Staub, Stephanie

WELCOME to Kindergarten! I would like to take this time to introduce myself.   My name is Ms. Stephanie Staub.  I began teaching Kindergarten in 1999. I graduated from Appalachian State University with a degree in elementary education and later received my master’s in education from Winston-Salem State University. I love children, being outside, animals, reading and camping. I will do everything possible to ensure that your child has a successful year!

  Your child is special to me.  I want your child to LOVE Kindergarten and come away with positive memories of this year. I want your child to have a love of reading in order for your child to learn more information and for enjoyment.  We will begin our year by visiting an exciting place called Letterland. It is a place where letters come alive and say or sing their sound. You may hear your child singing about Annie Apple and all her friends at home. In math, we will sing fun counting songs and work on counting objects in our room. We will learn about shapes, colors, numbers, patterns, likenesses and differences, sorting and more! 

Your child will have important items in Kindergarten such as homework, take-home readers, behavior reports, letters and all kinds of information. In order to make keeping up with all these items easy for your child, I will give your child a Bee Binder (Bring Everything Everyday). It is simply a binder with pockets for all the information that your child needs for school. 

 Throughout the year, I will communicate with you through Class Dojo, telephone calls, notes, newsletters, and conferences. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns at any time. Please call South Lexington (336-242-1544), send me a dojo, note, or email me at sstaub@lexcs.org .  

Kindest Regards,

Ms. Staub

Staub, Stephanie

WELCOME to Kindergarten! I would like to take this time to introduce myself.   My name is Ms. Stephanie Staub.  I began teaching Kindergarten in 1999. I graduated from Appalachian State University with a degree in elementary education and later received my master’s in education from Winston-Salem State University. I love children, being outside, animals, reading and camping. I will do everything possible to ensure that your child has a successful year!

  Your child is special to me.  I want your child to LOVE Kindergarten and come away with positive memories of this year. I want your child to have a love of reading in order for your child to learn more information and for enjoyment.  We will begin our year by visiting an exciting place called Letterland. It is a place where letters come alive and say or sing their sound. You may hear your child singing about Annie Apple and all her friends at home. In math, we will sing fun counting songs and work on counting objects in our room. We will learn about shapes, colors, numbers, patterns, likenesses and differences, sorting and more! 

Your child will have important items in Kindergarten such as homework, take-home readers, behavior reports, letters and all kinds of information. In order to make keeping up with all these items easy for your child, I will give your child a Bee Binder (Bring Everything Everyday). It is simply a binder with pockets for all the information that your child needs for school. 

 Throughout the year, I will communicate with you through Class Dojo, telephone calls, notes, newsletters, and conferences. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns at any time. Please call South Lexington (336-242-1544), send me a dojo, note, or email me at sstaub@lexcs.org .  

Kindest Regards,

Ms. Staub

Classroom / Grade-Level Expectations

Dear Parent,

In order to guarantee your child, and all the students in our classroom,  have the learning climate they deserve, we utilize a “STAR Student” discipline plan. 

Our Rules

  1. Listen to others 

  2. Walk inside the school

  3. Use a quiet voice

  4. Follow directions quickly 

  5. Be kind to others

Remember- We are all friends!  

Our students are STARS! (Students, Transforming, & Achieving, Results for Success)   They each have a STAR with their name on it. 

Our STAR students make super choices

 Outstanding- The student has gone beyond the call! (You have done an outstanding job today!) The student might have helped a friend or did a task without being told.  A sticker will be placed on the behavior chart indicating it was an Outstanding Day! 

Great Job- The student has been a STAR today! They were caught sharing, learning, listening, and being great helpers. This is the way STAR Students behave so everyone can learn in a great environment. 

star image

Unfortunately,  sometimes even STAR Students make poor choices. 

Stop and Think /1st consequence- The student receives a verbal warning. The “STAR” will be moved but just as a visual reminder to get back on track. This is just a warning… (Students should think…”Time for me to think about getting back on track.”) I would encourage parents to focus on colors and NOT if the star stick moved. Green is a good day whether the child stayed in the sky or moved to green. 

2nd poor choice consequence - The student continues to make poor decisions. There will be a yellow mark on their behavior chart. The student will lose free choice of center. They will move their “STAR”  to yellow.  (Students should think…

” I decided not to change my behavior so I chose to face the consequences.”)

This provides a visual reminder to the student to correct the behavior. 

3rd poor choice consequence -Parent will be  Contacted - Student moves “STAR” to the Parent Contact.  A red X is placed in the behavior chart. A small note will be written on the behavior chart. The student will be asked to think about his/her choices.  ALL privileges will be taken away.   If needed, the student will be sent to another room or separate place in our room for a cool down. Following a student's “cool down” he/she will discuss with the teacher the reasons such discipline was necessary.   (Students should think…”I decided not to change my behavior,  so my parents need to know how I acted today.”) 

In cases of physical contact where a student does not keep his or her hands or feet to themselves then the student is automatically placed on red. Also, if another teacher or adult calls on a student in the hall or classroom then a student is placed on red. 

4th consequence - Phone Call home and phone conference and possible in person conference depending on behavior - The student is very disruptive to the learning environment. ( I disrupted not only my learning, but I interfered with other student’s learning and lost my self-control multiple times.) 

Please check your child’s behavior sheet Daily and initial.  Please praise your child for a Good Day/ green!  If it is marked yellow then you may need to discuss ways to make better choices. If your child is on red, then please reinforce the rules and go over ways to have a better day. Please have patience and understanding the first few weeks as we practice rules and expectations. I will contact you if I feel that we need to discuss your child’s behavior. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email, send a note, or call. 

Sincerely,

Ms. Staub sstaub@lexcs.org 336-242-1544

Current Units of Study

We are visiting Letterland and learning our letters and sounds. 

We are working on reading. Learning our strategies for sounding out words:

Knowing the parts of the book. Front, back and title) 

We are counting to 50.

We know our numbers from 1-10. 

We know our 2D shapes. (square, triangle, rectangle, and circle) 

Resources

Important Dates

August 6-8 Required Teacher Workday

August 9:  Optional Teacher Workday

August 12:  First Day of School

September 2:  Holiday

September 20:   Early Release Day

October 10:   Early Release Day/End of Marking Period

October 11:   Required Teacher Workday

November 5:   Election Day

November 5:  Optional Teacher Workday

November 11:  Holiday

November 25-26: Optional Teacher Workday

November 27: Annual Leave Day

November 28-29:  Holiday

December 19:  End of Markinig Period

December 20: Required Teacher Workday

December 23, 27, 30,31:   Annual Leave Day

December 24, 25, 26 :   Holiday

January 1 :   Holiday

January 2-3:   Required Teacher Workday

January 20:    Holiday

January 21:    Required Teacher Workday

February 17:  Required Teacher Workday

March 6:  Early Release Day/End of Marking Period

March 7: Optional Teacher Workday

March 10-14:   Annual Leave Day

April 11:   Early Release Day

April 18 : Holiday

April 21: Optional Teacher Workday

May 26:  Holiday

May 29:  Last Day of School/Early Release Day

May 30:   Required Teacher Workday

June 2:  Optional Teacher Workday

Daily Schedule

Ms. Staub and Ms. Poole’s Class Schedule:

7:30-8:15- Greet students; breakfast

8:15-9:15- Small Group Literacy

9:15-9:30- Restroom/ Heggerty

9:30-9:50- Whole Group Literacy

9:50-10:30- Specials/PLC

Monday-Music

Tuesday- PE

Wednesday- Art

Thursday- Guidance 

Friday- Media 


10:30-10:50- Whole Group Literacy

10:50-11:00- Read aloud

11;00-11:10 RESTROOM 

11:10-11:40- Lunch

11:40-12:00 Recess 


Monday- Big playground

Tuesday- 150 Playground

Wednesday-Small Playground 

Thursday- Big Playground

Friday- Big Playground


12:00-12:30- Whole Group Math

12:30-1:30- Small Group Math

1:30-2:00- Science/Social Studies integrated/ rest for beginning of the year 

2:00-2:30- Writing

2:30-3:35- Pack up/DismissalDaily Schedule