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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 20 years and at St. Joseph Catholic School for the last 5 years.  I am excited to begin my 6th year at St. Joseph teaching preschool.  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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Peek At Our Week September 2 - September 6, 2019

**We will have a practice Fire Drill on Tuesday, September 3rd.**
 
Religion:  Unit 1 :  God Made People - God Made My Friends.  We will discuss the traits that make up a good friend.  We will learn that friends help each other. We will understand that Jesus is our friend and he cares for us.  The children will listen to a story about Jesus' twelve friends.
 
Language/Literacy:  Unit 1 - Week 1 (cont'd):  "What makes each of us special?"  Learning Goals - Alphabet knowledge:  recognize letters, concept of a letter, distinguish between letters and non letters. Phonological awareness/listening comprehension:  discriminate and sequence environmental sounds,  respond appropriately.  Writing:  writing our names.  Listening comprehension:  expanding word knowledge, following directions.  Oral language:  expand understanding of concepts.  Concept words:  boy, classroom, different, girl, grow, same.  Amazing words:  favorite, frown, grin, confuse, exciting, nervous.
 
Science/STEAM:  Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom.  "Can you build an alphabet tree?"  How many letters can it hold?  We will have fun as the children are challenged to use their problem-solving skills as they combine activities in science, technology, engineering, art, and math....and literacy!
 
Math: Number & operations:  counting to 1-10 items, using words to rote count 1-30, using verbal ordinal terms.  Data analysis:  sort objects and describe how groups are similar and different.  Graphing:  Boys and Girls in the classroom.
 
Afternoon Enrichment:
 
Monday:  No School
 
Tuesday:  We will continue our number exploration by counting up to 10 and down from 10.  We will count various objects in the room that the children will gather.  We will begin to understand and respond to spoken numbers between 1 and 10 and being able to say random numbers when shown the figure.  We will also learn different ways to represent a number: the number symbol, tally marks, and the written word.
 
Wednesday:   Afternoon gym with Mrs. Beyer's class. ABC activities and paint sparkle our names and our friends names.  
 
Thursday:  From our "Bushel of Books"  we will read Leo the Late Bloomer by;  Robert Kraus.  This book is about a little tiger who feels he can't do anything right.  We will discuss what is means to "Bloom".  The children will make their own Leo the Tiger.
 
Friday:  STEAM Activity:  We will talk about Teamwork.  I will read the book Rex Wrecks It  By:  Ben Clanton.  This book is a wonderful story about what we can do if everyone works together.  The children will have to work together and plan, design and engineer a long paper chain which we will hang in the room.

Peek At Our Week August 26 - August 30, 2019

Religion:  Unit 1 - God Made People :  God Made My Family.  We will discuss our own families and describe ways family members show love for and help one another.  We will know that there are many different kinds and sizes of families.  We will learn about the Holy Family and hear ways Jesus showed his love for His family.
 
Social Studies:   My BIG World with Clifford - Let;s investigate apples.  Preschoolers will use their eyes to learn about apples.  "What do you notice about apples?  What parts do you see?"  Science focus:  exploration using senses * Vocabulary Theme Words:  investigate, see, touch, smell, hear, taste, pip * Phonological Awareness:  rhyming * Math:  measurement.
 
Literacy/Language:  Unit 1 - Week 1:  "What makes each of us special?"  Learning Goals- Alphabet knowledge:  recognize letters, concept of a letter, distinguish between letters and non letters.  Phonological awareness/listening comprehension:  discriminate and sequence environmental sounds, respond appropriately.  Writing:  writing our names.  Listening comprehension:  expanding word knowledge, following directions. Oral language:  expand understanding of concepts.  Concept words:  boy, classroom, different, girl, grow, same.  Amazing words:  favorite, frown, grin, confuse, exciting, nervous.
Focused letter study Aa.
 
Math:  Let's start counting.  Counting with Ollie.  Geometry:  sorting materials into similar and different groups, flat shapes - circle.  Number and Operations:  know that items can be counted, count with one count per item, count up to 5 items, recognize colors, the order of counting is always the same.
 
Science:  Apple Science.  "How does an apple react in various liquids?"  We will predict, investigate, observe, describe, and record what occurs when apple slices are placed in different liquids.  Apple Taste Test - Using our sense of taste as we compare various apples.  Data analysis:  graphing our favorites.
 
STEM:  An inquiry- based approach to leaning that integrates Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.  How many drops fit on your dot?  Science:  using a scientific tool.  Technology:  modeling.  Engineering:  develop early concepts through hands-on activities.  Math:  Geometry - flat shapes, circle, counting -  one to one correspondence.
 
Afternoon Enrichment
 
Monday:   Our World and Beyond. We will learn about  the area surrounding us by go on a scavenger hunt around our classroom.  We will use pictures and verbal directions to find specific items in the classroom.  The children will look at a map and see how it relates to the real world setting.  Children will create a simple map of the classroom.
 
Tuesday:  Music with Mr. Showstead.  We will work on numbers and Operations:  counting 1-10 forwards and backwards, using rote count 1-20.  We will begin our Number Book and learn different ways to represent a number: tally, the number word, or by a number of objects.
 
Wednesday: Gym with Mrs. Beyer's class.  We will work on our letter A page for our letter journal.  We will work on patterning with different colors cubes.
 
Thursday:   A Bushel of Books begins with Giraffes Can't Dance by:  Giles Andreae.  This is a favorite book about a giraffe who is sad because he can't dance YET.  We will talk about things we can't do yet and when me might be able to do them.  We will also learn some interesting facts about giraffes.  The children will make their own Gerald Giraffe.
 
Friday:  STEAM enrichment activity.  We will read Ten Apples Up On Top by Dr. Suess.  We will then see how many apples we can stack on top of paper towel rolls.  Continuing with the apple theme we will make an Apple Volcano.  The children will have to predict what will happen as each ingredient is added to our apple.    

First Day Morning Meeting in Mrs. Feely's Pre K 4 Class.  We had a great day today from start to finish!  We made new friends, started learning the class routine, made a cute Chicka Chicka Boom Boom name tag and had our school pictures taken.  
I am looking forward to more learning, friends and fun tomorrow!!
We counted backwards with "5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed".  We sang the song and did a felt board game.

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