Welcome to
Rock Springs Elementary!
Check your grades regularly through Skyward using your assigned username and password. If you need assistance with your login information, visit or email our attendance office, [email protected].
Contact me to obtain online textbook information for this class. You can access your Office 365 account by clicking here, the username and password are the same as your computer login at school.
If you are having technology issues at home in regard to distance learning, please email [email protected]
Kindergarten is more than just an opportunity for children to socialize and learn about colors and shapes. This is an important year in the life of youngsters! A well-run classroom should offer kids developmentally-appropriate learning opportunities, without pushing them beyond what they can handle, while continuing to challenging them! It should also provide them with playtime, as well as a chance to recharge and refuel their bodies with rest moments or snacks.
Above all, kindergarten is the time when kids acquire early educational skills so that they're not only ready -- but also excited -- to move on to first grade. Children within this age group are like little sponges. They love learning, and they are eager to do so. Preserving this mindset is one of the most important tasks a kindergarten teacher should accomplish.
Kindergarten is school for children from 4 to 6 years old depending on their birthday. The average age of most kindergarteners is 5, but many children aren't actually ready -- whether developmentally or emotionally -- to enter school until they're older. In fact, it's not uncommon for some kids to begin kindergarten at age 6. With that in mind, kindergarten students will come into the classroom with a wide range of skills and background knowledge. Some students will be proficient with colors and shapes, but they will need leadership and guidance from the teacher (with parent support from home) with letter identification, phonics (letter sounds), counting, and number recognition and operations. Others, may enter kindergarten reading sight words, sentences, or small books as well as a basic understanding of counting and cardinality with algebraic thinking. Our goal is for each child to progress though each year at his/her own pace to meet the end of the year objectives and beyond when appropriate.
7:30-7:45 - Arrival/Morning Work Arrival/Morning Work
7:45-8:00 -Calendar Time Meeting/Calendar Time
8:00-8:25 - ELA Phonics ELA- Phonics
8:25-9:25 - Science/S.S. Time Science/Social Studies
9:05-9:20 - Snack Time Snack
9:25-10:00 - ELA Reading ELA- Reading
10:00-11:00- ELA Small Groups/Centers ELA- Centers
11:00-11:30 - Recess Recess
11:30-11:55 - Lunch Lunch
11:55-12:40 - Math Math
12:40-1:30 - Related ArtsRelated Arts
1:30-1:45 - Math (cont.) Math (cont.)
1:45-2:15 -RTI - Intervention RTI- Intervention
2:15-2:25 - Pack up for Dismissal Pack Up for Dismissal
2:30 - Dismissal Dismissal