Our first week of Kindergarten

Hey there!

Our first week of Kindergarten is finished! I had such a great week last week with all of your kiddos and we jumped right into our normal routine this week!

Some papers went home this week including some information about our behavior plan in our room, information on a Homework Helper, and a sheet about the rules of Meadow Lane. Please read these papers, go over them with your child, then sign and return the two that need to be at school.

If you have not yet returned the forms about Elementary Census Information or Dismissal Plan for your child, please send them to school as soon as you can!

There has been some confusion about our specials days relating to the lunch schedule. Kindergarten does have an E Day and that is not shown on the August lunch schedule. The September schedule will be fixed, but for the rest of August just know that we will be adding an E Day to the schedule. This week specials schedule is as follows:

• Monday - Art (E Day)
• Tuesday - Library (A Day)
• Wednesday - PE (B Day)
• Thursday - Music (C Day)
• Friday  - Tech (D Day)

There will be information going home with your child about this as well. Sorry about all of the confusion and mix ups!

Thanks so much for all of your donations to our room! They will help out our class the entire year! I will leave you with some pictures from our center and math time in our room the past few days! Enjoy!

Welcome to Kindergarten!

Hi there!

I had so much fun meeting all of you at Open House! It was such a good turn out and it felt great to finally see all of my new Kindergarteners!

As a few of you know, this is my first year teaching, so this class is a special one for me :) These kiddos are my first group ever and I'm so excited to be a part of your child's year! We get to do our first year of school together and I know that helped a lot of the students feel a little less nervous at Open House when they know their teacher gets to do the first day of school with them too!

Just a few reminders about next week:

• We will be lining up on the Kindergarten playground near the West gate.
• Feel free to drop your child off or wait in line with your child. But please encourage them to stay in line with their class. It is so important these first few days and weeks of school to keep consistent routines so they can learn all of the things they will be doing every single day!
• When it comes time to walk into the school, please tell your brand new Kindergartener goodbye with a hug! It will be an emotional few minutes for everyone and I know they will be nervous, but please reassure them that you will be back to get them, they will be okay, and they will have so much fun in Kindergarten!
• Please remember to either load money into your child's lunch account, send lunch money with them, or send a cold lunch to school with them. We will be practicing lunch room procedures in the morning on Tuesday so they will know what to do when it's time for lunch!
• I know a few parents were concerned with the fact that there aren't bathrooms in our rooms. We will be going over bathroom procedures right away on Tuesday and will take a few group bathroom breaks during the day, as well as eventually reach the point of going to the bathroom with a buddy and a pass on their own! If you want to keep a change of clothes for you child in their backpack every day, that would be a great idea as well!
  
• When you pick up your child on Tuesday afternoon, our class is going to be in the same line that we meet at in the morning. Children will need to pick up something from me before they go with you so I can be sure they are leaving with the right person. Also, so I can start placing kids with the right parents and getting to know you as well! Please discourage your child from running out of line to you! I know they will be so excited to see you, but I need to be sure I have a count of all children!

See all of you on Tuesday! I'm so excited to start the year!

About Your Teacher

Hi there and welcome to Schlegel's Nest!

I'm Tristan Schlegel. I'm originally from Columbus NE and currently live in Lincoln NE with Adam, Wrigley the puppy and Perry the cat. :) I own a photography business called Bliss Photo. I love Saturday mornings, working with kids, changing seasons, music, traveling, being outside, and spending time with my friends and family!

I graduated from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln and taught Kindergarten at Meadow Lane Elementary last year. This year, I decided to take on the challenge of 2nd grade!. I am so excited to have this experience and to see where this journey takes me!

Feel free to send any questions my way at tschlege@lps.org

I'm looking forward to having your child in my room this year!