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About myself I have been a school teacher for 36 years now and I continue to love my work! Thirty two of those years have been at the kindergarten level. I have also taught third grade and first grade at Chateaugay Central School and Remedial Reading at Malone Central before coming to Brushton-Moira Central School in 1976.
I graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from SUNY at Plattsburgh. I received my Master's Degree with Reading concentration in Elementary Education from SUNY Potsdam. I have continued to update my teaching skills with professional development throughout my career. I reside with my husband Bob in Brushton, NY. I enjoy reading, power walking, and golfing when the weather and my schedule allow for it. The students in my kindergarten class continue to give me great joy each year. I look forward to working with them every day. I also enjoy supervising eager, new student teachers that intern at Brushton-Moira Central for their eight week student teaching experience. Three of our five grown sons are now married and my husband and I enjoy visiting with them and our newest family members: four grandsons; Kyran, Joshua, Camdon and Liam and our only granddaughter, Klarissa. Homework Reading to your child daily is the greatest gift that you can give your kindergartner. The more your child is exposed to books, especially being read to by Mom or Dad, the greater the chances are that your child will succeed in school and ultimately in life.  "You may have tangible wealth untold; Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be- I had a mother who read to me." Excerpt from Gillian, Strickland, "The Reading Mother," from Best Loved Poems of the American People, New York; Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1936 Every week or so in kindergarten your child will take home a pre-decodable or decodable book. Your child should KEEP THESE BOOKS in a safe place (I recommend a shoebox) and frequently read them to an adult or older sibling. The sight words that kindergarten children need to recognize in print (and read)are as follows: the a an here is I see and we he she big small have no down go up do has who are in on can what you at like too my Our Schedule Day 1- Gym Day 2- Library Day 3- Art Day 4- Gym Day 5- Gym Day 6- Music Focus for the Week School is truly busy! We have learned all about the rules in school and how to work together cooperatively. We have been learning how to print our first and last name, tracing letter shapes Aa- Zz, identifying all of the letters of the alphabet, reading our pre-decodable books, rhyming, and sequencing. We are also learning colors, shapes, position words (such as above/below, etc.), all of the numbers 0-100, patterning, time, counting money and graphing, etc. There is so much to learn!Notes of Interest "BOOK IT!" IS HERE!Reminder: Remember, the BOOK IT! Program starts in October! Book It! monthly slips will be collected every month beginning in October each year. Simply write down the titles of the 7 books that you have read to your child each month, sign it and send the list to school. Please participate and submit yours each month! Your child will receive a free personal pan pizza coupon and a gold star for each month that the completed slips are received. This program runs every year from October through March. Look What's Going On in Our Room We are working every day in our Open Court Reading Program. We are tracing and writing our first and last name. We also write and name the letters of the alphabet, both capital and small (lower case) letters. We are learning all of the letter sounds including short and long vowel sounds. We rhyme words, sing the Alphabet Song, the Vowel Song, and chant the Alphabet Cheer. Ask your child to perform these songs and chants for you! Also, ask him/her to give you a rhyming word for words such as: bug, cheese, cat, log, or blocks, etc. We begin "workshop" activities every fall after the children are accustomed to school. In workshop centers we can practice the skills that we have learned in small, cooperative groups every other afternoon. It is great fun! We are also reading many pre-decodable books and have learned a few of the kindergarten sight words. (See the word list above.) We have a terrific vocabulary program and we are learning to say and use "big" words. We are having so much fun in our reading classes! Our math classes are fun, too. We are learning all of the numbers to 100, counting to 100, counting backwards from 10, counting by tens, and the concepts of more, less (fewer), and same. We are also learning to copy and extend patterns, how to create and interpret a graph, money values for coins and telling time by the hour on both digital and analog clocks. 
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