Welcome to Kindergarten!

Hello Kindergarten Families,

I am so excited to be in my ninth year here at St. Joseph Catholic School!

I graduated from Northern Illinois University with a degree in elementary education. I have taught Kindergarten for many years and before that I was a fourth grade teacher. I am excited to be part of a Catholic school environment to cultivate a love for learning and to help my students grow in their relationship with Christ.

In my free time, I enjoy reading, hiking around the local parks and cheering on the Chicago Blackhawks.

I look forward to a wonderful year!

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Today we attended all school Mass and had a Veteran's Day prayer service.

Thank you to all the veterans!!

Enjoying the beautiful fall weather!

Today in STEAM, the students learned about 3D Shapes and then built them with the Geoshapes.

Week at a Glance

November 9-13

Math Objectives: Chapter 3 Introduction: Numbers Beyond 10; Reading, Writing and Counting Numbers; Working with Teen Numbers(10-19); Read, Write, Count and Represent Numbers 10-17;

Science Objectives: Weather; Autumn; Scarecrows; How Animals Get Ready for Winter; Hibernation; Migration

Reading Objectives: Letter recognition and sounds of t,b,f,n, m, i, u, c, o, a, g, d, s, e, r, p, j, l, h, k, v, w; pointing under words to read from left to right; learning to read, write and sing color songs: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Orange, Purple, Pink, Black, White, Brown, Gray; observe, wonder, and ask questions about a book to begin identifying the main topic; retell events in a story; Rhyming Words; Beginning Sounds;

Social Studies Objectives: Who are Veterans and Veteran’s Day

Religion Objectives: Jesus Calls Us to be his Disciples

Writing Objectives: Narrative Writing –Use a capital letter to start every sentence, finger spaces between words, and punctuation to end sentences; Adding Details to writing with Adjectives: Size words

Today we made rip and tear autumn corn to help with fine motor skills.

At Buddy Mass, Father taught us about Saint Martin de Porres. He also told us when we have hard things to do to offer it to God as an act of love and it will help us.

Today in STEAM the students spelled their names with Geo Shapes

Week at a Glance

November 2-5

Math Objectives: 2 Dimensional Shapes:Circles, Triangles, Squares, Rectangles, Hexagons; Chapter 11 Review; Chapter 11 Test

Science Objectives: Weather; Autumn; Parts of a Leaf; How Animals Get Ready for Winter

Reading Objectives: Letter recognition and sounds of t,b,f,n, m, i, u, c, o, a, g, d, s, e, r, p, j, l, h, k; pointing under words to read from left to right; learning to read, write and sing color songs: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Orange, Purple, Pink, Black, White, Brown, Gray; observe, wonder, and ask questions about a book to begin identifying the main topic; retell events in a story; Rhyming Words; Beginning Letter Sounds

Religion Objectives: God Gathers Us

Writing Objectives: Narrative Writing - Adjectives: Color words

There is no school on Friday, November 6.

Happy Halloween!

Today in Math we used small 2D shapes to make bigger shapes.

Please practice identifying and drawing these 2D Shapes at home with your child.

Sharks and Minnows- a favorite game in Gym class!

Today at Mass, Father Jake taught us about how the Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed-at first small but then grows like our faith. To grow in our faith we need to be steady, have patience, and listen to God everyday.

Today in STEAM, the students listened to the book Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald and then made 2D Shapes

Week at a Glance

October 26-30

Math Objectives: 2D Shapes:Squares, Rectangles, Circles, Triangles, Hexagons, Ovals; Shapes and Patterns; Shapes and Position; Making new shapes out of little shapes

Science Objectives: Weather; Fall/Autumn; Pumpkins; Nocturnal Animals

Reading Objectives: Letter recognition, Letter sounds and writing of t,b,f,n, m, i, u, c, o, a, g, d, s, e, r, p, j; pointing under words to read from left to right; learning to read, write and sing color songs: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Orange, Purple, Pink, Black, White, Brown; Observe, wonder, and ask questions about a book to begin identifying the main topic; retell events in a story

Social Studies Objectives: Georgia and how they harvest peaches; Halloween

Religion Objectives: Jesus Heals Us

Writing Objectives: Narrative Writing; Specificity- Adjectives (color words)

Today the students visited the pumpkin patch and picked a pumpkin.

They are coming home today. If you would like to participate in the contest bring your decorated pumpkin back to school next Monday or Tuesday.

Today at Buddy Mass, Father Jake taught us about how Jesus is our Peace.

He reminded us to show love instead of hatred and peace instead of anger.