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.
**************************************************************************************************
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 2nd Quarter***
Monday: Library & 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: 11:15-11:55am
I Can’s for 2nd quarter 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).
I Can’s for 2nd Quarter 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)
