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.
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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 4th Quarter***
Monday: Music & 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: 12:00-12:40
I Can’s for 4th quarter ELA
*I can name uppercase and lowercase letters.
*I can say the sound a consonant makes.
*I can spell words with long and short vowels.
*I can quickly read high frequency words.
*I can tell you letters that are different in words that I read.
*I can read a story and tell you what it is about.
*I can ask and answer questions about key details in a book (with help).
*I can identify the main topic and retell key details in a book (with help).
*I can ask and answer questions to find the meaning of a word in a book (with help).
*I can tell you the reasons an author uses details in a book (with help).
*I can participate in group reading activities.
*I can talk to my friends and adults about kindergarten books and ideas.
*I can follow rules for talking and listening to each other.
*I can take turns when talking and listening to our friends.
*I can tell you what I learned from a book or video.
*I can ask and answer questions to help me learn new information.
*I can describe familiar people, places, things, and events and give details.
* I can add careful, colorful details to my pictures.
*I can talk with an inside voice and tell you what I think, feel, and know.
*I can understand and use questions words (who, what, when, where, and why, and how).
*I can tell you the meaning of a word from a story that I have heard or read.
*I can tell you two meanings for a word I know
(duck: bird or to duck: get down
bat: baseball bat or animal).
*I can tell you the meaning of a word when I add these endings: (inflections: ed, -s, -ful, -less).
*I can tell you the meaning of a word when I add these beginnings: (affixes: re-, un-, pre-).
*I can ask and answer questions about key details in a book (with help).
*I can ask and answer questions to find the meaning of a word in a book.
*I can compare and contrast what happens to characters in stories I’ve heard (with help).
*I can participate in group reading activities.
Writing:
*I can use drawing, and writing to tell how I feel about a topic of a book.
*I can use drawing, and writing to name a topic and tell something about it.
*I can improve my writing by adding details with help from an adult or friends.
I Can’s for 4th quarter Math
*I can count starting with any number.
*When I count objects, I can write the number to show how many.
*I can write numbers 0-50.
*I can show subtraction.
*I can subtract to solve word problems.
*I can show what number is needed to add to another number to make 10.
*I can quickly subtract from numbers up to 5.
*I can show how the numbers 11-19 are made of ten ones and more ones.
