Welcome to Kindergarten! My name is Mrs. Stellwagen and I am SO excited to be your teacher this year! We are going to have so much fun learning new things and making lots of new friends this year!
A Little Information About Me:
I have been teaching for 19 years. This is my 9th year teaching at St. Patrick's School where I have enjoyed teaching both second and fourth grade. I also taught Kindergarten at Assumption School in Peekskill. I received a Bachelor of Science degree from Mount St. Mary College where I majored in Psychology and received my Education degree. I hold a Masters Degree from Fordham University in Special Education.
New York
Standards - ELA
Kindergarten is a critical time to lay the foundation for becoming a successful reader. Your child will learn to:
Recognize and name both upper and lower case letters.
Correctly say each letter’s sound.
Your child will learn basic concepts of print:
holding a book correctly;
tracking words left to right;
reading from the top to the bottom of the page;
identifying the front and back cover and title page;
understanding the correlation between spoken and printed words.
Your child will learn beginning reading skills:
Identify initial and final sounds in spoken words.
Identify rhyming and non-rhyming words (sun/run vs. sun/man).
Determine word meanings from the way they’re used in a sentence.
Identify characters, setting, and key events in a story.
Retell stories in correct sequence.
Follow two and three-step directions using picture clues
Identify facts in non-fiction text.
New York State Standards Math
Count to 100.
Identify and write numbers through 20 (in or out of order).
Identify the symbols +, -, = and learn simple addition and subtraction through number 10.
Understand the concepts of above/below/between, smaller/larger, longer/shorter.
Identify and name shapes (circle, square, oval, triangle, rhombus, rectangle, and hexagon).
Sort objects by size, color and shape.
Create a variety of simple graphs.
Match numerals to sets of objects.
Science
Basic structures of common plants and animals (arms, legs, wings, leaves, stems, roots, etc.)
Living things adapt to the environment, grow and change, and have certain needs.
Living vs. non-living things.
The similarities and differences in plants vs. animals
Social Studies
Myself and Family
My School and School Community
My Neighborhood
Maps and Globes
Health and Safety
Holidays
Citizenship
Social Skills
Develop positive self-esteem.
Learn to work and play with others.
Learn to work independently.
Learn to follow directions and classroom expectations.
Demonstrate respectful and responsible behaviors.
Be polite and kind