Welcome to Kindergarten!

Hello Kindergarten Families,

I am so excited to be in my eighth 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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Bears Dress Down

Today in STEAM, the students worked with applications including Osmo Numbers, Code Spark Academy, Sand and Weave Silk

Week at a Glance:

March 30- April 2

Math Objectives: Chapter 9: Classify Objects; Alike and Different; Use Logical Reasoning; Sort by Size

Science Objectives: Weather; Seasons; Spring; Honey Bees

Reading Objectives: Letter recognition, Letter sounds, and write All 26 Letters of the Alphabet; Read, Write and Spell Sight Words; 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 identify the main topic; retell events in a story; Rhyming Words; Beginning Sounds; Ending Sounds; Blending and Segmenting Words; Sounding out and writing letters we hear in words;

Religion Objectives: Palm Sunday and Holy Week

Writing Objectives: Explanatory Writing: How to Read a Book

There is no school March 21-March 29. Enjoy your Spring Break!

There is no school on Friday April 3 for Good Friday.

Today we wore red and attended church with our 7th Grade Buddies for Saint Joseph day

Red Polo Uniform Shirts Tomorrow for St. Joseph Day

Please have your child wear their red polo school uniform shirt tomorrow for St. Joseph Day

Gym class with Mrs. Medina

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Today in the STEAM the students worked on apps such as Osmo Numbers, Code Spark Academy, Kodable and Do-Ink.

Monday Stay and Chat canceled due to the weather forecast

Week at a Glance

March 16-20

Math Objectives: Chapter 8: Measurement: Compare Length of Objects; Use Words Longer and Shorter; Compare Heights of Objects; Use Words Taller and Shorter; Compare Weight of Objects; Use words heavier and lighter to describe objects; Measurement Review and Test

Science Objectives: The 4 Seasons; Weather; Spring; Simple Machines: Pulley, lever, ramp, wheel and axle

Reading Objectives: Letter recognition, sounds, and write All 26 Letters of the Alphabet; Read, Write and Spell Sight Words; 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 identify the main topic; retell events in a story; Rhyming Words; Beginning Sounds; Ending Sounds; Blending and Segmenting Words; Sounding out and writing letters we hear in words;

Social Studies: Saint Patrick’s Day

Religion Objectives: Saint Patrick; Lent

Writing Objectives: Explanatory Writing: How to Brush your Teeth

Learning measurement in Math. We glued fish from longest to shortest.

Today in STEAM the students learned about the layers of the rain forest and built their own rainforest with nests inside.

Week at a Glance

March 9-13

Science Objectives: The 4 Seasons; Weather; Shamrocks

Reading Objectives: Letter recognition, Letter sounds, and write All Uppercase and lowercase Letters of the Alphabet; Read, Write and Spell Sight Words; 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 identify the main topic; retell events in a story; Rhyming Words; Beginning Sounds; Ending Sounds; Blending and Segmenting Words; Sounding out and writing letters we hear in words;

Reading Strategies: Eagle Eye, Lips the Fish, Stretchy Snake

Social Studies: Betsy Ross; The American Flag

Religion Objectives: God Calls Us to Make Good Choices

Writing Objectives: Narrative Writing: Story- Going Out to Dinner