Mrs. Fulton earned a B.S. from UC Davis in Human Development with minors in Psychology and Communications and received her multiple subject teaching credential from Sonoma State University. She joined the St. Francis Solano teaching team in 2009 and believes it is her job to find each student’s unique interests and incorporate them into lessons so that each child can succeed and build upon pre-existing concepts. She strives to offer a safe and lively “hands on” approach to learning and embraces the teaching philosophy of Benjamin Franklin: “TELL me and I forget, TEACH me and I learn, INVOLVE me and I remember.” Outside of school, you’ll find Mrs. Fulton with her husband Aaron and friends exploring the North Coast, camping, hiking, enjoying local farmers’ markets, playing sports, and cooking. » read more...

Every now and then I will post some of the things we have been learning in kindergarten to keep you updated.... In the last couple weeks we have: -Learned how to read signs (print) that we see everywhere -Learned the concepts about print of a book (cover, author, illustrator, reading from left to right) -Learned about characters and learned to summarize (draw and act out)! the beginning, middle, and end of a story -Started learning how to predict -Practiced writing letters in shaving cream, sand, on paper, and with beans -Learned how to sort things by color, shape, and size -Learned how to read picture graphs and made our own picture graphs! -Learned about shapes and colors (and have mastered them thanks to the game BINGO:)) -Learned how to draw the different shapes -Planted a seed and are recording its growth in our science journals -Learned about living vs. nonliving things -Know the roots, stem, leaves of a plant and what they help do -Learned the pledge of allegiance and the reason for saying it -Learned how to share through the use of role play -Learned and are still learning the days of the week -Learned the purpose of a family and talked about the roles we all play -created various name art activities -created a bingo sheet with our 4th grade buddies and played it! We learn so much everyday and can't wait to learn more...What will we learn next??? Stay tuned.... » read more...

Kindergarten & First Grade Rubric Based Trimester Report Cards The Report card marks given in Kindergarten and First Grade are based on development of skills over the course of the current trimester. Students of ages 5-7 are developing and learning basic classroom skills. Therefore, many opportunities are provided over the course of the school year for students to assimilate new knowledge. It is the goal of the teaching staff that all students will master grade level skills and earn either a "3" or a "4" by the third and final trimester of the current school year. This achievement will enable the student to make a smooth transition into the following school year. Rubric: 4 - Outstanding Mastery of Grade Level Skills in Current Trimester 3 - Good Understanding of Grade Level Skills in Current Trimester 2 - Satisfactory Understanding of Grade Level Skills in Current Trimester 1 - Having Difficulty with Grade Level Skills in Current Trimester Explanation of Mark System: A mark of a "3" in a particular subject would indicate that your child has a Good Understanding of curricula presented in the current trimester. This mark is different from the upper grades where the percentage grade is more of a progress report of work quality to date. In Kindergarten and First Grade we realize that our students are still developing and learning the skills necessary to become an excellent student. Although we report grades at the end of each trimester, we realize that students will have multiple experiences with new information over the course of the entire school year. Therefore, we look for mastery of important grade level skill sets by the final trimester of the school year. » read more...