Kindergarten

We look forward to meeting you and your child this August. This is the beginning of such a wonderful adventure, and we are excited to share it with you!

The first day of school is Tuesday, August 15. All kindergartners will meet with all three kindergarten teachers on the first three days of school.

In order to make the start of school the most positive experience for your child, the first three days will be half days (students will be dismissed at 12:00). This gives your child time to transition into his/her new school setting. We have many fun whole group and small group activities planned for these days. During these activities, a team of teachers will observe students and group students in a way that is best for all learners. Kindergarten students will be assigned to a teacher on Thursday, August 17. A letter introducing your child’s teacher will go home with him/her that day.

We will have Foothills Meet and Greet Night on Thursday, August 10. At this time, we will collect school supplies and answer any questions you have about kindergarten. We look forward to meeting you and the Kindergarten Class of 2036!

• Please label snacks and water bottles (as well as any other personal items sent to school) with your student's name.

• Please check Friday folders every week. There are two sections in the folder. Please take all items out of the Keep at Home side of the folder. Look through the work and talk with your student about what they did at school this week. Please also check the Return to School side of the folder for any papers that may need to be returned.

• Please practice self help skills with your student such as tying shoes, zipping, buttoning and snapping pants and coats, and taking care of all bathroom needs. Also, have students practice opening lunch packages on their own

• Please work on writing your student's name, starting with a capital letter at the beginning and using lowercase letters throughout the rest of the name. If your student has mastered this, they can work on writing their last name too!

• Write their complete first and last name with a capital at the beginning and lowercase letters after that.

• Recognize and write all upper case and lower case consonants and say the sounds.

  • See it, Say it, Sign it- Letters and Sounds

• Say all the sounds they hear in a word.

• Blend sounds together to read and say CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words. For example, l-e-g, leg.

• Addition facts within 10.

• Write numbers 0 through 20. Begin to understand numbers from 1-100.

• Count to 120. **Many times students will skip numbers in the teens. so please practice saying the numbers correctly.

• Count backwards from 20.

• Count on and back from different numbers.

• Tie their shoes.

• Zip their coats.

• Take care of all needs in the bathroom.