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Mrs. Galotti
Welcome to PAE!
Park Ave has been my home-away-from-home since 2011. I absolutely LOVE teaching Kindergarten! Before coming to PAE, I taught Kindergarten and Preschool in Western Mass for ten years. I have a BA in Early Childhood Education and a MS in Special Education: Moderate Disabilities PreK-8 and a C.A.G.S. in School Leadership. One day I hope to be an elementary school principal, but not anytime soon. I love being in the classroom too much to leave it!
In my spare time I like to spend time with my husband, Nick our three fur-babies (Ollie, Nemo and Gus-Gus), scrapbook, crochet, dance, entertain friends and family, play board games and visit Mickey Mouse as much as I can.
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Counting and Cardinality
Various activities for early counting and math concept skills.
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Phonics
These activities are all about reading and writing CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words.
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Connect 4
Connect 4 is a 2-player game. Each player needs 15 tokens (coins, starbursts, legos, etc). It's best if each player has their own color. Taking turns the player places their token on the corresponding number box.
The gameboard can be used in many ways:
1. take 2 6-sided dice and add them together
2. take 2 6-sided dice and subtract them
3. take 2 playing cards (1-6) and add them
4. take 2 playing cards (1-10) and subtract them
5. take 1 playing card (1-6) and a 6-sided dice and add them
6. take 1 playing card (1-10) and a 6-sided dice and subtract them
7. create cards (#0-12) and match them numbers
8. create cards (dot patterns) and match them to the number
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Bump! 0-12
Bump! is a 2-player game. Each player needs 15 stackable tokens (coins, starbursts, legos, etc). It's best if each player has their own color. Taking turns the player places their token on the corresponding number box.
The gameboard can be used in many ways:
1. take 2 6-sided dice and add them together
2. take 2 6-sided dice and subtract them
3. take 2 playing cards (1-6) and add them
4. take 2 playing cards (1-10) and subtract them
5. take 1 playing card (1-6) and a 6-sided dice and add them
6. take 1 playing card (1-10) and a 6-sided dice and subtract them
7. create cards (#0-12) and match them numbers
8. create cards (dot patterns) and match them to the number
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Phonological Awareness
These activities are completed with no materials. All activities are to be completed auditory and orally. No letters, no writing ... just sounds and words.
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Math Word Problems
In Kindergarten, students solve different kinds of math word problems. Some with missing:
- sum (2+2=? or ?=2+2)
- difference (3-3=? or ?=3-3)
- addend (5+?=7 or ?+2=7)
- subtrahend (10-?=6 or ?-4=6)
This questions will help you child solve math word problems.
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Sight Word Cards
These cards can be used in many ways:
1. use them as flashcards
2. create a password
3. combine them with the CVC cards to build silly sentences
4. Tally how many you can find in a book/article
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CVC Cards
These cards can be used in many ways:
1. read the CVC word
2. match the CVC word to its picture
3. play memory
4. sort pictures by sounds:
a. beginning sound
a. ending sound
a. medial sound
5. show picture; spell the word
6. show the picture; tap out the 3-sounds
