Welcome to St. John the Beloved School




Jan. 21, 2021

We are continuing our Unit 5, Week 1 in LA.
We are focusing on writing with our sight words, and by sounding out other words and writing the letters we hear.

In Math, we completed Ch. 8, Lesson 3: Over, On, Under
There is homework tonight.

In Religion, we discussed Jesus' miracle of Loaves and Fish.
The students also wrote a Thank You card to Jesus.

We began learning about Arctic Animals. Today we read books with pictures and facts about Polar Bears. We will continue studying polar bears and will create an informational text poster about them.


1. Complete the Thursday page in the Wonders small homework packet and return tomorrow
2.  Complete the Math pages 279-280
3. Creat a flash card for the word: my
4. Letter writing Journals were sent home today. Please work on pages with Letters H an h this week. Finish H, h and work on E and  next week.
Journals will be due back by Friday, Jan. 29th.


Catholic Schools Week
Feb. 1st - 5th
We will be having fun activities throughout the week.
An information sheet listing what Kindergarten will be doing for the week was sent home today (for advance planning).
Next week, I will post them on this teacher page.

Reminder: Friday, Feb. 5th will be Chick-Fil-A day for KB.
Catholic Schools Week Celebration.
Information on ordering was sent to parents.

Valentine's Day
KB will celebrate Valentine's Day in the classroom on Friday, Feb. 12th. Students planning to exchange Valentines's with friends will need to bring in the Valentines by Monday, Feb. 8th.

They will be distributed to their friends bags on Monday.
The Valentines will have the rest of the week to sit untouched until our class party when they will be given to the children.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Jan. 20, 2021

Historical Inauguration Day!
We started our day by talking about today's Inauguration of a new President, and that President Biden lives in Delaware.
We talked about The White House and how a President is elected, and how many years a President can serve. Hopefully tomorrow I can share some video of the actual Inauguration process.

We continued our Langauge Arts Unit 5, Week 1 work as outlined on Tuesday.

In Math, we completed Ch. 8, Lesson 2: Top, Middle, Bottom
There is homework tonight with this lesson.

In Religion, we are completing Ch. 18: Jesus Teaches and Helps Us

The class enjoyed a special with Ms. Koval

The class listened to the story "Sneezy the Snowman", and wrote
about what made Sneezy melt. After they wrote (by sounding out the words), they painted "puffy snow" on their papers and added the objects given to Sneezy to stay warm. I do not spell any of the words for them. I have the students sound out the words and write the sounds they hear.





They did a great job!



1. Complete the Tuesday and Wednesday pages in the Wonders small homework packet.
2.  Complete the Math pages 275-276
3. Creat a flash card for the word: my
4. Tomorrow, Thursday, is Wear Day for the Letter H.

Friday, Feb. 5th will be Chick-Fil-A day for KB.
This is part of our Catholic Schools Week Celebration.
Information on ordering was sent to parents.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



Jan. 19, 2021

I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend and
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!

This week in Language Arts,

Unit 5, Week 1:    EQ: What do living things need to grow?

  

Monday

• We will discuss ways people can take care of things growing
• I will introduce vocab words: “require” (something you need),

“plant”: (has roots, stems, leaves, and grows in soil)

• I will read “My Garden”, Genre: Fiction
• students will respond to questions about comprehension and understanding

       Phonics & Letter Recognition for the week: Hh, as in hippo

• High Frequency Word for the week: my
• Grammar: Pronouns (naming word that replaces names)
• Category words: Size words

 

Tuesday - Friday Learning Activities:

• We will review our letter sounds and practice blending In class, students will read “Hop Can Hop!”
• I will read “Growing Plants” Genre: Informational test

With vocab words: delicious, special, soak

• And “A Community Garden”, Genre: Informational Text 
•  In their “Your Turn Practice” Book (YTP): 

Language Arts packet for class: Unit 5, Week 1: pages 127-134 

We will do a page or two per day

and read the tear out book, “We See It”, later in the week

In Math, we started a new Chapter 8, Position and Location
Today we completed Chapter 8, Lesson 1: Above, Below
There is Homework - pages 271-272.

In Religion, we learned about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The students heard about little Martin growing up and what happened in his life that showed him how laws were unfair.
They learned about his mission growing up and his desire to make the world better with freedom and equality for all people.
They listened to part of his "I have a Dream" speech, and how he successfully changed laws to make the United States better for all people.

The class also enjoyed special with Ms. Koval.

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders small homework packet.
2.  Complete the Math pages 271-272
3. Creat a flash card for the word: my
4. Tomorrow, Wednesday, is Show & Tell for the Letter H.

Thursday, Jan. 21st is Wear Day for in-class and remote students!

Friday, Feb. 5th will be Chick-Fil-A day for KB.
This is part of our Catholic Schools Week Celebration.
Information on ordering was sent to parents.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Jan. 14, 2021

We continued our work on Unit 4, Week 3 in LA.

In Math, we are continuing our work with Three Dimensional Shapes. Today, we completed Lesson 7: Review
There is no homework tonight.

We shared our Wear Day clothes! Several students took the challenge of wearing all the letters! 

In Religion, we began Ch. 18: Jesus Teaches and Helps Us.
We will continue the lesson on Tuesday.

The students enjoyed a special with Ms. Koval.

1. Complete the Thursday page in the Wonders small homework packet.
2. Practice flash cards for the words
to, and, go, you, do
3. Work on Letter Writing Composition Book:
Letters O, o, and D, d
Please return Letter Composition book tomorrow (Fri., 1/15)

Tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 15th is Early Dismissal at 11:35 am
Please send in a snack and drink as usual.
Only Eagles Club will need a lunch tomorrow.

Remote Students may pick up their packets for remote learning for the next three weeks at the front office Friday morning after 8am.

Monday, Jan. 18th is No School for Martin Luther King Day.

Friday, Feb. 5th will be Chick-Fil-A day for KB.
This is part of our Catholic Schools Week Celebration.
More information regarding ordering will be sent by email.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Jan. 13, 2021

We continued our work on Unit 4, Week 3 in LA.

In Math, we are continuing our work with Three Dimensional Shapes. Today, we completed Lesson 6: Problem Solving
There is homework tonight.

We shared our Show and Tell Items.

The students enjoyed a special with Ms. Koval

1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders small homework packet.
2.  Complete the Math pages 261-262
4. Practice flash cards for the words
to, and, go, you, do
5. Work on Letter Writing Composition Book:
Letters O, o, and D, d
Please return Letter Composition book by Fri., 1/15.
6. Show and Tell for the week: Students may bring in something that begins with any review letter: C, D, I, N, O
7. Tomorrow, Thursday will be Wear Day with any review letter.
Challenge: How many letters can you wear?
(ex: C-coat, D-dinosaur on shirt, I-indigo jeans, N-navy mask,
O-orange socks)

 
Friday, Jan. 15th is Early Dismissal at 11:35 am

Monday, Jan. 18th is No School for Martin Luther King Day.

Friday, Feb. 5th will be Chick-Fil-A day for KB.
This is part of our Catholic Schools Week Celebration.
More information regarding ordering will be sent by email.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



Jan. 12, 2021

We continued our work on Unit 4, Week 3 in LA.

In Math, we completed Lesson 5: Compare 2D and 3D Shapes
There is homework tonight.

In Religion, the students listened to the story of Noah and the Ark.
After, we discussed the events of the story, and why it happened.
They also colored a page showing God's promise to Noah.

The students enjoyed special with Ms. Koval.

At the end of the day, we had a new year celebration with snacks, Bingo and prizes!

1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders small homework packet.
2.  Complete the Math pages 255-256
4. Practice flash cards for the words
to, and, go, you, do
5. Work on Letter Writing Composition Book:
Letters O, o, and D, d
Please return Letter Composition book by Fri., 1/15.
6. Show and Tell for the week: Students may bring in something that begins with any review letter: C, D, I, N, O

Thursday will be Wear Day with any review letter.
Challenge: How many letters can you wear?
(ex: C-coat, D-dinosaur on shirt, I-indigo jeans, N-navy mask,
O-orange socks)



Friday, Jan. 15th is Early Dismissal at 11:35 am

Monday, Jan. 18th is No School for Martin Luther King Day.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Jan. 11, 2021

Happy return to school!
I was happy to see many of my friends today. I can't believe they've been out of the classroom for three weeks!
We rolled right into our academics! This week in Language Arts is a review week of letter and words.

Language Arts for the week:

Unit 4, Week 2:    EQ: How can people help to make their community better?  

Monday

• We will discuss ways people can help their community.
• I will introduce vocab words: “community” (a group of peoplewho work, play, or live together). “improve”: (to make something better)
• I will read “Roadwork”, 
• Genre: Non-Fiction
• students will respond to questions about sequencing; what happened first, next, and last

   Phonics & Letter Recognition for the week: Review wk: I, N, C, O, D

• High Frequency Word for the week: Review: to, and, go, you, do
• Grammar: Review: nouns & adjectives

• Tuesday - Friday Learning Activities:

• We will review our letter sounds and practice blending In class, students will read “I Can, You Can!”
• I will read “The Bundle of Sticks” Genre: fable With vocab words: harvest, quarrel, confused
• And “A Community Garden”, Genre: Informational Text 
•  In their “Your Turn Practice” Book (YTP): 

• Language Arts packet for class: Unit 4, Week 3: pages 117-124 

  We will do a page or two per day

  and read the tear out book, “You and I”, later in the week
  
  In, Math, we completed
  Chapter 7, Lesson 4: Model 2-D and 3-D Shapes
  There is homework tonight.
  
  In Religion, we learned the meaning of The Lord's Prayer.
  We also practiced praying the prayer, and colored an activity page.
  
  The student's enjoyed Music with Mrs. Wagner, and
  Spanish with Ms. Koval.
  
  This morning, the student's made cardinals from their hand prints
  for our January winter bulletin board.
  
  
  
  1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders small homework packet.
  2.  Complete the Math pages 251-252
  4. Practice flash cards for the words
  to, and, go, you, do
  5. Work on Letter Writing Composition Book:
  Letters O, o, and D, d
  Please return Letter Composition book by Fri., 1/15.
  
  
  
  Friday, Jan. 15th is Early Dismissal at 11:35 am
  
  Monday, Jan. 18th is No School for Martin Luther King Day.
  
  Have a great evening!
  Thank you,
  Mrs. Pogonyi
  
  ~

Jan. 8, 2021

We did it!
The class did an amazing job of adjusting to our Zoom classroom for the week. Some of you expressed concern to me with your child's behavior on Zoom. I hope I've assured everyone with concerns, that the students did just fine. It is not an easy adjustment, and there are many more distractions at home. It is much easier to capture their attention in person, or with smaller groups.
I'm very proud of the work they all did this week!
I'm also thankful of your help and support this week, while you juggled your life and family!

I'll see my inclass students bright and early on Monday.
I'll see my remote students at our regular time next week. (11:30)

Reminder: Next Friday, Jan. 15th is an Early Dismissal at 11:30,
for a faculty meeting. (No remote on this day.)

Enjoy these photos of our Scavenger Hunt for real world 3D Shapes:









Have a great weekend!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~





January 7, 2021

1. Complete the Thursday page in the Wonders small homework packet.
2. Complete the "Day 4" page in the Daily booklet for
Unit 4, Week 2
3. Complete the Math pages 247-248
4. Complete a flash card for the word "do"
5. Complete a few practice pages per day of "D", and "do".
These practice workpages will be due back at the beginning of next week.
6. Work on Letter Writing Composition Book:
This week: Letter O, o
Jan. 11th week: Letter D, d
Please return Letter Composition book by Fri., 1/15.

Students will be returning to school for in class learning on Monday, Jan. 11th.
For Remote Students, here is an excerpt from a letter sent to parents from Mr. Hart:
"If you request that your student returns as “Remote Only”,
you must inform the school before Monday, January 11^th 
(extension 206 – nurse)."
Also, kindly let me know by Monday, 1/11.

Friday, Jan. 15th is Early Dismissal at 11:35 am

Monday, Jan. 18th is No School for Martin Luther King Day.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



January 6, 2021

1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders small homework packet.
2. Complete the "Day 3" page in the Daily booklet for
Unit 4, Week 2
3. No Math homework today
4. Complete a flash card for the word "do"
5. Complete a few practice pages per day of "D", and "do".
These practice workpages will be due back at the beginning of next week.
6. Work on Letter Writing Composition Book:
This week: Letter O, o
Jan. 11th week: Letter D, d
Please return Letter Composition book by Fri., 1/15.
7. Tomorrow, Thursday, is Wear Day for the letter D.
Your child may wear clothes that begin with the letter d, in place of their uniform (ex: denim, dress, dinosaur, etc.)

Students will be returning to school for in class learning on Monday, Jan. 11th.

Monday, Jan. 18th is No School for Martin Luther King Day.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


January 5, 2021

I discovered that Friday's Math Lesson (Ch.7, L4) was not sent home with our in-class students. I will move that Math Lesson to the Monday that we return on Jan. 11th.

Thank you for helping your child be ready for learning on Zoom!

1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders small homework packet.
2. Complete the "Day 2" page in the Daily booklet for
Unit 4, Week 2
3. Complete Math pages 241 & 242
4. Complete a flash card for the word "do"
5. Complete a few practice pages per day of "D", and "do".
These practice workpages will be due back at the beginning of next week.
6. Work on Letter Writing Composition Book:
This week: Letter O, o
Jan. 11th week: Letter D, d
Please return Letter Composition book by Fri., 1/15.



Students will be returning to school for in class learning on Monday, Jan. 11th.

Monday, Jan. 18th is No School for Martin Luther King Day.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


January 4, 2021

Happy New Year!
I hope everyone had an enjoyable time off for Christmas and New Year's!

I sent the week's lessons through an email attachment. 

I will be adding homework and upcoming news on my website this week.

The students did a great job on remote today.
Giving your student the supplies they need ahead of time is a great time saver when working on remote. Thank you for doing that.
It's also a good idea to teach them how to mute and unmute themselves.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders small homework packet.
2. Complete the "Day 1" page in the Daily booklet for
Unit 4, Week 2
3. Complete Math pages 237 & 238
4. Complete a flash card for the word "do"
5. Complete a few practice pages per day of "D", and "do".
These practice workpages will be due back at the beginning of next week.



Students will be returning to school for in class learning on Monday, Jan. 11th.

Monday, Jan. 18th is No School for Martin Luther King Day.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi
~







Dec. 18, 2020

Happy Last day of school for the year!
I want to thank everyone for the generous and amazing gifts. I'm continually grateful for your kindness and thoughtfulness.
I also want to thank you for the pleasure of teaching your children. They continually amaze me!
At the end of the day, when I was asking them to "raise you're hand if you're excited for Christmas", raise your hand if you're going to play in the snow", etc. After about 5 questions, one of the students said "Can I ask a question to the class?" I said "Sure!"
The student then asked everyone to "Raise your hand if you're going to miss Mrs. Pogonyi". I almost cried watching their hands shoot up!
That made my year.
  
I wish you all a healthy and happy Christmas!
Cheers to 2021!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



Dec. 16, 2020

Snow!

Please have your child complete the Wonders Homework Packet, after they play in the snow!

Thursday is Wear Day for letter O, and
Friday, Dec. 18th is a pajama dress down day!

If Thursday is a Snow Day for SJB, remote will still meet
on Zoom at our regular time, for our 
Class Christmas Celebration. 
Students do not have to wear their regular uniform. They may wear Christmas colors, Christmas clothes, or Christmas pajamas!

Enjoy this beautiful evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~





Dec. 15, 2020

Today, students took home academic work packets and books for our remote classes the week of Jan. 4th - 8th.
The work packets are in a large white envelope, and the extra work books are for Religion (We Believe, and Seeds Handbook).
 
We continued our work with Language Arts as outlined on Monday's notes. The students are doing really well with grammar, and are able to identify nouns, verbs (action words) and adjectives (describing words) in sentences.

In Math, we completed our Review of Chapter 6, so there is no homework in Math tonight.

In Religion, we read more of our Christmas story little books and worked on Ch. 14: Christmas in the We Believe religion workbook.

The students enjoyed Art with Ms. Koval.

They also made a Christmas surprise that will be brought home later this week.

1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders homework packet.
2. Show & Tell this week: Students may bring in something that begins
with the letter O as in octopus

For in class learners, Tomorrow is Show and Tell,
Thursday is Wear Day for letter O, and
Friday, Dec. 18th is a pajama dress down day!

For remote learners, tomorrow, Wednesday, is Show and Tell,
and Wear day for letter O.
For remote learners, Thursday, Dec. 17th will be our Zoom
Class Christmas Celebration.  Students do not have to wear their regular uniform. They may wear Christmas colors, Christmas clothes, or Christmas pajamas!

Have a nice evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Dec. 14, 2020

LANGUAGE ARTS

Unit 4, Week 1:    EQ: What do people use to do their job?

Monday

• We will discuss different types of workers and what they might need to to their jobs..
• I will introduce vocab words: Equipment (special tools used to do a job); uniform (special clothes people wear to do a job)
  • I will read “Whose Shoes? A Shoe for Every Job”, Genre: Non-Fiction
  • students will respond to questions about details.
• Phonics & Letter Recognition for the week: Oo, as in octopus
• High Frequency Word (HFW) for the week: “you”
• Grammar: adjectives (describing words)

• We will work on our letter sound (o as in octopus) and blend using the vowel o
• In class, students will read “Tom on Top”
• I will read “Little Juan and the Cooking Pot” Genre: folklore 

With vocab words: utensils, equipment, and expect

• And “Workers and their Tools”, Genre: Informational Text

In Math, 

Chapter 6, Lesson 9: Problem Solving

In Religion, we are working on Chapter 13: Advent and
 Chapter 14: Christmas

The Students enjoyed PE with Ms. Koval, and Music with Mrs. Wagner.

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders homework packet.
2. Complete the Math homework page.
3. Show & Tell this week: Students may bring in something that begins
with the letter O as in octopus


I know parents are wondering how the remote week of learning for the week of Jan. 4th will be, and as soon as I have plans finalized, I will let you know. Thank you for your patience and understanting.

For in class learners, Friday, Dec. 18th is a pajama dress down day!

For remote learners, Thursday, Dec. 17th will be our Zoom
Class Christmas Celebration.  Students do not have to wear their regular uniform. They may wear Christmas colors, Christmas clothes, or Christmas pajamas!

Have a nice evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Dec. 11, 2020

Have a great weekend everyone!
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Dec. 10, 2020


1. Complete the Thursday page in the Wonders homework packet and in class students return tomorrow.
2. Complete the Math homework page.


Tomorrow, Friday, 12/11, we will be doing our Unit 3 Assessment with both in class and remote learners.

For in class learners, Friday, Dec. 18th is a pajama dress down day!
and the students will be allowed to order Chick-Fil-A!
A letter was sent out to all families about ordering through your Smart Tuition account. The last day to order is Sunday, Dec. 13th.

For remote learners, Thursday, Dec. 17th will be our Zoom
Class Christmas Celebration. 

Have a nice evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Dec. 9, 2020


1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders homework packet.
2. Complete the Math homework page.
3. Show & Tell this week: Students may bring in something that begins
with the letter C. as in camel
4. Tomorrow is Wear Day for both
In class and Remote Learners,
and Show & Tell for both.

For in class learners, Friday, Dec. 18th is a pajama dress down day!
and the students will be allowed to order Chick-Fil-A!
A letter was sent out to all families about ordering through your Smart Tuition account. The last day to order is Sunday, Dec. 13th.

For remote learners, Thursday, Dec. 17th will be our Zoom
Class Christmas Celebration. I will send an email with details to parents.

Have a nice evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Dec. 8, 2020

Yes! Our Adopt A Family package of gifts is complete and ready to go!
It is such a good feeling to see the families of SJB pull together to help others in need. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

Busy day today! It seems they all are anymore....

Our helpers for the week also are the prayer leaders for the week.
Here are this week's helpers leading the prayer this morning.


We continued Language Arts as outlined on Monday.
In Math, we completed Ch. 6, Lesson 6: Shape Patterns.
There is a homework page tonight.

In Religion, we reviewed the sequence of events of The Christmas Story and birth of Jesus. We also de-coded a message, a reply from Mary to the Angel Gabriel.

Our in class students wanted to see our remote students and the elf that visits our remote classroom. Here we are....

and here's Snowbell the Elf....


The students enjoyed Art with Ms. Koval.

Then we made Name Christmas trees using shapes, for our hallway art wall. They had to use an ornament for each letter in their name.





1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders homework packet.
2. Complete the Math homework page.
3. Show & Tell this week: Students may bring in something that begins
with the letter C. as in camel
(Remote class will have Show and Tell and Wear Day on Thursday)
4. Please create a flash card for use at home, with the word:
"go"

Friday, Dec. 18th is a pajama dress down day!
and the students will be allowed to order Chick-Fil-A!
A letter was sent out to all families about ordering through your Smart Tuition account. The last day to order is Sunday, Dec. 13th.

Have a nice evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Dec. 7, 2020

Thank you all for your generosity with the Adopt A Family program.
We appreciate all that you do.
Tomorrow is the day all items are due. If you still have an item to send in, please send it tomorrow. Anything that is missing, (there are 3 items remaining), I will happily take care of tomorrow night.
Thank you, again!

Today in Language Arts, we started Unit 3, Week 3

EQ: What places do you go to during the week?  

Monday

• We will discuss places we go.
• I will introduce vocab word: greet (say hello); 
  • I will read “Please Take Me for a Walk”,
  • students will respond to questions about sequence, and character, setting, and events. Genre: Fiction

• Phonics & Letter Recognition for the week: Cc, as in camel

• High Frequency Word (HFW) for the week: “go”
• Grammar: Question sentences
• Category Words: character, setting & events

 

Tuesday - Friday Learning Activities:

• We will work on our letter sound (c as in camel) and do blending
• In class, students will read “We go to see Nan”, & “Can we go?”
• I will read “Field Trip” Genre: Non-fiction text, 

With vocab words: local, routine, intelligent, volunteer & neighborhod.

• And “A Neighborhood”, Genre: Informational Text 
•  In their “Your Turn Practice” Book (YTP): 

Language Arts packet for class: Unit 3, Week 3: pages 93-100 We will do a page or two per day and read the tear out book, “We go” later in the week

In Math, we completed Ch. 6, Lesson 5: Compare Two Dimensional Shapes
There is a Homework page.

In Religion, we learned about Jesus' cousin, John the Baptist, and read and did an activity in our Dec. 6th Gospel Weekly,
"John the Baptist prepares us for Jesus".
For the Second Sunday of Advent, we also "lit" the second purple candle on our Advent wreaths.

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

Our classroom door was decorated by your busy elves....

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders homework packet.
2. Complete the Math homework page.
3. Show & Tell this week: Students may bring in something that begins
with the letter C. as in camel
(Remote class will have Show and Tell and Wear Day on Thursday)
4. Please create a flash card for use at home, with the word:
"go"

Friday, Dec. 11th is an Early Dismissal Day.

Friday, Dec. 18th is a pajama dress down day!
and the students will be allowed to order Chick-Fil-A!
More information to follow.

Have a nice evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



Dec. 4, 2020

Happy Funday Friday!

After completing our Language Arts packets and work,
and after completing our Math Ch. 6, Lesson 4: Hexagons,
and coloring in our Advent page,
we enjoyed our Friday with a special snack of popcorn and a movie, The Grinch (animated version).

The day started with a long and determined search for our Elf, Chip!






Finally spotted Chip the Elf!


Our hallway bulleting board is completed.
The students created the board by coloring pictures of The Holy Family,
the angel, Gabriel, the Shepherds and the animals, the wood for the stable, the Three Wise Men, and their own angels hanging above.


Next Friday, Dec. 11th is an Early Dismissal Day.

Friday, Dec. 18th is a pajama dress down day!
and the students will be allowed to order Chick-Fil-A!
More information to follow.

Have a nice evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Dec. 3, 2020

In addition to Language Arts and Math,
the students learned about St. Nicholas today.
They learned about his life as a little boy, and how he lived like Jesus and was so kind with helping people as he was growing up.
St. Nicholas was a generous and giving person.
See what your child is able to retell you about St. Nicholas.
His Feast Day is December 6th on Sunday. The students colored pictures to leave for him at their desks.

The students also enjoyed Library with Ms. Koval.

They did a great job presenting their Show and Tell items!
And yesterday, they wrote letters to Santa.
They wrote two sentences. One was an "I have....." sentence, and the other was an "I like......" sentence. After they wrote the letters, they mailed them to the North Pole!



Also, our crazy elf, Chip (name voted on by class), is having fun finding different hiding places. The students love finding him in the morning!




Working together on Advent Chains...






1. Complete the Thursday page in the Wonders homework packet.
2. Work on the Nn in the Letter Writing Journal.
Next week is Cc. They are due back 12/11.
3. Please create a flash card for home, with the word: "and"

Thank you, parents, for sending in items for the KB Adopt a Family.
These presents will be greatly appreaciated!

Have a nice evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~

Dec. 2, 2020
 
Update in case you were aware of this story......
Fantastic News:
Kira's dog, Bandit, has been reunited with the family!
Bandit had been missing for 5 weeks, and the class has been  praying for his safe return.
Last night Bandit was found!
A very happy ending for one of our families!

Another busy day of learning and preparing for Christmas.

In Math today, we completed Ch. 6, Lesson 2: Squares and Rectangles and Lesson 3: Circles
There are two Math homework pages due by Friday.

The students enjoyed Spanish with Ms. Koval

We also made paper Advent Counting Chains. They will be going home. If there is a place to hang them, the students can take off a link every day to count to Christmas.

1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders homework packet.
2. Work on the Nn in the Letter Writing Journal.
Next week is Cc. They are due back 12/11.
3. There are two Math homework pages due back Friday.
4. Show & Tell this week: Students may bring in something
that begins with the letter N
5. Tomorrow, Thursday is Wear Day for letter N.
6. Please create a flash card for home, with the word: "and"

Thank you, parents, for sending in items for the KB Adopt a Family.
These presents will be greatly appreaciated!

Have a nice evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Dec. 1, 2020
Happy December!
Advent has begun!

In addition to Language Arts, Math and Religion, we are busy learning about Advent, and creating traditional Christmas crafts.
After hearing the story "The Birth of Jesus", and learning about
the first Christmas, we started coloring an Advent page
that will count the days until Christmas.
We also created Advent Wreaths and hung them on our classroom bulletin board. The first candle was "lit" to represent the first Sunday in Advent.


The students are creating all of the art work for our hallway bulletin board. It will be a depiction of a Nativity scene. Today, the students were busy coloring Mary, Joseph, the Angel Gabriel, shepherds, the Wise Men, cows, sheep, a stable, a manger, and baby Jesus.



1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders homework packet.
2. Work on the Letter Writing Journal.
This week, students should focus on Nn.
Next week is Cc. They are due back 12/11.
3. Show & Tell this week: Students may bring in something
that begins with the letter N
4. Please create a flash card for home, with the word: "and"

Thursday, Dec. 3rd will be Wear Day for the letter N.

Thank you, parents, for sending in items for the KB Adopt a Family.
These presents will be greatly appreaciated!

Have a beautiful first December evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~





Nov. 30, 2020

Happy Last Day in November!
(One more month of this unbelievable year!)

KB Week of Nov. 30th - Dec. 4th

 

LANGUAGE ARTS

Unit 3, Week 2

EQ: What are the different sounds that we hear?

Monday

• We will discuss different sounds we hear.
• I will introduce vocab words: listen (hear a sound); volume (how loud or soft a sound is); 
• I will read “Clang Clang Beep Beep, Listen to the City” students will respond to questions about sequence, or order of events in the story. Genre: Fiction
• Phonics & Letter Recognition for the week: Nn, as in nest

• High Frequency Word (HFW) for the week: “and”
• Grammar: sentence parts: noun and verb, ending marks
• Category Words: character, setting & events

 

Tuesday - Friday Learning Activities:

• We will work on our letter sound (n as in nest) and blending
• In class, students will read “Nat and Tip”, & “Tim and Nan”
• I will read “The Turtle and the Flute” Genre: Folktale, With vocab words: exclaimed; chat, familiar.
• And “Sounds are Everywhere”, Genre: Informational Text 
•  In their “Your Turn Practice” Book (YTP): 

Language Arts packet for class: Unit 3, Week 2: pages 85-92  We will do a page or two per day and read the tear out book,
“The Map” later in the week

In Math, we started a new Chapter. Ch. 6 is Two Dimensional Shapes
Today, we completed Ch. 6, Lesson 1: Triangles
We learned all triangles have 3 sides and 3 corners.
There is a homework page.

In Religion, we learned about Advent. Advent is a time of year when we are waiting and preparing for baby Jesus to be born.
The students painted the base of their paper Advent wreaths, and will be putting them together while learning more about Advent.

The students enjoyed Music with Mrs. Wagner,
and a special with Ms. Koval.

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders homework packet.
2. Complete the Math homework page.
3. Show & Tell this week: Students may bring in something that begins
with the letter N
4. Please create a flash card for use at home, with the word:
"and"

Thursday, Dec. 3rd will be Wear Day for the letter N.

Thank you, parents, for sending in items for the KB Adopt a Family.
These presents will be greatly appreaciated!

Have a great last November evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Nov. 20, 2020

Thank you, parents, for sending in all the wonderful goodies for our
Thanksgiving party! We ate, danced and sang songs!
Enjoy the pics....








I wish everyone a safe, healthy and Happy Thanksgiving!

Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Nov. 18, 2020

We are continuing our Unit 3, Week 1 in Language Arts.

In Math, we completed Ch.5, Lesson 7: Ordinals 6th-10th

In Religion, we completed a thinking, coloring and writing
assignment on things we are thankful for.

We also created Native American Headresses.
The Pilgram hat and Native American Headress will remain in school through Friday. At our Thanksgiving party, they will choose to wear one of them for our feast.

The students enjoyed Spanish with Ms. Koval.

1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders homework packet.
2. Complete the Math homework page.
3. Show & Tell this week: Students may bring in something that begins
with the soft i sound (insect), or the long i sound (ice).
4. Please add a new flash card to "at home" practice: "to",
as in "I like to play."
(Students should be saying the word, spelling the word, saying the word again.)
5. Letter Writing Composition Books were sent home Monday
with the letters:Tt and Ii.
These are due back Monday, Nov. 30th after Thanksgiving Break.
6. Tomorrow, Thursday, is Wear Day with the Letter I.


Adopt a Family
Below is the link for signing up for our Adopt A Family Program
Your help is greatly appreciated.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090844a8ae2ea6f49-kbadopt

Friday, Nov. 20th will be our Thanksgiving classroom party.
Students may dress down in fall colors.
Please send in items for the party on Thursday, Nov. 19th.
Thank you for making this happen!
~
Monday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24 are NO SCHOOL days for students.
Students are off the entire week of Thanksgiving!

Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



Nov. 17, 2020

We are continuing our Language Arts from Monday's notes.

In Math. we completed Ch. 5, Lesson 6: Sort and Count

In Religion, we used our Seeds Gospel Weekly to discuss how God gave each of us talents to use. We talked about our talents.
We also practiced the Thanksgiving prayer of Thanks.
I am encouraging the students to say the prayer at their own Thanksgiving dinner with their family.

We made Pilgram hats and learned about Native American sybols as a way of communicating with each other. They practiced drawing the symbols and putting them together to send messages to others.
Ask them to show you some symbols. Or ask them how a Native American might leave a message on a rock that a village is nearby, or a bear is around, or that there is a river for horses to get water.
They had fun with the symbols.

The students enjoyed Art with Ms. Koval.

1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders homework packet.
2. Complete the Math homework page.
3. Show & Tell this week: Students may bring in something that begins
with the soft i sound (insect), or the long i sound (ice).
4. Please add a new flash card to "at home" practice: "to",
as in "I like to play."
(Students should be saying the word, spelling the word, saying the word again.)

Thursday will be Wear Day with the letter I, as in igloo or ice.

Friday, Nov. 20th will be our Thanksgiving classroom party.
Students may dress down in fall colors.
Please send in items for the party on Thursday, Nov. 19th.
Thank you for making this happen!
~
Monday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24 are NO SCHOOL days for students.
Students are off the entire week of Thanksgiving!

Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Nov. 16, 2020

LANGUAGE ARTS for week of Nov. 16-20

Unit 3, Week 1

EQ: What rules do we follow in different places?

 

Monday

• We will discuss rules in different places.
• I will introduce vocab words: grab ( quickly take); punch (hit hard with hand); and roughhouse (play hard, someone could get hurt)
•  I will read “How Do Dinosaurs Go To School” , students will respond to questions about key details in the story. 
• Genre: Fantasy
• Phonics & Letter Recognition for the week: Ii, as in insect

• High Frequency Word (HFW) for the week: “to”
• Grammar: sentence parts
• Category Words: action words

 

Tuesday - Friday Learning Activities:

• We will work on our letter sound (i as in insect) and do blending
• In class, students will read “Can I Pat It?”, & “Tim Can Tip It”
• I will read “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” Genre: Fable, 

With vocab words: guard, rule, prank, cooperate & responsible.

• And “Be Safe”, Genre: Non-fiction 
•  In their “Your Turn Practice” Book (YTP): 

Language Arts packet for class: Unit 3, Week 1: pages 77-84 

We will do a page or two per day

and read the tear out book, “We like to tap” later in the week

In Math, we completed Ch. 5, Lesson 5: Tally Charts

In Religion, we used our Seeds Weekly Gospel: Jesus Says Be Ready.
We read two stories about being ready. We discussed choices we make in life and how that affects what happens.

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

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders homework packet.
2. Complete the Math homework page.
3. Show & Tell this week: Students may bring in something that begins
with the soft i sound (insect), or the long i sound (ice).
4. Please add a new flash card to "at home" practice: "to",
as in "I like to play."
(Students should be saying the word, spelling the word, saying the word again.)

Friday, Nov. 20th will be our Thanksgiving classroom party.
Please send in items for the party on Thursday, Nov. 19th.
Thank you for making this happen!
~
Monday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24 are NO SCHOOL days for students.
Students are off the entire week of Thanksgiving!

Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



Nov. 13, 2020

Once again, the KB Parents amaze me!
Thank you so much for signing up so quickly for items for our Thanksgiving party on Friday.
I read off the food and treats to the class and they were very excited!

Have a great weekend,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~

Nov. 12, 2020

We continued our review work in Language Arts and tomorrow we will be taking the Unit 2 Assessment.

In Math, we completed the Check Your Progress pages,
and Ch. 5, Lesson 4: Tally Marks
The students did a great job and caught on quickly to counting with tally marks.

In Religion, we started learning our Prayer for Thanksgiving,
and started learning about how the first Thanksgiving came to be.

The students enjoyed Library with Ms. Koval.

1. Complete the Thursday page in the Wonders homework packet and return.
2. Complete the Math homework page.
3. Practice flash cards with these HFW's:
the, a, see, we, like
(Students should be saying the word, spelling the word, saying the word again.)

**For our final day of school before Thanksgiving,
Friday, Nov. 20th, we would like to have another in class party to celebrate Thanksgiving.
I will put out a Sign Up Genius listing some
"factory sealed, individually wrapped" treats for our students.
They actually helped me come up with a list of items they would like to have at this party.
I thank you, in advance, for helping to make this happen.
~
Monday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24 are NO SCHOOL days for students.
Students are off the entire week of Thanksgiving!


Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Nov. 11, 2020
Happy Veterans Day!

We are continuing our review week in Language Arts.

In Math, we completed Ch. 5, Lesson 3:
Compare Numbers up to 10
we compared numbers identifying which one was "greater"
and which one was "less".

In Religion, we learned about men and women who protect our nation. We discussed the part of our Pledge of Allegiance that says we are:
"One Nation Under God".
We learned about Veterans, brave members of our military
who worked and fought hard for our safety and freedom.
We watched a video from our Let's Find Out Scholastic Series,
on Veterans and our different branches of our military.
The students completed a color by word picture of a military person, and a small booklet in honor of Veterans Day recognizing our freedoms.

The students enjoyed Spanish with Ms. Koval today.

1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders homework packet.
2. Complete the Math homework page.
3. Show & Tell this week: Students may bring in something that begins
with any one of our review letters: M, A, S, P, T. (only 1)
4. Practice flash cards with these HFW's:
the, a, see, we, like
(Students should be saying the word, spelling the word, saying the word again.)
5. Tomorrow, Nov. 12th will be wear day for letters: M, A, S, P, T
Students may dress down in as many review letters as they can!

Monday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24 are NO SCHOOL days for students.
Students are off the entire week of Thanksgiving!


Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Nov. 10, 2020

We are continuing our review week in Language Arts,
as outlined in Monday's notes.

In Math, we completed Ch. 5,
Lesson 3: Count Forward and Count Back
We also counted and danced to "Country Countdown" practicing counting forward and counting backward.

In Religion, we talked about what Thanksgiving means.
We read some Thanksgiving books about giving thanks for things we have and people in our lives.

The students also enjoyed Art with Ms. Koval.

I thought I would share some of the creative Thanksgiving and Fall things we have been doing in class:

Students made "Hanging Turkey decorations" by following directions and practicing fine motor skills (bendy legs are not easy!)



Our God's Fabulous Fall Bulletin Board....
can you spot your child playing in the leaves?


Our "Thankful Turkeys" using following directions, thinking & writing skills.
They each chose what they were thankful for to write on the feathers.


Our classroom door....students chose shapes, and used fine motor skills to cut their own turkey to add to our flock.


And an annual favorite.....Disguised Turkeys!
Thank you for your help with this project!
Each one is unique and special!




1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders homework packet.
2. Complete the Math homework page.
3. Show & Tell this week: Students may bring in something that begins
with any one of our review letters: M, A, S, P, T. (only 1)
4. Practice flash cards with these HFW's:
the, a, see, we, like
(Students should be saying the word, spelling the word, saying the word again.)

Thursday, Nov. 12th will be wear day for letters: M, A, S, P, T
Students may dress down in as many review letters as they can!

Monday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24 are NO SCHOOL days for students.
Students are off the entire week of Thanksgiving!


Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Nov. 9, 2020

Thank you to whoever ordered this beautiful weather!
Happy Fall for sure!

Language Arts: This is a review week for letters and HFW's.

Unit 2, Week 3

EQ: What kind of bugs do you know about?

Monday

 

• We will discuss what we know about types of bugs.
• I will introduce vocab words: curious (want to learn more about something); observe (closely look and watch).
•  I will read “I Love Bugs” , students will respond to questions about bugs they see in the story. 
• Genre: Poetry

• Phonics & Letter Recognition for the week: Review M, A, S, P, T

• High Frequency Word (HFW) for the week: 

Review:  the, a, see, we, like

• Grammar: Verb (action word)

 

Tuesday - Friday Learning Activities:

• We will review our letter sounds (m,a,s,p,t) and do blending
• In class, students will read “Pat”; “We See Tam”, & “Tap, Tap, Tap”
• I will read “From Caterpillar to Butterfly” Genre: Non-fiction, With vocab words: process, slender, attaches.
• And “Bugs All Around”, Genre: Non-fiction 
•  Students will read the tear out book, “See the bugs” later in the week

In Math, we started 

Chapter 5, Lesson 1: Count Numbers to 10

In class using pages 147-148

Homework pages 149-150

In Religion, we made Christmas cards to be sent to soldiers along with their "Stockings for Soldiers" gifts for Christmas.
We talked about the branches of the military (Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, and National Guard) and how they serve to keep us safe, and our freedom safe. We will be continuing our focus on our brave military men and women, and learn about our Military Veteran's, as we approach Veteran's Day on Wednesday, Nov. 11th.

We also created a flock of turkeys for our classroom door, using shapes (circles, squares & triangles).

The students also enjoyed Art with Ms. Koval,
and Music with Mrs. Wagner.

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders homework packet.
2. Complete the Math homework page.
3. Show & Tell this week: Students may bring in something that begins
with any one of our review letters: M, A, S, P, T. (only 1)
4. Practice flash cards with these HFW's:
the, a, see, we, like
(Students should be saying the word, spelling the word, saying the word again.)


Monday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24 are NO SCHOOL days for students.
Students are off the entire week of Thanksgiving!


Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



Nov. 6, 2020

Have a beautiful, sunny weekend!
See everyone on Monday!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Nov. 5, 2020

Thank you to all KB families for participating in our
Parent Teacher Conferences.
It's always great to hear from parents. Your insights are valuable.
Your questions help me to clarify what we are doing. And I love sharing stories from the classroom with you.
~
We are moving along with Language Arts Unit 2, Week 2.
They wrote sentences today in their Story Writing Journal.

In Math, we completed our Review, Assessment & Fluency Practice for Chapter 4.

In Religion, we discussed what we are thankful for in our lives.
We also created a list of things we are thankful for having.
We started making "Thankful turkeys". The students chose what they were thankful for, and wrote them on the feathers of their turkeys.
These will be on display in our hallway fall scene for the next two weeks.




Nov. 3, 2020

Election Day Today!
I read the story "Amelia Bedelia's First Vote".
We talked about what it means to vote, how old you must be to vote, and what people are voting for today.

We continued our Unit 2, Week 2 in Language Arts as outlined in Monday's notes.

In Math, we completed Ch. 4. Lesson 4: Order Numbers to 10

In Religion, we learned that this Sunday was All Saints Day.
They learned that a saint is someone who lives their life like Jesus, and is in heaven with God.
Using our Seeds Gospel Weekly, "Jesus' Friends are Happy", 
we learned about 2 Saints (St. Patrick and St. John Bosco) and one woman who is under consideration for becoming a saint (Dorothy Day).
I also read from a book of mine "You can make the world a happier place....Be Kind". The book has 125 kind things to say and do.
We'll read it throughout the year and come up with our own ideas.

The students also enjoyed Art with Miss Koval today.

1. Complete the Thursday page in the Wonders Homework Booklet and return tomorrow.
2. Tomorrow continues Show and Tell for the letter T.
3. Letter Writing Journals with S, s, P, p, are due back this Friday, 11/6. You may send them in before if they are completed.
4. Please make a flash card with our new high frequency word: "like", as in "I like popcorn."
These flashcards remain home for "at home" practice.
5. Disguise A Turkey Project:  due back on Monday, Nov. 9th turkey.  Please have your child give a name to the disguised turkey and write that name along with your child's name on the back. 

Monday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24 are NO SCHOOL days for students.
Students are off the entire week of Thanksgiving!


Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~

Nov. 2, 2020

Welcome to November and another week of new learning!

LANGUAGE ARTS

Unit 2, Week 2

EQ: What Shapes Do You See Around You?

Monday

• We will discuss what shapes we see around us.
• I will introduce vocab words: materials (things we use to make or do something); nature (plants & animals around us).
•  I will read “Shapes All Around” , students will respond to questions about shapes they see in the story. 
• Genre: Informational Text

• Phonics & Letter Recognition for the week: Tt, /t/

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

Tuesday - Friday Learning Activities:

• I will introduce Category Words: Shape words
• We will work on beginning sound /t/ words and blending
• In class, students will read “We Like Tam”; and “I Like Sam”
• I will read “Kites In Flight” Genre: Non-fiction, with vocab words: world, games, decoration.
• And “Discover with Tools”, Genre: Non-fiction 
•  In their “Your Turn Practice” Book (YTP): We are using pages 59- 66 for our Unit 2, Week 2 Language Arts packet all week
• We will do a page or two per day and read the "tear out" book, "We Like" later in the week.

In Math, we completed Chapter 4: Check Your Progress, 
and Chapter 4, Lesson 3: Count and Write 10

In Religion, Using our Seeds Handbook, we learned about and discussed "Right and Wrong" actions; "The Golden Rule" (treat others as we want to be treated); and "We have things to Share".

The students enjoyed music with Mrs. Wagner and
a PE class with Miss Koval.

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders Homework Booklet and return tomorrow.
2. Complete the Math homeowork page.
3. Tomorrow begins Show and Tell for the letter T.
4. Letter Writing Journals with S, s, P, p, are due back this Friday, 11/6. You may send them in before if they are completed.
5. Please make a flash card with our new high frequency word: "like", as in "I like popcorn."
6. Disguise A Turkey Project:  Instructions were sent home with a paper turkey. You and your child will come up with a way to disguise this turkey (who wants to hide because of Thanksgiving!). Have fun, be creative and help your child come up with a way to disguise the turkey. Turkeys are due back next Monday, Nov. 9th

This Wednesday 11/4; Thursday 11/5 & Friday 11/6,
are Early Dismissal days at 11:30 for Parent Teacher Conferences.

I look forward to meeting with you!

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.

More pics from Halloween party....











Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


Oct. 30, 2020
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!


They looked amazing!
We had a great Funday Friday!
I will be adding many more pics this weekend!
Thank you, parents, for the goodies you sent for our class!

Have a safe and fun weekend!
Mrs. Pogonyi
~

Oct. 29, 2020

Fun day in KB today!
Not only were the children happy in the P clothes, 
but we had a blast playing Halloween BINGO with Mr. Hart calling the pictures on Zoom. After 3 games, everyone was able to yell BINGO, several times, and they all received a prize bag with goodies.
(I did not let anyone eat from the bag in school)

We also completed our Unit 1 Language Arts assessment.
This is an 8 page assessment with 20 questions!
The class did an amazing job. We will do a Unit Assessment with each of our 10 Language Arts Units.

1. Complete the Thursday page in the Wonders Homework Booklet and return tomorrow.
2. Tomorrow is Halloween costume day! 
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."

Kindergarten Halloween Party on Friday, Oct. 30th!
Students may wear costumes to school. If you think they might want to take it off, please either send in other clothes, or have them wear something under their costume. Please have them wear safe, comfortable shoes/sneakers.
It is also supposed to be rainy and cold :(
Please make sure they have a jacket or something warm over top.
We're all looking forward to our party in the afternoon.
Thank you all so much for sending in the supplies!
Watch for pics!

Have a great evening,
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~

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!