Dear
Parents,
Welcome
to kindergarten! Hope your kids and you enjoyed the first week of school so far! This
new academic year will bring with it interesting challenges and bountiful
rewards. There will be wonderful teachers to meet, entertaining books to read,
different friends to make, and many useful skills to master.
ISD provides all school
supplies, including folders. This allows students to organize notes and
homework (optional) that should be brought back and forth to school weekly. Every Friday all students will bring
home their orange folder inside the
drawers in class and bring it back
Monday morning.
All students work will be
kept in binders at classroom. I have labeled all items prominently with your
child’s first and last name for easy identification. I will review student
progress with you at least twice a year during Parent-Teacher conferences. I
can pull his/her work anytime and get a copy as you need. ISD also provides
each student a T-shirt and a cap which will be worn on field trips.
Class
Blog: I will upload almost all the
academic resources onto our blog! Weekly theme, reading and
math focuses, Chinese online practice, word wall, Chinese songs & dances,
useful learning resources…. everything can be found here. http://lanyiwang.blogspot.com/
Newsletter: A monthly
newsletter will be sent to you by email. It will cover important dates, notes,
and what we’ve learnt within the month.
Photo Release: If you have any concerns of your kids’ pictures being
in our blogs, newsletter, please let me know.
Reward System:
Ø Class Dojo: I am using an amazing behavior management
website called ClassDojo(http://www.classdojo.com/). I can give positive and
negative points on this website to each student in a fun way. Every Trimester,
you will receive detailed behavior reports from ClassDojo. I’ve sent out invite
to your emails. You can download the app (parent account) on your phone to get
alerts and messages.
Ø Panda
Project: Mandarin program will continue
using Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) from K3 through 5th
grade in 2015-2016 school year. Teachers have created a list of
"Panda" expectations – P = Positive, A = Achievement, N = Nice, D =
Discipline and A = Academics. These help to protect each student’s right to
safety, learning and respect. Every student will have many chances to earn
Panda prizes by behaving well.
Sunscreen:
It will be extremely helpful if you could help put sunscreen onto your kids
every morning! Thank you!
By working together we will be able to have successful and
confident graduates. I can be reached at lanyi.wang@isdenver.com. I look forward to a great year working with you and
all students. Thank you in advance for your suggestions and support throughout
the year!!!
Sincerely,
Lanyi Wang& Hongyan Gao
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