First Day of School

It was so nice meet all of you at Sneak Peek.  I hope you all had a great time and are excited to start Kindergarten!

Here are a few reminders for the first day of school:

1. I will meet your child on the playground that is near the main office.

2. Take all the pictures you want and give lots of kisses and hugs outside.  Parents will not be following their child into school.  I know that it is hard and I know that there will be tears but I promise that I will take care of them.  Your child will be fine.

3. Please be sure you send a healthy snack with your child.  This snack will be eaten in the afternoon.

4. If you are picking up your child on the first day, your child will meet you outside the doors that are nearest to our kindergarten rooms.  Please come to me and pick your child up.  I will not allow them to leave me until I see they are with a parent.

5. If your first day of school plans change, or if they ever change, please send a note to school.  This way I will know where your child needs to be at the end of the day.

6. Please return the papers I asked you to fill out that were in your yellow parent folder as soon as you can.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to email me.  I will be checking my email over the long weekend and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Thank you!  Looking forward to a great year!

Love,

Mrs. Rocky

Hi New Friends!

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Welcome to Kindergarten!

Welcome to Kindergarten!  My name is Erin Rocklewitz and I am going to be your child’s Kindergarten teacher this year.  I am so excited to work with your child!  This is my third year teaching kindergarten at Thorson.  I previously taught second grade for six years.  I just completed my Masters in Educational Technology through Marian University.  I am excited to share my new found knowledge with your child!  Kindergarten is a time of new beginnings, of making friends, and learning lots of new things each and every day.  Our days and weeks will be filled with many wonderful experiences and opportunities for learning and growing.

We will learn all about letters and sounds, and we will be doing lots of writing activities too.  We will also be learning all about numbers, building on important math concepts including sorting, counting, graphing, classifying, patterns, time and money, measurement, and addition and subtraction.  The children are always proud of the work they create and are anxious to share their new skills.  Families can help at home by reading to and with their child daily, and encouraging them to write and draw.  Young children learn as they play and their play is their work.  Research has proven this so.  In this context, your child will be learning all of the time this year as he or she joins in the tasks ahead. 

I believe that a good parent-teacher relationship is necessary for maximum school success.  Throughout the year I will communicate with you through notes, telephone calls, weekly newsletters, quarterly reports, and parent-teacher conferences.  We also have a classroom blog.  Please check it out at http://mrsrockyskindergarten.blogspot.com/ I encourage you to contact me if you have any questions or concerns at any time.  You can call my voice mail at (262) 376-6738 or email me at erocklewitz@cedarburg.k12.wi.us.

I am looking forward to a wonderful year with you and your child!

Take care,

Erin Rocklewitz