Welcome to St. John the Beloved School






Rolling into Summer!

June 7, 2021

No More Homework! Report Cards are completed!
Stay cool and enjoy the last night of school :)

Much of your child's artwork was sent home today.
I also sent home their Self Portraits from the Beginning of the Year, Self Portraits from the End of the Year, and a Self Portrait of them at 100 Yrs. Old! The difference from beginning of the year to the end is amazing!

I sent home the Summer Packets that we receive from 1st grade teachers to be better prepared for First Grade!

Tomorrow is our end of year picnic.
Students may dress in beach/pirate/mermaid clothes!

We will have Chick-Fil-A delivered and a cold treat for dessert.
(Please send in lunch if your child did not order)

Today, we celebrated 5 summer birthdays with
Donuts and ice pops!

We also started our picnic early...
in anticipation of rain tomorrow :(

Enjoy...










Reminder
Tomorrow is the last day of school for our Kindergarten Friends.
:(
I will miss each one of them.
Thank you so much for the opportunity to help your child
learn, grow and develop.

Wednesday June 9th
Students will arrive at 10:00 am to our building, and proceed to their classroom.
Students will be dressed in their Sunday best for the Closing Ceremony in Church.
Parents may head over to Church to find seats after drop off.
A total of 8 guests per student are allowed!
Adults who are vaccinated do not have to wear masks in Church!

The classes will proceed over to the Church for the
10:30 am Ceremony.
The Ceremony will be live streamed for any one
at home to watch.
Following the Ceremony, students will walk out of Church with
their class and Teacher. Once all the classes have exited, all families may follow and pick up your child for dismissal.
Please keep in mind that the entire school is dismissing at 11:35 on Wednesday.

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~





Thursday, June 3, 2021

1. Complete the Thursday page in the
Wonders homework packet & return.

3.  Show and Tell will continue tomorrow, with their "All About Me" Project presentations.
So far, the presentations have gone very well, and they each have left their own uniqueness to them!

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REMINDERS & NEWS:

*Tomorrow, June 4th is Ice cream Truck treats for all!
Students in our Building will be treated to either ice cream or popsicle!
~

* KB'S END OF YEAR CLASS PICNIC
is TUESDAY, JUNE 8TH

This will be our last full day of school.
It will be a Wear Day.
The theme for the Wear Day is....
Beach/Pirate!

Have fun dressing accordingly and bring a towel to sit on!

~

Wednesday, June 9th ~

*** Important News Flash ***
There have been changes in COVID restrictions
that apply to St. John the Beloved Church.
You may now bring up to 8 guests total
to the Kindergarten Ceremony!
Also, vaccinated guests do not have to wear masks in Church!

Students will arrive at 10:00 am to our building, and proceed to their classroom.
Students will be dressed in their Sunday best for the Closing Ceremony in Church.
Parents may head over to Church to find seats after drop off.

The classes will proceed over to the Church for the
10:30 am Ceremony.
The Ceremony will be live streamed for any one
at home to watch.
Following the Ceremony, students will walk out of Church with
their class and Teacher. Once all the classes have exited, all families may follow and pick up your child for dismissal.
Please keep in mind that the entire school is dismissing at 11:35 on Wednesday.

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


June 2, 2021

We continued our Language Arts Unit 10, Week 3.
Today the students read to me, "Who Can Help?".
I have to say, I was very impressed listening to them read
this story!

In Math, we completed our Review, Performance Assessment and Fluency for Chapter 16!
No homework!

In Religion, we completed our Final Chapter in our We Believe book, Chapter26: "We Celebrate that Jesus is Our Friend".

The students enjoyed special with Ms. Koval and
PE with Mrs. Schock.

LAST WEEK OF HOMEWORK!

1. Complete the Tuesday & Wednesday page in the
Wonders homework packet
2. Practice the Review word flash cards
3.  Show and Tell will start tomorrow, Thursday and continue Friday
for their "All About Me" Project presentations.

(Your child should know a phone number and their address for the presentation.)


* This Friday, June 4th is Ice cream Truck treats for all!
Students in our Building will be treated to either ice cream or popsicle!


* KB'S END OF YEAR CLASS PICNIC
TUESDAY, JUNE 8TH

Reminder: Forms, Choice & Payment are due Friday 6/4.
Please see Monday's news for more info.

This will be our last full day of school.
It will be a Wear Day.
The theme for the Wear Day is....
Beach/Pirate!

Have fun dressing accordingly and bring a towel to sit on!

~

Wednesday, June 9th ~
Students will arrive at 10:00 am to our building, and proceed to their classroom.
Students will be dressed in their Sunday best for the Closing Ceremony in Church.
Parents may head over to Church to find seats after drop off.

The classes will proceed over to the Church for the
10:30 am Ceremony.
The Ceremony will be live streamed for any one
at home to watch.
Following the Ceremony, students will walk out of Church with their class and Teacher. Once all the classes have exited, all families may follow and pick up your child for dismissal.
Please keep in mind that the entire school is dismissing at 11:35 on Wednesday.

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

Teacher emotions this time of year......


1) We did it! Great Year!


2) I'm so proud of all of you! I've loved seeing you grow!




2) Wait....Don't leave me! I'll miss you!


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June 1, 2021

Hard to believe we've made it through this entire school year, pandemic and all! Who knew what the year would look like back in September. But, we did it! And we did it well!
It may have looked a little different and we may have changed some things around, but everyone is healthy, smarter, and has made many new friends!

In this last week, we are doing our Last week of our Last Unit in Language Arts.
Unit 10, Week 3: EQ: "What ideas can you suggest to protect the environment?"
We will talk about ways to take care of our earth.
I read the story "Panda Kindergarten"
Genre: Informational Text
vocab words: environment (everything around us - people, plants, animals, air, water, soil); and protect (keep something safe)
Phonics and Letter recognition for this week:
Review long vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u)
High Frequency Words: Review
help, too, play, has, where, look, who, good, come, does

Grammar: Review pronouns (take the place of a naming word)
Category words: baby animals

During the week, I will read "Protect the Environment"
and students will read "Who Can Help?"
and "We Can Help!"

In Math, we completed our last lesson in Ch. 16: Problem Solving using Tables
There is a final homework assignment.

The students enjoyed outside special with Ms. Koval.

We also practiced for the Kindergarten Ceremony,
which we will be doing this week.

LAST WEEK OF HOMEWORK!

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders homework packet
2. Practice Review word flash cards
3. Math: Complete pages 611-612
5. Show and Tell will be Thursday and Friday for their
"All About Me" Project presentations.
(Your child should know a phone number and their address for the presentation.)

KB'S END OF YEAR CLASS PICNIC
TUESDAY, JUNE 8TH

Information was sent home in your child's folder today.
We are able to order from Chick-Fil-A!
There are 3 choices of entree.
CASH ONLY!
Order forms MUST be returned to school no later than this Friday, June 4th.

(If not ordering, please send in lunch for your child)
ALL STUDENTS WILL NEED A TOWEL FOR SITTING ON OUTSIDE DURING OUR PICNIC.

This will be our last full day of school.
It will be a Wear Day.
The theme for the Wear Day is....
Beach/Pirate!

Have fun dressing accordingly!
~

Wednesday, June 9th is not a regular school day for Kindergarten.
It is a day for our Kindergarten Closing Ceremony.

(Wednesday does not start at 7:20am for Kindergarten.
There is no Kindergarten Eagle's Club on Wednesday.
Students do not come in with backpacks, lunch, or snacks.)

Students will arrive at 10:00 am to our building, and proceed to their classroom.
Students will be dressed in their Sunday best for the Closing Ceremony in Church.
Parents may head over to Church to find seats after drop off.

The classes will proceed over to the Church for the
10:30 am Ceremony.
The Ceremony will be live streamed for any one
at home to watch.
Following the Ceremony, students will walk out of Church with their class and Teacher. Once all the classes have exited, all families may follow and pick up your child for dismissal.
Please keep in mind that the entire school is dismissing at 11:35 on Wednesday.

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~






May 27, 2021

This countdown is getting rough!
We have 6 and a half days of Kindergarten left!

Tomorrow is an Early Dismissal at 11:30am (and there is No School on Monday, May 31st for Memorial Day.)
Please send in a drink and snack for the morning.
If your child is staying for Eagle's Club, please send in 
lunch and an extra snack for the afternoon.

The last full day of Kindergarten is Tuesday, June 8th

The Closing Ceremony is Wednesday, June 9th
and on Wednesday,
Students will report to their classrooms at 10:00 am
dressed for the ceremony.
(they will not need backpacks, drinks, or food)

Parents may go to the church to find a seat.
KB will be in the middle section of the church.

We will walk over as a class to the Closing Ceremony
at 10:30 am
Following the Ceremony, students will be dismissed to parents outside the church.
Please keep in mind, the entire school is dismissed at 11:35 am.
There is no Eagle's Club this day.

Siblings are welcome to attend!


1. Complete the Thursday page in the homework packet & return
2. Please practice flash cards for "come" and "does"
3. Letter writing Journals: work on words come and does this week.
 Journals will be due back completed by Tues., June 1st.
4. Math: We completed the homework in class.
Please have your child count to 100 by ones
(if they haven't done it yet for you)
5. Water your bean plants!

Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~



May 26, 2021


Our plants are growing beautifully! I'm so happy that everyone's plants are showing growth. I am a bit worried about leaving them here over the 3 day weekend without any additional watering. I will probably send them home tomorrow, so they can continue to be cared for and grow even taller!

We are continuing our Language Arts Unit 10, Wk 2
I was amazed this morning listening to the class blend.
The difference from September to now is huge.
In Sept, when I would say "b - a - t", it would take several repeats of the sounds and slowly pushing them together.
Today, we flew through the blending. The class didn't even repeat the sounds, they just quickly said the word.
Ex: "b - ee - p", they would immediately say "beep".
They've learned a lot!

In Math, we completed Ch. 16, Lesson 4: Count Forward to 100
There is homework tonight.

In Religion, I read the Bible story "The Miracles of Jesus".
The students drew a picture from the story showing one of the miracles. The pictures are in their folders. Ask your child which miracle they drew. (Most LOVED the walking on water!)

The students enjoyed a special with Ms. Koval, 
and gym with Miss Beth.

1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders homework packet
2. Please practice flash cards for "come" and "does"
3. Letter writing Journals: work on words come and does this week.
 Journals will be due back completed by Tues., June 1st.
4. Math: Complete pages 601-602, and 
have your child count to 100 by ones (if they haven't done it yet for you)
5. Show and Tell and Wear Day will be
TOMORROW ~ Thursday for long e sound.

~ This Friday, May 28th is Early Dismissal for SJB
~ Next Monday, May 31st is No School for SJB
Happy Memorial Day!

In June.....

~ Friday, June 4th: Ice cream Truck treats for all!
Students in our Building will be treated to either ice cream or popsicle!

~ Tuesday, June 8th: Last full day of Kindergarten
We are planning an outside picnic and games for the class.

More info to follow.

~ Wednesday, June 9th is our Kindergarten Closing Ceremony
In Church at 10:30 am
Students should wear their Sunday best.

Students will be dismissed to parents following the ceremony.
More details to follow regarding family members in attendance.

Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~

May 25, 2021

We are continuing our Unit 10, Week 2 in Language Arts.
The students read "We Come on Time!" today and blending long e sound words (Pete, see, seat).

In Math, we completed Lesson 3: Count to 100 by Ones
There is homework.

In Religion, we completed our Celebrating Prayer pages, and started Ch. 25: "We Care About Others As Jesus Did".

The students enjoyed outside time with Ms. Koval today.

1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders homework packet
2. Please practice flash cards for "come" and "does"
3. Letter writing Journals: work on words come and does this week.
 Journals will be due back completed by Tues., June 1st.
4. Math: Complete pages 597-598, and 
have your child count to 100 by ones
5. Show and Tell and Wear Day will be Thursday for long e sound.

Math Chapters 17 and 18 were sent home. Time and money are not covered in Kindergarten. However, they are good summer learning activities for your child to do. Time and Money will be covered in first grade, so an advance peek is an advantage for your child.

~ This Friday, May 28th is Early Dismissal for SJB
~ Next Monday, May 31st is No School for SJB
Happy Memorial Day!

In June.....

~ Friday, June 4th: Ice cream Truck treats for all!
Students in our Building will be treated to either ice cream or popsicle!

~ Tuesday, June 8th: Last full day of Kindergarten
We are planning an outside picnic and games for the class.

More info to follow.

~ Wednesday, June 9th is our Kindergarten Closing Ceremony
In Church at 10:30 am
Students should wear their Sunday best.

Students will be dismissed to parents following the ceremony.
More details to follow regarding family members in attendance.

Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~

May 24, 2021

Our countdown this morning was bittersweet....
11 days left of Kindergarten.
We're all happy for our successful
Kindergarten year and all the friends we made,
and a little sad about saying goodbye and moving up
to first grade.

This week is our last new learning in Language Arts.
Next week is a Review Weel.

Unit 10, Week 2
EQ: "In what ways are things alike? How are they different?"
We discussed ways we can sort items by how they are alike and different.
Story: "All Kinds of Families", Genre: Fiction
Vocab words: sort (put things in groups with things that are the same in some way), and similar (things that are alike).

Phonics and Letter Recognition for this unit"
long e sound, as in here, bee and heat

High Frequency Words: "come" & "does"
Grammar: Pronouns (takes the place of a naming word)
Category Words: Opposites

During the week, the students will read:
"We Come On Time!", and
"Come and See"

In Math, today we completed Ch. 16:
Check Your Progress
Please have your child practice counting to 50.

In Religion, we completed an activity celebrating prayer.
The students thought about and named people and pets
they could say pray for to Jesus.

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

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders homework packet
2. Make and practice flash cards for "come" and "does"
3. Letter writing Journals: work on words come and does this week.
 Journals will be due back completed by Tues., June 1st.
4. Math: Count to 50 by yourself
5. Show and Tell and Wear Day will be Thursday for long e sound.

Math Chapters 17 and 18 were sent home. Time and money are not covered in Kindergarten. However, they are good summer learning activities for your child to do. Time and Money will be covered in first grade, so an advance peek is an advantage for your child.

~ This Friday, May 28th is Early Dismissal for SJB
~ Next Monday, May 31st is No School for SJB
Happy Memorial Day!

In June.....

~ Friday, June 4th: Ice cream Truck treats for all!
Students in our Building will be treated to either ice cream or popsicle!

~ Tuesday, June 8th: Last full day of Kindergarten
We are planning an outside picnic and games for the class.

More info to follow.

~ Wednesday, June 9th is our Kindergarten Closing Ceremony
In Church at 10:30 am
Students should wear their Sunday best.

Students will be dismissed to parents following the ceremony.
More details to follow regarding family members in attendance.

Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~

May 20, 2021

Butterflies!
With all the excitement of Field Day yesterday, we also
had all 5 butterflies emerge from their chrysalis!
We are giving them time to dry their wings and learn to fly around their habitat. This was also fun to watch today.
Hopefully, if all are flying on Friday, we can set them free
for the weekend.
(They are not thrilled about this idea yet.)


Challenge: Can you or your child find all 5 in the picture below?



1. Complete the Thursday page in the Wonders packet & return
2. Please practice flash cards for "good" and "who"
3. Letter writing Journals: work on words good and who this week.
 Next week, students will complete "come" and "does"
4. Math: Homework pp. 587-588


Thank you for the glue sticks! I thing we're good. We have 24 glue sticks that "should" last for the next few weeks!
:)

~ Friday, May 28th is Early Dismissal for SJB
~ Monday, May 31st is No School for SJB
Happy Memorial Day!

In June.....

~ Friday, June 4th: Ice cream Truck treats for all!
Students in our Building will be treated to either ice cream or popsicle!

~ Tuesday, June 8th: Last full day of Kindergarten
We are planning an outside picnic and games for the class.

More info to follow.

 

~ Wednesday, June 9th is our Kindergarten Closing Ceremony
In Church at 10:30 am
Students should wear their Sunday best.

Students will be dismissed to parents following the ceremony.
More details to follow regarding family members in attendance.

Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~

May 19, 2021

Happy Field Day!
Who doesn't love a good old fashioned,
run around and get wet,
Field Day?
A giant Thank You to Mrs. Schock and her amazing 7th Grade helpers for making it a fun normal day for all of us!
What pandemic? Okay, we did wear masks, but we had fun!
Here are just a few pics, I will post more later.....














At the end of the day we planted bean plants.
We have been learning about the life cycle of plants and what plants need in order to grow. Soon, you will see their completed Plants journal.




1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders homework packet
2. Please practice flash cards for "good" and "who"
3. Letter writing Journals: work on words good and who this week.
 Next week, students will complete "come" and "does"
4. Math: No Homework! 
5. Show and Tell and Wear Day will be TOMORROW, Thursday
for long u sound. (uniforms of any kind.....)

Thank you to those who sent in glue sticks for the last couple of weeks!
We could use a couple more.....

~ Friday, May 28th is Early Dismissal for SJB
~ Monday, May 31st is No School for SJB
Happy Memorial Day!

In June.....

~ Friday, June 4th: Ice cream Truck treats for all!
Students in our Building will be treated to either ice cream or popsicle!

~ Tuesday, June 8th: Last full day of Kindergarten
We are planning an outside picnic and games for the class.
More info to follow.

 

~ Wednesday, June 9th is our Kindergarten Closing Ceremony
In Church at 10:30 am
Students should wear their Sunday best.

Students will be dismissed to parents following the ceremony.
More details to follow regarding family members in attendance.

Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~

May 18, 2021

Parents ~ we have depleted our enormous glue stick supply!
Please send in a couple of glue sticks for your child to complete the year! Thank you so much!

We learned about the life cycle of plants today and began our Plant Journal. We will be planting our Bean Plants this week.


1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders homework packet
2. Please practice flash cards for "good" and "who"
3. Letter writing Journals: work on words good and who this week.
 Next week, students will complete "come" and "does"
4. Math: No Homework! We completed the Ch. 15 Review, Performance Review and Fluency Practice today.
5. Show and Tell and Wear Day will be Thursday for long u sound.

Be ready for Field day tomorrow!
~ Royal blue shirts with uniform shorts and sneakers.
~ Morning Snack if your child doesn't like soft pretzels.
~ Lunch if your child doesn't like pizza.
~ Afternoon snack for after Field Day.
~ Filled water bottle (we have extra waters)
~ Big smiles!

INFORMATION was sent home regarding Field Day.
Please note the important info
re: drop off and pick up on ALL field days: May 19, 21, 24 & 26.
Please pass this on to others who may be driving your child.

Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~


May 17, 2021

Language Arts ~ Our final Unit of the year!
Unit 10, Week 1
Essential Question: "What can happen when we work together?"
We will discuss ways we can work together to solve problems
Story: "What's the Big Idea, Molly?" Genre: Fantasy
vocab words: decide (make a choice), and
opinion (what a person things about something)

Phonics & Letter Recognition: long u sound as in cute
High Frequency Words: "good" and "who"

Grammar: Pronouns (take the place of a naming word)
Category Words: Question words: who, what, when, where, how, why

During the week, I will read "The Elves and the Shoemakers"
Students will read "A Good Time for Luke!", 
and "Who Can Help?"

In Math, we completed Ch. 15, Lesson 5: Problem Solving
There is homework tonight.

In Religion, we completed pages on our Catholic Identity.

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

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders homework packet
2. Make and practice flash cards for "good" and "who"
3. Letter writing Journals: work on words good and who this week.
 Next week, students will complete "come" and "does"
4. Math: Complete pp. 577-578
5. Show and Tell and Wear Day will be Thursday for long u sound.

In May.....

~ THIS Wednesday, May 19th is Field Day for KB!
(Wear Royal Blue shirts)
INFORMATION was sent home regarding Field Day.
Please note the important info
re: drop off and pick up on ALL field days: May 19, 21, 24 & 26.
Please pass this on to others who may be driving your child.

~ Friday, May 28th is Early Dismissal for SJB
~ Monday, May 31st is No School for SJB
Happy Memorial Day!

In June.....

~ Friday, June 4th: Ice cream Truck treats for all!
Students in our Building will be treated to either ice cream or popsicle!

~ Tuesday, June 8th: Last full day of Kindergarten
We are planning an outside picnic and games for the class.
More info to follow.

~ Wednesday, June 9th is our Kindergarten Closing Ceremony
In Church at 10:30 am
Students should wear their Sunday best.

Students will be dismissed to parents following the ceremony.
More details to follow regarding family members in attendance.

Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~

May 14, 2021

Funday Friday today!

PLEASE RETURN YOUR CHILD'S HEADPHONES TO SCHOOL.
We will need them next week.
Thank you!

Have a beautiful weekend!

Mrs. Pogonyi

~


May 13, 2021

We have 5 caterpillars inside their chrysalis in the process of changing into butterflies. And just in time, we completed our Lifecyle of a Butterfly bulletin board.
The students made their butterflies out of coffee filters, markers and water!



We continued blending, spelling and writing in Language Arts.
I had a few requests from parents and students to see all of the High Frequency Words we have been learning this year. I will send home the entire list in the folders tomorrow. There are 4 words at the bottom that have not been introduced yet.
It is so important to make flash cards and review them in short spurts throughout the week and even over the summer.
It is important for first grade that they recognize the word and can spell it without seeing it.
I will be assessing them on these words at the end of the year.

In Math, we completed Lesson 3: Count & Write 29-31
There is homework tonight.

We had fun sharing our Wear Day clothes (orange, rainbow, hero, roboblox, etc.) and long o items (unicorn, olaf, goat, dinosaur, rope, etc.) Excellant job!

The students enjoyed special with Ms. Koval.

I read "I am Jane Goodall", and we learned about how Jane Goodall became a champion of animal rights. I promised to share video footage of Jane, David Greybeard, and other animals she studied and cared for in Africa.

1. Complete the Thursday page in the Wonders homework packet and return.
2. Practice flash cards for "where" and "look"
3. Letter writing Journals: work on words where and look.
 Journals are due back on Monday, May 17th.
4. If you have your child's headphones at home, Please send them in TOMORROW - FRIDAY.
We are finishing our Star Testing tomorrow and next week.

In May.....

~ Wednesday, May 19th is Field Day for KB!
INFORMATION was sent home today regarding Field Day.
Please note the important info
re: drop off and pick up on ALL field days: May 19, 21, 24 & 26.
Please pass this on to others who may be driving your child.

~ Friday, May 28th is Early Dismissal for SJB
~ Monday, May 31st is No School for SJB
Happy Memorial Day!
(I hope everyone who wanted one, got their surf fishing tags!)
~

In June.....

~ Friday, June 4th: Ice cream Truck treats for all!
Students in our Building will be treated to either ice cream or popsicle!

~ Tuesday, June 8th: Last full day of Kindergarten
We are planning an outside picnic and games for the class.
More info to follow.

~ Wednesday, June 9th is our Kindergarten Closing Ceremony
In Church at 10:30 am
Students should wear their Sunday best.

Students will be dismissed to parents following the ceremony.
More details to follow regarding family members in attendance.

Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~

May 12, 2021

May Crowning!

The class joined in with all of SJB to watch the May Crowning celebration of Mary.
The students (in class and on remote) all did an amazing job of listening and watching the entire celebration.
In our classroom, Francesca, crowned our statue of Mary.







We completed our Language Arts packets today,
and I read "Spider Woman teaches the Navajo".
The students are doing really well with writing and spelling words with long o sounds, and including the silent e at the end.

In Math, we completed Lesson 2: Count & Write 25-28
There is homework tonight.

The students enjoyed lots of outdoor time today with Miss Beth (covering for Ms. Koval) and with Mrs. Schock for PE.

1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders homework packet
2. Practice flash cards for "where" and "look"
3. Letter writing Journals: work on words where and look.
 Journals are due back on Monday, May 17th.
4. TOMORROW:  Show and Tell and Wear Day will be Thursday
for long o sound.

In May.....

~ Wednesday, May 19th is Field Day for KB!
INFORMATION was sent home today regarding Field Day.
Please note the important info
re: drop off and pick up on ALL field days: May 19, 21, 24 & 26.
Please pass this on to others who may be driving your child.

~ Friday, May 28th is Early Dismissal for SJB
~ Monday, May 31st is No School for SJB
Happy Memorial Day!
(I hope everyone who wanted one, got their surf fishing tags!)
~

In June.....

~ Friday, June 4th: Ice cream Truck treats for all!
Students in our Building will be treated to either ice cream or popsicle!

~ Tuesday, June 8th: Last full day of Kindergarten
We are planning an outside picnic and games for the class.
More info to follow.

~ Wednesday, June 9th is our Kindergarten Closing Ceremony
In Church at 10:30 am
Students should wear their Sunday best.

Students will be dismissed to parents following the ceremony.
More details to follow regarding family members in attendance.

Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~

May 11, 2021

Happy Nurse's Week!
We pulled off a surprise for our School Nurse: Liz Perrine!
The Early Childhood Building presented cards and gifts
to Mrs. Perrine thanking her for all she does for us all year!







We are continuing our Language Arts with blending long o words, writing/spelling long o words, and writing 3 sentence stories. The students did a great job today reading

"Look! A Home!"

In Math, we began Ch. 15:
Count, Write and Order Numbers to 31.
We completed Lesson 1: Count and Write 21-24
There is homework tonight

In Religion, we completed Ch. 24 in our We Believe workbook.
We read the reader "We pray at Mass".
It's sad to me that we have not been able to attend Mass as a class this year due to COVID. We talk about it in class, but we are missing the prayerful experience of going to mass together.

The students enjoyed a special with Ms. Koval.

1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders homework packet
2. Practice flash cards for "where" and "look"
3. Letter writing Journals: work on words where and look.
 Journals are due back on Monday, May 17th.
4. Show and Tell and Wear Day will be Thursday for long o sound.

In May.....

~ Wednesday, May 19th is Field Day for KB!

~ Friday, May 28th is Early Dismissal for SJB
~ Monday, May 31st is No School for SJB
Happy Memorial Day!
(I hope everyone who wanted one, got their surf fishing tags!)
~

In June.....
~ Wednesday, June 9th is our Kindergarten Closing Ceremony
In Church at 10:30 am
Students should wear their Sunday best.
Students will be dismissed to parents following the ceremony.
More details to follow regarding family members in attendance.

Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~

May 10, 2021

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend!

In Language Arts this week, we are on Unit 9, Week 3
Our new EQ is "How can things in nature be used to make new things?"
We'll discuss things we use that are made by nature.
I'll read the story "Bread Comes to Life" Genre: Non-Fiction
New vocab words: natural resources (things in nature we use); and create (to make something).

The Phonics and Letter recognition: long o sound as in hope.
High Frequency Words: "where" and "look"
Grammar: Adjectives (describing words)
Category words: Foods made from grain

During the week, I will read "Spider Woman teaches the Navajo", and students will read "Look! A Home!"

We will work on letter sounds and blending with long o

Today, in Math, we completed the Chapter 14 Review, Performance Assessment and Fluency. There is no Math homework tonight.

In Religion, we used our May 9th Seeds Gospel Weekly
"Jesus' followers love one another".
We discussed Jesus' number one rule: Love one another.

The class enjoyed specials with Ms. Koval and Music with Mrs. Wagner.

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders homework packet
2. Make and practice flash cards for "where" and "look"
3. Letter writing Journals: work on words where and look.
 Journals are due back on Monday, May 17th.
4. Show and Tell and Wear Day will be Thursday for long o sound.

In May.....

~ Wednesday, May 19th is Field Day for KB!

~ Friday, May 28th is Early Dismissal for SJB
~ Monday, May 31st is No School for SJB
Happy Memorial Day!
(I hope everyone who wanted one, got their surf fishing tags!)
~

In June.....

~ Wednesday, June 9th is our Kindergarten Closing Ceremony
In Church at 10:30 am
Students should wear their Sunday best.
Students will be dismissed to parents following the ceremony.
More details to follow regarding family members in attendance.

Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~




May 6, 2021

Yay! Two butterflies emerged from their chrysallis' today!
It was very exciting for the class to see!

Our Kindergarten Closing Ceremony will be in our church,
on Wednesday, June 9th
at 10:30 am
Students should dress in their Sunday Best!
As of now, there will be two guests per student.

(There is an 11:35 dismissal for the entire school on this day.) 

We continued our Language Arts Unit 9, Week 2 today.
After reading "We Can Play" as a group, the students brought home their tear out books to read to an adult at home.
Please sign and return after they read it to you.

In Math, we completed Ch. 14, Lesson 7, and we completed the homework in class.

We started Show and Tell, showed the long i sound clothes:
Nike, Kind!, stripes, etc.
We also had Star Student Poster Presentations with a favorite book reading.
We were very busy with important crafts this afternoon!

HOMEWORK
1. Complete the Thursday page of the Wonders homework booklet and return to school
2. Practice flash cards for "has" and "play".
3. Show and Tell will continue on Friday for
the sound i, as in bike


Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~


May 5, 2021

Kindergarten Closing Ceremony
Wednesday, June 9th.
The time is still to be determined.
Families will be allowed to attend, and it most likely will be in the Church. The office will send details regarding seating.
I will keep you informed of specifics as they are determined.
Please keep in mind, that this ceremony will look very different from ceremonies in the past. The Ceremony will be live streamed for those who wish to watch.
I'm happy we are able to do this for our Kindergarteners
and families.

In Language Arts, we are continuing with Unit 9, Week 2
Today, we blended words with the long i sound and silent e at the end. They also spelled words with long i sounds.
The students read "We Can Play" to me, and listened to me read our Interactive Story "The Little Red Hen". After the story, they retold it to me in correct sequence, and gave feedback on what they thought was the lesson of the story.

In Math, we completed Ch 14, Lesson 6: Describe and Compare by more than One Attribute. We used the attributes of: shorter, heavier, taller, and lighter. There is homework tonight.

In Religion, the students listened to the Bible Story of "Joseph and the Colorful Coat". We discussed the events in the story and why certain characters behaved as they did. The students then drew and colored pictures from the story.

Homework:
1. Complete the Wednesday page of the Wonders homework booklet.
2. In Math, please complete pp. 537 & 538
3. Make and practice flash cards for "has" and "play".
4. Show and Tell will begin on Thursday for
the sound i, as in bike
Wear day will be Thursday for the sound i, as in bike.

Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~



May 4, 2021

Happy May!

I was so excited to return to the classroom today and see all my friends! They were full of questions about where I was. I tried my best to explain about my having to give testimony in a very difficult case in a different state.
I was once again overwhelmed by the kindness and generosity of my KB families. The beautiful succulent plants and the gift card are very much appreciated. And of course the kids were so excited to present it to me.....and insisted I eat the adorable cookie! Thank you all so much for your thoughtfulness!

I have great news! At an afterschool meeting with Mr. Hart and our School nurse, Liz Perrine, we were informed that with much consideration and planning, we will be able to have a
Kindergarten Closing Ceremony!
The date is Wednesday, June 9th.
The time is still to be determined.
Families will be allowed to attend, and it most likely will be in the Church. The office will send details regarding seating.
I will keep you informed of specifics as they are determined.
Please keep in mind, that this ceremony will look very different from ceremonies in the past.
I'm happy we are able to do this for our Kindergarteners
and families.

For tonight,
Please complete the Tuesday page of the Wonders homework booklet.
In Math, please complete Check Your Progress pp. 529-530;
and homework pp. 533-534 (some students completed this in class).
Show and Tell will begin on Thursday for the sound i, as in bike
Wear day will be Thursday for the sound i, as in bike.

Enjoy your evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~


April 23, 2021

Funday Friday!

We did do Language Arts and Math this morning!

We completed Ch. 13, Lesson 5: Make and Break Apart 18 & 19
Most of the class opted to complete their homework in class. A few chose to finish it at home. Please check to see if your child needs to complete it or not.

For our Movie Day, we watched Toy Story 4 while enjoying snacks.

Enjoy the nice weather this afternoon and
have a wonderful weekend!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~



April 22, 2021

Happy Earth Day!

In honor of Earth Day, which is April 22nd, we learned about this year's theme: "Restore Our Earth".
We read a little reader about ways to help our earth, completed an activity on recyclying and comosting. They are also coloring a mini Earth day "poster". During our discussion about ways to restore our earth, the students brought up cleaning trash from our earth. So we brought the lesson outside and cleaned up the earth around St. John the Beloved School.
I was amazed how much trash they found, and they had a blast finding it and cleaning up!










We continued our Language Arts for Unit 8, Wk 3.

In Math, we completed Ch. 13, Lesson 4:
Make and Break Apart 16 & 17
There is homework tonight.

In Religion, the students listened to a fictional story with facts about God's Creation. I read "Seven Days of Awesome", and we reviewed all that God created in our world.
I also read from the Be Kind book and we covered welcoming ways to be with visitors, and polite ways to talk to people on the phone (vs. not polite ways! ....see if they can tell you what you should and should not say to people on the phone!)

The students enjoyed their special with Ms. Koval.

Tomorrow, they are receiving their treat of a movie and treat afternoon!

1. Complete the Thursday page in the Wonders Homework book and return.
2. Complete the Math pages 495-496.
3. Practice flash cards for "want" and "what"
(say it, spell it, say it)
4. Letter Writing Journals were sent home with HFW's in them. Please work on "this" & "what" this week, and save "help" and "too" for next week. These are due back on Monday, May 3rd.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


April 21, 2021

We are continuing with our Language Arts Lessons.
When I read "A View From the Moon", many were intrigued about the moon landing. There were many questions about Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin and what it was like to be on the moon. I will be sharing more videos and information with the students tomorrow.

In Math, we completed Ch. 13, Lesson 3:
Make and Break Apart 15
Please note: There are the regular homework pages, 
plus the Check Your Progress pages for homework.

In Religion, we completed Ch. 27 on Easter.
We normally work from the We Believe Religion books, and leave the work in the book (to be brought home at the end of the year). Many students asked to rip out some of the pages they completed today to bring home. This is fine. So you might see some of our Religion work in the folder today.

The students enjoyed special with Ms. Koval and
PE with Miss Beth.

1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders Homework book.
2. Complete the Math pages 489-490, AND 491-492.
3. Practice flash cards for "want" and "what"
(say it, spell it, say it)
4. Letter Writing Journals were sent home with HFW's in them. Please work on "this" & "what" this week, and save "help" and "too" for next week. These are due back on Monday, May 3rd.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



April 20, 2021

We continued with our Language Arts Lessons.
Most are still hesitating when reading "what" and "want".
I appreciate your continuing with flash cards at home.

In Math, we completed Ch. 13, Lesson 2:
Make and Break Apart 13 & 14
There is homework tonight

In Religion, we started Ch. 27: Easter
We discussed celebrating Jesus' new life on Easter.
We also discussed other signs of new life at this time, and drew a picture of life we see when we are outside.

In the afternoon, we began learning about the Lifecycle of a Butterfly. We watched a video showing the 4 stages, and read a book about the lifecyle. We also started our classroom bulletin board showing the Lifecycle of a Butterfly.
Today, we created and put up Stage 1: the egg on a leaf.


The students also enjoyed Spanish with Ms. Koval.

1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders Homework book.
2. Complete the Math pages 485-486.
3. Practice flash cards for "want" and "what"
(say it, spell it, say it)
4. Letter Writing Journals were sent home with HFW's in them. Please work on the first two words this week, and save "help" and "too" for next week. These are due back on Monday, May 3rd.
5. Tomorrow is PE day. Girls should have hair pulled up/back.

SPECIAL NOTE:
The students have been working very hard on several "workbooks".
They have Busy Bee Journals, Number Journals, and soon Spring Books.
They are allowed to work on these independently several times a day. After they are completed, I check them, and if finished, they receive a star on the book.
The star allows them to pick a prize from our prize box.
I encourage you to also pick a small reward for your child at home if they bring home a completed workbook with a star on it.
The star shows that they took the initiative to challenge themselves with extra work. Instead of completing these books, they could be
coloring, but instead they chose to do the work.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


April 19, 2021


Language Arts: We are on Unit 8, Week 3
The Essential Question: "What do you see in the sky?"

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders Homework book.
2. Complete the Math pages 481-482.
3. Practice flash cards for "want" and "what"
(say it, spell it, say it)
4. Letter Writing Journals are due back. Please return them tomorrow.

SPECIAL NOTE:
The students have been working very hard on several "workbooks".
They have Busy Bee Journals, Number Journals, and soon Spring Books.
They are allowed to work on these independently several times a day. After they are completed, I check them, and if finished, they receive a star on the book.
The star allows them to pick a prize from our prize box.
I encourage you to also pick a small reward for your child at home if they bring home a completed workbook with a star on it.
The star shows that they took the initiative to challenge themselves with extra work. Instead of completing these books, they could be coloring, but instead they chose to do the work.

Enjoy our Hallway Bee-Amazing Board and our New Door display







Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~
 

     

April 15, 2021

A Message from the Office:

"We understand that as the weather gets warmer your children will want to play after school. However, we ask for your continued cooperation in remaining off the playground equipment in the morning and during and after dismissal. Once your child is dismissed from their teacher, we ask that you head straight to your car. Our Eagles Club aftercare program uses the outdoor play areas after school and we continue to adhere to our cohorts. Your cooperation in helping us maintain a safe school environment is always appreciated." 
~

We are working through our Language Arts 8.3 as outlined on Monday.

In Math, We completed Ch. 12, Lesson 10 on Problem Solving.
There is homework tonight. It was not done in class.

Show and Tell was hysterical with all the zebras!
We wanted to get a picture, but somehow that slipped by!


1. Complete the Thursday page in the Wonders Homework book, and return to school.
2. Complete the Math pages 471-472.
3. Practice flash cards for "this" and "what"
(say it, spell it, say it)

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


April 14, 2021

We continued with Language Arts.

In Math, we completed Ch. 12, Lesson 9:
Order Numbers to 20
Again, some students chose to complete their homework and some chose to complete it at home. Please check.

Religion
We completed our activity on ways to make the world a better place. Each student wrote down their BEE idea to go on our hallway bulletin board.

The students enjoyed class with Ms. Koval
and PE with Mrs. Schock.


1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders Homework book.
2. Complete the Math pages 465-466 (if not done).
3. Practice flash cards for "this" and "what"
(say it, spell it, say it)
4. Both Show and Tell, and Wear Day for the letters Y & Z, will be tomorrow, Thursday, for both inclass and remote learners.

REMINDER: Please keep in mind Mr. Hart's email regarding playing on the playground equipment after school. The playground after school is for the use of our 3's, 4's, and K's in Eagle's Club.
They can not go out on the equipment until it is empty. We are doing our best as a school to adhere to the COVID guidelines.
Our guidelines require students to keep masks on at school, even when playing. Our guidelines state that parents and students should depart the parking lot right after pick up. I'm so sorry it has to be this way right now, as we all love the closeness of our school community.
However, because of following the guidelines, we have been able to provide in person learning the entire year to the 3's, 4's & K's.
Please work with us in following the guildelines.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



April 13, 2021

We continued our plans with Language Arts on 
Unit 8, Week 2

In Math, we completed Ch. 12, Lesson 8:
Count and Write to 20
Students were given the choice to do their homework in class, and most did. 

Religion
Today, I read from our Be Kind Book, which lists 125 kind things to say and do. We discussed how being kind is a way for each person to make the world a better place.
Many stories of kindness were shared by friends in class.
We talked about our hallway bulletin board project which will show ways of being kind.
You can BEE Amazing by BEE-ing Kind!

The students enjoyed Spanish class with Ms. Koval.


1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders Homework book.
2. Complete the Math pages 461-462 (if not done).
3. Practice flash cards for "this" and "what"
(say it, spell it, say it)
4. Both Show and Tell, and Wear Day for the letters Y & Z, will be on Thursday for both inclass and remote learners.

Reminder: Tomorrow, Wednesday, is Gym day!

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~




And just like that, it's April 12th, 2021

Happy return to school!
It was so nice to see all the kiddos today and hear about their Easter adventures! I hope you all had a wonderful break.
We got back into our routine pretty quickly with all the new Monday learning.

In Language Arts, we began Unit 8, Week 2
Our Essential Question: "What do you know about our county?"
I read "Ana goes to Washington, DC"
genre: Informational Text
Vocab words: country (an area of land and people who are ruled by one government); travel (move from one place to another);
historic (important thing from the past);
monument (something large created to show respect for important person
slavery (making a person work for free).

Phonics and Letter Recognigion for this Unit:
Yy, as in yoyo; and Zz, as in zipper
High Frequency Words for the week:
"this" and "what"

Grammar: sentences with prepositions
Category words: Ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.)

Tuesday - Friday Learning actiities:
We will work on our letter sounds: y (yoyo) & z (zipper) 
and practice blending
In class, students will read "Pack a Bag"
I will read our Interactive Story: "The Best of the West"
Students will read (in class and at home) "What Can You Do?"

In Math, we completed Ch. 12, Lesson 7:
Count and Write 18 and 19.
There is homework tonight.

In Religion, we read the Seeds Gospel Weekly:
April 4th/11th, "Jesus is Risen!"
We also colored the picture of Jesus, and completed a cutting and folding activity that shows Jesus in the tomb, and then emerging from the tomb.

The students enjoyed specials with Ms. Koval,
and Mrs. Wagner for music.

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders Homework book.
2. Complete the Math pages 457-457
3. Create flash cards for "this" and "what", and practice them.
4. Both Show and Tell, and Wear Day for the letters Y & Z, will be on Thursday for both inclass and remote learners.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~




March 30, 2021

What a fun day in KB!
We continued our review in the morning.
The students completed a worksheet with sentences that they had to read and find the matching picture that goes with the sentence. They glued the picture next to the correct sentence. They all did a great job of reading and matching.
Please look for it in their folder and ask them to read the sentences to you. I told them that was their only homework.

The Math Lesson 12.6 was completed,
along with the homework for it.
They also completed an informal math assessment of identifying numbers to 20. They needed to color the numbers
I called out, with the color I said. (Ex: 14 is green)
(Don't panic if you look at your child's paper and 14 is orange....
I don't remember exactly what I called out!)

We all enjoyed an Easter Egg Hunt today!

Our students on remote had to find eggs with letters on them, and make words. They made hug, bug, tag, bag, etc.



Thanks to my parents at home for making and hiding the eggs!

In school, the students had to find eggs with their names on them by following directions.
(Ex: hop to find one egg; skip to find a second egg; etc.)
Here is skipping...

and hopping.....





Tomorrow will be a dress down day.
Students may dress down in Spring/ Easter colors.

Reminder: Wednesday is the last day of school before Easter Break.
We will return to school on Monday, April 12th.

Enjoy this beautiful evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


March 29, 2021

In Language Arts, this is a review week. There are no new letters, sounds, or words. Today, We completed our Unit 7 Assessment.
We are reviewing our letters, sounds, words and blending.
Please continue to practice HFW's on flashcards.

In Math, we completed Ch. 12, Lesson 5: Count and Write 15.
If it has not been done,
please complete the homework pp. 449-450.

Thank you, parents, for sending in the Easter party supplies!
Since the weather reports are predicting rain on Wednesday,
we are planning our Easter Egg Hunt tomorrow afternoon.
(I put "friendly reminder" notes in two folders for students who have not brought in eggs yet.)

Wednesday will be a dress down day. Students may dress down in Spring/ Easter colors.

Reminder: Wednesday is the last day of school before Easter Break.
We will return to school on Monday, April 12th.

Enjoy your evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


March 25, 2021

Wow! Amazing KB Parents!
I sent out the Sign Up Genius last night for our Easter party, and checked it early this morning, to make sure it went out.
I was pleasantly shocked and happy to see that KB parents signed up for everything! All items taken!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I also put together the Easter Baskets from the supplies you generously donated. They looked beautiful (missed getting a photo!). Today was the Easter Basket Blessing in the Church, and all of the baskets were delivered this afternoon to the Emmanuel Dining Room.
Thank you again for making this happen!


1. Complete the Thursday page in the Wonders Homework booklet and return to school.
2. Complete the Math pages 443-444.
3. Practice flash cards for "here" and "me".
4.In the Letter Writing Journals, please work on J,j.Q and q this week. The other letters are for next week. These journals are due back the Monday after Easter, 4/12. 

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


March 24, 2021

We had some crazy outfits & hair in KB today!






We continued our Language Arts unit and wrote a 3 sentence paragraph!
Funny Kindergarten moment:
When I read our story "The King of the Winds",
I reviewed some vocab words. I said "The wind is fierce. Does anybody know what that means?"
When I told them it meant "strong and powerful", one of my friends said "Oh, you mean like Tom Brady?"
(I'm going to miss this class!)

In Math, we completed Ch. 12, Lesson 3: Order numbers to 12.

In Religion, we started Ch. 23, "We Pray as Jesus Did".

The class enjoyed Spanish with Ms. Koval
and PE with Mrs. Schock.

Here is our hallway bulletin board with crosses the students made using thumb prints....





1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders Homework booklet
2. Complete the Math pages 439-440.
3. Practice flash cards for "here" and "me".
4.In the Letter Writing Journals, please work on J,j.Q and q this week. The other letters are for next week. These journals are due back the Monday after Easter, 4/12. 
5. Show and tell for remote students will be on Thursday.
6. Wear Day for J & Q will be on Thursday for all students.


Reminder: Students may wear spring uniforms, which means shorts for Kindergarten. If it is cold in the morning, students may wear sweatpants over their shorts. Later in the day when it warms up, they can put the sweatpants in their backpacks.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~



March 23, 2021

We are continuing Language Arts as outlined on Monday.

In Math, we completed Ch. 12,
Lesson 2: Compare Numbers up to 12

In Religion, I read the Bible Story, "Daniel and the Lions", about how bravery and praise to God kept Daniel safe in the lions den.

The students enjoyed Art with Ms. Koval.

1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders Homework booklet
2. Complete the Math pages 435-436.
3. Create flash cards for "here" and "me" and practice.
4.In the Letter Writing Journals, please work on J,j.Q and Q this week. The other letters are for next week. These journals are due back the Monday after Easter, 4/12. 
5. Show and tell for remote students will be on Thursday.
6. Wear Day for J & Q will be on Thursday for all students.

TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, 3/24, IS CRAZY DRESS DOWN DAY
FOR ALL OF SJB!

 

LANGUAGE ARTS

Monday

       Unit 8, Week 1: Essential Question: “What can help you go from here to there?”

• I will read “When Daddy’s Truck Picks Me Up” Genre: Fiction

With vocab words: transportation (the way we move from place to place); vehicle (object used to move things and people from place to place), 
And journey, fierce, and wide.

Phonics and Letter recognition for this unit: 

High Frequency Words for the week: “here” & “me”

Grammar: verbs (prepositions)

Category Words: vehicles

Tuesday - Friday Learning Activities:

We will work on our letter sounds j (jump) & q (queen)
and learn about Q’s friend, “U”. “Q and U are stuck like glue”
And practice blending

In class, students will read “Dad Got a Job”
I will read our Interactive Story: “The King of the Winds”
And Students will read "Here I Am"

 

Math:

We are beginning Chapter 12: Count, Write, and Order Numbers 11 - 20.

Today, we completed Chapter 12, Lesson 1: Count and Write 11 and 12

 

 

In Religion,
We used the Seeds Gospel to read
"God makes food for us". We reviewed how bread is made from flour which comes from the wheat plant. As we discussed different types of "bread" to make, we talked about the host used during Communion. We discussed how the host is a type of bread that is a symbol for the body of Christ. We also talked about the Sacrament of 1st Holy Communion, usually received in 2nd Grade and that's when we begin receiving Communion in Church. Several students shared that their siblings have already, or are about to make their !st Communion.

The students enjoyed a special with Ms. Koval.

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders Homework booklet
2. Complete the Math pages 431-432.
3. Create flash cards for "here" and "me" and practice.
4.The Letter Writing Journals went home today. Please work on J,j.Q and Q this week. The other letters are for next week. These journals are due back the Monday after Easter, 4/12. 
5. Show and Tell for in class students is tomorrow for the letter J and/or Q.
Show and tell for remote students will be on Thursday.
6. Wear Day for J & Q will be on Thursday for all students.

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


~



March 19, 2021

Thank you to all who donated to our Easter Basket donations!

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mrs. Pogonyi

~


March 18, 2021

We completed our Language Arts packets and sent them home today. We continued our work and reading.

In Math, we completed Chapter 11's Review, Assessment and Fluency Practice. There is no homework tonight.

   The students enjoyed their afternoon ice cream treat
from Mr. Hart!


1. Complete the Thursday page in the 7.3 Homework booklet and return to school.
2. Practice flash cards for words "said" and "want".
Students should say the word, spell the word and say the word: "said" "s-a-i-d" "said".


Reminder that Easter Basket supplies are due in school
by Friday, March 19th.
Anything I do not receive by then, I will purchase over the weekend.
Thank you so much!

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi


~


March 17, 2021

Happy St. Patrick's Day!
What a surprise when students walked in the room this morning! None of the traps which stayed in our room, captured a leprechaun. But the students found chocolate gold coins in their desks! And, our resident Leprechaun, Lucky, had a big pot hanging by him with more chocolate gold coins!

Loved all the great Irish spirit wear!

~

We continued Unit 7, Week 3 in LA, as outlined on Monday.

We learned more about St. Patrick and his work in Ireland.
The students colored pictures of St. Patrick.
We also learned a little about the Irish culture and foods.
The students watched a video of the famed Riverdance Step Dancers. The dancing was impressive!
Students also learned the Irish folktale about why we don't see unicorns. They listened to "The Unicorn Song" by the Irish Rovers.
The song follows the Bible story of Noah's Ark, and embellishes it a wee bit about the unicorns being too silly playing, to get on the ark! We all know what happens when the ark sails away!
If you see any adorable drawings of leprechauns in your child's folder, it was done freehand by following a "Draw a cartoon Leprechaun" video.

After recess, the class enjoyed a treat of sprinkle shamrock cookies. (Peanut free) (....and separate gluten free cookies).

The students enjoyed a special with Ms. Koval,
and PE with Mrs. Schock.


1. Complete the Wednesday page in the 7.3 Homework booklet
2. Remote students: complete Math homework pp. 420-421
3. Practice flash cards for words "said" and "want"
4. Show and Tell for inclass tomorrow (Thursday)
for letters V and X.
5. Wear Day will be on Thursday for letters V and X for all.

Thanks to your overwhelming generosity during the Annual Day of Giving, we not only reached our goal of $20,000 but surpassed that goal!! As promised, our students will be treated to the following:

Thursday, March 18 ~ Ice Cream treats will be provided for all students

Wednesday, March 24 (EC3-8) ~ Dress Down Day
 Feel free to dress crazy!

Friday, April 16 (EC3-8) ~ Afternoon Movie and Treat (chips)
and Ice Cream (provided by Home and School)


Reminder that Easter Basket supplies are due in school
by Friday, March 19th.
Anything I do not receive by then, I will purchase over the weekend.
Thank you so much!

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



March 16, 2021

We are continuing our Unit 7, Week 3 in Language Arts

In Math, we completed
Ch. 11, Lesson 9: Problem Solving (inclass learners)
There is Math Homework
Ch. 11 , Lesson 8: Use Ten-Frames to Subtract (remote learners)
There is Math Homework.

Here are the Leprechaun Addition Stories the students
created yesterday.....






The Leprechaun Traps were amazing! So much creativity from all of you. I'm so appreciative of all the work you put into making these AND your children were so proud and excited to share their traps with the class!












Such creativity and uniqueness in all!
Thank you for supporting your children with the
fun parts of school!


1. Complete the Tuesday page in the 7.3 Homework booklet
2. Inclass students: complete Math homework pp. 420-421
Remote students: complete Math homework pp. 415-416
3. Practice flash cards for words "said" and "want"
4. Show and Tell for inclass and remote tomorrow (Wednesday)
for letters V and X.
5. Wear Day will be on Thursday for letters V and X.

6. Wear Green for St. Patrick's Day tomorrow!
Dress down day for all!

Tomorrow (Wednesday) is Chick Fil A day for those who ordered.

Reminder that Easter Basket supplies are due in school
by Friday, March 19th. Thank you!

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


March 15, 2021

Language Arts for March 15th-19th

 Unit 7, Week 3: Essential Question: “Where do animals live?”

I will read “Bear Snores On” Genre: Fantasy; With vocab words: habitat (place where animals live and grow); wild (animal that lives in nature, not cared for by people), 
And brew, dank, lair, scuttles, and stokes.

Phonics and Letter recognition for this unit: 
Vv, as in volcano; and Xx, ending sound in box

High Frequency Words for the week: “said” & “want”

Grammar: verbs (action words)

March 12, 2021

Reminder that Easter Basket supplies are due in school
by Friday, March 19th. Thank you!

Have fun with your family project:
 "Building a Leprechaun Trap".
Traps as due in class and on zoom on Tuesday, March 16th.

Have a great weekend!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~

 

March 10, 2021

We are continuing our Language Arts Unit 7, Week 2,
as outlined on Monday.
PLEASE practice our two new HFW's:
"of" and "they".
It's Wednesday, and today during flash cards, less than half the class knew the words. After I have the entire class chorally read the flash cards, I then go around the room individually with just the two new words. I was surprised at how many did not know the words as much as we have been practicing them.
It does become more challenging, as our "two words a week" continues.
I find that reinforcing the practice with flash cards at home really helps.

In Math, we completed Ch. 11, Lesson 5: Subtract 3.
We also completed the homework in class!
A few students chose to save their homework for home.
Please check your child's math papers to see if they need to complete it at home. I did put a sticky note on the ones that need to be done at home.

The students enjoyed a special with Ms. Koval and Gym today.



1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders Homework booklet for 7.2 
IMP:  2. Practice flashcards for the words "of" and "they"
3.  In the Letter Writing Composition Books, please work on  G,g, and W,w. These will be due back on Friday, March 12th.
4.Wear Day for G and W will be on Thursday for both inclass and remote students.

This Friday, March 12th, is an Early Dismissal Day.

Reminder that Easter Basket supplies are due in school
by Friday, March 19th. Thank you!

Information was sent home today regarding the project
 "Building a Leprechaun Trap".
Please have fun with this. Traps as due in class and on zoom on Tuesday, March 16th.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~

March 9, 2021

We are continuing our Language Arts Unit 7, Week 2,
as outlined on Monday.

In Math, we completed Ch. 11, Lesson 4: Subtract 2.
We also completed the homework in class!

I read the story, "How to Trap a Leprechaum". After, we practiced building leprechaun traps with marshmallows and toothpicks. Tomorrow, I will send home instructions for a project to be completed at home and brought into school to be shared. The project will be to build a leprechaun trap!
More details to follow tomorrow!


1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders Homework booklet for 7.2 
2. Practice flashcards for the words "of" and "they"
3.  In the Letter Writing Composition Books, please work on  G,g, and W,w. These will be due back on Friday, March 12th.
4. Show & Tell is for the letters G & W. We will do presentations Wednesday and Thursday for both inclass and remote students.
5. Wear Day for G and W will be on Thursday for both inclass and remote students.

This Friday, March 12th, is an Early Dismissal Day.

A letter explaining a tradition at SJB, of creating Easter baskets for children at Emmanuel Dining Room was sent home today. We are hoping for contributions to make 4 Easter baskets to be donated.
It's a worthy cause and a beautiful sight to see all the completed baskets and knowing how happy you are making these children.

Information will go home tomorrow regarding an at home project for both inclass and remote students.
The project is "Building a Leprechaun Trap".

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


March 8, 2021

Language Arts

       Unit 7, Week 2: Essential Question:
“How do you take care of different kind of pets?”

Phonics and Letter recognition for this unit: 

Gg, as in guitar; and Ww as window

• High Frequency Words for the week: “of” & “they”

• Grammar: verbs (action words)
• Category Words: pets
• I will read “The Birthday Pet” Genre: Fiction   With vocab words: responsibility (something you’re supposed to do); train (teach a person/animal how to do something)
• We will work on our letter sounds (g as in guitar & w as in window) and blending
• In class, students will read “I Hug Gus!”
• I will read our Interactive Story: “The Family Pet”
• Students will read the tear out book, “A Lot of Fun!” later in the week

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders Homework booklet for 7.2 
2. Create flashcards for the words "of" and "they"
3.  In the Letter Writing Composition Books, please work on  G,g, and W,w. These will be due back on Friday, March 12th.

This Friday, March 12th, is an Early Dismissal Day.


Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


March 5, 2021

Funday Friday!

This morning in Language Arts was so much fun!
We played Musical Words with our High Frequency Words, while dancing and using the words in sentences. This week Cruz managed to be the last winner standing, even beating myself and Mrs. Scalora!

In Math, we completed Ch. 11, Lesson 2: Take Apart.
There is a homework page due back on Tuesday.

In Religion, I passed out children's books on the Stations of The Cross. After reading about the 14 stations, we went outside and walked "The Stations of the Cross" that have been set up around the front of the school. The students were able to tell me what was happening at each station. Great Learners!


1. Read the paper book "For You" to a grown up and have it signed. Return signed book to school.
2. Math homework pages 389-390 to be returned Tuesday.
3. Have fun!

Friday, March 12th is an Early Dismissal Day.


Have a great weekend!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


March 4, 2021

We are continuing our Language Arts Unit 7, Week 1 work as outlined on Monday's notes.
 

In Math, we started Ch. 11: Subtraction within 10. We completed Lesson 1: Take Away. The concept switch from adding to taking away was a little tricky at first. They are used to saying "in all" at the end of a Math sentence (when adding), and now starting the Math sentence with "in all" took some practice. There is a homework page.

The students had fun with their Show and Tell items and wear day clothes. We had many unicorns, but they were all different! I will share pictures tomorrow!

 

1. Complete the Thurssday page in the Wonders Homework booklet for 7.1 and return tomorrow for in class.
2. Practice words on flashcards.
3.  In the Letter Writing Composition Books, please work on Letter U,u first. Then G,g, W,w for next week. These will be due back on next Friday, March 12th.




Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


March 3, 2021

We are continuing our Language Arts Unit 7, Week 1 work as outlined on Monday's notes.
 

In Math, we completed Ch. 10, Review, Performance Assessment, an Fluency Practice. These were sent home  with Fluency graded.
There is no Math homework tonight.

We continued Math by creating and playing a Math game. 

For Religion, since they loved listening to the a cappella group, Pentatonix, we listened to them singing "Mary Did You Know", and discussed what that song was about. We identified the different miracles of Jesus in the song.

1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders Homework booklet for 7.1
2. Add words: "for" "have" to home flashcards and practice.
3. Wear day for letter Uu will be on Thursday.
(Show & Tell and Wear Day will be on Wednesday for remote!)
4. In the Letter Writing Composition Books, please work on Letter U,u first. Then G,g, W,w for next week. These will be due back on next Friday, March 12th.

Friday, March 12th is an Early Dismissal Day.



Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


March 2, 2021

We are continuing our Language Arts Unit 7, Week 1 work as outlined on Monday's notes.

In Math, we completed Ch. 10, Lesson 9: Problem Solving
There is homework tonight.

In Religion, we completed Chapter 21" The Three Days", about the Easter Tridium. While the students colored a picture of an Easter cross, they watched and listened to the song "Hallelujah" being sung by the Pentatonix. They loved it and asked for an encore:)
 
1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders Homework booklet for 7.1
2. Add words: "for" "have" to home flashcards and practice.
3. Complete the Math homework pp. 375-376.
4. Think of something that begins with u (umbrella/unicorn)
for Show & Tell.  Items may be shown on Tues., Thurs., or Fri.
5. Wear day for letter Uu will be on Thursday.
(Show & Tell and Wear Day will be on Wednesday for remote!)
6. In the Letter Writing Composition Books, please work on Letter U,u first. Then G,g, W,w for next week. These will be due back on next Friday, Mrach 12th

Ask and you shall receive! Thank you so much for all the paper towels! 
We really appreciate the great group of parents who help us out!

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



March 1, 2021

Happy March!

LANGUAGE ARTS for the Week March 1st - 5th

       Unit 7, Week 1: Essential Question: “How are some animals
alike and how are they different?”

Phonics and Letter recognition for this unit: Uu, as in umbrella

• High Frequency Words for the week: “for” & “have”

• Grammar: Verbs
• Category Words: animal parts words
• I will read “Zoo Borns” Genre: Informational text.
• Vocab words: appearance, behavior, exercise, plenty, wander
• New Letter: Uu, as in umbrella
• We will work on our letter sound (u as in umbrella) and blending
• New Words: "for" "have"
• In class, students will read “A Pup and a Cub”
• I will read our Interactive Story of the Week: “Baby Farm Animals”
• We will work in our “Your Turn Practice” Book (YTP): 

Language Arts packet for class: Unit 7, Week 1: pages 185-192 
We will do a page or two per day and read the tear out book,
“For You” later in the week

In Math, we completed Chapter 10, Lesson 8:
Use Ten Frames to Add
There is homework tonight

In Religion, we began Ch. 21 in our We Believe Religion Book.
We learned about the Easter Tridium, the three holy days leading up to Easter. We talked about ways we can show our love to Jesus, and they drew a picture of one way to show love. They had very thoughtful and creative ideas: be kind to people; help someone; say you're sorry if you do hurt someone; forgive someone who says they're sorry; take care of pets and animals; pray; give hugs and love to your family; and many more very thoughtful loving ways to show our love to Jesus.

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

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders Homework booklet for 7.1
2. Add words: "for" "have" to home flashcards and practice.
3. Complete the Math homework pp. 369-370.
4. Think of something that begins with u (umbrella/unicorn)
for Show & Tell.  Items may be shown on Tues., Thurs., or Fri.
5. Wear day for letter Uu will be on Thursday.
6. Letter Writing Composition Books went home today with new Letters. Please work on Letter U,u first. Then G,g, W,w for next week. These will be due back on Friday, March 12th.


Thank you for sending in the headphones for your child to use. We have 4 students who still need to bring them in. I will send a separate email as a reminder.

Classroom request:  KB is in need of paper towels and hand soap for next to our classroom sink. 
(The hand sanitizer is not a big hit with little cuts on hands.)
Students prefer washing with soap at the sink, so we have gone threw all paper towels and hand soap!
That means we have a ton of unopened bottles of sanitizer, I'm happy to share and give some out (for cars, outings, etc.)
Please let me know if you would like some :)

Have a great 1st evening in March!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



February 25, 2021

Friendly reminder:
Please return your Letter Writing Journals

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



February 24, 2021

Today we worked on Unit 6, Week 3 - Review Work
in Language Arts.

In Math, we completed Unit 10, Lesson 5: Add 3
There is a Math homework page
Tomorrow, students will complete Lesson 6: Add 4
There will be the accompanying homework pages, and Check Your Progress will go home for a homework assignment.
Friday, students will complete Lesson 7: Addition Patterns
There will be an accompanying homework page.

In Religion, the students painted wooden sticks to make crosses for our Lent Bulletin Board. They will complete the project tomorrow.

We did all poster presentations today. Thank you so much for helping your child to create these beautiful posters!
They're personalities came right through in their creations!

So, we didn't do Show and Tell today....we will do it tomorrow!

1. Students are completing U.6 - W.2 and U.6 - W.2 this week. Complete the Wednesday pages tonight, and the Thursday pages tomorrow night.
2. Review Flash cards for the words:
my, are, with, he, is, little, she, was
3. Show and Tell for the letter K . tomorrow for in class and remote.

I will be out of the classroom Thursday and Friday.
Please feel free to email me during this time, any questions or concerns. 

Wear Day for letter K will be Thursday for in-class learners, and 
for remote learners.

For in-class learners: Please send in childsize headphones for your child to use for the Star testing the week of March 1st - 5th. Please place the headset in a labeled "freezer" gallon size bag. (It is being reported that "freezer" bags are more durable and rip less than other types.)
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



February 23, 2021

(even though it's not technically the 100th day
due to snow days....)

In class learners celebrated our 100th Day of Learning!

(Remote learners will celebrate next week)

We had an amazing day of fun, beginning with entering the room through streamers and doing a walk around the room word search activity: "Can you write 100 words?".
This was followed by 100 Day activities all day!
The students colored 100 day crowns,
Completed 100 exercises,
completed a search and count page finding 100 objects,
for Math, they sorted snacks into 10 categories and placed them on ten frames,
they also made necklaces by counting out 100 Fruit Loops and stringing them in groups of 10 on pipe cleaners.
The self restraint was amazing...they were told they could not eat any fruit loops until the necklaces were completed...
and they actually did it!
Enjoy the pictures....









1. Students are completing U.6 - W.2 and U.6 - W.2 this week. Complete the Tuesday page in each book tonight.
2. Make Flash cards for the words: "she" and "was"
3. Show and Tell for the letter K . tomorrow for in class and remote.

Wear Day for letter K will be Thursday for in-class learners, and 
for remote learners.

For in-class learners: Please send in childsize headphones for your child to use for the Star testing the week of March 1st - 5th. Please place the headset in a labeled "freezer" gallon size bag. (It is being reported that "freezer" bags are more durable and rip less than other types.)
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Have a great evening!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



February 22, 2021

(To think we actually wanted snow days!)

LANGUAGE ARTS
Unit 6, Week 3 is a Review week reinforcing the letters and words that have already been introduced. We will be doing the work for Unit 6, Week 2 and Unit 6, Week 3.
Students will be completing two Language Arts packets: Unit 6 -Wk 2; and Unit 6 - Wk. 3.
Students will be completing two Small Morning Work booklets: 6.2; and 6.3
Students will be completing the homework packets for both 6.2; and 6.3.
Many students have completed some of the work that was sent home during the snow days.

Monday

       Unit 6, Week 2: EQ: What happens in different kinds of weather?

• We will talk about what you can do in different weather

• Phonics and Letter recognition for this unit: Kk, as in koala

• High Frequency Words for the week: “she” & “was”

• Grammar: Plural nouns
• Category Words: weather words
• I will read “Rain” Genre: Fantasy

With vocab words: soil (dirt), and cracked (broken), and dry (without water).

• Grammar: sentence parts: pronouns
• Category Words: weather words

 

• We will work on our letter sound (k as in koala) and blending
• In class, students will read “Kim and Nan”
• I will read our Interactive Story of the Week, 
• And “Cloud Watch”, Genre: Informational Text
• Students will read the tear out book "Dad is Back"

In Math, we completed Ch. 9, Lesson 4: Add 2
There is a homework page tonight

In Religion, We discussed Lent and ways to show our love to Jesus during Lent.

1. Students are completing U.6 - W.2 and U.6 - W.2 this week. Complete the Monday page in each book tonight.
2. Make Flash cards for the words: "she" and "was"
3. Complete Math homework pages 350-351
4. 100 Day posters for in class learners is due this week. 
100 Day posters for remote learners is due next week.
5. Show and Tell for the letter K . on Wednesday for in class and remote.


Wear Day for letter K will be Thursday for in-class learners, and 
Wednesday for remote learners.

For in-class learners: Please send in childsize headphones for your child to use for the Star testing the week of March 1st - 5th. Please place the headset in a labeled "freezer" gallon size bag. (It is being reported that "freezer" bags are more durable and rip less than other types.)
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



February 19, 2021

Funday Friday!
and No School due to icy conditions.

I've sent an email to all parents with today's assignments.
Please let me know if you don't receive it.

I hope to see everyone on Monday...
Stay safe, enjoy the snow and the weekend!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~

February 18, 2021

Your children did an excellent job on Zoom today!
We completed the Unit 5 Assessment,
completed Lesson 3 in Math,
and listened to "The Easter Story".
I was impressed with their ability to focus and get work done!

Tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 19th has been declared a "Two hour delay" day. Students are to report to the classroom at 9:20 am.
(Of course this could change overnight!)


You have received a poster with an instruction sheet for a
100th Day Project!
Please have fun with this project, and return the completed posters by Tuesday, Feb. 23rd.

Our class is scheduled to participate in Renaissance/Star Testing which is taken on an iPad.
Please send in a childsize headset for your child to use for the week of March 1st - 5th. Please place the headset in a labeled "freezer" gallon size bag. (It is being reported that "freezer" bags are more durable and rip less than other types.)
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


February 12, 2021

Happy Friday!

We enjoyed our Valentine Bingo and Party today!
Thank you to all the parents who sent in treats for the party!
I turned their desks into a giant circle so they could see each other while maintining social distance!

The students in front were facing the other students, and moved back to watch a Valentine show.

They loved facing each other, and the party,
and the Valentine's they received from friends!

Reminder that Monday is a No School day for Presidents Day.

Enjoy your weekend and Happy Valentine's Day!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


February 11, 2021

We continued our Language Arts Unit 6, Week 1.

Due to the delay, we were unabe to do Math today.

I read a story "The SnowGlobe Family" and we are beginning a project based on that story. The students will create a "snowglobe" and do a writing assignment about what they would do if they lived in a snowglobe. It will be fun to see what they say!

1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders small homework packet
2. Creat a flash card for the words: is, little
3. Letter writing Journals.  Please work on Letters F and f,
and also work on R and r. Journals are due back 2/19
4.  Tomorrow is Wear Valentine's colors/clothes!
Think pink, red, white!

Monday, Feb. 15th is No School for Presidents Day.

Have a great evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~

February 10, 2021

Language Arts (Wednesday - Tuesday)

Today, we started: Unit 6, Week 1:
EQ: How are the Seasons Different?

• We will learn about the seasons and what happens in each one
• I will introduce Vocab words: “weather” (what is happening outside) and “seasons” (four parts of the year)
• I will read “Mama, Is it Summer Yet?” Genre: Realistic Fiction,

and students will respond to questions about comprehension 

• Phonics and Letter recognition for this unit: Bb, as in bat;

And Ll, as in lemon

• High Frequency Words for the week: “is” & “little”

• Grammar: Plural nouns
• Category Words: seasons
•  
• We will review our letter sounds and practice blending In class, students will read “Is it Hot?”
• I will read “A Tour of The Seasons” Genre: Informational test

• With vocab words: migrate, active, and spot

• We will read the tear out book, “Little and Big”, later in the week

For Math, today we completed:

Chapter 9, Lesson 5: Problem Solving

 

In Religion, We used the Seeds Gospel Weekly for Feb. 7,

“People of all ages follow Jesus”

We will also used the Seeds Handbook (dove on cover)
to discuss what prayer means (talking to God) and ways to pray.

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders small homework packet
2. Complete the Math pages 328-329
3. Creat a flash card for the words: is, little
4. Letter writing Journals.  Please work on Letters F and f,
and also work on R and r. Journals are due back 2/19
5. Tomorrow is Show & Tell Day for all! Find something that begins with B or L.
6. Tomorrow is also Wear Day for all! Wear clothes that begin with B, L, or both!

Friday, Feb. 12th wear colors of Valentine: pink, red, white!
Valentine Bingo at 12:15!

Monday, Feb. 15th is No School for Presidents Day.

Have a great evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~

February 9, 2021

We finished up Unit 5, Week 3 in Language Arts.
Tomorrow we will begin Unit 6, Week 1

In Math, we completed Ch. 9, Lesson 4: Break Apart 10
There is homework.

In the afternoon, we had our PJ Dance Party
with a snack!

1. Complete the Math pages 323-324
2. Letter writing Journals.  Please work on Letters F and f, R and r.
Journals will be due back by Friday, Feb. 19th.
 

Have a great evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~


February 8, 2021

We are continuing our Language Arts and Religion Lessons from last week due to losing two days for the snow.

In Math, we completed Ch. 9, Lesson 3: Break apart 8 & 9.

1. Complete the Wonders small homework packet & return.
2. Complete the Math pages 319-320
3. Letter writing Journals.  Please work on Letters F and f, R and r.
Journals will be due back by Friday, Feb. 19th.
4. Tomorrow is PJ's and Dance Party Day!

Thank you for sending in your child's Valentine's
and for helping them with the impressive percussion instruments!

Have a great evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~

February 5, 2021
Happy Funday Friday!

We did have fun today! I loved the crazy mismatched outfits and hairstyles on everyone!

We also enjoyed some entertainment with a Zoom Field Trip
with Jungle John and his Winter Wonder Magic Show.

The Chick Fil A was also a hit. Please check your child's folder and lunch box. Several wanted to "save" their nuggets or cookie. Leftovers were put in bags, but probably shouldn't stay there all weekend!

No homework this weekend!
We will be continuing Unit 5, Week 3 next week.

Have a great evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

(GO BUCS! #12)

 

~

February 4, 2021


The class looked great all decked out supporting their favorite teams!
We also had an ice cream treat this afternoon,
and decorated our bags to collect Valentines.

In the morning, we continued Language Arts as outlined yesterday.

In Math, we completed Ch. 9, Lesson 2: Break Apart 6 & 7
Homework tonight is pages 313-314.

1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders small homework packet
2. Complete the Math pages 313-314
3. Creat a flash card for the words: he, with
4. Letter writing Journals.  Please work on Letters F and f,
and also work on R and r.
Journals will be due back by Friday, Feb. 19th.
5. Tomorrow is Mismatch Crazy clothes Day!
6. Tomorrow is a Zoom Field Trip with Jungle John at 11:00am
for in class and remote learners

Have a great evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~



February 3, 2021

I loved everyone's pictures of the work they did yesterday!
Thank you, Parents, for helping them with this!

We had a busy day today with new Language Arts and Math.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Unit 5, Week 3:    EQ: What kinds of things grow on a farm?  

Wednesday and into next week

• We will discuss foods that a farmer might grow
• I will introduce vocab words: “fresh” (just grown),

“delicious”: (tastes very good)

• I will read “An Orange in January”, 
• Genre: Informational Text, Non-fiction
• students will respond to questions about comprehension and understanding

       Phonics & Letter Recognition for the week: Ff, (fire); and Rr, (rose) High Frequency Words for the week: with; he

• Grammar: Continuing Pronouns (naming word that replaces names)
• Category words: Foods

Wednesday and into next week - Learning Activities:

• We will review our letter sounds and practice blending In class, students will read “Ron with Red”
• I will read “Farm” Genre: Informational test

With vocab words: raise, beneath, and special

• And “Farmer’s Market”, Genre: Informational text 

Have a great evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~

February 1 and 2, 2021

Welcome to February and Happy Snow Days!

Monday, Feb. 1st, was a complete Snow Day with no work,
just snowy fun!

Tuesday, Feb. 2nd, will be a Snow Day with some work.
I've emailed all families with the assignments for the day.

We have two new letters this week:

F f, as in fire

R r, as in rose

We also have two new words this week:

"with", as in "Come with me."

and

"he", as in "Is he your friend?"


Here are your Snow Day assignments:

 

 

Have a great evening!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~

January 29, 2021

Funday Friday!
and
last day of school in January!

In anticipation of the snow we're supposed to have
Sunday, Monday & Tuesday,
we made snowmen to hang in our room!

Next week is
Catholic Schools Week!
Feb. 1st - 5th
We will be having fun activities throughout the week.

Kindergarten Fun

MONDAY - SJB day: Students may wear SJB spirit wear or SJB sports                clothes, or school colors: black and yellow.

TUESDAY - PJ dress down day and Dance Party in the classroom

   Wear shirts with class color: Royal blue!

Zoom Field Trip with Jungle John!

Chick Fil A for those who order!

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 weekend and I'll see everyone in February!

Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~

January 28, 2021

Now that we've rounded the corner on the Kindergarten year,
when your child's paper "book" comes home, please have them read it to you, sign your name near the title and return the book to school.
I will check it off as completed and send the book back home.
These little paper books usually go home on Fridays.
This week's book is titled "Are You Hot?"

In Math, the In-class students completed Ch. 8, Problem Solving.
There is homework tonight.
The Remote students completed Ch. 8, Review, Assessment & Fluency.
There is no homework for remote.

In Religion, we reviewed the story "David and Goliath". We completed worksheets coloring the Holy Bible and drew a picture from the Bible story "David and Goliath".

1. Complete the Thursday page in the Wonders small homework packet and return to school
2.  In class students Math homework pages: 299-300
3. Create a flash card for the word: are
4. Return Letter writing Journals with completed Letters H, h, E, e

Next week is
Catholic Schools Week!
Feb. 1st - 5th
We will be having fun activities throughout the week.

Kindergarten Fun

MONDAY - SJB day: Students may wear SJB spirit wear or SJB sports                clothes, or school colors: black and yellow.

TUESDAY - PJ dress down day and Dance Party in the classroom

   Wear shirts with class color: Royal blue!

Zoom Field Trip with Jungle John!

Chick Fil A for those who order!

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

~

January 27, 2021

We're continuing our Language Arts Lessons.
Blending is a major focus, along with paying attention
to the different sounds the vowels make:
/a/ apple
/e/ egg
/i/ insect
/o/ octopus

In Math, we completed Ch. 8, Lesson 6: Left, Right, Between
There is homework tonight.

In Religion, I read the Bible Story "David & Goliath". The class listened very attentively to see what would happen. They were able to tell me that David stood up to the giant, Goliath, and was not afraid because he believed God would protect him.

The students completed their Polar Bear Posters and did a great job writing information about Polar Bears. 
Here are a couple of examples:



These are on display in our hallway. They did a great job sounding out words. (I wrote Polar Bears on the Smartboard for them).

1. Complete the Wednesday page in the Wonders small homework packet
2.  In class students Math homework pages: 293-294
Remote students pages: 299-300
3. Create a flash card for the word: are
4. Continue Letter writing Journals.  Please complete Letters H an h,
and work on E and e
Journals will be due back by Friday, Jan. 29th.
5. Tomorrow, Thursday, is Wear Day for all students

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 (for advance planning).
I will post them on this teacher page later this week.

Reminder: Friday, Feb. 5th will be Chick-Fil-A day for KB.
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

~

January 26, 2021

We're following our Unit 5, Week 2 Langauge Arts
as outlined on Monday.

In Math, we completed Ch. 8, Lesson 5: In front of, Behind, Next to
with inclass students.  Inclass homework pages are: 289-290

Remote students completed Lesson 5 (above)
and Lesson 6: Left, Right, Between
Remote homework pages are: 289-290, and 293-294

In Religion, We followed the Seeds Gospel Weekly of Jan. 24th "We Follow Jesus". The students listened to a story of Jesus teaching his followers to fish, and they completed coloring activities.

In class, we reviewed facts about Polar Bears, and practiced writing facts to add to our posters.

1. Complete the Tuesday page in the Wonders small homework packet
2.  Inclass students Math homework pages: 289-290
Remote students Math homework pages: 289-290, and 293-294
3. Creat a flash card for the word: are
4. Continue Letter writing Journals.  Please complete Letters H an h,
and work on E and e
Journals will be due back by Friday, Jan. 29th.
5. Show and Tell this week is with the letter E.
Inclass Students may bring an item in on Tues-Thurs.
Remote students will have Show & Tell on Wednesday.

For inclass and remote: Thursday, Jan. 28th will be Wear Day for the Letter E.

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 (for advance planning).
I will post them on this teacher page later this week.

Reminder: Friday, Feb. 5th will be Chick-Fil-A day for KB.
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. 25, 2021

Happy Monday!

LANGUAGE ARTS this week 1/25-1/29

Unit 5, Week 2:    EQ: How do living things change as they grow?

  

Monday

• We will discuss ways things grow and change
• I will introduce vocab words: “develop” (to grow),

“amazing”: (surprising and wonderful)

• I will read “A Grand Old Tree”, 
• Genre: Informational Text
• students will respond to questions about comprehension and understanding

       Phonics & Letter Recognition for the week: Ee, as in egg

• High Frequency Word for the week: are
• Grammar: Pronouns (naming word that replaces names)
• Category words: Tree parts

Tuesday - Friday Learning Activities:

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

With vocab words: delicious, special, soak

• And “The Pine Tree”, Genre: Fairy Tale 
•  In their “Your Turn Practice” Book (YTP): 

Language Arts packet for class: Unit 5, Week 2: pages 135-142 

We will do a page or two per day

and read the tear out book, “Are You Hot?”, later in the week.

In Math, we completed Chapter 8,
Lesson 4: Inside, Outside, Beside
There is homework tonight

In Religion, I read the Seeds Gospel Weekly for Jan. 17th,
“Jesus says come & listen”

Students used their Seeds Handbook pp. 19 & 22, to color

(Holy Bible and Bible stories)


In the afternoon, the students enjoyed a special with Ms. Koval, and Music with Mrs. Wagner.

1. Complete the Monday page in the Wonders small homework packet
2.  Complete the Math pages 285-286
3. Creat a flash card for the word: are
4. Continue Letter writing Journals.  Please complete Letters H an h,
and work on E and e
Journals will be due back by Friday, Jan. 29th.
5. Show and Tell this week is with the letter E. Students may bring an item in on Tues-Thurs.

This Thursday, Jan. 28th will be Wear Day for the Letter E.

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 (for advance planning).
I will post them on this teacher page later this week.

Reminder: Friday, Feb. 5th will be Chick-Fil-A day for KB.
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. 22, 2021

Funday Friday!


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.

(I sent an email today, to all, with the 21 names of KB students.)

Have a great weekend!
Thank you,
Mrs. Pogonyi

~

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
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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
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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!