USD 240 Kindergarten

Get to know your teacher

Hi! My name is Katie Berkley and I teach kindergarten at Bennington Grade School. I started teaching in Bennington in the fall of 2017. I graduated from Fort Hays State University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Elementary Education. Originally, I am from Osborne, KS. I married my high school sweetheart in July of 2017 and now we call Tescott our home. My husband, daughter, and I live out on our farm. I love reading and spending time with my family and friends. I'm so excited to get to know all of my new students!

What students will learn in Kindergarten

• Students will read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g. the, of, to, you, she, etc.)

• Students will be taught foundational skills to read emergent-reader texts with a purpose and understanding

• Students will be able to retell familiar stories; ask/answer questions about key details of a text

• Students will  use a combination of drawing, dictating and writing to compose opinion pieces; informative/explanatory texts; to tell a story

• Students will  add details to strengthen writing

• Students will be able to write all the upper and lower case letters of the alphabet and write the numbers 0-20

• Students will count to 100 by 1’s and 10’s

• Students will  learn addition and subtraction within 10 (using objects); within 5 (without objects)

• Students will identify 2 dimensional shapes (rectangle, triangle, square, circle, hexagon) and 3 dimensional shapes (cube, cone, cylinder, sphere)

• Students will describe relative position of shapes using terms such as above, below, in front of, behind and next to

Strategies for success

*Reading at home with or to your child daily and asking them comprehension questions are great ways to help your child with their reading.

*Practice High Frequency (Sight Words)

*Practice saying and writing the alphabet

*Practice counting to 100

Know the standards

ELA Standards

Math Standards