Cathleen Kirchmeier's Web Page

Grade K Teacher | 973-543-7474 x401

ckirchmeier@stjosephschoolmendham.org

Welcome to St. Joseph School Kindergarten! We are happy you are here and hope you enjoy your visit.

General Academic Goals

Kindergarten will strive to have God in our daily lives through socializing and sharing with classmates in a kind fair and respectful way.We will learn all the phonetic sounds necessary to read and also have fun solving problems through stories.Kindergarten will learn about numbers and math problems using many hands on activities.We will learn to write every letter of the alphabet correctly. Kindergarten will enjoy songs, games and play to reinforce letter and number skills.

Class Rules

                           Raise hand to speak
                           Walk in the classroom
                           Speak softly
                           Take turns
                           Share

Learning Showcase

Kindergarten loved going to the Community Theater and seeing Seussical. What a great play about Dr. Seuss stories!

We listened to many Easter stories and made a smiling bunny with a bow tie. We also estimated the number of jelly beans that would fit in an Easter egg. We then filled the egg and counted how many really fit. The best part was eating the jelly beans!!

We are now measuring and weighing things in Math. It's a lot of fun.

Kindergarten is reading and enjoying it.

We enjoyed listening to a true story about a little girl who was mailed to her grandmother because it was to expensive to take the train.

Up And Coming

Kindergarten is looking forward to our trip to Fosterfields Farm in Morristown. We will learn all about farming 100 years ago. We will be able to do some of the farm chores that were performed 100 years ago. We can't wait. It should be a lot of fun!

We are also practicing for our graduation. We are learning poems and songs to be performed that night in June. We are excited!

                                  Homework for the week...

                               Monday: Beginning and end sound "B"
                               Tuesday: Attributes of an object
                               Wednesday:  Review short "e"
                               Thursday:  Trace and write letters neatly

The Parent Connection

Please refer to the weekly newsletter in Kindergarten to keep up to date on class happenings and weekly homework. Please feel free to contact me at (973) 543-7474 ext. 401 when you have a question or concern. All written correspondence is through the folder, which is checked each morning.