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Oct. 28, 2020

Language Arts notes are under Monday, Oct. 26th's notes

In Math, we completed Ch. 4, Lesson 2: Count & Write 8 & 9
We are also learning our number words.

In Religion, using our Seeds Gospel Weekly:
"Jesus has two rules for us",
we learned about God's two greatest rules:
1) Love God
2) Love one another
We discussed rules we have in the classroom and at home.
(some answers were funny and specific....they're listening!)
We also made hearts for family and they were told to try spreading love at home by leaving a heart for someone to find. It's a way of letting someone know you love them.

The students watched the rest of Coco with Ms. Koval today.
(They have 15 minutes left for tomorrow!)

We had our Star Student presentation and book, and shared
Show and Tell items.

1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders Homework Booklet.
2. Tomorrow is Wear Day! 
Students may dress down in clothes that begin with P.
3. Letter Writing Journals were sent home with 4 pages to be completed over the next two weeks: S, s, P, p
4. Please make a flash card with our new high frequency word: "a", as in "I have a dog."

Eagles Club will be closed during Conferences
There will be NO Eagles Club for EC3, EC4 and Kindergarten, Wednesday, November 4 - Friday, November 6.  The early childhood building is being used for Parent/Teacher conference zoom meetings. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Kindergarten Halloween Party on Friday, Oct. 30th!
If you signed up to send in items for the goodie bags for the party, please do so by Wednesday, so we can put the goodies together.
Thanks!

Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~

Oct. 27, 2020

We continued working on Unit 2, Week 1 Language Arts as outlined on Monday's notes. We're having fun learning about verbs and acting our action words, and finding them in sentences.

In Math, we started a new Chapter.
Chapter 4 is: Count and Write Numbers 6-10
Today, we completed Ch. 4, Lesson 1: Count and Write 6 & 7.

In Religion, we completed Ch. 15: God Chooses Mary
We read the booklet and discussed: We Honor Mary,
and learned hand motions to the Hail Mary.

The students enjoyed having a special movie with Miss Beth. They watched half of the Disney movie, Coco!

1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders Homework Booklet.
2. Tomorrow through Thursday, Students may bring in an item that begins with P for Show and Tell
3. Letter Writing Journals were sent home with 4 pages to be completed over the next two weeks: S, s, P, p
4. Please make a flash card with our new high frequency word: "a", as in "I have a dog."

Thursday will be "Wear Day" for the letter P. 
Students may dress down in clothes that represent the letter P.

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be coming up in the first week in November. I will be putting out a Sign Up Genius for parents to select a time for their child's conference.
Conferences will be remote on Zoom only.
More information to follow.

Regarding Eagles Club during Conferences
There will be NO Eagles Club for EC3, EC4 and Kindergarten, Wednesday, November 4 - Friday, November 6.  The early childhood building is being used for Parent/Teacher conference zoom meetings. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Kindergarten Halloween Party on Friday, Oct. 30th!
If you signed up to send in items for the goodie bags for the party, please do so by Wednesday, so we can put the goodies together.
Thanks!

Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Oct. 26, 2020

LANGUAGE ARTS

Unit 2, Week 1

EQ: How do tools help us to explore?

Monday

• We will discuss what tools help us explore and do things.
• Vocabulary words: tools, discover
•  I will read “The Handiest Things in the World” , and students will respond to questions about key details in the story. 
• Genre: Informational Text

• Phonics & Letter Recognition for the week: Pp, /p/
• I read the

• High Frequency Word (HFW) for the week: “a”
• Grammar: Verb (action word)

  Tuesday - Friday Learning Activities:

• I will introduce Category Words: Color words
• We will work on beginning sound /p/ words and blending
• In class, students will read “Pam Can See”; and “We Can See”
• I will read “Timimoto” Genre: Folktale, With vocab words: fetch, rumble, defeated
• And “Discover with Tools”, Genre: Non-fiction Text
   

In, Religion, using our "We Believe" Book,
we started Ch. 15: God Chooses Mary
We had a discussion about God choosing Mary to have his son, Jesus. We also completed coloring activities about how we can help others and show love to others. October is the month we honor Mary with prayers and rosary.

The students enjoyed Music today with Mrs. Wagner.

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders Homework Booklet.
2. Tomorrow through Thursday, Students may bring in an item that begins with P for Show and Tell
3. Letter Writing Journals were sent home with 4 pages to be completed over the next two weeks: S, s, P, p
4. Please make a flash card with our new high frequency word: "a", as in "I have a dog."

Thursday will be "Wear Day" for the letter P. 
Students may dress down in clothes that represent the letter P.

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be coming up in the first week in November. I will be putting out a Sign Up Genius for parents to select a time for their child's conference.
Conferences will be remote on Zoom only.
More information to follow.

Regarding Eagles Club during Conferences
There will be NO Eagles Club for EC3, EC4 and Kindergarten, Wednesday, November 4 - Friday, November 6.  The early childhood building is being used for Parent/Teacher conference zoom meetings. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Kindergarten Halloween Party on Friday, Oct. 30th!
If you signed up to send in items for the goodie bags for the party, please do so by Wednesday, so we can put the goodies together.
Thanks!

Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~

Oct. 23, 2020

Happy Funday Friday!

What a great week! I'm not sure if all are aware, but we made an improvement in KB this week. I have been sharing simultaneous classroom time with in class students and remote students. This week, all morning, I am 100% with my inclass students, and in the afternoon (while class is in recess, rest, and desk center work), I am in the conference room 100% with my remote learner students. I am providing our Morning Prayer & Meeting, Language Arts, and Religion, and Mrs. Pelillo (KC) is graciously helping out by teaching our Math program to my remote students.
So far, a welcome change for the better!

Shout out to Mrs. Murphy who sent in pumpkins for us to have a pumpkin hunt, and assorted stickers, and decorations for creating some Halloween fun! The class loved it this afternoon!
Thank you for the fun!









Have a great weekend everyone!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Oct. 22, 2020

In addition to our regular work in Language Arts, I pulled out two small emergent reader books to show the class, and displayed them on the smartboard. I had the class "group read" the two books from Unit 1: "We Hop" and "At School". They surprised themselves when they were able to read two books! I then showed them the writing inside Unit 10 books and they all said "What? No way". I assured them if they keep working hard on blending and reading, they WILL be able to read the Unit 10 books by May. They did a great job!

In Math, we completed Ch. 3, Lesson 7: Ordinal numbers (First to Fifth)
They grasped the concept of first, second, third, fourth, fifth very well. I encouraged them to pay attention to which side is the beginning of the line (the way people/animals are facing),
and to double check by counting 1 to 5.

In Religion, we completed Ch. 12: We Learn About God with our Friends. We focused on what kinds of things we can do to be a good friend. We also talked about ways to change our behavior if we're not being such a good friend.

The class enjoyed Library with Miss Koval.

1. Complete the Thursday page in the Wonders Homework Booklet, and return tomorrow.
2. Math homework is pages 103-104.

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be coming up in the first week in November. I will be putting out a Sign Up Genius for parents to select a time for their child's conference.
Conferences will be remote on Zoom only.
More information to follow.

Regarding Eagles Club during Conferences
There will be NO Eagles Club for EC3, EC4 and Kindergarten, Wednesday, November 4 - Friday, November 6.  The early childhood building is being used for Parent/Teacher conference zoom meetings. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Kindergarten Halloween Party on Friday, Oct. 30th!

Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Oct. 21, 2020

We are working along on our Unit 1, Week 3 in Language Arts.
I'm so impressed with the sentences the students are writing, and the beginning readers they are reading!

In Math, we completed Ch. 3, Lesson 6: Compare Numbers up to 5.
They showed a good grasp of the concepts: "greater than"/more,
"less than"/not as many, and "equal"/same.

In Religion, we started Ch. 12: "We Learn about God with our Friends".
We talked about how we show God's love with friends, and discussed things we like to do with our friends. They drew a picture of themselves with their friends.

The class enjoyed Spanish class with Miss Koval.

1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders Homework Booklet
2. Work on the Aa pages in the Letter Writing Journal. The journal is due back tomorrow. 
3. Please create a flash card with our new word: see
4. Tomorrow is Wear Day. Students may dress down and wear something that begins with S.
5. Math homework is pages 99-100.


Parent/Teacher Conferences will be coming up in the first week in November. I will be putting out a Sign Up Genius for parents to select a time for their child's conference.
Conferences will be remote on Zoom only.
More information to follow.

Regarding Eagles Club during Conferences
There will be NO Eagles Club for EC3, EC4 and Kindergarten, Wednesday, November 4 - Friday, November 6.  The early childhood building is being used for Parent/Teacher conference zoom meetings. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Kindergarten Halloween Party on Friday, Oct. 30th!

Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Oct. 20, 2020

First of all.....Thank You!
KB has amazing parents!

Literally every slot filled within a few hours!
Thank you again!

Today....
Continued Language Arts as oulined in Monday's notes.

In Math, we completed Ch.3, Less Than.
This was much easier language to understand. They all knew what "Less Than" meant! To not have as many.

In Religion, we completed a Seeds Gospel Weekly:
"Jesus teaches us to praise God"
They listened to a story titled "Michael's Surprise Job", about a young boy who learns a new way to praise God.
They completed a task of finding hidden tulips in a picture, and
cut out a book "My Book of Praise".

The students enjoyed Art with Miss Koval.

1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders Homework Booklet
2. Work on the Aa pages in the Letter Writing Journal. The journal is due back on Thursday. You may return it before then, if it is competed with M,m,A,a.
3. Please create a flash card with our new word: see
4. Show and Tell items may be shown on Tues - Thurs. Please help your child find an item that begins with S.
5. Math homework is pages 95-96

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be coming up in the first week in November. I will be putting out a Sign Up Genius for parents to select a time for their child's conference.
Conferences will be remote on Zoom only.
More information to follow.

Kindergarten Halloween Party on Friday, Oct. 30th!

Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~

Oct. 19, 2020

Welcome to Monday!
 This week in Language Arts.....

Unit 1, Week 3

EQ: On the Move: How can senses help you learn?

Monday

• We will discuss how we can learn things by using our 5 senses.
• I will introduce vocab words: fresh, bloom, gull, cry
•  will read “Senses at the Seashore” , and students will respond to questions about key details in the story. 
• Genre: Informational Text

• Phonics & Letter Recognition for the week: Ss, /s/

• High Frequency Word (HFW) for the week: see
• Grammar: Continue Nouns

Tuesday - Friday Learning Activities:

• I will introduce Category Words: Sensory words
• We will work on beginning sound /s/ words and blending
• Students will read “Sam Can See”; and “I Can See”
• I will read “A Feast of the Senses” Genre: Non-fiction text, 

With vocab words: feast, senses, kneads.

• And “I Smell Springtime”, Genre: Non-fiction Text
•  In their “Your Turn Practice” Book (YTP): 

Unit 1, Week 2: pages 43-50 We will do a page or two per day

and Read the tear out book, “I See” later in the week

Monday - Thursday

 

•  Using the 1.3, small Wonders homework booklet: students will complete one page per day at home. Completed work can be saved in their packet and turned in upon return to school.

In Math, we completed Ch. 3, Lesson 4: Greater Than
Please help your child with the language "Greater than", they are very tempted to say "gooder than", or "better than". I have been pointing our that "greater than" means MORE, not better. Try showing them two groups of items (5 grapes and 2 oranges). See if they can tell you which group is greater than the other. Ask them to describe the two groups. The correct description is "The group of grapes is greater than the group of oranges" or "5 is greater than 2".

In Religion, we completed a Seeds Gospel Weekly:
"Jesus says "Come Celebrate" They listened to two stories about celebrations: The Gospel story was one that Jesus told to his friends. It is a parable about God's Kingdom.
The other story was titled "Stephanie's Party".
The students found in their Weekly, pictures of people celebrating God's love, and colored a page in the Weekly of items you find at a celebration.

The students enjoyed Music with Mrs. Wagner,
and PE with Miss Koval today.

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders Homework Booklet
2. Work on the Aa pages in the Letter Writing Journal. The journal is due back on Thursday. You may return it before then, if it is competed with M,m,A,a.
3. Please create a flash card with our new word: see
4. Show and Tell items may be shown on Tues - Thurs. Please help your child find an item that begins with S.
5. Math homework is pages 91-92

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be coming up in the first week in November. I will be putting out a Sign Up Genius for parents to select a time for their child's conference.
Conferences will be remote on Zoom only.
More information to follow.

Kindergarten Halloween Party on Friday, Oct. 30th!
We have been approved to have an in class Halloween Party.
Specific individually wrapped snacks have been approved.
I will put out a Sign Up Genius for parents to send in items to contribute to the party.
Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Oct. 16, 2020
Have a fabulous fall weekend KB families!
It's supposed to be beautiful Saturday & Sunday!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



Oct. 15, 2020

COVID Challenge: 
How do you teach 5 year olds how to make correct letter sounds and blend them when everyone is wearing a mask?
How do they see the teacher's lips forming letter sounds?
How does the teacher see the student's lips blending sounds into words?
Answer:
Clear face Shields, while seated 6 feet apart!




Never have I ever had a year like this.
But they are so cute!

Meetings after work......I'm going straight to homework!

1. Complete the Thursday page in the Wonders homework booklet and return to school.
2. Continue to work on the Letter Writing Book. Students have two weeks to complete the work. Please encourage your child to take their time and do the letters neatly, rather than speedily. They should focus on correct formation and neatness with the Uppercase M and Lowercase m this week. Next week they can complete Letters A & a.
3. Math homework pages 87 & 88 are due Friday.

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be coming up in the first week in November. I will be putting out a Sign Up Genius for parents to select a time for their child's conference.
Conferences will be remote on Zoom only.
More information to follow.

Kindergarten Halloween Party on Friday, Oct. 30th!
We have been approved to have an in class Halloween Party.
Specific individually wrapped snacks have been approved.
I will put out a Sign Up Genius for parents to send in items to contribute to the party.
Reminder:  due to health safety, and social distancing,
parents will not be able to attend the Halloween festivities this year. 
 It will be for school attendees only. We will make it a fun experience for your children, while continuing to follow the established health guidelines at SJB. Thank you for understanding.

Reminder: Re: The "Kids Stuff" coupon book: Please return either the book, or the payment for keeping the book, by October 19th.
Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Oct. 14, 2020

Today, we continued our Language Arts as described in Tuesday's notes below. This class is doing an amazing job of blending sounds to say words both through hearing and reading.

In Math, we completed Chapter 3, Lesson 2: Order Numbers to 5
There is a homework page.

In Religion, we started Ch. 11: We Learn About God with our families.
We talked about things we do with our families to discover our world, and ways our families show God's love. Some of those ways include: keeping us safe, teaching us about sharing, caring for others, and talking things over with each other.

Miss Koval completed an Art project with the class, which the students enjoyed.

1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders homework booklet
2. Continue to work on the Letter Writing Book. Students have two weeks to complete the work. Please encourage your child to take their time and do the letters neatly, rather than speedily. They should focus on correct formation and neatness with the Uppercase M and Lowercase m this week. Next week they can complete Letters A & a.
3. Math homework pages 81 & 82 are due Friday.
4. SHOW & TELL: Please bring in something that begins with A.
5. TOMORROW, THURSDAY IS WEAR DAY. Your child may wear something that begins with the letter A.

Kindergarten through 3rd grade will be allowed to
dress in costume on Friday, Oct. 30th!
Reminder:  due to health safety, and social distancing,
parents will not be able to attend the Halloween festivities this year. 
 It will be for school attendees only. We will make it a fun experience for your children, while continuing to follow the established health guidelines at SJB. Thank you for understanding.

Reminder: Re: The "Kids Stuff" coupon book: Please return either the book, or the payment for keeping the book, by October 19th.

Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



Oct. 13, 2020

Hope everyone enjoyed their 3 day weekend!
We are moving forward!

LANGUAGE ARTS

Unit 1, Week 2

EQ: On the Move: How do baby animals move?

Tuesday

• We will discuss how different baby animals move.
• I will introduce new vocabulary words: adventure; movement 
•  will read “Pouch”, and students will respond to questions about the story. Genre: Fantasy
• Phonics & Letter Recognition for the week: Aa, /a/
• High Frequency Word (HFW) for the week: we
• Grammar: Continue Nouns

 

Wednesday - Friday Learning Activities:

• I will introduce Category Words: Family words
• We will work on beginning sound /a/ words and blending
• Students will read “We Can”; and “I Can, We Can”
• I will read “The Tortoise and the Hare” Genre: Fable, With vocab words: exhausting, exciting, arrived.
• And “Baby Animals on the Move”, Genre: Informational Text
•  In their “Your Turn Practice” Book (YTP): 
• Unit 1, Week 2: pages 35-42. We will do a page or two per dayand Read the tear out book later in the week

 

Today, in Math, we Started Ch. 3, Lesson 3.1: Count to Tell How Many

There is a homework page due back Friday

In Religion, we heard stories from our Seeds Weekly Gospel magazine. They listened to a story "Michael Makes Choices" and discussed making good choices. They also listened to the Gospel Story:
The Story of Two Sons, which also teaches about making not so good choices, and changing our minds to make better choices.

The students enjoyed doing Art with Miss Koval today.

1. Complete the Monday & Tuesday pages in the Wonders homework booklet
2. Letter Writing Books were sent home today. Students have two weeks to complete the work. Please encourage your child to take their time and do the letters neatly, rather than speedily. They should focus on correct formation and neatness with the Uppercase M and Lowercase m this week. Next week they can complete Letters A & a.
3. Math homework pages 77 & 78 are due Friday.
4. SHOW & TELL: Please bring in something that begins with A.

Kindergarten through 3rd grade will be allowed to
dress in costume on Friday, Oct. 30th!
Reminder:  due to health safety, and social distancing,
parents will not be able to attend the Halloween festivities this year. 
 It will be for school attendees only. We will make it a fun experience for your children, while continuing to follow the established health guidelines at SJB. Thank you for understanding.

Reminder: Re: The "Kids Stuff" coupon book: Please return either the book, or the payment for keeping the book, by October 19th.

Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Oct. 9, 2020

The subject of calling for help and dialing 911 came up in class. Students had many great questions about this.
We discussed good reasons to call 911 for help and
silly reasons (needing help with homework).
Students had some great questions:
How do you call 911?
What if you're not allowed to use the phone?
What if you don't have a phone?
I told them them that I would make it a homework assignment for parents to review plans at home, answer these questions, and talk about trusted adults.
It's always a good idea to remind our kids of what to do in these kind of situations, and who they can trust to help them.

We learned about Christopher Columbus sailing the ocean blue today.
Enjoy the 3 day weekend!
I'll see everyone on Tuesday!

Have a great weekend,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Oct. 8, 2020

Great turnout for Wear Day! We had Mario, Minnie Mouse, Mars, Mermaids and more!


Today, in Math, we completed Ch. 2, Lesson 2.7: Problem solving using a map. Tomorrow, we will do the Review and Assessment.

In Language Arts, the students did a great job reading "Can I?".
We started blending sounds into words, which is a skill we will practice daily to strengthen their ability to read.

In Religion, we completed Ch. 10: God Helps Us to Discover, and I read the paper book "God's Gifts - My Senses"

The students enjoyed "Library" with Miss Koval today.

For fun today....
at snack time, I put on a 15 minute PBS kids show "Peg + Cat".
The show always presents a word math story and problem solving.
One episode was titled: Mac the Fork. During the show, a song was sung to the tune of "Mack the Knife". I told them I would play the original song for them. At the end of the day today, I played "Mack the Knife" sung by Bobby Darrin, and everyone was out of their seat dancing like crazy! It was the cutest, funniest thing to see them all rocking out to "Mack the Knife"! Of course, so was I, & Mrs. Scalora!

Here's the classroom Bulletin Board created by our class.


And the hallway pumpkin patch with KB's painted pumpkins....




1. Please complete the Thursday page in the Wonders homework packet and return tomorrow
2. Please complete the Math Homework page
3. Please make a new flashcard for our new word:  the


Monday, Oct. 12th is Columbus Day, and there is no school.
You will have a three day weekend!
Enjoy!

Reminder: Re: The "Kids Stuff" coupon book: Please return either the book, or the payment for keeping the book, by October 19th.

Kindergarten through 3rd grade will be allowed to
dress in costume on Friday, Oct. 30th!
Reminder:  due to health safety, and social distancing,
parents will not be able to attend the Halloween festivities this year. 
 It will be for school attendees only. We will make it a fun experience for your children, while continuing to follow the established health guidelines at SJB. Thank you for understanding.

Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



Oct. 7, 2020

We are continuing our Language Arts as described in Monday's notes.

In Math, we completed: Chapter 2, Lesson 2.6: Count & Write 0-5

In Religion, we started Ch. 10: God Helps Us to Discover
We discussed what it means to discover something, and talked about how our five senses help us discover things in our world.

The students enjoyed Spanish with Miss Koval.

We also painted paper pumpkins for our hallway pumpkin patch, and made "Kool Kats" for our classroom bulletin board.

We continued sharing Show & Tell items.

1. Please complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders homework packet
2. Please complete the Math Homework page
3. Please make a new flashcard for our new word:  the
4. Your child may bring in a Show & Tell item that begins with the letter M. Show & Tell items should be able to fit in their backpack. Please "hide" the item in a bag. They will give a clue to the class about their item, and students will guess what the item is.
We will spread out "showing and telling" over Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday.
5. Tomorrow, Thursday, is Wear Day in KB!
Instead of wearing their uniform, students may wear clothes that begin with the Letter M.

Reminder: Re: The "Kids Stuff" coupon book: Please return either the book, or the payment for keeping the book, by October 19th.

The class was very excited to hear that we have special activities planned for Halloween.
Yes, Kindergarten through 3rd grade will be allowed to
dress in costume on Friday, Oct. 30th!
We will let you know as soon as all is planned.
Reminder:  due to health safety and social distancing, parents will not be able to attend the Halloween festivities this year. 
 It will be for school attendees only. We will make it a fun experience for your children, while continuing to follow the established health guidelines at SJB. Thank you for understanding.

Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Oct. 6, 2020

Please see Language Arts notes in Oct. 5th post.

In Math, we completed:

Chapter 2, Lesson 2.5: Count and Write 3 and 4

In Religion, we spent the time listening to our "We Believe" CD of Religion songs, which the students enjoyed, while coloring a two page display entitled: "God Made Everything".

In the afternoon, the class enjoyed painting pumpkins with Miss Koval.
We also started our Show & Tell presentations. Thank you for helping your child find M items. They love giving clues and presenting what they brought.

1. Please complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders homework packet
2. Please complete the Math Homework page
3. Please make a new flashcard for our new word:  the
4. Your child may bring in a Show & Tell item that begins with the letter M. Show & Tell items should be able to fit in their backpack. Please "hide" the item in a bag. They will give a clue to the class about their item, and students will guess what the item is.
We will spread out "showing and telling" over Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday.

Thursday, 10/8, will be our first "Wear Day".
Students may wear something that begins with the letter M,
instead of their uniform.

The "Kids Stuff" coupon books were sent home yesterday with the oldest child in each family. Please return either the book, or the payment for keeping the book, by October 19th.

We are very excited to share that we are working with SJB Home and School Coordinators to have special activities planned for Halloween.
Yes, Kindergarten through 3rd grade will be allowed to
dress in costume on Friday, Oct. 30th!
We will let you know as soon as all is planned.
I do have to share, that due to health safety and social distancing, parents will not be able to attend the Halloween festivities this year. 
 It will be for school attendees only. We will make it a fun experience for your children, while continuing to follow the established health guidelines at SJB.

Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~




Oct. 5, 2020

Language Arts for the week of Oct. 5th - 9th

Unit 1, Week 1

EQ: How can we get along with new friends?

 

Monday

• We will discuss how to make new friends.
• I will introduce new vocabulary words: friend; problem; different; grumpy

• I will read “What about Bear” , and students will respond to questions about the story. Genre: Fantasy
• Phonics & Letter Recognition for the week: Mm, /m/

• High Frequency Word (HFW) for the week: the
• Grammar: I will introduce Nouns (person/animal, place, or thing)

 

• I will introduce Category Words: Feelings
• We will work on beginning sound /m/ words and blending
• Students will read “I Can”; and “Can I?”
• I will read “The Lion and the Mouse” Genre: Fable, 
• And “How to Be a Friend”, Genre: Informational Text
•  In their “Your Turn Practice” Book (YTP): Unit 1, Week 1: pages 27-34. We will do a page or two per day, and Read the tear out book later in the week

Thursday, 10/8, will be our first "Wear Day".
Students may wear something that begins with the letter M,
instead of their uniform.

Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Oct. 2, 2020

Happy Friday!

Today we celebrated the Feast of the Guardian Angels.
The children learned about guardian angels and how they are appointed by God to watch over certain people here on earth.
We talked about how they are people who have passed and gone to Heaven. And your guardian angel is someone that knows you. It could be a grandparent who is in heaven, or even a great grandparent.
The students shared people they know who are in heaven.
We made Guardian Angels.....


No homework this weekend.

Father Joe Piekarski will be coming to our class on Monday, 10/5, to celebrate the Feast Day of St. Francis. If you have a pet, please send in a picture in your child's folder and we will have an inside Blessing of the Pets (pictures).

Enjoy your weekend !

Thank you!

Mrs. Pogonyi

~

October 1, 2020

Happy October!

It was such a beautiful day, we took Science class outside.
We are working on Unit 1: Doing Science
Today we completed two chapters:
Lesson 1: Using our senses
The students had fun using 4 of their senses to explore outside (smell, hear, see, touch). I didn't let them taste anything outside.
You're welcome!
But we talked about using our sense of taste with our apple experiment yesterday.We talked about how our senses help us learn about our world. (If food feels really hot, we probably don't want to put it in our mouth right away, etc.)
We also completed Lesson 2: Science Skills
(observe, compare, measure, and sort)
These skills help us learn and find answers.
The students then ran around collecting items in nature to observe, compare, measure and sort.
Here are some photos of them measuring items with their bears.


We continued Start Smart, Week 3 in Language Arts
which I outlined in Monday's notes.

In Math, the students completed a mid chapter assessment on finding groups with fewer, more and equal objects, and making equal groups.
They completely get the concept of fewer, more and equal. 
Tomorrow, we will reinforce the learning with "making groups equal" by using cubes and bears to either take away or add more.

In Religion, we completed Chapter 9: God Made Us,
and I read the tear out book "You Can Tell God Anything".
We discussed different things you can tell to God, besides our prayers we are learning. We also discussed ways to tell God things.
I used an example of asking God this summer to please help my nephew get better from an illness. I loved seeing the lightbulbs going off in their faces. These are actual quotes: "Oh, you mean I could ask God to help someone who is sick?"; "I never knew that!"; "I could have asked God to help my Grandma when she was sick?" It was so sweet! Then I heard many stories of loved ones who were sick or had injuries. All day.

The class also had an extra Music class today with Mrs. Wagner!
 

1.   Please complete the Thursday page in the Wonders Homework booklet and return to school tomorrow.

2. Father Joe Piekarski will be coming to our class on Monday, 10/5, to celebrate the Feast Day of St. Francis. If you have a pet, please send in a picture in your child's folder and we will have an inside Blessing of the Pets (pictures).

Enjoy your first October evening in 2020!

Thank you!

Mrs. Pogonyi

~

Sept. 30, 2020

Happy Last Day of September!

The class looked amazing in their picture day clothes and special hairstyles! They did a great job of smiling and being great listeners while waiting their turn and waiting for others to finish.

We continued Start Smart, Week 3 in Language Arts
which I outlined in Monday's notes.

In Math, we completed Ch. 2, Lesson 3: Make Equal Groups
The children used their connecting cubes to make two groups with an equal number of cubes. They then were asked to change the groups to show one group with more and one group with fewer.
We then practiced using Math sentences to describe what they made.
Ex: "My blue group of cubes is fewer than my yellow group of cubes"; "My red group of cubes has more than my green group of cubes".
They also learned how to make uneven groups equal:
1) cross out extras, or 1) draw more
There is a Math Homework page tonight.

In Religion, we completed our lesson: God Made All People

The students used their apples from home to look at the differences in their apples, draw them, make predictions about whether they will like them or not. After drawing the two apples and describing them, I cut the apples in half and they smelled them. From the smell, they made another prediction of whether they would like it and why. Ex: it smells sweet, it smells sour....
Then they tasted them and rated which one they liked and which one they didn't. We discussed whether their predictions were accurate or not. Either way, they enjoyed the activity!

They also enjoyed their Spanish Class with Miss Koval.

1.   Please complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders Homework booklet

2. Please complete the Math homework for Lesson 3: Make Equal Groups.   It is due back by Friday.

Enjoy your last September evening in 2020!
Thank you!

Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Sept. 29, 2020

We continued Start Smart, Week 3 in Language Arts
which I outlined in Monday's notes.

In Math, we completed Ch. 2, Lesson 2: Fewest, Most
We used real world examples  in the classroom to determine which group had the most and which had the fewest. We compared a group of children standing with a group of children sitting; we compared a group of girls with a group of boys in the classroom; etc. And then we completed our work bookbook pages.
There is a homework page tonight.

In Religion, we began Ch. 8: God made all People
The children were very involved in coloring detailed pictures of what God created (everything!), so this lesson will be completed tomorrow.

Our class was visited by Mr. Delfin, School Counselor,  today.
He spoke with them and showed a video about feelings. The students had to guess the feelings that the characters were experiencing. They had fun doing this.

Our class also enjoyed an Art class with Miss Koval.

1.   Please complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders Homework booklet

2. Please complete the Math homework for Lesson 2: Fewest, Most   It is due back by Friday.

It's finally here! Tomorrow,
Wednesday, Sept. 30th is Picture Day for Kindergarten!
We are heading over for our pictures at 7:40 am.
Please have your child arrive by 7:35 with their brightest smile!

Students may wear their own clothes for Picture Day.
 They do not have to wear their uniform.
Please make sure they have sneakers to play in that day.
(Shoes are not visible in the picture)
However, if they do have special shoes they want to wear with their
outfit, please send in sneakers for them to change into after the picture.

Have a great fall evening!
Thank you!

Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Sept. 28, 2020

We are down to the last few days of September.

We started the day with our first fire dril! The class did an excellant job of quietly lining up and walking out to our designated spot. They handled themselves exceptionally well!

In Language Arts, we started Start Smart, Week 3.
This week, we will be doing the following:

Our Essential Question is "What Can You Do?"
We will discuss things that we can do now that we couldn't when we were babies.

High Frequency Word (HFW): Review I and can

Letter Recognition for the week:  Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz.

The Wonders stories we will be reading during the week:
"Kindergarteners Can"; "At School"; "We Can Help"; and
"What Can I Do?"

We will be working in our Your Turn Practice book to complete pages for Start Smart, Week 3.

In Math, we started Chapter 2: Count and Write Numbers 0-5

Today we completed Lesson 1: As Many As
We practiced one to one coorespondence. "As many as" means groups have the same number, and one group has an equal number as the other group.
There is homework.

The class enjoyed an outside PE class with Mrs. Schock today. This was a special event. We are looking forward to having a regularly scheduled PE class every week!
The class also enjoyed time outside with Miss Kovall, and
Music Class with Mrs. Wagner.

Busy Monday!

1. The Wonders homework booklet was sent home.  Please complete the Monday page tonight.

2. Please complete the Math homework for Lesson 1: As Many As.    It is due back by Friday.

 

Thank you for sending in the apples for your child. They have been placed in our fridge, and we will be using them on Tuesday!

Wednesday, Sept. 30th is Picture Day for Kindergarten!
Students may wear their own clothes for Picture Day.
 They do not have to wear their uniform.
Please make sure they have sneakers to play in that day.
(Shoes are not visible in the picture)
However, if they do have special shoes they want to wear with their
outfit, please send in sneakers for them to change into after the picture.

Have a great fall evening!
Thank you!

Mrs. Pogonyi

~




Sept. 23, 2020

1. Please complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders Homework packet tonight.

2. Please make a flash card with the word: can

3.  Please send in two different color apples with your child by Thursday.

Wednesday, Sept. 30th is Picture Day for Kindergarten!
Students may wear their own clothes for Picture Day.
 They do not have to wear their uniform.
Please make sure they have sneakers to play in that day.
(Shoes are not visible in the picture)
However, if they do have special shoes they want to wear with their
outfit, please send in sneakers for them to change into after the picture.

Have a great fall evening!
Thank you!

Mrs. Pogonyi

~

Sept. 22, 2020

Welcome Fall!

Today in Language Arts, we continued to review our letters.
We talked about things families do when reading a picture story
"Family Fun!"
I read a fable "Tikki Tikki Tembo" and checked for understanding of the story, ability to identify key details, and characters.
We reviewed our two HFW's on our word wall: I, can.
They wrote an "I" sentence in their Storybook Journals.

In Math, we completed the Problem solving lesson, which involved listening closely to details in order to solve the problems.
There is a homework page that was sent home.

In Religion, we used our Seeds Handbook to practice the Sign of the Cross, focusing on using our right hand. We also talked about Who Jesus is (son of God) and who Mary is (mother of Jesus).
We practice the Hail Mary and Angel of God prayers.

In the afternoon, the students listened to two stories about John Chapman, also known as Johnny Appleseed. 
We began a sequencing art activity which shows the life cycle of an apple.

 

1. Please complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders Homework packet tonight.

2. Please make a flash card with the word: can

3. A Math homework page on Problem Solving is due back on Friday.

4.  Please send in two different color apples with your child by Thursday.

Wednesday, Sept. 30th is Picture Day for Kindergarten!
Students may wear their own clothes for Picture Day.
 They do not have to wear their uniform.
Please make sure they have sneakers to play in that day.
(Shoes are not visible in the picture)
However, if they do have special shoes they want to wear with their
outfit, please send in sneakers for them to change into after the picture.

Have a great fall evening!
Thank you!

Mrs. Pogonyi

~

Sept. 21, 2020

Happy Last full day of Summer Season!
Tomorrow is the official First Day of Fall 2020.

Today in Language Arts, we started our next unit:
Start Smart, Week 2
Our Essential Question is: Who is in your family?
We talked about who is in our families and what kinds of things we do with our families.
Our letters we are reviewing this week are:
Ii through Rr
Our new HFW for our word wall is: "can"
Please make a flash card at home for the word: can

In Math, we continued our Chapter on Sorting, and completed 
Lesson 5: Sort by Size
There is a homework page attached to this lesson.

In Religion, I read the story "7 Days of Awesome: A Creation Tale".
We reviewed all the things God created in our world in one week!
The students then colored a picture of God's World.

The students enjoyed music with Mrs. Wagner today.

1. Wonders Homework packet was sent home. Please complete the Monday page tonight.

2. Please make a flash card with the word: can

3. One Math homework page on Sorting by Size is due back on Friday.

4. * We are going to learn about Johnny Appleseed this week. Please send in two different color apples with your child by Thursday.

Wednesday, Sept. 30th is Picture Day for Kindergarten!
Students may wear their own clothes for Picture Day.
 They do not have to wear their uniform.
Please make sure they have sneakers to play in that day.
(Shoes are not visible in the picture)
However, if they do have special shoes they want to wear with their
outfit, please send in sneakers for them to change into after the picture.

Have a great last summer evening!
Thank you!

Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Sept. 18, 2020

Hooray for a great week!

Today was Funday Friday!

All of the Beginning of the Year Kindergarten Assessments have been completed. We're ready to roll!
We've completed our review of letters A-H, so we went outside to play games. We spotted a groundhog off in the distance and slowly got closer for a better view. We learned that groundhogs come above ground to eat and you can't see their teeth unless they open their mouth.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Pogonyi
~


Sept. 17, 2020

Thank you all for attending Back to School Night last night via Zoom!
I hope I answered your questions and please let me know if you have any more!

In Language Arts, we completed our Start Smart, Week 1!
Today, the students listened to a tale "The Three Sisters".
The story and questions afterward are designed to challenge one's listening comprehension. There was a great amount of volunteering to participate in the discussion. The students had a high degree of understanding as to why the sisters argued and the father's viewpoint.
I was impressed with the level of understanding, and the engagement!

In Math, we completed an assessment "Check My Progress", and we completed Chap. 1, Lesson 4: Sort by Shape
There is one homework page for this lesson due Monday.

In Religion, we completed Ch. 5: God Gives Us the Land
The tear out book "Saint Rose of Lima" was sent home to be read at home.

Homework:

• Please send in any Math homework given this week.

Any Math homework given on a Thursday or Friday, may be turned in the following Monday.

• The small Language Arts Start Smart, Week 1 homework book that went home on Tuesday, is due back on Friday. 

• Please read "Saint Rose of Lima" to your child.

 

UPCOMING NEWS & INFO:

Wednesday, Sept. 30th is Picture Day for Kindergarten!
Students may wear their own clothes for Picture Day.
 They do not have to wear their uniform.
Please make sure they have sneakers to play in that day.
(Shoes are not visible in the picture)
However, if they do have special shoes they want to wear with their
outfit, please send in sneakers for them to change into after the picture.

Have a great evening!
Thank you!

Mrs. Pogonyi

~



September 16, 2020


Looking forward to seeing everyone at Back to School Night
tonight On Zoom
at 6:00 pm

Homework:
Math pages due Friday
I will be reviewing homework at the Back to School Night Zoom meeting.

UPCOMING NEWS & INFO:

Back to School Night is this tonight, 9/16 at 6pm.
The meeting will be on Zoom!
The packet of information that was sent home yesterday will be discussed at the meeting.
I have sent a meeting invite to your emails.
I also will send my Slide Presentation to you.
You will be able to see it on the Zoom meeting.

Wednesday, Sept. 30th is Picture Day for Kindergarten!
Students may wear their own clothes for Picture Day.
 They do not have to wear their uniform.
Please make sure they have sneakers to play in that day.
(Shoes are not visible in the picture)
However, if they do have special shoes they want to wear with their
outfit, please send in sneakers for them to change into after the picture.

Have a great evening!
Thank you!

Mrs. Pogonyi

~





September 15, 2020

What a beautiful day today!
The students are doing a great job of coming in by themselves, going right to their desks and getting started on their morning work. 
In Language Arts, we continued SS, Week 1.
We read "The Ugly Duckling" and discussed what happened first, next, and last. We discussed the feelings that the duckling felt at different points in the story. After, we drew pictures from the story in our language arts packets.
I also read a poem and had the students focus on the correct way to read: Left to Right, and Top to Bottom. I had the students count the words in each line. I'm introducing the idea that letters put together, make up words, and words put together, can make up sentances.
But, words only make sentances if they are "finger-spaced" apart.

In Math, we completed Ch. 1, Lesson 2: Different
This concept was easier for students to grasp than "alike" and "same".
Their worksheet packets are sent home in their folder every day.
Both sides of the first page in the packet are class work pages.
The second page (both sides) are the homework.

In Religion, we completed Ch. 2: God Gives Us Light
in our We Believe Religion book. We talked about all types of light that God created (sun in the day, stars and moon at night, etc).

The class enjoyed Miss Koval's Art class in the afternoon. Their projects will be going home tomorrow after they dry. The class also sang "Happy Birthday" to Miss Koval today!

Homework:
Math pages due Friday
I will be reviewing homework at the Back to School Night Zoom meeting.

UPCOMING NEWS & INFO:

Back to School Night is this Wednesday, 9/16 at 6pm.
The meeting will be on Zoom!
In your child's folder tonight is a packet of information that will be discussed at the meeting.
I have sent a meeting invite to your emails.
I also will send my Slide Presentation to you.
You will be able to see it on the Zoom meeting.

Wednesday, Sept. 30th is Picture Day for Kindergarten!
Students may wear their own clothes for Picture Day.
 They do not have to wear their uniform.
Please make sure they have sneakers to play in that day.
(Shoes are not visible in the picture)
However, if they do have special shoes they want to wear with their outfit, please send in sneakers for them to change into after the picture.

Have a great evening!
Thank you!

Mrs. Pogonyi

~


September 14, 2020

Welcome to our 2nd week of Kindergarten!
Today was exciting and different in KB because we welcomed our 6 additional classmates who are remote learning through mid October. They joined us in our morning lessons, waved hello to their in-class friends, and participated by answering questions and sharing their work with me on Zoom. They even joined in our Brain Breaks!

In Language Arts, we started our Smart Start Unit, Week 1.
The Essential Question of the week is: "How is everyone special?"
We discussed how the children on our poster were special, and ways that they are special. I read an ABC book, "Animals in the Park", and looked for objects in the book that began with each of the alphabet letters. We also learned about parts of the book: Front Cover, Back Cover, Title (name), Title Page, and Genre (what type of book it is).
We completed together two pages in our Your Turn practice book.
Our new HFW of the week is: I (saying something about yourself).
We made sentences with I: "I like popcorn."

In Math, we started Chapter 1: Sorting
We learned vocab words: sort, alike and same. We learned that to sort means to put items into groups. Alike means that objects have some attributes in common. (apple, pear, banana are all fruits).
Same means that objects are identical. (red apple, red apple).
There is a homework page attached to the worksheets in their folders. The homework pages have a black banner at the top.

In Religion, we started our "We Believe" books. Today, we completed the stories, prayers, and drawing activities in Ch. 1: God Made All Things.

In the afternoon, the students participated in a PE class with Miss Kovall, and had Music with Mrs. Wagner, where they started learning about the instruments in their individual bags.

Homework:
Math pages due Friday
Please make a flash card with the word I.

UPCOMING NEWS & INFO:

Back to School Night is this Wednesday, 9/16 at 6pm.
The meeting will be on Zoom!
I will send a meeting invite to your emails.
I also will send my Slide Presentation to you.
You will be able to see it on the Zoom meeting.

Wednesday, Sept. 30th is Picture Day for Kindergarten!
Students may wear their own clothes for Picture Day.
 They do not have to wear their uniform.
Please make sure they have sneakers to play in that day.
(Shoes are not visible in the picture)
However, if they do have special shoes they want to wear with their outfit, please send in sneakers for them to change into after the picture.

Also: Some students are feeling cold with the air conditioning.
Please put a LABELED sweatshirt in your child's backpack if they tell you they are cold in the classroom. 
They are allowed to put it on, take it off, as needed.

Thank you!

Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Sept. 10, 2020

We continued our Social Emotional Learning with books
"Grow Up David" and "What does it mean to be Kind?".
They made many great comparisons between characters in "Grow Up David? and "The Recess Queen" from yesterday.
They completed a worksheet on sorting Letters and Numbers.
It involved writing their name, cutting, gluing, and correct placement of various upper and lower case letters and various numbers.
I collected it for a mini-assessment. I was pleased that everyone completed the papers correctly! What a great start to Kindergarten!
I will be doing individual Kindergarten Beginning of the Year assessments with them over the next week.

Ms. Kovall has joined our class on a daily basis!
Ms. Kovall is our Spanish Teacher. During these next few weeks, in order to decrease contacts, our students are not having their regular PE, Art, Technology, and Library Specials.
Ms. Koval is assigned to our building and comes to our class
Monday to Friday for one period.
On Monday, she does a PE activity with them.
Tuesday, she does Art with our class
Wednesday she does Spanish!
Thursday she has Library with our class
Friday is Activity time with Ms. Kovall.
This has been a great addition and the students enjoy seeing her every day.
Next week our students will start Music with Mrs. Wagner.
Mrs. Wagner is the Music teacher for just our building.

We're wrapping up our first week of Kindergarten tomorrow!

Have a great weekend!
(I don't know about you, but I'm so excited for start of football!)
Mrs. Pogonyi
~


September 9, 2020

Another great day in Kindergarten!
We have been starting with our Morning Meeting everday,
which includes:
Prayers
Pledge of Allegiance
Calendar
Weather
Keeping track of # of days in school
and Announcements.

We are focusing in school on Social Emotional Learning (SEL).
SEL includes learning about self awareness; social awareness, relationship skills, responsibile decisions, and accountability.
Today I read "The Recess Queen" which covered self and social awareness and relationship skills. Afterwards we discussed the feelings that all the characters experienced, what happened, what made things better, etc.
I also read "The Crayons That Talked" which covered social awareness. We discussed how we're all different and ways that we're special.

The students started their Storybook Journals. We brought the books outside and looked at trees and bushes. We discussed how they change through the year with the different seasons. Today they drew pictures of what the trees look like in September. (You'll see" 9 9" on their first page to represent 9/9, Sept. 9th).

We will be starting our Wonders Language Arts Program, our My Math program, and Religion next week, once the remote learners join us.

Have a great night!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi



September 8, 2020

Happy 1st Day of School!

What a great first day in KB! This class is literally full of superheros!

I was really impressed with how well the students did with their desks, and masks, and learning routines.
We began the day with our Morning Meeting and an outside walk to practice how we line up, go quietly down the hallway, wear our masks out, then put them in their paper bags, etc.
We read the story "The Kissing Hand" about a young racoon who is starting school. We also created a kissing hand to bring home.
I sent home a schedule of how our days and weeks will be beginning next week. This week we are focused on connecting, learning about each other, social awareness, kindness, and how we behave in class.

They learned today that I have one classroom rule.

1. Be Kind

That's it. Be kind to others & be kind to ourselves. Really everything they need to do to be successful classroom citizens can be tied to kindness.
I really enjoyed today and this great group of kiddos.

Notes for parents from today:

At Pick up, all cars must be in a parking space, and 
cars can not leave until they are directed by SJB Staff.

We WILL be doing class picture day. The details are still in process.

I will let everyone know when I have more accurate information.


Notes for parents from our Classroom visits/Missed Zoom:

Morning Drop Off
Kindergarten enters the building between 7:20-7:35 am. If a Kindergartener has a sibling in the 3's or 4's, they may walk in together at that time. No parents are allowed to enter the building with the students. Supportive Staff Members will be at the door to assist.
Beginning Sept. 21st, any late arrivals (after 7:35am) will need to park in front and walk your child to the front office to obtain a late slit from Mrs. Tobin. They will need the late slip to be able to enter our building.

Backpacks
Please label and include a pencil case to remain in school.
Pack a towel for either resting heads on at desks, or taking outside to sit on. These towels will be kept in the backpacks when not in use and go back and forth from school. You may wash on an "as need" basis, and at least once a week.
Your child will receive a folder the first day of school. This folder will go back and forth daily. Completed work, homework, and notes from the office will be sent home in the folder. This is the best/quickest way to communicate with me. Place any notes to me in the folder and I will see it in the morning. You may also communicate with me through email.
If there are any changes during the day regarding pick up, please email me and look for my "Got it!" reply. If you do not receive a "Got it", then I have not had a chance to read my email. At that point, please call the school office and ask them to send the message to my room.

Lunch/Morning Snack/Eagle's Club Snack

Please label your child's lunch box. Please also try to pack items in containers/bags that your child is able to open by themselves.
We do now have our PUR water filters installed and are able to refill water bottles for your child!
Snacks should be labeled "Snack" so your child knows what is for snack and what is for lunch.
If your child is attending Eagle's Club, please separate and label that snack.

Dismissal
Limestone Car Riders & Walkers will be walked out to the back parking lot by myself. Please remain on the blacktop and watch/wave to your child as he/she comes up the sidewalk. 
Milltown Car Riders will be walked to the front parking lot by Mrs. Pelillo. Please remain in the front and watch/wave to your child as Mrs. Pelillo walks them to the front sidewalk.
Eagle's Club will remain in our building.
If there is a late pick up, do not worry. Your child will be brought into the Kindergarten Eagle's Club where they will join in until you are able to pick him/her up.
Anyone who picks up from Eagle's Club, must remain outside. You will be able to sign your child out outside, and a staff member will retrieve your child and bring him/her to you.

Please email me if you have any other questions/concerns.
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi
~




August 31, 2020

Loved meeting some of my new friends today!

I would love to set up my Parent (whole class) Zoom meeting for this week. I am missing 3 parent emails.
To the Parents of:
Benjamin C., Justin M., and Ariana W.
Please send me your email address.
 

I also will set up a separate Zoom meeting for Parents of remote learners.

I look forward to meeting even more friends this week!
Thank you!
Mrs. Pogonyi
~

August 28, 2020

Hello to all my new KB students and families!
Welcome to KB 2020-2021!
I'm hoping to meet as many of you as possible
during our Classroom Visit Week.

Here is our Healthy Distancing Classroom...
Looking forward to seeing all of you in my room!



YES! I'm healthy and will be tested regularly!


And......to whomever did this great message....
Thank you! What a great welcome back to school!



I am busy working to make this an amazing year,
as we navigate around our new (hopefully temporary) world.
If you aren't able to stop in next week, or aren't able to bring your items, please don't worry.
Just bring them the first week of school.
These are the items to bring in during the Classroom Visit:
~ Decorated Frog or Flower
~ Questionnaire
~ Crayons and any other supplies

Our first day of School is Tuesday, September 8th. Yay!
It is a full day.
Please send in a snack, full water bottle and lunch for your child. You may send in a second water bottle.
If your child is attending Eagle's Club, please send a separate snack for afterschool.
Please also make sure they have a rest towel, which we will be using to enjoy class time outdoors at healthy distances.

Next week, the Kindergarten teachers will have your email addresses and we will send out announcements for two Zoom meetings per class. You only need to attend one.
I will introduce myself, give you information for
getting your child started in my class, and
answer any questions you may have.
I also am excited to have 7 remote student learners for the first 6 weeks of school. I will be setting an additional Zoom meeting for my remote parents to give you more specifics and answer your questions.
And, believe it or not, the second week of school, we will be having a Zoom Back to School Night for all parents!
You will receive even more information at that meeting.

So, let's all take a deep breath, buckle up, and get ready
for an exciting and different school year!
It will be fine!

I'm so excited to get started and meet my new friends!

  (Please wear your name tag the first two weeks of school.)


See you Sept. 8th!
Mrs. Pogonyi

Saying Goodbye to Summer 2020
and
Hello to KB New School Year 2020-2021!