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Welcome to Little Knights Preschool

at St. Joseph Catholic School!

“Called to Discipleship: Be Christ’s Light”

I am excited to be a part of the St. Joseph Catholic School community as the new full day preschool teacher working with four year olds. I look forward to being a part of such a positive and caring academic community where body, mind and spirit are nurtured and developed.

Although I earned my education degree in Ohio, I have been a preschool teacher in Libertyville for the last 15 years. I love teaching preschool children and seeing the world through their eyes. I believe a warm and loving environment both encourages children to learn as well as helps them gain self-confidence. I am a strong believer in learning through play as well as hands on learning to help foster a child’s creativity and development. I look forward to a positive, loving, and wonderful year with your child!

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Our Religion Special lesson was Birthdays. God gave us the gift of life for which we are thankful.
the boys and girls did a birthday count the room.

Jack was exploring in the creek behind his house and found a small claw. He also found a turtle and a frog. He brought in his stuffed turtle to show the class.

John went to Missouri this weekend and he found some treasures in the lake. He found some pretty rocks and a lot of sea glass.

Gianna was our Special Person today!

We took a walking field trip to Cook Library . We heard a great story time, listened to a song about books and listened to a book about libraries. Unfortunately the weather was not cooperative, so we headed back early dodging a few raindrops on the walk home. Thank you to all the parents who came with us!

Peek At Our Week May 27 - May 31, 2024

**NO SCHOOL MONDAY MAY 27th/MEMORIAL DAY

**LAST FULL DAY OF PRESCHOOL FRIDAY MAY 31, 2024**

* WE WILL HAVE A END OF YEAR GOODBYE PARTY 8:00-9:00

Religion: Special Lesson: Birthdays: The children will express an understanding that their lives are a gift from God the Father. The children will thank God for their lives and celebrate their lives.

Literacy: Heggerty Lesson Overview Weeks 28-35 : Week 35. Students will produce words that rhyme. Students will isolate the initial sound in spoken words. Students will learn to blend three phonemes into a spoken word. Students will continue to practice phoneme isolation with final and medial(vowel) phonemes in spoken words. Students will learn to segment a spoken word into three phonemes. Students will manipulate the initial phoneme in a spoken work with adding, deleting, and substituting.Use complete sentences in a discussion. Shared reading and story comprehension. What’s my word: Respond appropriately to a text. Answer questions about a story. Alphabet Knowledge: Recognize and name lowercase letters in your own name. Blend phonemes. Demonstrate understanding of the meaning of words.

Math: Recognize and create patterns. Coordinate a sequence of movements. Participate in classroom music activities. 2D shape sorting. Concepts of biggest and smallest. Counting with one item per count.

Science: An early summer fireworks experiment. The boys and girls will help make “Fireworks in a Jar”. Using warm water, vegetable oil, and food coloring they will watch as the color sinks, expand and mix. This is due to the fact that food coloring dissolves in water but not in oil. Because oil is less dense than the water, the oil will float to the top of the jar. The food coloring droplets will begin to sink because they are heavier than the oil. Once they sink into the water, they will begin dissolving into the water which looks like a tiny explosion.We will also discuss safety rules: How can we be safe at home, in the classroom and outside?? Demonstrate ways to stay safe.

Social Studies: Scholastic: My BIG World Clifford: “How Would It Be To Live In The Sea”? : Science Focus: ocean life. Theme Vocabulary: otter, seahorse, crab, seal, dangerous, choppy. Skills We’re Practicing: group discussion, critical thinking, vocabulary, gross-motor skills, number recognition/counting, handwriting.

Afternoon Enrichment

Monday: NO SCHOOL/ MEMORIAL DAY

Tuesday: Letter and number review. The boys and girls will go on a letter scavenger hunt outside. How many things can we find for each letter/\

Wednesday: We will work on making a variety of patterns using items in the classroom. The boys and girls will use non standard measuring tools to measure objects around the room.

Thursday: Bushel of Books:We will read: The Night Before Summer Vacation By: Natasha Wing. Retell the story, Concepts of Print, Sequencing the events. What are your plans for Summer Vacation?The boys and girls will dictate their own version of The Night Before Summer Vacation.

Friday: Outside fun! We will spend the afternoon outside playing a variety of games!

The slices of watermelon looked good enough to eat!,

We read Down By the Bay the boys and girls made their own triangle shaped piece of watermelon. They did a great job ripping the paper to glue it down.

Triangle Day. The boys and girls did a shape write the room.

Mrs Gillespie’s son Willie came into our classroom this morning and talked to the children about weather (He is a Meteorology major at Oklahoma University).

Brooke was our Special Person today!

After the boys and girls colored their fish, we sprayed water on them and watched the colors spread. Beautiful!

This afternoon we read the book Swimmy. The boys and girls cut out their own fish and used markers to color the fish.

We learned about the life cycle of a frog. The boys and girls completed their own sequence paper showing the life cycle.

Name: Mrs. Julie Feely
Position: Preschool Teacher
Email: Send email
Phone: (847) 362 - 0730