Pre-Kindergarten is a half-day program offering quality early childhood education to Wellstone's youngest students. Pre-Kindergarten aims to provide our students with the foundational academic and social skills to be successful in Kindergarten.
Classes are taught by teacher Ms. Rebecca Feroe, teaching assistant Ms. Drucila Clardy, and special education teaching assistant Ms. Keely Young-Dixon. We are also joined this year by Kiki Mitchel, our Reading Corps Member. Classes have a maximum of twenty students. Special education students are served within the classroom, receiving extra support from a special education teacher, occupational therapist, speech therapist, and school social worker.
The Pre-Kindergarten classroom is a literacy rich and developmentally appropriate environment. Our reading area, writing center, and dramatic play center encourage all students to talk, read, and write. In Pre-Kindergarten, students learn through both active play and structured group times. Learning themes are studied in monthly units to promote vocabulary development and rich exploration. The daily classroom schedule follows the Early Childhood Workshop model, and is listed below.
Pre-Kindergarten Daily Schedule
AM Class 9:10-11:40
8:50-9:15 Arrival, Sign-in, and Book Time
9:15-9:40 Bathroom and Breakfast
9:40-10:00 Morning Meeting
10:00-10:15 Small Group
10:15-11:15 Active Learning
11:15-11:30 Regroup to Revisit
11:30-11:40 Prepare to Go Home/Load Buses
PM Class 1:10-3:40
1:10-1:15 Arrival and Sign-In
1:15-1:40 Bathroom and Lunch
1:40-2:00 Afternoon Meeting
2:00-2:15 Small Group
2:15-3:15 Active Learning
3:15-3:30 Regroup to Revisit
3:30-3:40 Book Time
3:40 Load Buses
Pre-Kindergarten is located in room 1207.
Becca Feroe can be reached by phone at 651-290-8354 ex. 1207 or by email at rebecca.feroe@spps.org.
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