Welcome To Kindergarten!

Welcome! I am Ms. Gillen, and I am so excited to be your teacher this school year! Please check our class webpage for information throughout the year. If you have any questions for me, please contact me through email or Seesaw!

Quarter 2 Encore Schedule:

Monday - P.E. and Library

Tuesday - P.E. and Art

Wednesday - P.E. and Music

Thursday - P.E. and STEM

Friday - P.E. and Library

*We have P.E. every day! Please always have gym shoes at school!*

Lunch: 11:15-11:35

Recess: 11:35-11:55

Kindergarten Sight Words:

Quarter 1: am, at, can, go, is, like, me, see, the, to, mom, dad, look, I, a, an

Quarter 2: too, he, in, it, you, come, my, on, up, we, and, here, got, as, his, has, do

Quarter 3: for, not, play, said, are, day, play, into, she, went, will, looking, down, where, but, be, had

Quarter 4: they, your, all, away, back, big, her, over, this, want, who, with, so, that

Q2 "I Can" Statements:

ELA

*I can put letters together to make words.

*I can start at the top and read across to the bottom on each page.

*I can put words together to make a sentence.

*I can leave spaces between my words.

*I can name uppercase and lowercase letters.

*I can read C-V-C words.

*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 (with help).

*I can talk and write using correct grammar and punctuation.

*I can write my uppercase and lowercase letters.

*I can use correct nouns and verbs when I talk and write.

*I can use correct prepositions when I talk and write.

*I can use more than one sentence to share an idea when I talk and write.

*I can write sentences using kindergarten spelling which begin with uppercase letters, have spaces, and end with a period.

*I can capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.

*I can recognize and name end punctuation.

*I can write a letter for a consonant sound and short vowel sound I hear in a word.

*I can spell simple words.

*I can sort common objects into groups and tell why they belong in the group (with help).

*I can tell you the opposites of action words and describing words I use (with help).

*I can identify real like connections between words and their use (with help).

*I retell a story I’ve heard including key details (with help).

MATH

*I can count to 100 by 10’s. (K.CC.1)

*I can count to 100 by 1’s. (K.CC.1)

*When I count objects, I can write the number to show how many. (K.CC.3)

*I can write number 0-20. I can write number 0-50. (K.CC.3)

*I can say the number as I count each object.  (K.CC.4a)

*I can understand the last number I said is the total number of objects. (K.CC.4b)

*I can understand that when I count, the next number is one larger than the one I just said. (K.CC.4c)

*I can count objects to answer questions.  (K.CC.5)

*I can sort and count objects.  (K.MD.3)

*I can describe objects around me by their shape and where they are found (K.G.1)

*I can name and describe shapes. (K.G.2) (2-D/flat and 3-D/solid)

*I can tell if a shape is flat or solid.  (K.G.3)