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Teacher - Serena
Chandley (18 th year in Kindergarten at El Carmelo)
Teacher - Susie
Davidson (15 th year as a PAUSD teacher)
Instructional Aide - Mona Napaa (1st
year as an aide and 10th year as a parent volunteer at El Carmelo)
Pictures of the teachers
& our class pet - Myrtle
the Turtle
Parent Volunteers - many opportunities
in and outside of classroom exist - Parents are always welcome!
Parent work afternoons - the first Monday of every month (1:30
- 4:00pm). Each family is encouraged to participate in at least
one Monday a year. See sign-up sheet in class or call Serena for
further opportuinities.
Weekly Newsletters - In Friday Folder
- contains class info, weekly happenings, permission slips, volunteer
requests, and upcoming events. Please
return Friday Folders every Monday.
September - October Time - 8:25 -
12:00 Monday - Friday through October
Daily September - October Schedule - Example
October Lunch Bunch - each student
stays several times in October from 12:00 to 1:30 (three or four
students per day) This time will be used to both enjoy lunch,
individualized testing , and to prepare students for upcoming
transition to the longer days of Winter and Spring. Please see
the schedule of our front door for your child's lunch days.
November - June Time -
Group A = 8:25 - 1:30 Monday - Wednesday and 8:25 - 12:00 Thursday - Friday.
Group B = 8:25 - 12:00 Monday - Tuesday and 8:25 - 1:30 Wednesday - Friday.
Daily November
- June Schedule - Example
Begins with our letter of the week program
September 11th
Each child will be scheduled one day during
the week
Each week help your child choose one item,
enclosed in a paper bag with 3 clues written on the bag.
Items should begin with letter of the week.
For more information see written hand out
in your take home packet.
Letter of the Week (A-Z) Begins September
______ - practice papers every Friday
Child of the Week - Please sign-up
for your kinders week (often combined with birthday). You and
your child should prepare a display of pictures and bring in those
items he/she would like to share with the class (a book, stuffed
animal, pet, cooking project, activity, or game). More specific
handout of suggestions given the week before.
Math Lab - Begins Wed., Sept. ______
Parent volunteers needed every Wednesday from 8:45 to 9:45am.
Life Lab Science - Life, Earth, Physical
Science using the garden as a laboratory
5th Grade Buddies - a weekly shared
activities program with Room 14 - Teacher: Kathy Chin
Library - schedule to be announced
- Librarian - Leslie Bell
Perceptual Motor (P.E.) - Developmental
gross motor activity stations every Monday morning
Spectra Art - every other week on
Wednesdays 11:00 - 12:00
Pumpkin Patch - TBA - depart 8:30 - return
11:00 - parents drivers needed
Hidden
Villa Farm - TBA - parent drivers needed
Hoover Park - December - parent walkers needed
Pizza My Heart - April - parent drivers needed
Palo Alto Fire Department safety demo at
Mitchell Park - May - parent walkers needed
Frequently read
alphabet books using the letter name / picture word / letter sound
format (example: A - apple - ahh)
Read
books and poetry with ryhming words - take note of ryhmes and
have fun making up ryhmes
Writing and drawing - pictures, notes, grocery
lists, signs, labels, reminders, cards, maybe even a journal
Play games - board games, bingo games, sport
games, card games (War and Go Fish help with number identification)
Responsible library practices (book and Friday
Folder return)
Share/discuss with your child - class work,
newsletters, and daily events
Visit the classroom with your child in the
afternoon to allow him/her to share
Seek opportunities to socialize with classmates
outside of school
Good food, sleep, quiet time, responsibility,
reward, and LOVE
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