Kindergarten Room K2 - Mrs. Diane Glatts
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Email: dglatts@simonandjude.org
I received my undergraduate degree and Early Childhood Certification from Widener University. I have taught Kindergarten at SSJ since 2002. Kindergarten is a wonderful time to watch a child grow socially, emotionally and academically. As a teacher, I love to see when a child "gets it" and they feel a sense of pride in themselves. My kindergarten classes have consisted of morning and afternoon children, full day children, and a mix of half and full day children.
Welcome to Kindergarten
Kindergarten Curriculum
Religion
In Religion the We Believe series “God Made the World” by Sadlier is used. The units focus on:- God Gives Us Many Gifts
- children learn that God made the world and all things good
- God is Our Creator
- children learn that God made them and gave us our families and friends to learn about and show love
- Jesus Shows Us God’s Love
- children learn about how much Mary loved God and that Jesus wants us to live as he did loving and caring for others
- Jesus Wants Us to Share God’s Love
- children learn how they are part of the family of God called the Church and the ways they can share God’s love
In addition to these units, students learn about saints, Holy Days and the Bible through weekly enrichment lessons with Sister Betty Bailey, IHM.
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
- God Gives Us Many Gifts