Course Description || Syllabus || Requirements || Resources

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Preparing for Your Kindergarten Reading Assignments:
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hme/k_5/shapebook/toc.html
A to Z Shape - Book Patterns with and without lines
http://www.eric-carle.com/bb-VLFF.html
Teaching Ideas to use with Carle's The Lonely Butterfly
http://www.uvm.edu/~jmorris/langartsmethods.html
Lots of Early and Elementary Literacy Resources
Read Aloud to your Child
Tips for reading a book to a child.
A Kindergarten Reading List
Suggested Books from Westtown Public Library in PA.
Reviews of Kindergarten Children's Books
Read what others think of some of the most popular children's books.
Enchanted Learning
An every elementary teacher should know site. Full of wonderful printable resources for the P-6 child,
Kindergarten Language Resources
Good links to Dr. Suess teaching resources, Eric Carle,  Shape Books, Jan Brett, and help in finding a book with review.
Online Kindergarten Resources
Good online resources for both "juniot" and "senior" kindergarten.
edHelper.Com for Kindergarten
Reproducible Alphabets letters, Flashcards, Coloring pages
Kindergarten Activities
Skills designated for K students from the Department of Education
Interesting Information
Ethnicity and Vermont
How can we Teach Diverse Communities in the second "whitest" state in the country?
VT Student Performance Data Graphing Area Here you can compare different School Performance data with a graph generator to visually see results.
The Vermont Framework of Standards

What should a Kindergarten child know? A fifth grader?  Download your own copy of the Vermont Framework as a PDF or Word document.
Standards into Action


Kelly Elementary School
See current socioeconomic status and ethnic diversity, test grades and enrollment information.
Holyoke Public Schools
Real data for current public schools in Holyoke Mass.
Advising Information:
UVM academic Calendar
2003-2004, offical days.
UVM ELEMENTARY ED Advising Information Your program checklist, approved major concentrations and course selection worksheets can be found at this site
Elementary Education Major Concentration Requirements
Click on the link for the major to see courses required
Student Services for CESS students
First year student information, calculate your GPA, read CESS Newsletters, a very useful site to guide you through your teacher preparation program.