Curriculum Night
Mrs. MacRitchie 2025-2026
Kindergarten
Meet Mrs. MacRitchie
Education: St. Mary’s University both undergraduate and graduate
Teaching: 21st year of teaching; 16 year in kindergarten, 5 years of special education
Professional Achievement
Nominated for the Golden Apple Award Nominated for the Kohl/McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Award Nominated for Disney’s American Teacher Award
Personal
2 children,a daughter who is attending North Park University and playing soccer and a son at the University of Kansas studying English
Meet our kindergarten aide Mrs. Bosco
DOT Book
Empty out “left at home” side of folder daily
Notes for office or myself may be put in the folder
Homework will go home in the folders on the “bring right back side”, homework is not required but if they do it and bring it back the next day they will get to move their clip up
Book bag will be added to DOT Books with a book that is at an appropriate reading level for your child,
Your student should be able to read this book to you
After your student reads the book to you fill in the book log and I will send home new book
Behavior Management
Students color calendar daily
Tickets are pass out at the end of the day
Pink = 4 tickets Purple = 3 tickets
Blue = 2 tickets Green = 1 ticket
Students can turn in tickets any morning
Coupons are awarded for 25 or 50 tickets
Snack & Water Bottles
Please have your child eat a full breakfast every morning
Snack will be in the afternoon
Please pack a small healthy snack that is nut free and is separate from the lunch box so it is easily accessible
Water bottle
come to school full every day
Have a lid that closes to help prevent spills
Specials
Monday - Art
Tuesday - Music
Wednesday - PE & Library Please have your child wear their gym uniform and bring library book back
Thursday - STEAM
Friday - PE & Media Please have your child wear their gym uniform
Absence
If your child will not be attending school please email me and Mrs. Lentino in the front office.
My email: jmacritchie@stjoseph-libertyville.org
Mrs. Lentino: slentino@stjoseph-libertyville.org
When a student is absent I will always send home all of the work they missed. It is up to you if you choose to have your child complete the missed work. If you do have them complete it I will look it over and go over anything your child did not understand, but they will not be penalized for not returning the work.
Religion
Mass every Tuesday at 9:30, Buddy Mass 1st and 3rd Tuesday
Prayers; Sign of the Cross, Guardian Angel, Hail Mary, Our Father, Bless Us O Lord and Glory Be
Religion workbook
Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter
Curriculum : Phonics, Reading & Writing
Writing Program:
Gretchen Courtney
Character, setting, feelings
Write sentences, stories
Phonics & Reading
Letter and Sound Recognition for all 26 letters
Blending and Segmenting 3 sound words
Sequencing and Comprehension of Stories
Rhyming Words
Sight Words
Writing
Illustrations
Characters
Setting
Feelings
Narrative Writing
Informative Writing
Opinion Writing
Journal Writing
Math
Write and Recognize Numbers 1-50
Simple Addition with numbers up to 10
Simple Subtraction with numbers up to 10
2 Dimensional/Flat Shapes (Square, Circle, Triangle, Rectangle and Hexagon)
3 Dimensional/Solid Shapes (Cube, Sphere, Cone, and Cylinder)
Counting by 1’s and 10’s to 100
Compares sets of objects to identify greater than, less than, or equal
Math Test
Math Tests will be given for practice
These are to help your child prepare for the First Grade tests
We are introducing and practicing how to take a test
We will be learning test taking skills and what a test looks like
Social Studies & Science (2-3 days per week)
SS:
Rules
Working together
Holidays
National & State symbols
Neighborhood
Past vs present
SCIENCE:
Based on IL standards for K
Weather & Seasons
Life cycles
Push/Pull
Night/Day
iPads 1:1
iReady
An online, interactive learning tool designed to assess students and then provide individualized instruction bases on each student’s unique needs
Academic: IXL Math, Happy Numbers,
Phonics, Reading
Fun: games, drawing
Classroom Page
Week at a Glance
Daily post
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Thank you!
EMAIL PREFERRED
jmacritchie@stjoseph-libertyville.org
847-362-0730 x1303
Work hours: 6:30am -2:30pm