Our school has Open House BEFORE the first day of school, so students can meet their teachers and check out their classroom. At "my" school, there are only 2.5 kindergarten teachers. Lucky for us, we have a lot of say in how we conduct our classrooms, so we (I) decided the mornings of Open House each year should be dedicated to a Kindergarten Orientation. At Orientation, we go through all of our classroom policies, in hopes to clarify confusion regarding homework and behavior expectations. It really does work! I use a Powerpoint presentation so I remember ALL I have to say.
I have the parents sign-in so I can send home a "Thank You" for attending.
At the Open House, I have a cute jar filled with Hershey's kisses and the parents/children have to estimate how many kisses in the jar. The person closest gets to keep the whole thing! I also give out these mints...
where did you get the mint papers...dreams8111@aol.com those are a great asset for the open house really cute
ReplyDeleteI made them! I will send you a copy. Thanks for reading!
ReplyDeleteI am amazed at how creative you are and was wondering if you would be willing to share the forms that you give to your parents for kinder orientation and open house. My work email is: algonzalez1@interact.ccsd.net and home email is: msg702@cox.net
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate how you are sharing all these great ideas! :)
Is there any way you can email me your Open House and Orientation Packet? You emailed me the Easy Tasks. I have already filed them and organized them for next year. my email is sborne4@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI am very impressed with how organized and creative you are. I am a 1st grade teacher and could really use some of these ideas in my grade. Could you please share your forms with me. Especially the Open house. My email is mcamayne@aol.com
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Delores
I love your 'mint' thank you cards. Would love to use them at my Open House this week. Is it possible to get a copy? Thanks for sharing all your ideas.
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Comendable! am Amazed at your creativity and innovation. request you to share your Orientation and open house pockets. Also if possible, please mail the mint card, what a beautiful gesture. I am also looking at a few first day activities for kids of grade 3. my email is bannuji@gmail/com
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I'm a kinder teacher and I relly loved your thank you for coming to open house mint idea. Can you e-mail me a copy at pzamor2@sisd.net. I would greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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