Ms. Benitez (Instructional Assistant) Ms. Spraggins (Teacher)	Ms. Contreras (Instructional Assistant) Ms. Pencek (Teacher)	Ms. Zelaya (Instructional Assistant) Ms. Wilmes-Reitz (Teacher)
Ms. Kremposky (Instructional Assistant) Ms. Fedele (Teacher)		Ms. Samara (Teacher) Ms. Diallo (Assistant)

 

We are excited to welcome you to a year filled will learning, building meaningful friendships, and becoming citizens of the world. We will be learning about our role model Leonardo da Vinci.  We will use Leonardo da Vinci’s methods of learning to help us build our curiosity for the world!

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Kindergarten Yearly Theme: Cooperation

Classroom Instruction

• We have an hour of P.A.L.S.(phonological awareness literacy screening) instruction everyday in kindergarten
  • Children will be grouped based on ongoing assessment
  • They will be meeting with a reading teacher four times a week during P.A.L.S instruction time
  • Word study, concept of print, phonology, handwriting, letter/sounds, and rhyming will be taught during this time
• Students write daily, focusing on stretching out words and using spacing, punctuation, and sentence variation
• Opportunities for shared, guided, and independent reading and writing are provided daily
• Teachers read aloud from a variety of texts on a daily basis
• Children learn to count, classify, sequence, sort, match, and experiment with math through hands-on investigations
• Experiences are provided for children to discover how mathematical concepts can be used in interdisciplinary ways
• Opportunities to answer open-ended questions and extend thinking are incorporated
• Instruction from specialists in music, physical education, art, Spanish, and library are provided

Websites

Alphabet and Reading Links: 

• http://www.starfall.com/

Math Links:

Pattern Blocks

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/topic_t_2.html

Interactive Math Site

• http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

AAA Math Site