{"id":34,"date":"2013-09-03T19:16:03","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T23:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/?p=34"},"modified":"2013-09-03T19:16:03","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T23:16:03","slug":"first-day-in-kindergarten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/2013\/09\/03\/first-day-in-kindergarten\/","title":{"rendered":"First Day in Kindergarten!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a great first day in Kindergarten! \u00a0We took attendance (whew-30 kids is a lot of kids!), did some counting and clapping out numbers. \u00a0We did some WORK TIME at our seats, wrote our first word together (I), had a story about\u00a0<strong>Pete the Cat<\/strong> and did some calendar work. \u00a0We had some recess time on our Kindergarten playground and even had some CENTER TIME. \u00a0We were busy today!<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow will be a full day. \u00a0Your child will need to bring a lunch or purchase one. \u00a0Lunch menus went home today with the oldest sibling at Howard School.<\/p>\n<p>A few notes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supplies<\/strong>-The only item your child will need is a\u00a0<strong>backpack.<\/strong> \u00a0I will let you know if something special needs to be brought in to class.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snacks<\/strong>&#8211; I would appreciate parent donations. \u00a0We will usually have snacks every day. \u00a0When you are out running errands, grab a box of crackers (Goldfish, Cinnamon Sticks, etc.) and send it in with your child. \u00a0If, on occasion, you are inclined to prepare some fruit or cheese, Kindergarteners love those snacks too!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Classes<\/strong>&#8211; Your child will have Art, Music, Gym, and Media\/Computer classes each week. \u00a0We do not have finalized schedule yet for those classes.\u00a0<strong>On gym days, please have your child wear gym shoes to school.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Birthdays<\/strong>-We are trying something new at Howard this year and details will be coming.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blog<\/strong>-I will be posting a blog and I will try to update it weekly. \u00a0If you would like an email notice when I make a posting, please visit the district website and follow the prompts to the blogs. \u00a0Then register by clicking on my name to add your email address. \u00a0You will then receive an email when I make a posting.<\/p>\n<p>We are off to a great year of learning and making new friends!<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a great first day in Kindergarten! \u00a0We took attendance (whew-30 kids is a lot of kids!), did some counting and clapping out numbers. \u00a0We did some WORK TIME at our seats, wrote our first word together (I), had a story about\u00a0Pete the Cat and did some calendar work. \u00a0We had some recess time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":497,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/497"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}