Kindergarten - Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Strell

Important Reminders:

• Your child’s name must be on everything
• All monies must be in a sealed envelope or bag clearly marked with child’s name and what the money is for
• Folders must come to school daily-please be sure to look through folder each day
• Any changes in transportation must be written down or phoned in
• Show and tell is on Monday and Tuesday ONLY…your child can share on only ONE of these days…ALL show and tell must be in a bag

• Any changes in transportation must be written down or phoned in (216) 475-3633

Kindergarten is off to a great start and is preparing for a busy school year. We welcome all of our new
students and families to Saint Benedict Early Learning Center.  We are committed to providing our
students with an excellent education and sharing the Gospel message with an emphasis on peace,
acceptance, understanding and service to all.
 
In addition to learning the routine and rules of the school and the classroom, the kindergarten children
have settled into our “all day program.”  They have had the opportunity to “switch” classes and go to
PE, Art, Music, Library and even STEM class. They have also practiced and participated in
fire drills, tornado drills and lock down drills.
 
Our days in kindergarten this year will be filled with many fun activities as well as educational
experiences such as listening to and retelling Bible stories, learning prayers, learning the alphabet,
letter sounds, reading, writing, adding and subtracting to name a few!
 
We are all excited about this new year and look forward to working together on the kindergarteners
educational journey at Saint Benedict Early Learning Center.
 

Listed Below are concepts & skills we are working on in class:
Religion:

• Sign of the Cross and daily prayers…Focus on Hail Mary
• Bible stories

• 8 basic color words (red, blue, yellow, green, purple, orange, black, brown) and number words 0-10 (zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten)  
• Word wall words: here, I, am, the…practice daily
• Letter recognition (capital and lower case) and letter sounds
• Matching the capital letter to the lower case letter (example Hh)
• Identify /c/ at the beginning of words…we are studying the hard c sound…some examples are cat, cup, cake
• Identify what the author, illustrator, narrator jobs are in a story
• Identify the genre of story (fiction vs. nonfiction)
• Identify character, setting and plot of story
• Good listening…look and listen to speaker quietly and wait for directions
• Identify proper nouns, nouns and adjectives

• Practice writing letters and numbers in proper form in pencil
•  Work on left to right progression
•  Practice writing our names correctly on lined paper
• Coloring neatly within the lines
• Cutting and pasting

• Practice counting, number recognition/formation, patterns and shape identification
• Model and count objects with number names and written numerals
• Count to 100 by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s
• Read and extend a given pattern…AB pattern
• Identify and practice drawing basic shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle)
• Use five frames to model numbers using counters (counters are red circles)
• Math vocabulary words: match, pair, model and number words 0-10

• Practice reciting complete address and phone number
• Discuss daily weather and the four seasons
• Learn about the months and days
• School rules/routines and drills
• Good manners

• Discuss healthy choices in food and play
• Safety in the classroom and at recess/dismissal