Welcome to Ms. K. Nilson's Page

About Me

When I began teaching at Dirksen, I was the ESL teacher for 5 years.  Since, then, I've been teaching Kindergarten.

Curriculum

My Long term goals for the school year:

• Children will learn to use phonics and other strategies to read and comprehend the written word

• Children will learn to write short sentence stories on their own

• Children will learn to communicate orally

• Children will learn to love school

• Children will learn to add and subtract numbers to 10., count to and recognize numbers to 100, measure and tell time to the half hour

• Children will learn about living things, plants, animals,  insects, recycling

• Children will learn about community helpers, families, rules, holidays, seasons, maps

• Children will learn how to follow directions, settle disputes, cooperate with adults and peers

• Children will work on perfecting small motor skills by printing and cutting

Schedule

Homework

Children will choose and bring home a book to be read by a parent each day.

They are also expected to complete one worksheet each night.

Field Trips

The kindergarten classes schedule trips to:

• The Chicago Children's Museum

• The Shedd Aquarium-Oceanarium

• Lincoln Park Zoo

Report Card Grades

W - Well Developed

P - Partially Developed

B - Beginning to Develop