Ms. Lorenzo
&
Ms. DeBenedictis Kindergarten
K-001
P.S. 19
Welcome to Our Classroom
Jessica Lorenzo
About me:
Hi! My name is Jessica Lorenzo and this is my 25th year teaching in NYC. I was born in the Bronx, I am currently a Bronx resident, but my family is from Puerto Rico. I have a 19-year-old daughter who started her sophomore year at Cornell University in August. In my spare time I like to travel, spend time with my daughter, and recently returned to working after school/weekends doing Early Intervention preschool age children.
My Education/Experience:
I received my BS in Education in 2002. I quickly began my first graduate degree in special education birth -2nd grade. I also have a graduate degree in school building supervision. I am certified in general education pre-k to 6 and students with disabilities Birth -2nd grade.
I have spent most of my career teaching early childhood but have taught other grades such as, 4th,1st, and 2nd grade. I enjoy being in the classroom with the younger students and watching their academic and social growth.
Ella DeBenedictis
About Me:
Hello! My name is Ms. DeBenedictis! (Ms. D)☺️ I am from Westchester, New York. My favorite outside of school hobby is art!
I have experience working with students in general education and special education settings, including elementary classrooms and resource rooms.
I am passionate about helping every child feel confident, supported, and excited to learn. I am so excited to be part of your child’s classroom and look forward to working together with families throughout the year!
My education/experience:
I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and my Master’s degree in Special Education from Sacred Heart University. I am certified in Elementary Education (K–6) and Special Education (K–12).
I have experience working in Bridgeport and Fairfield Connecticut in a first grade classroom and a K-2 resource room. This is my first year working in NYC public schools!
Marking Period/Important Dates
Our Schedule
Science - Mrs. Fraser & Gym- Ms. Rodriguez
Social Emotional Developement- Ms. Walsh
Gym- Ms. Rodriguez & Music -Ms. Davaney
Art- Mrs. Quinn
Science - Mrs. Fraser
Supply List
IM Math
The big ideas in kindergarten include: representing and comparing whole numbers, initially with sets of objects; understanding and applying addition and subtraction; and describing shapes and space. More time in kindergarten is devoted to numbers than to other topics.
The mathematical work for kindergarten is partitioned into 8 units:
Heggerty Phonics
(10 minutes a day)
30 Minutes a day
.Decodable readers
HEART WORDS
Phonics
Alphabet recognition/sounds
Sentence structure
Sound wall
Expeditionary Learning
Module 1 - Building Literacy in a Collaborative Classroom: Toys and Play
In this module, students build their literacy and citizenship skills as they engage in a study of toys and play. In Unit 1, students consider norms and behaviors for sharing toys and interacting with peers through structured conversations, learning experiences such as role-play and guided discovery of toys, and an analysis of the text Llama Llama Time to Share by Anna Dewdney.
Module 2 - Learning through Science and Story: Weather Wonders
In this module, students build their literacy and science skills as they engage in a study of the weather.
In Unit 1, students study the science of weather through various informational texts. They create a class weather journal and track their individual learning in a meteorologist’s notebook.
Expeditionary Learning
Module 3 - Researching to Build Knowledge and Teach Others: Trees are Alive
In this module, students, explore the big ideas that all living things in the natural world have needs in order to survive and grow and that, through observation, we can discern patterns in the ways that living things meet their needs. Through a close study of trees and the living things that depend on them, students take on the roles of researcher and scientist to make observations of the natural world. From those observations, they determine patterns that explain how living things live and grow.
Module 4 - Contributing to Community: Enjoying and Appreciating Trees
In this module, students continue to build on their scientific knowledge of trees from Module 3 by exploring the importance of trees to people and their communities. Students learn how different people, both real and imaginary, enjoy and appreciate trees, and they consider how real people and characters have used trees to fill a need in their community.
Expeditionary Learning Labs
Labs are an important feature of the K–2 Language Arts Curriculum because they deepen students’ learning on the module topic. They are designed to help teachers ensure that all of their students get the time to play and explore, become immersed in oral language and content knowledge, and practice skills and habits of character that they need—both to live joyfully and to be fully successful and proficient.
Explore
Students build background knowledge and immerse themselves in a hands-on exploration of the content they are studying in the module.
Engineer
Students represent their learning and/or attempt to solve a design dilemma by building or designing various types of two- or three-dimensional models related to content of the module.
Create
Students use a variety of media to artistically expand and represent their content learning through visual arts.
Expeditionary Learning Labs
Imagine
Students use their imaginations to engage in play through role-playing and make-believe. Students take on, interpret, and become immersed in the content they are studying as they play and perform. In Module 4, Grades 1 and 2, students write and perform narratives.
Research
Students expand their understanding and knowledge of content through a range of research activities: They study pictures and photographs, watch videos, and conduct original research based on their own questions. As students acquire greater literacy skills, they are able to read a variety of texts to build content knowledge and write to build fluency and stamina. At all grade levels the Research Lab begins in Module 2. This gives students time to build strong reading and writing routines in other parts of the curriculum before expanding volume of reading and writing in the Labs.
Social Studies
Assessments/Progress Monitoring
Homework
Homework is given everyday ( no weekends)
Please do homework daily and return in the student folder.
Homework is an extension of what your child is learning daily.
Class Rules
In our class we will:
Children receive paws for positive behavior.
Paws can be used to purchase prizes from our school store. School store comes to our classroom once a week.
School Policy/Birthday Policy
Grading Policy
All Standards Based Grades
4= Mastery Above
3= Meeting Standards
2=Approaching Standards
1- Mastery Below
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GRADES WILL BE ON DOE Gradebook WHEN THERE ARE GRADED ASSIGNMENTS
Absences & Latenesses
*Please be ontime everyday for school. School begins at 8:20 am. Breakfast doors open at 7:45 am.
*Please contact the teacher/ school when your child is going to be
absent.
*Attendance is important! Please try to make appointments and schedule vacations at times when school is not in session.
* Please do not send your child to school sick ( fever (tylenol is only a suppressant children are still contagious, stomach sickness, etc).
Contact Information
Ms. Lorenzo- Teacher-JLorenzo@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. DeBenedictis- Edebenedictis@schools.nyc.gov
Mrs. Quinn- Art- Mquinn7@schools.nyc.gov
Mrs. Fraser - Science- Pfraser@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Rodriguez- Gym- Brodriguez61@schools.nyc.gov
Ms.Devaney-Music -sdevaney@schools.nyc.gov
Let’s have a GREAT school year!