2.25 Students

• Lunch is at 11:15-11:45. Please sit at the Visitors Table.

• Please label your child’s personal items such as jackets, lunch kits, etc.

• If you can, teach your child how to tie his or her shoelaces and reinforce sneezing on their sleeve.

• Friday is Spirit Day!!! Have your child wear their school shirt!

• a la carte items on

sale in the cafeteria

• Consider putting

restrictions on your

child’s account.

• There is no limit on

the a la carte items

they can add to their

lunch unless a

guardian puts

restrictions in place.

A few kindergarten benchmarks…..�Identifying 52 letters of the alphabet (upper and lowercase

�Identifies concepts about print (directionality, letters vs.

words, most common sight words, punctuation marks).

�Reads (97% accuracy) and understands a text level D

(Fountas and Pinnell text leveling system).

�Spells simple 3 letter words (hot, cat, cup, etc.)

�Writes sentences using capitalization and punctuation.

�Read, write, represent, and compare numbers to 20.

�Recite (orally) numbers to 100 by ones and tens.

�Identify coins.

�Identify 2D and 3D shapes.

�Model and solve addition and subtraction word problems.

BEHAVIOR

� Verbal or Nonverbal

Warning

� Stop and Think (Time

Out)

� Logical Consequences(change location, stop and think,

apologies, practice routines and

procedures, “fixing it”)

� Parent note or phone call

� Office Referral ( some

incidents are immediate office

referrals)

Guiding Principles: Be Responsible, Respectful, and Reliable

� Star Bucks/Rewards

� Treasure Box

� Woody’s Wonder

� Verbal Praise/Cheers

� Class Rewards

� Positive Parent Phone

call

� Visit a class or staff to

“show off” work

CONSEQUENCES REWARDS

Gifted & Talented at WHEStefany Beal, Extended Learning Teacher

stefany.beal@humbleisd.net, 281-641-1575

Starting this year, there will be an online district testing portal to

request Gifted and Talented testing. Referrals should be

completed in the online portal on the Advanced Academics

website. This portal will only be open during the assessment

window(s) and will include parental permission to test, evaluate, and

receive gifted program services. The dates for testing dates are

below:

•Kindergarten: August 26 - December 20

•Grades 1-12: August 26 - September 27

If you have any questions, please contact Stefany Beal at

stefany.beal@humbleisd.net. Thanks!

CONNECT TO YOUR CHILD’S

DIGITAL PORTFOLIO!

THANKSFORCOMING!