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Welcome to Kindergarten
Welcome to Kindergarten
I am excited to be your child's second (you are their first) teacher. Below you will find lots of information to help us have an amazing kinder year.
All About me!
-I have taught Head Start, Pre-K Home Based, Second Grade, and Kindergarten.
-Before I became a teacher, I worked on Scott A.F.B. while putting myself through college.
-I grew up just a few minutes away, but now I live in Missouri.
-My dad was military and civilian. He retired as a full-time reservist in the United States Air Force here at Scott.
-I love to garden at home, but I am also in charge of the SES school garden.
-I have two sons. We are lucky to have adopted a boy from Ethiopia and I have 1 step son.
What to Expect
What to Expect
The kinder year is one of the most important years in a child's educational journey. It is where the foundational skills for social, emotional, and academic (cognitive) development begin. You can expect to see big strides in these areas as they work and play, especially if this is their first education experience. Check out our schedule, the grading scale, and kinder readiness skills below.
**Schedules are subject to change based on unforeseen circumstances such as field trips, weather, school activities, etc. Please email for exact daily schedules.
Syllabus and Newsletter
While kindergarten does not have a syllabus, you will receive a welcome packet with lots of information at open house, or in your child's folder on their first day. Your child will also receive a weekly newsletter that will cover all 6 kindergartens and have a section that is from each child's personal teacher. It will have current curriculum, as well as upcoming kinder specific events.
Mascoutah School District K-2 Grading information
https://www.msd19.org/o/mascoutah-cusd-19/page/evidence-based-grading
You can check your child's kinder readiness skills by looking at the list of skills below. We will be working on these any many other skills throughout the year to help them become happy, successful learners.
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
-Is confident and ready to separate from caregiver
-Able to play and share with others
-Able to assist in age appropriate self-help skills such as cleaning up
-Can wait his/her turn
-Can sit for a story for 5 to 10 minutes
-Can listen and follow a 2 to 3 step direction
-Can function independently with age appropriate expectations
-Asks for help
-Expresses needs
-Able to use words instead of physical actions to express anger and disappointment
-Uses the restroom and independently. Wash, dress, use soap.
-Can handle automatic flushers
LANGUAGE
Knows all the letters of the alphabet
-Knows the letters in their first name and can write them using an uppercase letter and the rest lower case
-Can retell a simple story in sequence
-Knows most of the uppercase and lowercase letters and sounds
-Can match sounds with letters
-Speaks in complete sentences
-Can rhyme simple words
-Can understand and use positional words ( top, below, next to, behind, above)
-Knows first and last name when asked
MATH
-Can sort items by attributes such as shape, size, color, etc.
-Can make various patterns: AB, ABC
-Can rote count to 10
-Can identify numbers 1 to 10
-Can identify colors
-Can count 10 dots or items (one to one correspondence)
OTHER
-Can cut a line or a simple shape with age appropriate scissors
-Can use a 3 finger grip to hold a pencil
-Has experience using crayons and markers to make a picture
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