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From YouTube: Kindergarten Town Hall 2021: CP Smith
Description
In a normal year, we would extend the offer to join us at Kindergarten Information Sessions in your community and at each school, where you could hear from kindergarten teachers, talk to our Afterschool team, connect with our Preschool director, and ask questions of the registration team. Due to Covid-19 Restrictions, we are offering alternatives to learn more about our schools. This video is an introduction to the kindergarten experience and to CP Smith Elementary.
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we
got,
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think,
we'll
give
it
one
more
minute
and
then
we'll
get
started
with
everybody,
okay
and
then
I'm
able
to
allow
everybody
to
talk.
Except
mrs
frank,
I,
when
I
hit
allow
to
talk,
I
can
you're
using
an
older.
If
I
promote
you
to
lily
and
you'll,
be
able
to
talk
so
I'll.
Do
that
and
you're
a
veteran
here
anyway.
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tenants
account
so
I've
got
the
the
keys
to
the
kingdom
here,
but
I
don't
quite
know
how
they
operate
so
we'll
do
the
best
we
can
on
the
left.
Okay,
we
have
other
options.
No,
I
think
that's
a
that's
about
it
yeah.
So
anyway,
thanks
everybody
for
joining
us
tonight.
Our
town
hall
for
incoming
kindergartners
and
families
of
kindergarteners
is
being
held
in
lieu
of
tours.
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So
it's
it's
really.
You
know
I'm
a
little
biased,
but
I
will
say
it's
a
wonderful
school
we've
got
a
really
great
school
community
and
we
really
want
our
students
to
feel
like
this
is
their
place
and
and
we
we
do
a
lot
to
try
to
make
that.
So
so,
if
you
bear
with
me,
I'm
going
to
share
some
slides
and
some
information
with
you
and
then
we'll
have
q
a
after
that.
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And,
let's
see,
there's
my
present
button
great,
so
I
hope
everybody
can
see
my
screen.
Is
that
a
go
miss
lock?
Can
you
see
it?
I
can
yep
all
right
great,
so
welcome
to
kindergarten
here
at
cp
smith,
elementary
school
and
we're
looking
forward
to
the
already
looking
forward
to
the
2021-22
school
year.
Our
hope
is
that
it's
a
little
more
normal
than
our
current
school
year
is.
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We
have
certainly
quite
a
few
provisions
that
we've
made
here
for
health
and
safety
due
to
covet
19,
but
nonetheless
we're
working
to
make
things
as
normal
as
possible
for
our
our
students
and
to
keep
the
anxiety
levels
low.
There's
there's
plenty
of
anxiety
out
in
the
world
to
go
around
in
this
pandemic
year,
so
we're
really
trying
to
make
school
fun
and
safe
and
just
normal
for
everybody
to
the
degree
that
we
can,
while
we're
all
masked
up.
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It
is,
I
will
say
that
kindergarteners
tend
to
nosh
all
day,
there's
lots
of
snacking
going
on
and
we
have
lots
of
healthy
snacks
available
for
kids
all
day,
because
they
are
growing
so
much
they
do
get
hungry.
We
start
the
day
with
recess
in
kindergarten.
So
how
much
you
know
more
fun?
Can
you
get
than
that?
We
figure
the
kids
come
in
all
bundled
up,
particularly
this
time
of
year.
So
to
unbundle,
and
then
rebundle
is
kind
of
hard
and
recess
is.
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I
think
it
provides
a
little
bit
of
a
soft
start
for
our
kindergarteners,
a
chance
for
them
to
get
acquainted
with
friends
to
burn
off
some
energy
and
just
kind
of
get
acclimated
to
the
transition
into
school.
Following
that
kids
come
in,
we
have
a
morning
circle
and
we're
off
off
and
running
with
the
school
day.
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Dismissal
is
at
2,
50
p.m,
on
mondays,
tuesdays,
thursdays
and
fridays,
and
when
we
have
in-person
school
on
wednesdays,
which
we're
really
hopeful
we're
back
to
a
five-day
week
next
year,
dismissal
on
wednesdays
is
at
1
50.
that
150
dismissal
allows
for
our
teachers
to
have
planning
meetings.
We
call
them
plc
meetings.
Plc
is
an
acronym
for
professional
learning
communities
and
that's
a
model
we
use
to
collaborate
together
here
at
cp
smith,
to
plan
for
learning
and
throughout
the
burlington
school
district.
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So
you
might
ask
yourself:
what
will
my
students
learn
in
kindergarten?
And
I
love
this
quote,
and
I
don't
know
who
said
it
I
I
really
need
to
find
that
out,
but
it's
it's
a
great
quote.
Nonetheless,
everything
you
need
to
know
in
life.
You
learn
in
kindergarten
because
it's
the
title
of
a
book,
mr
pound.
Okay,
thank
you
I'll
have
to
I'll
have
to
quote
and
credit
the
author.
There
thanks
very
much
miss
slack.
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So
another
question
that
you
as
a
parent
or
guardian
might
ask
is
how
you
can
support
your
kindergartners
success.
We
do
ask
that
students
get
enough
sleep.
We
find
that
kids
are
much
more
successful
in
school
when
they
have
a
regular
sleep,
routine
and
regular
evening
routines
and
that
they
get
enough
sleep.
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Definitely
I
agree,
and
I
feel
that
I
need
enough
sleep
when
I
come
to
c.p
smith
too,
so
the
kindergarten
students
definitely
do
we
like
to
make
sure
during
the
school
day
that
there
really
aren't
any
surprises
so
to
the
degree
possible.
We
ask
that
families
prepare
their
students
for
the
day
and
talk
about
what
their
after-school
plan
is,
how
the
day
might
start
just
really
to
game
plan,
how
the
day
is
going
to
go
so
that
students
know
what
to
expect
and
aren't
surprised
and
so
that
their
routines
are
established.
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We
encourage
families
to
provide
a
fresh
start
after
school.
It's
a
big
transition,
a
to
come
into
the
school
day
so
from
home
to
get
ready
ride
in
the
car
walk
ride
a
bike,
however
folks
get
to
school
and
then
to
transition
into
school.
But
then,
after
school
it's
really
a
fresh
start.
So
we
may
have
things
that
happen
during
the
school
day
that
need
to
be
revisited,
but
definitely
providing
a
fresh
and
positive
start
for
students
after
school
sets.
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So
if
you
have
something
that
we
should
know
about
your
kindergarten
student,
please
don't
hesitate
to
share
that
with
us
and
we
will
share
it
amongst
ourselves
to
the
degree
necessary
and
make
sure
that
we're
using
that
information
to
support
your
students
positive
day
here
at
cp
smith
and
their
success
as
a
cp
smith,
students
student,
we
encourage
you
to
play
board,
games
or
cards
and
play
outside
with
your
student.
These
you
know,
games
and
and
things
that
are
fun
also
help
to
foster
in
our
kids.
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Absolutely
yup:
it's
you
know
it's
just
more
about
fun
and
and
being
able
to
have
that
friendly
exchange
and
and
have
kids
be
able
to.
You
know,
live
with
the
give
and
take
of
of
of
games
of
life
situations
and
in
conversations
students
will
be
tired
at
the
end
of
the
day.
The
school
day
is,
you
know,
kind
of
long
six
plus
hours,
there's
a
lot
that
happens
in
the
school
day.
There
are
a
lot
of
people
that
they
interact
with.
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We
wanted
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
a
sample
of
what
the
typical
kindergarten
students
school
day
is
like
at
cp
smith.
This
is
a
a
general
synopsis.
It
may
vary.
I
don't
think
that
the
schedule
next
year
will
look
exactly
like
that.
We
currently
have
a
amended
schedule
that
we're
using
here
because
of
covet
19
and
the
precautions
we
need
to
put
in
place
and
the
things
that
we
need
to
do
to
keep
things
healthy
and
safe
here
right
now,
but
still
we
run
a
typical
school
day.
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So,
as
I
said,
kids
come
in
the
door.
We
have
a
health
check
that
we're
currently
doing.
We
ask
the
kids
every
every
student,
a
a
series
of
health
questions.
We
try
to
do
that
in
a
positive
and
friendly
way,
so
that
we're
greeting
them
asking
them
the
questions
and
doing
a
temperature
check
and
having
them
head
off
to
class.
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That's
committed
to
restorative
practices
and
we
run
circles
in
our
classes,
and
so
the
kids
all
sit
in
a
circle
and
we
might
have
a
series
of
prompts
or
questions
that
they
respond
to
in
a
way
to
again
have
a
have
a
healthy
exchange
of
of
ideas
and
and
discussion
and
model
that
and
help
them
to
help
our
students
to
develop
a
way
to
converse.
You
know
in
a
way:
that's
that's
healthy
and
productive.
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Our
students
may
then
head
off
to
a
unified
arts
or
a
specialist
class,
and
during
that
specials
class
our
teachers
have
preparation
time.
Our
classroom
teachers
we've
got
several
unified
arts
or
specials
classes.
They
include
library
where
the
students
can
go
and
they
they
learn
about
literature
in
our
library
and
are
able
to
borrow
books.
They
we
have
visual
art
where
they
create
artwork
and
learn
about
art.
We
have
a
music
class
and
we
have
a
physical
education
or
pe
class.
A
Next
up,
we
have
reading
workshop
here
at
cp
smith
in
teaching
reading.
We
use
the
reading
workshop
model
and
we're
doing
a
lot
of
professional
development
on
that
this
year.
Literacy
and
teaching
literacy
skills
is
our
professional
development
focus
for
the
year.
Coupled
with
that,
we
have
writing
workshop.
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Absolutely
yep,
and
so
our
hope
is
to
have
a
more
normalized
schedule
going,
but
this
is
how
we're
working
currently
so
following
lunch
they
might
have
mathematics.
You
know,
you'll
see
that
math
is
scheduled
for
an
hour.
That
may
not
be
a
continuous
hour.
We
may
cover
different
aspects
and
break
that
up
into
a
couple
of
different
mathematics
slots
during
the
day.
An
hour
is
a
long
time
for
a
kindergartener
to
do
math.
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So
we
we,
you
know,
depending
on
what
the
topic
is
and
what
the
activity
is
for
the
day
it
most
likely
wouldn't
look
like
a
chunk
of
an
hour
for
math.
We
do
word
work
where
we're
trying
to
help
kids
to
learn
in
kindergarten
sight,
words
and
and
very
commonly
used
words.
So
we
have
a
a
program
that
we
use
around
that
we
have
an
afternoon
snack.
As
I
said,
there's
lots
of.
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We've
got
some
key
staff
members
here
at
cp
smith,
that
I
you
know
I
can
tell
you
about
and
a
little
bit
about
their
function.
So,
ms
slack
who's
on
the
call
and
mrs
turin
are
our
kindergarten
teachers.
We
some
years,
we
have
three
kindergarten
classes.
We
anticipate
that
next
year,
we'll
be
having
two.
Basically,
we
run
14
grade
level
classes
here,
grades
kindergarten
through
fifth
grade
at
cp
smith.
So
this
is
a
year
where
we
would
have
two
kindergarten
classes.
Incoming
penny.
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Wheeler
is
our
kindergarten
and
grade
one
special
educator.
Nancy
nguyen
is
our
administrative
assistant.
Many
of
you
may
know,
mrs
wynn.
She
is
kind
of
the
face
of
cp
smith
she's,
the
person
who
will
answer
the
phone
or
who
will
let
you
in
the
door
or
meet
you
at
the
door
and
kind
of
keeps
us
all
running
in
the
right
direction
here.
So
she
does
a
great
job.
She's
super
invested
in
having
us
have
a
a
positive
and
and
functional
school
community
here
and
she
lives
right
in
the
neighborhood
here.
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A
Kate
gilmette
is
our
school
counselor
and
kate
teaches
a
guidance
class
to
each
class
in
the
school.
Every
week
we
use
the
second
step
curriculum
for
our
guidance
class,
as
well
as
some
locally
developed
materials,
and
not
only
does
kate
do
that.
She
provides
a
lot
of
services
and
connects
families
with
a
lot
of
services
out
in
the
community.
A
She
helps
kids
when
they
might
have
a
special
challenge
that
they're
working
through
whether
it
be
a
peer
challenge
or
something
else
they
might
need
help
working
through
and
she
runs
restorative
circles
and
things
like
that
or
she
may.
If
we
have
a
student
who
needs
counseling
a
little
more
deep
level
of
counseling,
she
can
link
up
students
and
families
with
those
kind
of
services,
too
we're
fortunate
enough
to
have
our
own
in-house
school
psychologist.
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We
have
joanna
robinson
or
miss
jo
she's,
our
chef
and
cafeteria
manager
and
ms
joe
does
does
a
great
job
in
getting
to
know
each
and
every
student
and
what
their
food
preferences
are.
So
she
can
provide
healthy
food
for
them
that
they
like,
and
then
mrs
susie
baxter,
I
think,
is
an
important
person
to
put
on
our
list
of
key
staff
she's
our
head
custodian
and
she's
a
great
help
here
to
our
students
and
staff
each
day.
A
And
then
we
have
kind
of
the
nitty-gritty
there's
a
couple
of
things
that
folks
should
know.
We'll
give
you
some
reminders
on
these,
but
it's
never
too
early
to
mention
the
things
that
we
need
to
do
to
get
ready
for
the
school
year.
So
kids
will
need
a
large
backpack
for
their
stuff,
we're
one-to-one
school.
So
our
kids,
currently
on
tuesday
nights,
they
bring
home
an
ipad
that
they
can
use
it's
loaded
up
with
learning
applications.
A
They
use
the
ipad
to
connect
with
their
teachers
and
classes
for
remote
learning,
and
they
have
other
things
to
carry
like
clothing.
Like
you
know,
lunch
boxes
and
things
like
that,
so
they'll
need
a
backpack
not
like
a
little
tiny,
preschool
backpack,
but
a
regular
kiddo
size.
School
backpack
they'll
need
a
change
of
clothes
to
leave
here
at
school.
We
encourage
families
to
send
in
a
change
of
clothes
or
or
a
couple
of
them
in
a
big
ziploc.
A
If,
if
you
know
you
never
know,
there
might
be
a
spill,
there
might
be,
an
accident
could
be
any
number
of
reasons
why
a
student
might
need
to
change
their
clothes,
and
it's
great
for
them
to
have
a
change
of
clothes
here.
So
we
can
change
up
if
we
need
to
and
head
them
right
back
into
the
school
day
the
place
where
they
may
change
their
clothes.
If
they
need
to
is
often
in
the
nurse's
office,
she
has
her
own
bathroom
in
there
and
the
kids.
A
We
encourage
folks,
especially
during
the
winter,
to
send
layers
of
clothing
into
school
and
sneakers
and
boots
this
time
of
year,
but
sneakers
every
day.
Sneakers
are
so
important.
It's
really
important
for
our
kids
to
have
comfortable
shoes
to
to
walk
around
in
and
to
run
around
in
whether
it
be
in
the
classroom
in
the
hallway
going
to
and
from
different
classes
or
outside
at
recess.
A
We
encourage
folks
to
start
collecting
winter
gear
and
that
stuff's
all
on
sale
now,
which
is
really
great.
If
you
wait
till
fall
a
lot
of
times,
winter
gear
for
kids
will
sell
out
before
winter,
so
I
don't
think
it
can
ever
be
too
early
to
start
collecting
those
items,
and
we
all
know
that
gloves,
get
lost
and
mittens
get
lost
things
like
that.
So
it's
good
to
good
to
get
them.
D
Really,
that's
a
really
good
skill
to
teach
kids
too,
is
what
is
their
stuff,
because
it's
so
hard
and
the
waterproof
mittens
is
are
the
hardest
thing
to
find
is
if
you
can't,
because
gloves
just
don't
do
the
trick
when
we're
out
in
the
woods
for
an
hour
or
at
recess,
so
finding
actual
mittens
that
are
waterproof
is
really
the
game
changer
for
kindergarteners
and
then
kids
being
able
to
recognize
their
own
clothes,
even
if
you've
got
your
name
in
it.
Sometimes
it's
just
a
great
skill,
because
mittens
and
hats
go
everywhere.
A
That's
for
sure,
yeah
and
you
know
miss
lack
mentioned
the
woods
we're
a
school.
That's
focused
on
place-based
education,
so
our
kids
do
a
lot
of
learning
out
in
the
community.
We're
fortunate
enough
to
have
the
ethan
allen
park
right
across
the
street,
and
every
class
goes
out
there
for
for
about
an
hour
a
week,
some
sometimes
more,
and
then
our
kids
engage
in
other
types
of
activities
in
the
community
in
a
non-pandemic
year,
but
we
are
still
maintaining
our
place
based
focus
and
having
our
kids
take.
A
A
We
ask
that
families
keep
their
students
home
when
they're
sick
and
we
stay
home
when
we're
sick
too,
so
that
everybody
stays
healthy,
we're.
As
we
know,
we've
got
a
super
focus
on
health
this
year,
but
in
even
in
a
non-pandemic
year.
It's
really
important
that
everybody
stays
home
when
they're
sick
so
that
we
don't
have
sickness
spreading
throughout
our
school
we'd
like
you
to
know
that
we
have
many
hands
on
deck
to
help
our
kindergarten,
kids
and
our
kids
at
every
grade
level
have
a
successful
school
day.
A
We
are
hyper
invested
in
having
our
kids,
have
a
positive
outlook
and
perspective
on
school
and
having
success
in
school
and
really
celebrating
those
successes,
and
we
really
all
try
to
partner
to
make
all
that
a
reality,
and
we
ask
that
you
drop
students
off
in
in
the
morning.
Usually
it's
with
their
class
and
teacher.
Often
you
know
in
a
regular
year.
We
do
that
right
in
the
building
this
year,
we're
just
having
folks
drop
off
at
the
door.
A
So
right
now
we're
counting
on
having
as
normal
a
school
year
as
possible
next
year,
but
I
suspect
that
we'll
have
some
special
health
and
safety
provisions
that
we'll
need
to
keep
in
place.
We'll
certainly
be
sharing
more
on
that
as
we
get
closer
to
the
school
year
and
as
things
are
a
little
more
clear.
A
And
at
this
point
I
was
going
to
throw
it
open
for
questions
and
see
if
anybody
had
any
questions,
we're
happy
to
stay
on
as
long
as
you'd
like
and
and
answer
those.
So
I'm
gonna.
If
you
don't
mind,
I'm
gonna
stop
sharing
my
screen
and
that
way
I
can
see
and
hear
you
if
you
have
questions
that
you'd
like
to
ask
us.
B
D
A
We
don't
really
have
sports
per
se.
We
do
have
an
after
school
program
where
the
kids
might
go
outside
and
play.
They
might
stay
in
and
and
do
a
craft,
but
we
don't
have
like
you
know.
We
don't
have
teams
or
or
sports
or
anything
like
that.
Our
students
are
introduced
to
sports
through
their
physical
education
class,
which
they
have
twice
per
week
currently
for
50
minutes
per
phys,
ed
class.
A
D
D
D
B
A
That
have
an
after-school
program
each
day
until
5
30,
and
you
can
find
more
information
and
a
registration
form
for
that
on
our
district
website.
It's
the
burlington
kids
after
school
program.
I
believe
that
it's
part
of
your
kindergarten
registration
sign
up.
Also,
you
have
a
option
to
receive
more
information
on
the
after
school
program.
A
Good
question:
we
have
to
really
look
at
their
their
web
page
on
our
district
website.
They're
they're
administered
a
little
bit
separately
from
our
school.
They
have.
They
have
their
own
separate
administrative
structure.
If
you
will
they're
part
of
our
school
district
but
they're
their
own
department.
D
But
the
nice
thing
is
they
keep
the
kindergartners.
Other
grade
levels
can
be
mixed.
I
think
one
and
two
are
mixed
and
three
and
the
others,
but
they
keep
kindergarteners
separately
and
together,
which
is
nice
at
the
beginning
of
the
school
year.
Yeah
it's
too
much
for
them
to
be,
have
a
full
day
of
k
and
then
also
be
mixed
in
with
older
kids.
So
it's
nice
they're
just
with
kindergarteners.
A
Wednesdays,
they
run
until
5
30,
as
they
would
any
day.
Okay,
yep,
that's
correct!
Cynthia.
Do
you
mind
if
we
allow
somebody
else
to
ask
a
question?
Oh
I'm
sorry!
Yes,
that's,
okay!
You
can
come
back
to
more
if
you
have
them,
but
yeah
we'd
like
we'd
like
to
open
up
to
some
other
folks,
if
that's
so
sure
thanks
anybody.
C
Else
have
a
question.
I
just
had
one
quick
question.
Hopefully
I
registered
my
son
for
kindergarten
and
then
I
didn't
receive
any
sort
of
confirmation,
email
or
anything
like
that.
So
I
just
didn't
know
if
there
was
something
that
I
missed
or
if
there
are
steps
I
should
take
to
make
sure
he's
all
set.
Yeah.
C
A
A
I
saw
a
note
in
the
chat
there
from
sonia
that
has
you
had
a
hard
time
finding
our
meeting.
I'm
really
sorry
about
that
sonia
there's
a
there's.
It's
the
lead
link
on
our
district
webpage
actually,
and
then
the
link
to
this
meeting
is
there.
We
are
recording
the
meeting,
though
so
you'll
be
able
to
view
it
afterwards.
The
recording
will
be
posted
on
the
on
the
district
web
page
katie
revell
asks
in
the
chat
how
many
students
are
typically
in
each
kindergarten
classroom.
A
D
A
A
A
A
I
have
a
group
of
fifth
grade
student
ambassadors
that
are
currently
working
on
a
virtual
tour,
so
you
can
actually
walk
through
the
school
with
them
and
they'll,
introduce
you
to
our
spaces
and
people
and
programs
so
that
you
can
at
least
get
a
look
at
them.
My
hope
is
that
soon
we're
able
to
open
up
for
guests.
A
B
A
A
We
did
one
thing
I'd
like
to
mention
victor.
I
hope
I
didn't
cut
anybody
off
there
is
we
had
a
couple
of
families
who
did
not
receive
confirmation
that
they've
registered
their
student,
so
I
don't
know
if
that
means
they
didn't
quite
finish
it
in
power
school
or
if
that
confirmation
might
be
forthcoming.
A
E
I'll
do
is
I'll
put
my
email
in
the
chat
and
people
can
email
me
if
they're
concerned,
but
they
should
have
received
it's
not
an
email
that
they
get
when
they
fill
out.
The
last
form
a
screen
pops
up
with
all
sorts
of
information.
It
says
thank
you
you're
successfully
registered
for
school,
so
I
can
tell
people
that
if
they
skip
any
forms-
and
I
get
a
notification-
that
a
form
is
finished
because
I
do
get
notifications
when
the
last
form
is
done-
I
always
email
back
and
say
hey.
E
A
So
we
have
a
question
in
the
chat
it
says:
can
you
talk
more
about
your
literacy
instruction?
Do
you
use
a
specific
program
for
word
work
so
we're
really
fortunate.
At
cp
smith,
we've
received
some
school
improvement
funding.
That's
allowed
us
to
purchase
brand
new
fountas
and
panel
classroom
libraries
for
each
of
our
14
classrooms
here
at
cp
smith,
so
we
are
using
those
books
to
provide
literacy
instruction.
A
E
D
Right
so
our
word
work
program
is
jolly
phonics,
which
I
think
this
is
our
third
year
with
it,
and
it
really
has
been
so
successful
because
it's
synthetic
phonics,
so
we
don't
teach
letter
names
initially
we're
just
starting
that
in
january
we
just
started
that
in
january.
We're
teaching
just
sounds.
The
42
sounds
that
are
in
our
language
and
it's
done
with
motions
and
with
songs
and
with
little
characters,
and
it
is
the
most
successful
thing
that
I've
seen
in
a
long
time.
D
The
kids
really
are
able
to
write
and
and
read
words
much
earlier
than
they
ever
were
with
a
more
traditional
phonics
program.
So
we
spend
the
first
12
weeks,
teaching
42
sounds
and
how
to
make
the
letter
that
goes
with
it
and
then
and
we're
at
this
part
of
the
year
we
are
into
the
kids,
are
learning
their
letter,
names,
they're,
learning
the
capital,
letters
we're
doing
dictation.
Now.
My
students
are
dictating
three
four
and
six
letter
words
and
we're
reading
sentences.
D
So
it's
a
really
pretty
amazing
program
and
then
we
are
also
using
writing
workshop
and
readers
workshop
to
go
with
that.
So
we
are
just
hitting
from
march
to
may
march
to
june
is
the
magic
time
in
kindergarten
when,
when
all
the
work
that
we've
done
in
the
fall
and
the
winter
kind
of
all
comes
together
and
all
of
a
sudden
kids
are
reading
and
writing
and
all
those
light
bulbs
are
going
off.
So
that's
we're
really
excited
about
what
we've
been
doing
in
literacy
at
cp
smith,.
A
B
D
I
I
would
no,
I
don't
expect
them
to
have
anything
except
that,
hopefully
they've
been
read
to
a
bunch
and
that
they
are
excited
about
books.
But
even
if
that
hasn't
happened
with
kids,
we
can
create
that.
So
generally
weeks
we
assess
kids
pretty
early
in
the
within
the
first
few
days
of
school.
So
we
kind
of
know
where
kids
are,
but
we
generally
expect
that
kids
are
coming
in
with
you
know.
D
They
don't
know
any
letters
and
sounds
and
then,
if
they
do
that's
great
and
we
take
them
from
where
they
are
so
you
what
I
what
I
look
for
is
just
that
a
child
has
come
in
and
has
been
read
to
before,
and
and
has
some
understanding
and
love
of
being
read
to
in
books.
But
that's
not
always
the
case,
and,
and
I
can
we
can
give
that
to
them.
A
I
think
you
make
a
good
point,
miss
slack.
We
we
really
work
to
meet
all
of
our
students
where
they
are
and
and
help
them
to
learn
and
grow
from
there
and
and
if
they
have
some
experience
with
literature
and
books
and
some
knowledge
of
how
language
works
in
print
that's
great
and
if
they
don't
we'll
work
to
help
them
grow
from
there.
C
A
D
D
We
usually
have
two
people
games
or
activities,
sometimes
more,
but
in
the
pandemic
right
now
we're
doing
two
person
activities.
So
that
they're
getting
to
play
games
do
dice
activities
anything
that
reinforces
what
we've
been
teaching.
So
we
try
to.
We
try
to
balance
a
lot
of
hands-on
stuff
which,
with
paper
pencil
things
that
will
help
them
in
the
upcoming
years.
B
B
A
Yeah,
I
would
say
that
we,
you
know,
we
work
on
the
same
curricular
programs
that
are
sister
school
flynn
or
or
champlain
or
any
of
the
burlington
school
district
schools
work
on.
You
know
our
schools,
although
programmatically
we're
similar,
we
have
a
place
based
focus
flynn,
has
a
stem
focus.
Iaa
has
a
arts
focus
sustainability
academy?
Has
you
know
a
focus
in
sustainability?
D
A
And
that's
all
really
exciting
stuff.
I
think
I
think
you'd
find
similar
similar
things
like
that
at
all
of
our
elementary
schools.
It's
just
you
know
a
little
bit
different,
but
but
very
similar.
You
know
I
love
to
visit
them
all
the
schools.
It's
there's
exciting
stuff
happening
at
each
one.
I
think
one
one
common
thread
you
find
is
gardening.
A
You
know
each
school
has
school
gardens
in
a
in
a
little
different
iteration
and
you
know
it's
a
reflection
of
the
the
geography
of
the
immediate
area
of
the
school
often,
but
you
know
similarly
valued
definitely
programmatically
similar,
but
you
know
I
would.
I
would
encourage
you
to
check
out
each
of
these
town
halls
and
each
of
each
of
the
schools,
so
you
can
see
which
one
has
the
flavor.
A
E
What
I
say
to
families
is
visit,
the
school
that
you
think
you
want
your
child
to
go
to
and
visit
one
more,
and
if
none
of
them
is
your
neighborhood
school
make
sure
you
visit
your
neighborhood
school
because
you
might
be
pleasantly
surprised,
and
I
mean
at
this
point.
You
know
our
enrollment
numbers
are
pretty
similar
at
all
of
our
schools,
we're
all
roughly
250
to
300
students.
So
it's
not
this
huge
discrepancy,
anymore
sustainability
academy
is
smaller
than
180..
E
The
outdoor
learning
has
really
expanded
in
all
of
our
schools.
At
this
point
I
mean,
if
10
years
ago,
we
wouldn't
be
talking
about
cp
smith
and
outdoor
learning,
and
but
you
know,
we
all
share
what
we
call
promising
practices
with
each
other.
When
we
see
something's
working
well
with
students,
teachers
are
eager
to
to
integrate
that
into
their
teaching,
no
matter
where
they
teach
so
to
me
what
I
say
to
families,
if
it's
your
first
time
having
a
student
in
kindergarten.
E
A
I'm
just
very
still
all
right,
any
other
questions,
we're
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
have
both
now
and
and
after
you
know,
you
could
always
reach
out
to
me
to
miss
slack
to
victor.
You
know
we
we
all
love
to
talk
about
our
schools,
and
so
you
know,
I'm
sure
that
other
questions
will
will
occur
to
folks
after
after
this
has
ended,
so
we're
here
and
available
every
day
to
answer
questions.
A
It
sure
is,
I
love
it.
It's
it's
such
a
it's
such
a
neat,
time
and
exciting
time
for
kids
and
to
watch
the
growth
that
happens
from
that
first
day
when
they
walk
in
kind
of
overwhelmed
to
now,
when
they
you
know
they
walk
around
like
they
own
the
place,
it's
really
great
to
see,
see
the
confidence
and
and
the
growth
occur
so
yeah.
A
A
Well,
I
wanna
I
wanna
thank
everybody
for
joining
us
tonight
and
I
hope
we're
able
to
provide
some
information
for
you,
I'm
hopeful
that
we'll
be
able
to,
and
I
expect
that
we'll
be
able
to
connect
some
more
again
encouraging
anybody
to
contact
us
with
with
questions
or
or
needs
we're
happy
to
to
provide
information
at
any
time
so
have
a
great
night
and
thanks
everybody
for
joining
us
tonight.
Thanks
ms
slack
thanks
victor
thanks
good
night
all
right.
Thank
you.
Take.