Kindergarten Room K1 - Mrs. Danielle Land

- ACADEMICS

Email: [email protected]
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I have been teaching kindergarten, at SS. Simon and Jude School, since 2006.  I have a Teacher Certification in Elementary Education and hold a Master’s of Education from Cabrini College, where I graduated with Dean’s List Honors.  Also, I earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Penn State University.  Being a strong advocate for the youth of today, it is my goal to enhance the quality of their educational experience by providing them with the tools they need to become successful.
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Welcome to Kindergarten

Kindergarten Curriculum

Religion
Blest Are We Faith in Action Kindergarten is a developmental, age-appropriate program based on Scripture and rooted in the teachings of our Catholic Faith.

Math
In math the GoMath! series by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is used. Throughout the Common Core Standards the units focus on:
- Number and Operations
  - representing, recognizing and writing numbers 0-20
  - counting sequence and number names
  - identifying groups of objects that are greater than, less than or equal to another group of objects
  - understanding addition as putting together and adding to and subtraction as taking apart and taking from
- Geometry and Positions
  - identifying and describing two and three-dimensional shapes
- Measurement and Data
  - describing measurable attributes of objects such as length and weight
  - classifying and counting objects in categories
ELA (English Language Arts)
In ELA, the McGraw Hill Wonders series is used.
The Common Core Standards are divided into four areas, reading, writing, speaking and listening and language. The focus is on:
- Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
  - letters and their sounds
  - blending sounds to produce words
- Writing
  - printing letters
  - writing words and sentences
- Text-based Comprehension
  - setting, characters, compare and contrast, classify and categorize and sequence
- Oral and Academic Vocabulary
  - introduction of high-frequency words each week
  - meaning of words such as noun, verb, adjective, proper noun