Check if your child has:

     Snow pants

   Coat     
  Mittens 

  Hat  
 Boots 

Snow Fun

We have been having a blast in the snow this week during Kindergarten recess! 

Sledding on the playground hill has been a favorite activity :) 

Please continue to send your child dressed for the weather so they can continue to enjoy our outside play.

Winter's Coming

We had a little taste of winter over the weekend with the snow on Saturday. Please make sure your children are dressed appropriately for these cold days. Hats, boots, snow pants, warm jackets and gloves or mittens are essential for the students to be able to enjoy their time at play outside. 

Thanksgiving Fun in Kindergarten!

The weeks leading up to Thanksgiving were filled with books and activities that focused on the holiday past and present. We learned about the Pilgrims and Native Americans, and how different their daily life was from ours today.

  Our Let's Find Out by Scholastic showed us some of the chores that Pilgrim Children and Native American had to do.  Collecting buckets of water and firewood were a couple of the chores that we thought would be tiring.

We sorted pictures of transportation, food, and activities according to whether they were from Long Ago or Today.  Riding a horse was tricky because it's an animal that people still ride, like some police in Portland.

We made Long Ago houses from popsicle sticks. People long ago would often have a fire outside to cook.

Quilting and sewing was an activity that both the Pilgrims and the Native Americans did.  We made foam quilt squares and sewed them together to make a class quilt.

No Thanksgiving week would be complete without a Mayflower project. We made a lap book with things were are thankful for, our favorite foods, and Mayflower facts.

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! 

Kindergarten students use materials such as c-rods and sorting mats to 

reinforce math concepts.

2nd Step Mondays

We use the program 2nd step school wide at Riverton. This year in Kindergarten we are doing our lessons together as a whole grade level every Monday in the Large Learning Center.

This week our lesson focused on Following Directions. We played a game called Follow, Follow and used our attent-o-scope to focus our attention on the speaker.

In the scenario card a child didn't know what to do when it was work time because he had not focused his attention on his teacher. We noticed that he may feel worried, sad, or confused while he was sitting at his table. We then brainstormed that he could ask the student next to him what to do or ask his teacher.  It's also helpful to repeat the directions to yourself to help you remember.

Ask your child if they can sing our Learner Song. "Eyes are watching, ears are listening, voice is quiet, body's calm. This is how we listen, this is how we listen, at group time, at group time."

Eek Spiders!

We have been learning about some creepy crawlers in Kindergarten! We read a ton of books about spiders ,  The Very Busy Spider and Aaaaarrgghh! Spider! were two of our favorites.  We learned that spiders are not insects, that they start their webs by making an X, and there are more then 40,000 different kinds of spiders! EEK!!!!

Fire Safety Week at Riverton

We were lucky enough to have our local firemen visit us on Thursday to talk about fire safety.  Students learned about "Stop, drop and roll", having a safety plan at home and the gear that the firemen use. It was a great learning morning!

Arrival Routines

Arrival Routines

School starts at 8:05 and the morning announcements start at 8:20.  If you arrive after 8:20 the students are considered tardy and they need to stop at the office to get a tardy slip.

Saying Goodbye Procedures

 

Please say goodbye to your child at the front door. Parents should not walk student to class unless they check in at the main office and get a visitors badge. This is primarily for safety purposes. Morning arrival is not a time for parents-teacher conferences, as they need to have their 100% attention on the students. We appreciate your cooperation with Riverton’s procedures.

First Week of School

Tuesday is our fist day of school! Kindergarten teachers will meet students outside at the front of the building on the first day. Our goal is for the students to say goodbye to their parents/guardians outside before walking to their classroom to help with the transition.

Breakfast and lunch are provided daily for all students free of charge. If you would like to pack a snack for you child you may. Please avoid snacks containing nuts if at all possible. 

The Kindergarten team is excited to meet all of our new students and know we will have a wonderful year together! Please email your child's teacher with any questions you may have!

Mrs. Kalloch:  kalloj@portlandschools.org
Ms. Nealey: nealej@portlandschools.org
Mrs. Burke: burken@portlandschools.org
Mrs. Gallagher: gallac@portlandschools.org

Welcome

Welcome to Riverton! We are so excited to meet you all!