Phoebe's August School Happenings

Phoebe has adjusted well to being at school all day.  She is in Kindergarten this year, and really likes her teacher.  She has a few friends in her class this year that she knew from last year and enjoys sitting by them in the classroom and playing with them at recess.  She has speech twice a week, and will continue to work toward reaching and exceeding her speech goals on her IEP with the speech teacher this year.

Do you get to have a snack at school?  What kinds of snacks do you eat?
Phoebe:  Yes.  Sugar popcorn, Goldfish, sugar Goldfish, fruit snacks, Granola Bars, On the first day my teacher gave everyone of Kindergarten a Popsicle.

Who do you like to play with at recess?  What do you like to do at recess?
Phoebe:  Lydia, Emma, Jade, and Lila.  Teeter-Totter, Merry-Go-Round.  It goes super fast.  The monkey bars.  I play on the swings.  I played on the rock wall.  I climbed all the way up there and there was a little hole and I got off of it and it was scary.

You have taken your lunch everyday to school so far in your lunchbox.  What kinds of food do you like to pack to eat for lunch?
Phoebe:  Yogurt covered raisins, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, jello, squeeze applesauces, crackers, juice bags, and water.

You had to bring a large/beach towel to school with your school supplies.  What do you use the towel for during the school day?
Phoebe:  After lunch I lay on it and take a rest with everybody.  Sometimes people fall asleep.  When they are still sleeping we read books and eat a snack.

What have you been practicing/learning in math?
Phoebe:  Numbers and counting.

What do you do on the nursery rhyme papers (below)?
Phoebe:  We color the pictures.  We have to look for certain things... letters and words.

What are the specials that you get to go to with your class?
Phoebe:  P.E., computers, music room, and library.

Tell me about the "Red Plate" reward.
Phoebe:  If you get on blue or purple you get to use the red plate from school to eat dinner.

How does your teacher reward/give consequences for good/bad behavior at school?
Phoebe:  Everybody has a clip with their name on it.  Everybody starts on green.  Some kids have to move their stick down and they have to move their stick up.  If you move down to yellow, orange, and red you get in trouble.  If you move up to blue or purple Mrs. ______  be's happy!

Below is Phoebe's August calendar that she brought home every  night from school in August.  A parent must initial it each night and send it back to school in the morning.  This is a good communication tool between the teachers and the parents.  Each school day, at the end of the day, Phoebe gets to color the square with the color that her clip/clothespin has moved to and is still on at the end of the day.  She has stayed on green 8 days and moved up to blue 7 days so far.

What are your favorite things about Kindergarten so far?
Phoebe:  Recess, cutting, and P.E. and computers.  That is the one's that I really really like.