with Brenda Brunk
Introduction
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AA in CD from NEO A&M College
BS in ECE from OSU
Been with JPS since 1994
This is my 18th year to teach Kindergarten
Taught first grade one year when I looped
Married
Have four children
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Son is a freshman @TCC Tulsa Achieves
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Daughter is a junior @JHS
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Twin daughters are in freshman @JHS
Recognizing Classroom Help
 ECA: Mrs. Emma Burnett
 Homeroom Parent: Amanda Wander
amfolsom@gmail.com
 Assistant Homeroom Parent: Kallee McIntosh
lavieboheme493@gmail.com
Sign-up Sheets/Opportunities to Volunteer
 Sign-in for BTSN
 Fall Conferences
 Dynamic Dads/Donuts with Dads
 PTA Opportunities (Jog-a-thon)
 Classroom Parties (Winter and Valentine’s)
 Play dough
 Wish List on Post-it Notes
How to Reach Me
 Leave a message with Ms. Swadener:
918-299-4415 X5512
 Leave me a voice message:
918-299-4415 X5575
 E-mail: brenda.brunk@jenksps.org
 Send a written note
Student Handbook
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Student Appearance: page 8
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Shoes: item 2
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Shirts: item 3
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Hats: item 5
Visiting: page 37, 38
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Lobby Guard
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Driver’s License
Pets: page 30
Student Handbook
Birthdays: pages 5, 6 items 5, 6, 7
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Invitations: item 5
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All boys
All girls
Entire class
Gifts: item 6 and pages 19, 20
Health: item 7
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Commercially prepared
Mini cupcakes
Muffins
Peanut products/Allergies: page 38, 39
Medications at School: page 39, 40, 42
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Fill out a “Request to Give Medication”
Must be brought to the Nurse’s Office
Prescription and Nonprescription
Snack Guidelines
 Healthy
 No peanut products: page 38, 39
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Individual Daily Snack Guidelines
Snack suggestions:
Fresh fruit
Dried fruit, including raisins and cranberries
Fruit cups (in water or light syrup)
String and snack cheese
Lowfat yogurt
Chex Mix or whole grain cereal
Baked chips and crackers with no transfat
Animal Crackers
Baked fish shaped crackers and pretzels
Mini bagels
Fig bars
Fruit snacks
Please try to avoid bringing the following snacks: Jello, chips, high-fat cookies and snack
cakes with transfat or with sugar or high fructose corn syrup as the first ingredient. NO Candy.
Snacks may NOT contain peanut butter or nut products on the ingredient label.
Classroom Management Plan
 Positive reminders
 Numerous attempts
 Consequences
 Behavior Referral/Discipline Report to Mrs. Zemanek
Continue to work on these
self help skills at home
 Self Help Skills
 Restroom Skills
 Buttoning, Snapping, Zipping, Tying Shoes
 Personal Needs: Blowing nose, cutting food, using
utensils, opening food packages
Continue to work on
responsibility at home
 Responsibility Skills
 Attentive listening
 Following directions
 Sitting for short periods of time (15-20 minutes)
focusing on a specific task
 Cleaning up after an activity
 Responding to name the first time
 Stating first and last name
Adaptive Skills
 Interacts in small groups
 Works in small groups
 Participates in large group activities,
listening and responding appropriately
 Completes tasks independently
 Performs classroom routines without
frustration
 Demonstrates respect for school rules
 Demonstrates respect for the ideas, feelings,
and property of others
Daily Schedule
Guided Reading Groups
Daily Five: Read to Someone, Writing, Listen to Reading, Word Work, Read to
Self
Learning Centers
Large Group and Small Group Lessons
Math Baskets
Lunch
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$1.85
Mylunchmoney.com
Yellow lunch envelope
Appropriate clothing for the forecast
Backpack
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Name
Bring Daily
Check Daily
No Rollers or Wheels
Regular size
Extra change of seasonally appropriate clothes
Centers
 Centers are used to infuse learning through
independent study.
Trojan of the Week
 Poster of “All About Me”
Trojan of the Week
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Dear Parents,
Please send an individual picture and poster with your child on the Monday of the week he or she
will be Trojan of the Week. Attach pictures of the following items, if possible, to the poster:
Me
My Family
My Pets
My Favorite Food(s)
My Vacation(s)
My Hobbies
Your child’s individual picture and poster will be returned on the Friday the week your child is Trojan
of the Week.
You will be notified by e-mail on the monthly calendar when your child will be Trojan of the Week.
We want each child to have a special and exciting week. Please help in making this a wonderful
experience. Thank you for your continued cooperation and support.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Brunk
School Correspondence
Daily Folder
Monthly News
Mrs. Brunk’s Kindergarten Monthly Calendar
E-mails
District Website:
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www.jenksps.org
Choose: Schools
Select: East Elementary
Choose: Staff Webpages
Click on: Brenda Brunk
Homework
 Reading at Home/Home Reading Record
 Reading with your child a minimum of 20 minutes
per day
 Math Minutes Log
 Math Home Link sheets
 EDM games online
 Online reading and math games
Curriculum
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Curriculum is integrated through themes related to
our concentric circles.
Concentric circles include:
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All About Me
Community
Natural World
Reading
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Phonics by Pinnell and Fountas
The Primary Comprehension Toolkit by Harvey and Goudvis
The Writing Spot Language Arts by Write Source
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
58 Sight Words
1. 40 Instant/Popcorn Words
2. 8 Color Words
3. 10 Number Words
Author Studies
Secret Stories (like a combination of Visual Phonics and ASL)
Library/Media: ?
Reading & Language Arts
 Follows simple two step oral directions
 Speaks in complete coherent sentences
 Uses comprehension strategies – asking and
answering questions, drawing conclusions, and
making inferences
 Dictates a story about an event or experience
 Produces simple rhyming pairs
Reading & Language Arts continued
 Identifies synonyms and antonyms
 Identifies and uses initial consonant sounds
 Identifies and uses ending consonant sounds
 Recognizes and names upper case letters
 Recognizes and names lower case letters
 Uses appropriate handwriting to trace, copy, and
generate letters
Reading & Language Arts continued
 Prints first and last name
 Recognizes eight basic color words
 Recognizes and reads first and last name in print
 Reads own writing
 Recognizes environmental print
 Recognizes 50 high frequency words
Reading & Language Arts continued
 Identifies parts of a book
 Holds book correctly, indicates where to begin
and follows words on the page
 Counts syllables in words
 Recognizes the same sounds in different words
Math
 Everyday Mathematics by McGraw Hill
Mathematics
 Counts objects using one to one correspondence
1 to 20
 Counts to 100 by ones and tens
 Identifies and names numerals 0 to 20
 Writes numerals in order 0 to 20
 Reads number words 0 to 10
 Constructs, identifies, and names sets of objects
from 1 to 10
 Counts forward from a given number (instead of
beginning at 1)
Mathematics continued
 Recognizes relationships between two sets
 Sorts and classifies objects
 Recognizes and understands symbols + - =
 Adds and subtracts within 10
 Identifies and describes 2-D and 3-D shapes
 Compose and decompose numbers from 11-19
into tens and ones (18=10+8)
Mathematics continued
 Identifies and names tools of measurement and
their uses (ruler, clock, thermometer, scale)
 Measures length and weight of objects using
nonstandard units
 Describe and compare measurable attributes
(taller/shorter)
Science
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Science and Technology for Children
1. Exporting with Plants and Animals
2. Exporing My Weather
3. Exploring Forces and Motion
Science
 Understands and uses scientific and engineering
practices
 Communicates understanding of concepts and
content
Social Studies
 Social Studies by TCI
Social Studies
 States personal information: name, birthdate
and telephone number, names of
parents/guardians
 Participates in discussions of self, community,
and geography
 Identify flag as an important U.S. symbol
 Locate U.S. on a world map and Oklahoma on a
map of the U.S.
Health and Fitness
 Health and Fitness by Harcourt
Music
 Spotlight on Music by Macmillan/McGraw Hill
Spanish
 Espanol Para Ti-Level 1 by McGraw-Hill
Character Education
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8 Character Habits
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August/September: Respect
October: Responsibility
November: Self-Discipline
December: Compassion
January: Teamwork
February: Honesty
March: Perseverance
April: Courage
School Counselors
• Several groups are available to your child and
include: Divorce or loss , friendship making and
social skills group. Your child may also have
individual sessions with the counselor as needed.
• Group sessions are held once a week for
approximately 25 minutes. Groups will be arranged
so that the children will lose a minimal amount of
classroom instruction.
• Sign up on referral form or contact counselors
directly
Contact Information
Laura Niemann, K/1st, 918.299-4415 X 5002
laura.niemann@jenksps.org
Holly Enzbrenner, 1st/2nd 918.299.4415 X 5218
holly.enzbrenner@jenksps.org
Patty Johnson, 2nd/3rd, 918.299.4415 X 5035
patricia.johnson@jenksps.org
Lauren Alvarez, 3rd/4th, 918.299.4415 X 5520
lauren.alvarez@jenksps.org
Drop-off and Pick-up Procedures
Morning Drop-off Procedures
 Classroom doors open at 8:30 am. Class begins at
8:50am.
 Parents may park in designated parking spaces (not
along the curbs) and walk children to the classroom
before 8:50. *You must sign in with Lobby Guard before
walking your child to class.
 Or parents may stay in the traffic lane. Please stay in
your vehicle. An adult will assist your child getting out of
the vehicle.
Pick-up Procedures
 If you need to change the way your child will be going
home, please contact the office by 3:00. (918)299-4415
ext 5513
 You need to pick up your child between 3:30 and 3:45. If
students are not picked up by 3:45, students are sent to
building C and a parent is contacted.
 Please stay in the designated pick up lane. Stay in your
vehicle. Stay in the lane. Be patient. The adult will assist
your child getting into the vehicle.
Parking Lots/Driveways
 During drop-off and pick-up times, there is a lot
of traffic in our parking lots. The procedures we
have put in place are designed to move traffic
efficiently and safely.
 Be aware of children
 Be patient
 Be respectful to staff & other parents
 DRIVE SLOWLY
Parking Lots/Driveways continued
 Do not park in spaces designated as “Handicapped
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Parking” if you do not have a visible handicapped parking
permit
Please stay in the two inner lanes to pick up your child.
The third lane is for thru traffic.
We will not escort your child to the vehicle in the thru
traffic lane for safety reasons.
If your child has a sibling in Building F, D or E please, pull
up in the 2nd lane.
There is no picking up of children in front of building C
If walking up to take a student, ALWAYS tell the adult in
charge.
School Safety is our First Priority!
 Campus Police
 School Emergency Response Team (SERT)
 Video Surveillance systems covering areas inside/outside
all student buildings and parking areas
 Random drug/explosive K-9 sweeps at all school sites
 Anonymous email, text or 1-800 number to report any
school threat or concern
 School Safety Training and Compliance Officer
School Safety is our First Priority! continued
 Safe Schools Committee at every school site
 LobbyGuard
 Commercial two-way radio system for Administrators and
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If you see something, hear something, SAY
SOMETHING
Anti-bullying programs incorporated into the curriculum at
all grade levels
Emergency Procedure Guide endorsed by all emergency
response agencies that could respond to JPS
District Emergency Operations and Continuity of Services
Plans
Thank You!
We look forward to an exciting school year!