"ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN!" - Robert Fulghum -
Our Team: Mrs. Kolb, Mrs. Cossins
English Language Arts
Recognize capital and lower case letters
Understand letter and sound relationships
Identify more than 48 letter names per minute & 36 letter sounds per minute
Understand print concepts: know what a word is, know that print goes left to right and top to bottom, explain the terms author, illustrator, illustration, cover, title page
Participate in shared reading (big books, morning messages, etc.)
Participate in guided reading (small books with repetitive text)
Recognize and produce rhyming words
Learn forty sight words
Learn to spell sight words, CVC words and CVCe words
Help teacher write words and sentences by supplying letter sounds
Using letter/sound relationships to attempt to write words and sentences independently
Learning the proper formation of letters
Writing first and last name
Use letter sounds knowledge to stretch words and write with best guessing
Math
Count to 100
Count back from 20
Count on from a number within a known sequence
Recognize numerals to 20
Participate in calendar work: recognize and extend patterns, know days of the week, months, seasons
Count by tens to 100, begin counting by 5s
Copy, recognize and create patterns
Sort, classify, count and label groups of objects
Write numerals 1-20
Add and subtract within 10 using objects or a picture/model
Solve simple story problems using objects, pictures or models
Count with 1 to 1 correspondence to 30
Understand and use the terms more than, less than, equal
Recognize shapes
Science
We follow the Next Generation Science Standards.
The three units are:
Trees and Weather
Animals Two by Two
Materials and Motion
Fine Motor Skills
Write comfortably with a pencils, crayons and markers in lines and spaces
Cut with scissors comfortably
Control a crayon and marker
Buttoning and zipping coats
Manipulate a backpack
Tie shoes
Social and Emotional Learning
We are a PBIS School (Positve Behavior Interventions and Supports)
We are safe
We are kind
We are responsible
We follow the Sanford Harmony Social Emotional Learning Curriculum
Stay on task during independent, small group and whole group activities
Work cooperatively in a group of 2 or 3, taking turns and sharing materials
Follow directions and classroom rules
Recognize and read social cues or follow actions of others
Express/identify feelings
Create lasting friendships
Know personal information: parents' names & other family members, phone number, address, birthday, first & last name
Be a good sport and play fair during class and on the playground
As well as working within the classroom, students participate in each of these special classes 50 minutes a week.
Art classes with Mrs. Schumacher were students learn about primary colors and difference between warm and cool colors.
Engineering and Design with Ms. Grist where students learn the principles of technology using K'Nex, Legos, Uberstix, robots and paper supplies.
Music Class with Ms. Gerringa, where students learn to sing and play musical instruments.
Physical Education Class with Mrs. Ramos, where students learn to exercise and develop a number of gross motor skills including: throwing, catching, kicking and striking.
Library with Mrs. Anderson where students learn to listen politely to stories and library skills which include finding and checking out books.
Parents are always welcome in our program. Opportunities for parent participation are arranged to accommodate parent's schedules with respect for cultural and family differences.
We teach Kindergarten for all the little reasons! We are proud to be Kindergarten teachers! Mrs. Kolb, Mrs. Newton (Cossins)
