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Kindergarten

Abingdon's Kindergarten Team

Kindergarten Teams: Pictured from left to right: (back row) Sarah Tyson, Sara Platt, Kristi Maddox, Olympia Carranza, Corinne Kramer, (front row) Mary Cantwell, Clare McLean, Carly Altenberg, Fily Barrientos, Amanda Loayza Vela, Lauren Meehan, Lina Veizaga, Kotriana Roper

Mathematics instruction in APS is aligned to the five Process Standards for Mathematics developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and promoted by the Virginia Department of Education. At Abingdon we focus on strengthening number sense, talking about math concepts, and learning new concepts hands-on in Math Workshop.

Abingdon Kindergarteners focus on oral language development through interactive read-aloud, content knowledge building, morning meetings, and play.  Our kindergarten students build phonological awareness skills and phonics skills daily to help them acquire the foundational literacy skills necessary for beginning reading using our Wilson Fundations and Heggerty Phonemic Awareness resources.  We develop general content knowledge and vocabulary through thematic units using the Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) resource. Beginning writing skills are integrated into our phonics and CKLA lessons.

Additionally, we emphasize letter formation in Kindergarten. Kindergarteners receive small group instruction in literacy to both extend and reinforce necessary skills for all students to begin reading.Through our partnership with the Kennedy Center, Kindergarteners are learning good citizenship through Living History. As the year progresses, the students will be introduced to additional strategies for fluent reading and writing.

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Sarah Tyson

Team Lead

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Mary Cantwell

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Clare Mclean

Instructional Assistant

clare.mclean@apsva.us

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Sara Platt

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Lauren Meehan

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Olympia Carranza

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Corinne Kramer

Instructional Assistant

corinne.kramer@apsva.us

Kristi Maddox

Carly Altenberg

Fily Barrientos

Instructional Assistant

fily.barrientos@apsva.us