Kindergarten

Welcome to Kindergarten!

Our busy days are spent learning our letter sounds, blending sounds to read words and writing sentences. We work on one-to-one correspondence and counting out a quantity. We are learning to recognize and write numbers to 20 and count to 100. We also learn about 2D and 3D shapes. We become independent workers on the computers during literacy and math. We practice sharing, cooperating and listening to become GREAT students. We LOVE Meeker kindergartners.

Our DLI cohort also follows the same schedule and routines as the English-ONLY classrooms. We alternate the language that we teach in each content to make sure that we have a 50/50 language model. Our week is broken into speaking in Spanish on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays during non instructional time. We speak English on Tuesdays and Thursdays during non instructional time.

My name is Noheli Batres and this will be my sixth year teaching.

I was born in Texas and raised in Mexico. My first language is Spanish and did not learn English until I was 8 years old. I love spending time with my family! I have three beautiful babies (Camila, Matteo, and Ximena) that mean the world to me. In my free time I love to work out and spend time running!

I am so excited to meet your student and help them grow throughout the year. I can’t wait to see them develop their second language as they navigate the dual language program. I look forward to building connections with the families and help support you and your student.