Schick Staff Directory

Hi! My name is Rebecca Kuntz (Becky) and I am your child’s kindergarten teacher. I live in Loyalsock with my my daughter, Emily. Emily is a Freshman at D’Youville College this year. I also have 2 dogs, Bear and Lyla. I am a graduate of Loyalsock myself! I love movies, reading, suduko puzzles, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, drinking coffee, and doing zumba. My favorite color is purple!

I earned my bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Penn State. Go Nittany Lions!!! At Lycoming College, I became elementary certified. I earned my Master’s Degree at Lock Haven University in teaching and instruction.

Teaching has been a part of my life for over 20 years. I have taught children from preschool age to fifth grade. This is my tenth year in kindergarten, and I love it!

I am really looking forward to the new year in kindergarten. The other kindergarten teachers and I will be working as a team to facilitate group activities and create a wonderful learning environment for our Loyalsock Kindergarteners. It’s going to be an exciting year and I am looking forward to meeting all of you. If you need to get in touch with me, please call the school at 326-3554 ext. 1144; or e-mail me at bkuntz@loyalsocklancers.org.

Daily Schedule  

• 7:50 Students begin to arrive. Children usually begin their day with a bell ringer to practice skills they are learning.
• 8:15 Announcements and Pledge of Allegiance flag
• 8:30 Our academic day begins.
  *Literacy Block literacy
  *Writing Workshop
  *Center Time centers
• 10:55-11:45 Recess recess and Lunch
  *Math Lesson math
  *Snack
  *Specials and Science/Social Studies
• 2:45 Dismissal

Special Schedule

Here at Schick, we follow a six-day cycle. Your child will have a special class each day. Here’s a look at our schedule this year:

• Day 1: Music with Mrs. Coughenour
• Turtle Time with Mrs.Morehart (Every other week.)
• Day 2: Library with Mrs. Cozza
• Day 3: Gym with Mrs. Fox
• Day 4: Music with Mrs. Coughenour
• Day 5: Art with Mrs. Comini
• Day 6: Gym with Mrs. Fox

We will not have specials on days when we have early dismissal. Also, if we miss a day due to weather, we make it up on the first day back.

Parent’s Information

Literacy

StoryTown is the literacy series we use here at Schick. Here are the areas we focus on:

• letters and letter sounds
• syllables and words
• rhyming
• segmenting word
• building and blending words
• high frequency words
• read alouds (both fiction and nonfiction)
• robust vocabulary words
• story elements (character, setting, problem, solution, etc.)
• various forms of writing (labels, lists, sentences, stories, etc.)

High Frequency Words

About every three weeks, you will receive a set of high frequency word cards. These are also known as sight words. Students should practice these words at home. The link above will give our list of 54 high frequency words. They should be able to read all 54 words by the end of the year. The words are posted in our classroom so that children may also spell the words correctly in their writing. Click on the following link for your child to play a matching sight word game on Starfall! http://www.starfall.com/n/matching/sight-words/load.htm

Everyday Math

We use the Everyday Math program to teach mathematics. We focus on the basics and providing a foundation for learning math in the future. You will be given a list of the standards we want each student to meet every 9 weeks. Here are some of the topics we cover:

• Counting (by 1’s, 5’s, and 10’s)
• Reading and writing numerals
• Addition and subtraction
• Patterns
• Graphing
• Sorting and classifying
• Measurement
• Shapes(2D: circle, square, triangle, and rectangle; and 3D shapes)

Science and Social Studies globe

We base our science and social studies lessons on the Pennsylvania State Standards for Kindergarten. We aim to provide shared, hands-on experiences for our students.

Writing Workshop

Families:

As we begin to write more independently in Kindergarten, we would like to share how we do “kid writing.”  This way you can practice with your child at home and do the same things we do at school.

We use writing workshop in our classrooms.  It is a type of writing that allows the child to sound out each word and then write the sounds they hear in that word.  We are learning to write stories and books.

We are basically aiming for every child to write words on their own with NO help from adults.  They need to learn how to sound words out and put letters to the sounds they hear.

They may NOT have correct spelling for words—this is OK!!!  We want them to just do their best at sounding out words independently.

Hello! My name is Vanessa Kinley. I was born and raised in Loyalsock. I went to Four Mile Elementary (which is now Schick Elementary). I graduated from Shippensburg University with a major in Elementary Education and a minor in Early Childhood Education. I am currently pursuing a masters at Wilkes University. This my 3rd year teaching 3rd grade at Schick! I love it!

Remind 101 is a great tool! I will use this a lot throughout the year to communicate with you! Remind101 allows me to send a quick reminder that will come through to you as a text message. I will use this for things like homework changes or reminders, field trips, etc.

Enter this number: 81010
Text this message: @misskinley

*When asked to enter your name, please put your name and then your child’s first name in parentheses.