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 over 25 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 over 15 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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and videos of our classroom!!
Welcome to Our Bunch!
Morning Zoom Meeting: Last Class
PRESCHOOL ART SHOW
Favorite Preschool Memory: We look forward to listening to the preschoolers share their favorite memory of our year together.
Social Studies: Scholastic: My BIG World with Clifford. Save the Critters (April 2020). Science focus: helping the environments. Vocabulary theme: litter. Science: animal habitats. Pre-reading skills: letter recognition.
**Have a wonderful summer! We will miss you all!**
Morning Zoom Meeting
Religion: Kindness Challenge: “How can you walk in the footsteps of Jesus”? What are you doing to help your Dad?
Math: Pattern Maker: Create/extend patterns using body movements. Find 3 different items. Use these items to create a pattern. How long can you extend your pattern? Shape Song: identifying 2-d shapes, listening/following directions, auditory memory.
Literacy/Language: Letter Review: letters A-Z. ABC Scavenger Hunt: first letters in first/last name. Matching/identifying beginning sounds. Writing first/last name.
Social Studies: Scholastic: My BIG World with Clifford: “Stay Sun Safe” (May/June 2019) Health and safety focus: sun safety. Critical thinking skills: prior knowledge, making inferences. Vocabulary theme words: sun, safe, burn, sunscreen, shade, water. Literacy: phonological awareness.
Fun Fridays with Mrs. Gillespie and Mrs. Truskowski:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qqDAwMNYJ4bn015b9_A9k9PDXOIR2xah/view?usp=sharing
Father’s Day Tie Template:
https://www.bhg.com/content/dam/bhg/PDFs/secure/BHG_FathersDayFillInCard.pdf
Wellness Wednesday
Religion: 8:30 Mass. Please log on at 8:30AM to attend our all-school mass.
The link is: https://stjoseph-libertyville.org/live
Family Fun Activities:
-Play Hide and Seek with family members.
-Make paper airplanes. Have a paper airplane race.
-Have a family talent show.
Morning Zoom Meeting
Math: Color Review. "What is your favorite color?" Preschoolers will be introduced to the concept of graphing. We will collect our data and record our results. How many people like BLUE? How many people like PINK?
Literacy/Language: "Magical Rainbow Stew" . Grab a spoon as we retell this favorite color rhyme. Enhancing listening skills through voice, gestures, and props. Songs, fingerplays, rhymes to build oral language, patterning, rhythm, rhyme. “Scat the Cat" and stories to build listening skills/comprehension.
Social Studies: Show & Share. Tuesday's Show & Share: When I Was a Baby. Preschoolers will share a picture of themselves when they were a baby. We will talk about all the things they can do now that they are older, and gain an understanding/appreciation for all they can now do.
Science: Rain Puddle Splash. Embrace this wet weather! Have you ever noticed how children are drawn to puddles? It's because puddles are fascinating and offer so many scientific learning opportunities! Dress for the weather and your own fun puddle discoveries!
**Storytime with Mrs. Gillespie and Mrs. Truskowski**
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W-1trBe4soc-ubjpJbbAKI7NvEnEpIoA/view?usp=sharing
Morning Zoom Meeting
Religion: Pentecost: “The Holy Spirit brings peace. The children will express an understanding that God’s Son, Jesus, sent the Holy Spirit to be our helper.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jOmu5TdfF074-SX9nkqCDzBjLmS3n8PD/view
Math: How many letters are there in the alphabet? Count 1-26. Z is for Zero. Zero is a number. Sequencing numbers: What comes next?
Literacy/Language: Letter Z. Looks like...Sounds like. What’s that sound? Letter Review: Letter Scavenger Hunt. What can you find in your house?
Zip & Zoom: Share something that is special to you!
Directed Draw: Listening/following to directions. How to draw a Zebra from the Letter Z.
Science: Go outside and locate 1 stone and 1 twig. Can you balance the twig on the stone?
**Storytime with Mrs. Gillepsie and Mrs. Truskowski
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E75wR8wKvX_cdR8Y2Oxwf2aq-MmdgoOS/view?usp=sharing
Free ABC review packet:
https://thekindergartenconnection.com/free-alphabet-book/
Morning Zoom Meeting
Religion: Pentecost: “The Holy Spirit brings peace. The children will express an understanding that God’s Son, Jesus, sent the Holy Spirit to be our helper.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jOmu5TdfF074-SX9nkqCDzBjLmS3n8PD/view
Math: How many letters are there in the alphabet? Count 1-26. Z is for Zero. Zero is a number. Sequencing numbers: What comes next?
Literacy/Language: Letter Z. Looks like...Sounds like. What’s that sound? Letter Review: Letter Scavenger Hunt. What can you find in your house?
Zip & Zoom: Share something that is special to you!
Directed Draw: Listening/following to directions. How to draw a Zebra from the Letter Z.
Science: Go outside and locate 1 stone and 1 twig. Can you balance the twig on the stone?
**Storytime with Mrs. Gillepsie and Mrs. Truskowski
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E75wR8wKvX_cdR8Y2Oxwf2aq-MmdgoOS/view?usp=sharing
Free ABC review packet:
https://thekindergartenconnection.com/free-alphabet-book/
Summarized in our preschool choice board are self-directed, engaging, open-ended learning activities. Preschoolers may complete 1-2 activities each day.
Color each square after completing an activity!
