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Welcome to Preschool at St. Joseph Catholic School! 

I am so excited to be your child’s preschool teacher this year!

This is my ninth year at St. Joseph Catholic School and I am looking

forward to helping your child grow, and learn,

and have fun this year.

I have been a preschool teacher in Libertyville for almost 30 years,

and am passionate about helping young children learn.

I believe children learn best with hands-on experiences and

help facilitate their many different learning styles

in a kind and nurturing setting.

We will have an amazing year together meeting new friends, sharing new

discoveries, and learning new skills everyday.

Our instructional aide, Mrs. Tina Truskowski, has much experience in the classroom

after being a aide at St. Joseph Catholic School for 22 years!

Together, we help build positive relationships with children to help foster

growth and confidence in a caring classroom community.

We are both looking forward to sharing a wonderful year with your child.

 

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Our Little Red Hen literacy unit continued today with this fun one! I shared with the children that this was my first time reading this one, too! And what a fun one it is! The story’s setting is somewhere is Mexico where our Little Red Hen wants to make guacamole! We were introduced to not only the ingredients you need to make guacamole 🥑🍅🧅🌿, but also some words in Spanish (casa, cocina…) We loved the animal characters in our story (many we knew little about!) such as the coati and armadillo, and the ingredient the LRH uses that adds a fun twist! 🌶️ 
Light Table letter construction! These color-coded snap together pieces were a fun way to practice pre-writing skills and letter recognition! Activities like these help give our young learners the info they need to write letters! Understanding the curves and lines necessary to make a letter is key for letter formation! Super job boys!
Popcorn upper/lowercase match also gave our young learners experience with tracing letters correctly! Look at their precision!
Poplin’ for Popcorn! Such a fun lesson! Preschoolers were told they were going to watch a video, and had to guess what they were watching! They were given just one rule… Don’t say what you think it is! We wanted to give all the children the opportunity to make this discovery! After watching this slo-motion video (with musical accompaniment), we then asked the children what they saw! They sure guessed it right, too! The funnest part of the. Ironing was watching our own popping corn pop! We placed our hot air popper on the floor atop a white sheet…without the lid!as the air heated up, we watched the explosion of popping corn! Preschoolers used their 5 senses to describe what they saw, heard, smelled, and yes, we also tasted! Super investigation today preschoolers using the scientific method!
Popcorn Initial Sounds 🍿 
This morning’s lit circle showed just how much this group has learned in a short time this year! Each preschooler was able to isolate and identify the beginning sound of their popcorn picture, and name the corresponding letter! 🎉👏
Boom, Clap, Take! Too much fun! Ask your preschooler how to play! This is the beginning steps of a literacy game we will play together soon!

Story Retelling

Story Retelling ❤️ These 2 independently selected this story during book time! Choral reading!
Turn & Talk Storyboards.  Our 4 picture sequence cards were used during turn & talk today! Groups selected a new story, sequenced the events in the correct order, and then told a story about them! Some even gave the characters names, and added small details in their story! Love this for language development, comprehension, and their attention to small details (visual discrimination) which helped them sequence the cards in the correct order!
Preschool visits the SJ Food Pantry!
Mrs. Dudek (SJCS Religion Teacher) accompanied us to the Food Pantry where we saw where the food comes in, is organized, and placed on shelves! Mr. Andy showed us the actual shopping area where customers can grab their own cart, shop for items, and check out. He thoughtfully answered preschooler’s questions about who visits the Pantry, and the importance of this ministry. We noticed lots of empty shelves and hope to fill these tomorrow with our School Collection!
Don’t forget tomorrow’s Food Pantry Thanksgiving Collection tomorrow! Preschool is asked to bring mac & cheese! Let’s fill the shelves!
Thank you Mr. Bernie for this sweet snowman! Put a smile on all our faces today! And thank you for all you do for our school community!❤️
Turkey feathers threading station! 🦃 Super hand-eye coordination, patience, and concentration!
Team work makes the dream work! We love activities such as these to build community and strengthen relationships in the classroom! This group did an amazing job of sharing materials and space to sort countless cubes by COLOR!