Welcome to Kindergarten!

About Miss Gann

I would like to introduce myself to you. My name is Miss Gann, and I am so excited to be the new kindergarten teacher and join the St. Jerome community! I know it will be a great year filled with lots of learning, new experiences, and fun adventures! I cannot wait to meet all of your children and get to know them as they develop and grow. Before I learn all about them, I would like to tell you a little about myself.

I am from the South Bay and am the oldest of three children. I am a recent graduate from the University of San Francisco (Go Dons!), where I earned my Masters in Teaching and Bachelors in Communication Studies. I’ve been teaching and volunteering in a Kindergarten classroom at a Catholic school in San Francisco for the past two years, and I am looking forward to being in sunny El Cerrito. I was raised and still am an active Catholic, and religion is one of my favorite subjects to teach. I will propagate the faith and journey with your children in Christ.

I look forward to meeting you in each and every child and parent! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at any time via email.

Get ready for a fantastic year full of fun, reading, growing, and most of all, learning!

 Love,

Miss Gann

Links

Language Arts

• 1st Grade Lang. Arts
  Try the Word Sort game! If you're up for a challenge, go for the Word Builder! 
  
• I Can Read Game
  HF word recognition. 
• Initial Sounds
  Click on "Chicken Coop" to play.
• Letters and Sounds
  Initial Sound Match, Sound Button Blending, Pick a Picture, and Ladybug Lander are great ones. 
• Starfall Letter Recognition and Digraphs
  Letter recognition is the first slide that will pop up. You and your child can proceed to digraphs on the next slide if he/she is up for a big challenge! 

Mathematics

• IXL math problems
  Click on any link to play and practice math skills. 
• Mathletics
  Click on 'sign in' in the upper right hand corner and enter your child's unique log-in information. 
• Mathletics
  Click on the sign in button (top right corner) and use the log in information provided in your Kindergarten Newsletter. 
• Number Sense Games
  Try having your child play Counting by 1s or 2s and the Dot to Dot Counting Backwards.