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Class Information
Teacher: Mrs.Gertrude Rodriguez
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Class Announcements
We wish you a most blessed, healthy and prosperous New Year! Thank you for all your thoughtfulness throughout the year!
God Bless,
Mrs. G. Rodriguez and Mrs. V. Tennant
Monday, January 17, 2022 - Martin Luther King Day: No School
Sunday, January 30, 2022 - Catholic Schools Week begins
Welcome Class of 2021-2022
My name is Mrs. Gertrude Rodriguez and I will be your child's teacher. This September I will be teaching for thirty-two years at St. John Vianney. My assistant is Mrs. Valerie Tennant.
This year your child will begin an exciting and rewarding journey in a nurturing and learning environment. The learning experiences they will encounter will coincide with opportunities for discovery, self-expression, and socialization.
Your children will be in a Pre-School Program in which they will not only learn to socialize with their peers but also participate in many interactive learning experiences in preparation for Kindergarten and the future.
By the end of the school year, your child should be able to identify and write upper and lowercase letters; recognize letter sounds and beginning letter sounds in words; recognize their first and last name and use of proper lettering; recognize sight words; identify basic shapes and colors; identify and write numerals 1 to 30; and rote counting. Many concepts will be covered that will be further explored in Kindergarten such as classifying, sorting, patterning, rhyming words, parts of a book, recalling story characters and events, and scientific topics such as weather, seasons, animals and their habitats, recycling, and simple experiments.
Children are taught that all families belong to one larger family which is God's family. We learn that we are the future peacemakers of tomorrow. Through our daily prayers, songs and stories, we learn to care, respect, and accept all people according to God's teachings.
Meeting the needs and recognizing the strengths of each child is essential for me to know as their teacher. My goal is for your child to succeed throughout the school year! Always review and reinforce all work done in school. Your child will take pride in whatever they do. As a team working together we can make your child's learning experience become a success story. Thank you!
Please know that you can reach out to me for any reason at any time. For your convenience, e-mail me at grodriguez@sjvs.net .
God Bless,
Teacher - Mrs. Gertrude Rodriguez
Assistant - Mrs. Valerie Tennant
January 2022 Curriculum
Phonics: Uppercase/lowercase letters Jj - Mm; tracing/writing; letter sounds, beginning letter sounds in words; tracing horizontal, vertical, zigzag lines; rhyming words; sight words; sentence structure; matching; finding hidden letters.
Math: Counting; tracing 1 - 10; number recognition; finding missing numbers; ordinal numbers; patterning; matching numbers to correct number of items; color code - shapes; three dimensional shapes (sphere, cone, cylinder, cube); sorting; categorizing; addition.
Religion: Daily prayers and songs - God My Father; Angel of God; Grace; Jesus Loves The Little Children; Bible stories; Feast of the Epiphany, Three Kings; God's Animals; friends; kindness.
Science: living things; arctic animals; weather prediction from our Meteorologist of the Day.
Crafts: Three Kings; Jack and Jill stick puppets; kangaroo; ladybug; Lizard's Lollipops booklet; Lion booklet; paper plate snowman; ice skates; winter mittens; mini marshmallows; mailbox.
Practice at Home: Please reinforce upper/lowercase letter recognition and letter sounds. We have been reading two to three letter words (i.e. cab, dad). Review number recognition 1 - 30 and simple addition. I will be introducing subtraction. Continue to practice the proper way to hold pencils/crayons and practice using scissors.
Websites to Explore
www.ABC Mouse.com
www.SheppardSoftware.com
www.JackHartmann.com
www.NickJr.com
www.PbsKids.org
www.Starfall.com
https://www.abcya.com/grades/prek
Alive Studios Zoo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC--cRUfzdeC2G67qlycj6uA?rel=0
Reminder: I would like for you to review the daily work done in school. Always remember all children take such pride in all they do. No matter how their finished product looks, always praise them. They will be having a fantastic Preschool 4 experience.
