Welcome to Kindergarten!
Hello, families! My name is Mrs. Hermes and I am in the Gold Community. I am honored to be your child's Kindergarten teacher! We're going to have an AMAZING year of learning, growing, & having fun! :-)
Please don't hesitate to reach out to me with ANY questions you might have!
Email messages are always the best avenues to reach me, as phone calls during the day are very tricky with timing.
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HELPFUL KINDERGARTEN HINTS:
*Please remember to call the office at 815.469.3366 if your child will be absent for the day or if there is a last-minute change for afternoon transportation.
Every student will have his/her own "Take Home" folder that goes between home and school DAILY.
- Please check this special communication tool every night to see what we're up to & for any important news/class updates!
- Please send any important notes or papers (transportation changes, permission slips, Box Tops, notes, etc.) back to school in this same folder.
- Take out and keep any other papers/completed work at home.
Every student will also have his/her own Yellow Fluency Bag that goes between home and school DAILY.
- Inside, you'll find leveled readers that we use each day in class. Please practice reading these books every night, & place them back inside the Yellow fluency bag to bring back to school to use.
***Specials Schedule for 1st Quarter***
Monday: Art & PE
Tuesday: Art & PE
Wednesday: Music & PE
Thursday: STEM & PE
Friday: Library & PE
- We're so fortunate to have P.E. every day! Please always have gym shoes at school.
- Recess/Lunch: 12:00-12:40
I can’s for 1st Quarter – ELA
*I can name uppercase and lowercase letters
*I can say the sound a consonant makes
*I can quickly read high frequency words
* I can identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book
*I can name the author and illustrator of a book and tell you what they do
*I can tell you how the illustrations and words match (w/help)
*I can retell a story I’ve heard including key details (w/help)
*I can use drawings to tell about something that happened in order and how I feel about it
I can’s for 1st Quarter – MATH
*I can count to 100 by ones
*When I count objects, I can write the number to show how many
*I can write numbers 0-20
*I can say the number as I count each object
*I can understand the last number I said is the total number of objects
*I can count objects to answer questions
*I can compare groups of objects to decide which is greater than, less than, or equal to
*I can sort objects
