Hello Everyone ! 
  Welcome to Pre- K!  I am so excited to have each of you in my class this year. I am looking forward to getting to know each and everyone of you and your families. Let me start off by telling you a little bit about myself, My name is Mrs. Bridget Dean and this is my 19th year teaching. I have been at Saint Joseph School for 18 years. Also, is this my 15th year teaching Pre-K. My favorite part of teaching Pre- K is having the honor of being one of your child's first school experince. I love watching all their faces light up in wonder and excitment when they get something for the first time truly does fill my heart with joy!
     When I am not here at the school teaching, I am a mom to 3 wonderful daughters, Alaina who is 18, Makayla who is 15, and Keira who is 9. All three of my daughters are competivite dancers who keep me on my toes and keep me running! 
            This year in PreK -3 we are going to intoduce students to so many wonders and lessons. We will start with the basics, for example, shapes, colors, tracing and numbers. We also will become super investigators and explore many different things like, who are we, what makes us differnt and how does the world around us work. While doing all of that, we are also going to strengthen our fine motor skills and learn how to interact and share with others. 
            In PreK- 4 we are going to build on the foundation that was laid last year in PreK -3, all while learning new skills and tools to get us ready for the educational path ahead.  We will work toward becoming Super Readers and Super Scientist as we learn about investigating the world around us! 
      When you want to see what our Super Students are up to you can check out our skills of the week tab to see a few of our creations. Also parents remember to check Classtag and Google Classroom everyday to see updates and pictures of what our day looks like in Pre- K. 
      Again I am so exctied to meet all of you and  to kick off this year and welcome all my students into my safe, loving classroom! 

Cheers to a Super Year !!!
Mrs. Dean 

   

Parents please check this tag for any weekly reminders. 
Week of September 21 to September 25: 

• Please make sure you are checking Classtag and Google Classroom daily. 
• Please make sure all supplies have been brought in. 
• For the week of September 28th to October 2nd. All studetns will need a Red, Green and Yellow Apple. Please make sure they have that by September 28th. 

Theme: Welcome to Pre-K 
   We welcomed our Super Class on September 3rd! We went over the rules of the classroom.  We played games and got to know our surroundings in our building. We played outside with our playgorund made just for us !

Week 3 - 
   This week the studnets were evaluated on their skills. This gives us a better idea of what we need to work on as a whole and as an individual. The students also worked on the Letter B and learned all about the Square. 

Week 4 - All about me week. This week we will learn all about each and every student in our class. We will learn what they look like, what their favorite color, food and toy are. We are also going to intorduce them to graphing. We will graph things like eye and hair color. We are also going to create a mini version of each studnet that will hang in the hallway and hold their art work and papers.
   We also are going to celebrate the First Day of Fall. The students will create a First Day of Fall Crown, we are going to mix colors to make fall colors, and the students are going to work their fine motor skills by cutting a lot of fall leaves. 
  The studnets will also work on the Letter C .

Here is an example of a story we listened to: 
All About Me: 



 

Hello All, 
   What an exciting week here in Pre- K, we are going to learn all about apples !!! This week the students will chart their favorite apple, graph different types of apples, lable the parts of an apple, complete the life cycle of an apple, taste 3 kinds of apples , use all 5 senses to describe an apple, investigate and report on an apple, measure apples, count seeds, and even paint with an apple!
   We also will be learnig the letter D and working with our geo-boards to make some fall shapes.