• Welcome to Ms. Stuetz's Kindergarten Classroom:

     

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    Ms. Christine Stuetz
    Kindergarten
    cstuetz@scarsdaleschools.org
    Twitter: @FMkindergarten
    914-721-2720
     
     
    About My Classroom
    Our classroom is a busy, child-centered learning environment.  It is stimulating, colorful and comfortable.  Our classroom is a community.  It is our home away from home.

    We function as a whole group, small groups and as individuals.  We are cooperative and collaborative.  We share our materials, our discoveries and our experiences.  We respect one another and ourselves. 

    Sometimes our classroom is loud, sometimes our classroom is quiet.  Sometimes only the teacher is speaking and everyone is practicing their listening.  Often the children are talking to one another and the teacher is facilitating. 

    Everyday we draw on what we already know and have learned.  Everyday there are opportunities for the children to grow intellectually, socially and emotionally.  Everyday something fun happens.  Everyday is a new beginning!

    Below are several list poems describing our classroom through the eyes of my students.  Enjoy!

    Reading is...
    looking at words
    pictures clues
    predicting
    sounding out
    figuring out words
    beginning sounds and ending sounds
    silent letters
    vowel sounds
    read alouds
    listening
    family stories
    biographies
    picture books
    cook books
    fiction and non-fiction
    independent reading
    buddy reading
    hard and easy
    "just right"
    fun

    Writing is...
    writing in our journals
    writing about people
    writing about our experiences
    writing about our lives
    writing words, sentences, paragraphs and stories
    writing letters and numbers
    writing alone
    writing with partners
    spelling words
    using capital and lower case letters
    handwriting
    commas, periods, question marks and exclamation marks
    sharing
    telling
    explaining
    describing

    Math is...
    addition
    subtraction
    counting on
    counting down
    number bonds
    number sentences
    number sentences
    using counters, cubes and bears
    ten frames
    math games
    math facts
    symbols
    putting numbers together
    taking numbers apart

    Social Studies is...
    noticing
    understanding
    figuring it out
    telling
    reading
    listening
    about all people
    kids and families
    mommies and daddies
    our lives
    our country
    the President
    Christopher Columbus
    Pilgrims and Native Americans
    celebrations
    holidays
    customs
    interesting
    fun!












     

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