Kindergarten - Mrs. Power

As a vibrant Christ-centered learning community, we strive to live the example and values that Christ has provided us. We learn the value of sharing, of including and encouraging others, and accepting each other because we are all unique and made in the image of God.

As an educator, I believe children learn by doing. Lessons engage each child and enable him/her to take risks while building upon successes. Every child is empowered to make informed choices and take ownership of his/her own learning. 

Join us as we cook our alphabet cookies and make sight words; jump like our friend, Freddy the Frog, as we learn our numbers and how to add and subtract; read to our special friend Zoe, the giraffe, in our relaxing Reading Center.

Family and community members are encouraged to be active participants in many of our projects, especially in our Mystery Reader program.

Kindergarten...let the adventure begin!

Kindergarten 2018-2019 School Supplies

Make sure you check the school website and calendar for upcoming events and important information.
See below the Resources for Parents and Students for sight words rganized by level.

As we strive to Know, Love, and Serve God, we begin everyday with prayer. Our Eighth grade friends lead our school community in prayer followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Kindergarten then sings a rousing "God Bless America."

Circle Time, or Morning Meeting as we like to call it, is when dive into number exploration as we explore ten frames, counting, quantity, the days/dates of the week and months of the year. Our meteorologists tell us about the weather, and we discuss what exciting activities are on the agenda for the day. Will we be scientists and develop a hypothesis and make predictions during an experiment? Or perhaps we will be engineers and use what we've learned for STEAM (Science,Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) activities. Whatever activities we do they will be engaging and full of learning opportunities.
We always follow up with a fun kinesthetic, body moving game geared towards developing our classroom community, core body strength, or learning objectives.

Our Reading time encompasses the Core Knowledge Language Arts Listening and Learning Strand and Skills Strand. These strands are designed to help students build the background knowledge and vocabulary necessary to develop listening and reading comprehension as well as the decoding skills needed for them to become fluent readers (engageny.org).
The primary, but not only, Math resource used is the Eureka Math program. Through the Eureka program students will learn multiple strategies for solving problems.

Center Time is always a favorite. Some call it play, I call it engaged learning.  This is when we practice what we've learned in our reading and math lessons, tune our fine/gross motor skills, further develop  social/emotional skills and a learning mind set.

We have at least one "special" class everyday.
Monday: Art                         Thursday: Music
Tuesday: Computers           Friday:  Library (in morning) and Spanish (in afternoon)
Wednesday: Gym

As busy as we are, we are never too busy for a visit from our Principal, Mrs. Ferraro. Mrs. Ferraro loves to come see what adventure kindergarten is engaged in and always has words of encouragement and praise for our children.
 

We always come back to our school motto and mission statement: To Know God, to Love God, and to Serve God. With this in mind, we will be participating in a number of service projects throughout the year. We have already helped families through our Dress Down days. We are currently collecting food for families for a Thanksgiving Basket  as well as school supplies and small toys for a 2-4 year old boy and 5-9 year old girl through the Operation Christmas Shoebox program.