Dear Jesus, please keep us all safe!!
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All assignments and links are on Google Classroom.
Please date all assignments I tell you to put in the copybook.
Daily Work for April 2, 2020
1.  Morning Prayer
2. Letter and Sound Video
3. Reading/ Message Time:   Slugs in Love, How to Teach a Slug to Read
4 Math- Non-Standard  worksheet
5 Music and Movement: do any of the activities you enjoy
6 Religion: Finish the Easter Story and put assignment in copybook.
7 Science: Mrs. Geier has experiments to watch and do on our school Facebook Page
8 Art: Grandmom Moses story and draw a picture of what it looks like from your window.
9 Post your video response on Flipgrid

Daily Work for April 1, 2020

1. Morning Prayer- Please pray for a special intention for Mrs. Driscoll and Nicole
2. Letter and Sound Video everyday
3. Music and Movement- Go Noodle , I added other videos as well.
4 Reading: I'M Dirty 
    Message Time: Click on the Circle with my face on it after they listen to the story and do the Message Time activity I put on Flipgrid.   I read the story myself and did the Message.
5. Religion- Their is a video of the Easter Story.   It is long but watch a little bit at a time with an adult to comment on. Assignment: Look for parts of the story we already heard about in our class bible stories.
Put assignment in copybook. Due Thursday

Daily Work for March 30, 2020
1. Morning Prayer- Please pray for a special intention for Mrs. Driscoll and Nicole
2. Letter and Sound Video everyday
3. Music and Movement- Go Noodle and High Low Game
4 Reading: Alphabet Under Construction  
    Message Time: Click on the Circle with my face on it after they listen to the story and do the Message Time activity I put on Flipgrid.   You will see the white screen only and hear me first, just wait a few seconds and you will see what it is.
5. Religion- Their is a video of the Easter Story.   It is long but watch a little bit at a time with an adult to comment on. Assignment: Look for parts of the story we already heard about in our class bible stories.
Put assignment in copybook. Due Thursday


Daily  Work for March 26, 2020
1. Morning Prayer
2 Letter and Sound Video
3. Music and Movement Video : Go Noodle andCosmic Yoga
4 Road Builders
  - Watch Story Video Road Builders
  - Watch Story Video Road Work
   - Flipgrid Response:  Draw your favorite road machine from the story and share.
5. Printing- Do 3 or 4 samples of the letter lower case v
   
Daily Work for March 24, 2020

1. Morning Prayer
2. Letter and Sound Video
3. Music and Movement: When the Band Comes Marching In.  
      listen and march to the song
      try to find the rhymes
4   Listen to Snip Snap and draw in the copybook what happens next. 
5   Printing- watch the video and print 3 or 4 samples of the letter j
6   Three Little Pigs- watch video and answer the questiion given on FlipGrid.

I would break this up with a nice snack and recess!



If you need info concerning Google Classroom or Fliprid  scroll down below for info.

Daily Work for Monday  March 23, 2020

All sites to use are on Google Classroom

Plan for Parents:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdEoQ7lJvmk

1. Children listen to How Big is a Pig? 

Make note of the opposite terms after they listen to the story.  Maybe say a word and your child should tell you the opposite. yes /no    in/out

 

2.  Stand up next to a wall and talk about how tall family members are. Ask who is taller or shorter?

3.  Possibly go outside and practice running fast or slow, go up steps and down. Etc.

4.  Practice counting things around the house.  Chairs, tables, lights and ask if you have more tables than chairs etc.

5. Each day sing Learn the Letters and Their Sounds Song by Jack Hartman on Youtube

6. Listen to the story Measuring Penny  by Laureen Leedy on Youtube.

7. Practice  printing the lower case r  3 or 4 times in the copybook.  Children should go down and up on the same line and jump off before they reach the top of the line.  Pencil should not come off the paper when making the r. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dbAdV2Gk5Q

 

On the Flip Grid App make a video, say Hi and tells us something about you!

Important Information- Please sign up ASAP   

 

Dear Parents, 

    I hope you are all doing well.   I pray that this will resolve quickly.     For now I am trying to get things up and running.   For now I am going to try to use an app called Flipgrid, Remind, and Google Classroom, as well as the normal classroom homework page online.    If one works better I might just use that. For now, late in the evening so that you will have them in the morning. If we work together the children will not lose what they have learned already and could continue to learn.   

 

Please join Flipgrid by doing the following:

 

Go to  flipgrid.com/obrien3474

The email address is your child’s first initial and then last name   @ btrcs.org

Password is btrcs2029

Ex: bsmith@btrcs.org

 

They have an app for your phone that you can use  if you are not able to use it on your pc.

 

Please join Google Classroom

My class code is csniwyg

 

Join a class with a class code

1. Go to classroom.google.com and click Sign In. Sign in with your Google Account. For example, you@yourschool.edu or you@gmail.com. ...

2. At the top, click Add. Join class.

3. Enter the class code your teacher gave you and click Join. A class code consists of 6 or 7 letters or numbers.

Same email for the child as above.

 

There will be times I ask you to do things in their copybook as normal.

I will also try to send videos.  

If you have any questions please  send a remind.

 

Check  class website on the school website.  Click on Faculty click on green circle and you will find the homework page.    

 

Just for fun you can post a video on the flipgrid site until I get it completely up and running.

 

Thanks

Mrs. O’Brien

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Preschool B - Mrs. O’Brien

 

Optional Supplemental Work

 

Dear Parents,

    We were going to read the  following stories for St. Patrick’s Day.  If you would like to put the following into a Google Search, you will find videos  for the children to enjoy for St. Patrick’s Day. You may also do the St. Patrick Days papers sent home on Friday.  If your child was not in do not worry about it. There are also many St. Patrick coloring pages online for free.

 

Tomie De Paola    St. Patrick story video

Tomie De Paola     Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato

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March 13, 2020

 

Dear Parents,

     I just wanted to connect with you personally concerning the next two weeks.   This is truly a first for me after 33 years of teaching. I am going to try to help the children keep up with the work I planned to accomplish during school hours, with your help at home.   I hope this will work out, and if there are any problems or confusions please contact me either by email: jo’brien @btrcs.org or by using the Remind app.   

    The work that was sent home on Thursday in the folder is to be done the first five days that we are out.  I will send additional work and a few supplementary material as well. The children in class today brought home in their regular folders a few worksheets concerning St. Patrick’s Day, St. Joseph’s Day etc.   Please do not do anything with them for now until I let you know what to do.  

      I will pray that all of you remain healthy.  I also hope that this might give us some time to spend a little extra time with our families and appreciate all that we do have.   I will also pray that God will help all of those who are suffering financially due to this horrible situation.

 

Sincerely,

Mrs. O’Brien

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Blessed Trinity Catholic School        March 9, 2020

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org                                                          

 

 Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/      

Reminders:

• Please try to send in a donation for our Spring Fling Basket.  We could use anything to do with sports: balls, sports water bottles, sweat bands, etc.

• Please check folders each evening.

• Please do not forget to send in an absent note when your child is out for any reason.  They are turned in at the end of the year.

• Environmental Print- We have been working on another facet of reading with the children.  They were having a great time using this method. We took words that they see at the supermarket and in the neighborhood to use in our reading lessons.  Please cut out the names along with logos of products or places that the children are familiar with in their lives. Send them into class this week to add to our lessons. Ask your children to read words they are familiar with as you walk, drive or shop.   

Examples:

 

Homework:

Tuesday-  Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Draw a picture in the copybook of your favorite New Testament Bible Story that we read about. 

Wednesday -  Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight. Print the numerals 1 to 10 in the copybook (parent)  Ask your child what numbers come before and after a certain number.

What comes before 5?   What comes after 7? Do this for a little while and note how your child does in the copybook.

  

Thursday-  Print 2 or 3 of the sample letter for tonight.  Read a story to your child and ask your child to tell you  the names of the characters in the copybook. Write them down.
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Blessed Trinity Catholic School        March 2, 2020

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org                                                          Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/      

Remind: Send a text to 81010 and text this message to  @newbta

Friday is a 12:40 dismissal for a faculty meeting. Pastor Holiday, March 9th.

Sleep: Mrs. Driscoll and I have noticed that quite a few of the children have been very tired lately.  A few are literally dozing during activities before lunch. When they take a nap they are in a deep sleep, and sometimes it is difficult to wake them up. Please make sure the children are going to bed early.   I know it can be hard, but they put in a full day and need their sleep. In fact, children of this age should have between 10 and 13 hours of sleep each night. This will become even more difficult when the days grow longer and they want to play outside after dinner! 

Spring Fling: if at all possible send in a donation to our Preschool Spring Fling Basket.

We are asking for donations that have to do with sports: balls, sports water bottles, frisbees  etc. by March 30, 2020

 

• Tools and their use

• Children  will do simple addition

• Continue work with printing

• The setting, plot and characters of a story.

•  The Season of Lent

 

Homework:

• Monday: Print 3 or 4  of the sample letter for tonight.  

            A tool is anything that will help you do a job. Cut out three small pictures of tools                 and bring them into class. Please put names on the back of the pictures. Do not put in copybook.                                           

• Tuesday: Print 3 or 4 of the sample letter for tonight. Make a list of the people in your house.   Think of one tool that each person uses and print it in the copybook.

• Wednesday: Print 3 or 4 of the sample letter for tonight. Ask your child to print the words: bat, and  hot. Do not help them spell the words at all. Just say the word slowly a few times making each sound that you see in the word. Comment on how your child did with this activity.

• Thursday:Print 3 or 4 of the sample letter for tonight  Please fill in good deeds on the Lenten Sacrifice Paper.

                          

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Blessed Trinity Catholic School        Feb. 25, 2019 

      Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org                                                          

 

 Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/      

 

Reminders:

Schoolyard: Please do not remain in the schoolyard at dismissal. It is very hard for kindergarten to dismiss when our children are running and playing in the same area.  

Learning: This is always the greatest time of the year with the children.  It is a time when you will really begin to see changes. Please encourage them! And you may really be surprised at how much they can actually do!   

 

What we will be learning:

Continue work with printing

Compare and contrast

Sequence

Patterns, measuring using standard unit

Ash Wednesday and Lent

Homework

Lenten Sacrifice Paper- please have your child color a stone each day of Lent as a thank you to Jesus for his sacrifice for us.  

Monday- Print 3 or 4 of the sample letter.  Print the word cat in the copybook. Change the first letter and make new words.  Let your child try to sound out the words. Comment on how they did in the copybook.  Ex: cat, bat, fat , sat.

Tuesday-Print 3 or 4 of the sample letter.  Parents ask your child to tell you something about the story of the Loaves and the Fishes , and print it in the copybook.

Wednesday-Print 3 or 4 of the sample letter. Put two toys on a table and ask your child to tell you how the toys are the same, and how they are different. Print in copybook.

Thursday-Print 3 or 4 of the sample letter.  If you have a Bible at home your child may bring it to class.

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Blessed Trinity Catholic School        Feb. 18, 2020

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org                                                          

 

 Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/      

 

Reminders

• Don’t forget to do all of the  homework each evening. (both parts)

• Please do not park in the schoolyard or bus zone.

• Please put child’s name on any pictures sent into class.

 

A few things we are learning:

 

Continue work with printing

New Testament Bible Stories

Role of the President of the US  

Compare and Contrast

Patterns        

Balance

Homework

Tuesday-Print 3 or 4 of the sample letter. Ask your child to tell you what they would do if he or she lived in the White House.    Print the answer in the copybook. Also ask if we could balance the potato on the top of a soda bottle, and what helped the potato. Print answer in the copybook.

Wednesday- Print 3 or 4 of the sample letter.  Please clap out a pattern for your child and then see if your child can repeat the same pattern.  Please comment on this assignment in the copybook. Ex: you clap 2 times stop and clap 3 times and then the child tries.    Do a few different patterns and then let your child clap out a pattern for you to repeat. 

 

Thursday- Print 3 or 4 of the sample letter.  Ask your child to tell you two ways that George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are the same, and two ways that they are different.  Print what they say in the copybook.  

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Blessed Trinity Catholic School        Feb. 10, 2020

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org                                                          

 Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/      

 

Reminders

• Please send in Flea Market Items by Feb. 13th. If you have a few extra things it would be fine to send them in.

• Please look at folders each evening.  It is important. Use envelopes marked clearly with your child’s name and purpose when money is sent into school.  Also send in absent notes when your child returns to school.

• IMPORTANT:Please do not drop off in the bus zone, or double park on the other side of the street.  The car loop was set up for that purpose.

• You may bring in Valentine Cards on Thursday. There are 20 Children. Do not put names on the front, and please place them in a rubber band or ziplock bag.

• No classes Friday and Monday- Professional Development for Teachers on Friday,  and President’s Day holiday on Monday.

 

A few things we are learning:

Continue work with printing                      

Matching upper and lower case letters                             

Valentine’s Day is a day to show love

Graphs

We all have talents

Science of balancing

What do Presidents do?

 

Homework:

 

Monday-Print 3 or 4 of the sample letter.  Draw a picture of someone you love and tell why you love that person in the copybook.       

Tuesday-Print 3 or 4 of the sample letter- In your copybook draw a picture of your favorite kind of market that we read about in the past weeks.  

Wednesday- Print 3 or 4 of the sample letter. Ask your child if a potato can balance on a soda bottle?  Ask what we did to the potato. Print the answer in the copybook.

Thursday-Have a Happy Valentine’s Day!                                 

                           

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Blessed Trinity Catholic School        Feb. 3, 2020

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org                                                          

 Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/      

Flea Market Items are due on or before Thursday, Feb. 13th (For this to work everyone has to pitch in)

Valentine’s Day - We will celebrate Valentine’s Day on the 13th.  Please send in cards in the same manner as you did for Christmas.   No names on the front, just sign the card. We are not allowed to have candy in class, but if you would like to send in small,  non-edible treats it would be fine. You do not have to do so. We have 20 children.

Reminders:

• Please check and clean out folders each evening.

• Don’t forget to do both parts of homework each night.

• Thank you for your cooperation last week.  I know it was hard at times!

• Please send in absence notes when the child returns, and put checks and money in envelopes with the child’s name and for what the money is to be used.

• If your child is sick, please keep them home.  

• Remember to only send juice boxes or small water bottles.

A few things we will learn this week:

Compare and contrast stories

Old Testament Bible Stories 

Our place on the map of our world, country, city etc

Continue work with printing

Homework:

Monday- Print 3 of the sample letter. Ask your child to tell you something about Moses. and print it in the copybook.

Tuesday:Print 3 of the sample letter. Pick one of the Nursery Rhymes below, talk to your child about what happened in the rhyme.  Ask your child what happened first, next and last. Print in the copybook.

Wednesday:Print 3  of the sample letter. Bring in three items for our class Flea Market.

Thursday:Print 3 of the sample letter. Read the rhymes below a few times, can your child say one all by himself or herself?  Ask your child if he/she would like to say it to the class? Comment in copybook. 

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, 

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; 

All the king's horses and all the king's men

Couldn’t put Humpty together again. 

Jack and Jill went up the hill 

To fetch a pail of water; 

Jack fell down and broke his crown, 

and Jill came tumbling after

 

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Blessed Trinity Catholic School            January 27, 2020

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org                                                         

 

Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/      

 

Catholic Schools Week Info: See detailed info sent home on Friday

Monday- We honor community helpers and volunteers. Crazy Sock Day

Tuesday-We honor the students- we will have special activities for the children in school. Wear a blue shirt and school pants.

Wednesday- We honor our nation.   Twinning Day - Normal Attire for Pre-K B.  

Thursday- We honor those who have found a vocation in the Catholic Church. It is also Opposite Day. 

 Friday- Teacher Appreciation Day

 We will have a half day schedule.  Please pick your child up by 11:40 AM.

      

 

 A few things we will be learning:

 

• Compare and contrast

• Printing

• Sequencing in stories.

• Circle stories

• Catholic School Pride and  helping our local community

 

Homework:Each evening please print three letters as written in copybook.  Please check your child’s grip.

 

Monday- In a few weeks the children will be having their own flea market.  Please begin to set aside at least three of the ideas below.. Ideas: book,  small safe toy that you do not want anymore, safe costume jewelry, t-shirt that doesn’t fit etc.  Remind children that they will not get the items back.

Tuesday- NO Homework for Student Appreciation Day!

Wednesday- Print three  of the letter printed in the copybook, please remember proper hand grip.

Thursday-Print three of the letter printed in the copybook, please remember proper hand grip.

On the paper provided draw a picture of Father Oliveri (our pastor).  All of the children have seen him at church.

 

                                                     

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Blessed Trinity Catholic School            January 21, 2020

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org                                                          

 

 Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/      

Reminders:

 

• Please practice putting on coats and zipping with your child

• Empty folders each evening.

 

A few things we will be learning:

• A circle story

• Rhyming words

• The importance of God’s creation

• Following a set of directions.

• Introduction to printing.

• Jobs in a supermarket

• Review solid shapes 

 

Homework:Print 3 samples of the letter modeled in the copybook each evening, and the following.

 

Tuesday- We are talking in class about how money is used to purchase things.  We also talked about the idea of bills. Talk with your child about the use of money in your home to pay for things.   Make a list of things that you have to pay for during the week, or month. Ex: food, going to the movies, electric, clothes

 

Wednesday- If you have something that is in the shape of the following bring it into class: sphere, cube, rectangular prism, cylinder, pyramid. (just one)

 

Thursday- Ask your child to point to three things in your house that cost a lot of money.  Do not give them a hint, just write the things in the copybook. After that, discuss with your child if they were correct or not.   For the next week or two mention the cost of things to your child as you go about your daily life.

 

 

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Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org                                                          

January 13, 2020

 Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/      

Reminders:

No School next Monday, January 20, 2020 for Martin Luther King Day

Scholastic Book Club Order is due on Friday, the 17th. You can also order online.

 

• Please check folders each evening.

• Please be sure to do all the homework. 

• Request: Thank you to those who sent in packages to use in our class supermarket, if you have not sent in any please do so by Thursday.  If you have any extras they are welcome.

• Please remember to send back the Field Trip Survey by January 22nd.  We need to order the bus. I also would like everyone to know that we all have to go on the bus, and no siblings are permitted.  This should be a special day for you and your child.

• Also remember white socks, no juice pouches, 

• The heat is our classroom can be unbalanced at times.  If it is particularly cold or windy, a thermal undershirt under the regular gray shirt would be a good idea.   Please use only white or gray. Thanks.

A few things we will be learning.

 

• Supermarkets: categories, farm to market, sorting

• Patterns

• Rhyming words

• Review creation

• Introduction to printing

• Martin Luther King.

 

Homework

Monday- Print the letter of the day three times according to the guide sent home

Remember to use a pointed crayon. 

 

Tuesday- Print the letter of the day three times according to the guide sent home

Think of a television show you watch that is Fiction ( not factual) and  one that is Non-Fiction ( factual, educational, not a story). Print the names in the copybook.  Talk with your child about this together.

Wednesday- Print the letter of the day three times according to the guide sent home

Ask your child to dictate a list of things that your family needs each week at the supermarket.  Don’t give them any help. It should be fun to see the results Write down anything they say.

Thursday- Read a story with your child and see if you can find any rhyming words..   Print the words you found in the copybook.

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 Blessed Trinity Catholic School            January 6, 2020

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org                                                          

 

 Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/      

Reminders:

Friday will be a half day schedule due to a Faculty Meeting.  Dismissal will be at 12:40 A

• Please check folders each evening.

• Please be sure to check all newsletters sent home from the principal, and the school's Facebook page for pictures, activities, and offers for things such as financial aid.

• Please do not be surprised if your child is emotional or upset about leaving you in the next week or so.  It has been a long break and it is extremely normal for this to happen. Just try to get back into the normal routine as quickly as possible, and make sure they get to bed on time, or even a little earlier.  

A few things we will be learning:

• God cares for animals

• Rhyming words

• Shapes

• Introduction to printing

• Sequence

 

Homework: On Friday the children can bring a Christmas Show and Tell.  They should be able to tell who gave it to them, explain why they like it and demonstrate what it does if possible.

Printing: each evening your child should print the sample letter 3 times only.  Please follow sample guide that will be sent home this week. Please use a sharp crayon.

Monday: Print the letter of the day.   Read a story to your child. Talk about what happens first, next, and last.  Write answers in the copybook, along with the name of the story. Keep it simple.

Tuesday: Print the letter of the day.  Bring in a favorite fiction book.  The book would be made up by the author.

Wednesday: Print the letter of the day.  Bring in a nonfiction book. A book that contains facts. It is not made up by the author.

Thursday: Print the letter of the day.  Parent prints the words given and ask your child to tell you a word or two that rhymes with it.  Print the rhyming words under the words given. 

cat         wig cake    Example:  pet

                                                      wet

                                                      get

Important: We are beginning our new theme concerning Supermarkets. Please begin to save a few boxes etc. that the food products come in.  When finished tape them shut and send them into class. Thanks.

 

                    Review shapes each evening please.

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Christmas Information: Please keep for reference. 

If you have any questions just ask.

 

December 18, 2019- Santa’s Secret Workshop - The children are invited to take part in this enjoyable activity.   They are given the opportunity to shop for Christmas presents for their family members. .  Please use the envelope sent home for this activity or any other envelope.. Fill out the names, gender, and age of each person you would like your child to shop for during the workshop, as well as the amount of money to be spent on the gift.  It is best for the preschool children to keep the number of gifts to a minimum. They will be helped at the workshop by an older student. It is easier on everyone if you could send in small bills. 

Ex:  Sister: Susie- Female-Age 4 - $2.00

This is optional, but it is a little difficult when a child does not participate.   If you could even send in $2.00 for your child to buy a present it would make your child feel  part of the occasion. If you have any special circumstances please let me know.   

 

December 19, 2019 - Christmas cards are due to exchange with the other children.  Please sign the inside of the card and leave the outside of the envelope blank.   We have 20 children. Please send them i in a bag with the child’s name printed on it.

 

December 20, 2019 -Small Christmas Presentation for Parents-  Please arrive at the normal school entrance by 12:00.    Children will be dismissed immediately following the show.   Please do not go to the office to sign your older children out after our show.  This would be a big disruption to the remainder of the school. Please remember to tell anyone who picks up your child of the show and change of time.   And please do not park in the bus zone or school yard.

 

December 20 2019 -Christmas Sing-a-Long. (Dec. 20st)- The children will take part in this event.  However, due to space limitations, parents are not allowed to attend. Children will need a plain Dollar Store Santa Hat. (not the fancy kind).  They should wear a pair of pants, and a top in Christmas colors and sneakers. Please no big bows in hair etc. since the hats need to stay on during the show. Santa hats with your child’s name on the inside are due in school on December 19th for practice.

 

Blessed Trinity Catholic School            December 16, 2019

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org                                                          

 

 Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/           

 

Reminders                                                                                                              :

Please see reverse for Very Important  Christmas Information

 

A few things we will be learning:

• Following Directions

• Continuation of the Christmas Story

• Public presentations and manners

• Setting of the story

• Teamwork and classroom pride

 

Homework: 

Monday-    Please do the worksheet sent home with your child tonight.               

 

Tuesday-Allow your child to help with a Christmas preparation, and write down what he did.

Wednesday- Wrap a present or even an empty box with your child.  Let them help with each part of the process. Write down in the copybook how your child did with this task.

Thursday- Draw your favorite part of Christmas in the copybook and label it.  Go to sleep early for our big day tomorrow.

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Dear Parents,

   

Mrs. Driscoll, and I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and New Year filled with love, good health, and much happiness.               

                                                                          Sincerely,

                                                                           Mrs. O’Brien & Mrs. Driscoll

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Blessed Trinity Catholic School            December 9, 2019

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org     Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/  

 

Reminders

• No School this Friday due to Progress Report Conferences

• Reports- The children will be receiving their first report card this week.  The report cards will not be sent home, you will receive the report when you attend a scheduled conference.   This report is more detailed than the Progress Report you received earlier.

• Picture retake on December 12th. Please bring back the original picture unless your child was absent on the first picture day.

 

A few things we will be learning:

• Following Directions

• Continuation of the Christmas Story

• What is patience?

• Animals and their homes

• Teamwork

 

Homework:

 

Monday- Bring in a piece of wrapping paper that shows a pattern.  Please make sure your child can explain the pattern. Ex: candy cane, Santa, snowman, candy cane, Santa, snowman

Tuesday- Ask your child to tell you three things they remember about the story of Jesus’s birth and print it in the copybook.

Wednesday-Work on the Advent Angel Calendar by doing a good deed, and list what your child did in the copybook. Name something you think Baby Jesus would want for His birthday, and tell why in the copybook. 

                                                                                   
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Blessed Trinity Catholic School            December 2, 2019

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org     Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/  

 

Reminders:

Advent Calendar: Today the children will receive an Advent Angel Paper.  The paper will be taped in the copybook. Each day the children are supposed to do something kind or helpful.  After they complete each kind act they should color in a star. It could be considered a gift for Baby Jesue on Christmas.   We will check and discuss the good deeds completed as we go along the road to Christmas.

Early Dismissals. Please send in a note if you are planning to pick up your child early.  If it is an emergency please call the office. Please do not to pick up your child after 2:00 PM.  Please wait until dismissal. The children are sleeping, or waking up right before dismissal and it gets hectic.

School Christmas Show- The children will participate in our annual Christmas Sing Along on the last day of school before the holiday break.   They will need a simple Dollar Store Santa Hat for this show. I just want to give you a heads up!

 

Arrival:- The children should be at school by 7:40 and no later than 7:50.  If you arrive any later than that please take your child to the office to get a late slip. After 7:50 the children are not allowed to come down to the classroom on their own. On certain days we have specials first thing in the morning.  It is possible that the class may be empty and the child could be left on their own. This could be very upsetting to the child.   

 

A few things we will be learning:

 

• Patterns

• Advent and The Christmas Story

• Setting of the story

• Positional words, color words

 

Homework

Pattern Project: due on or before Friday.

On the paper sent home create a pattern with your child.  You can use any type of materials such as stickers, pasta, cereal etc.  Your child should be able to explain the pattern to classmates.

Ex: penny, penny, dime, penny, penny, dime

 

Monday: Pick a nursery rhyme that your child is familiar with, print the name of it and tell the setting (where the rhyme is happening).  Print in copybook.

Ex: Old Mother Hubbard is set in a kitchen.

Tuesday: Work on your project

Wednesday: Place an object somewhere around the house.  Have your child tell you where the object is placed.  Next, let your child place the object and you respond..  Ex: The teddy bear is on the table. The teddy bear is beside the sofa.  Words to use: under, over, in, out, between, on, beside, up, down

Bring in pattern project tomorrow. Comment on this activity in the copybook.

Thursday- Ask your child to tell you what happened when the Angel came to see Mary.  Write what is said in the copybook.

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Blessed Trinity Catholic School            November 18, 2019                           

Pre KB Newsletter                                                                  

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org     Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/  

 

Reminders: 

Turkey in Disguise was due today. Please send in by tomorrow if you forgot.

Please put names on snack bags

Thanksgiving Project - On Friday, November 22nd please send in a nice size apple for your child.  The Red Delicious type works very nicely. The children will not be eating them! Please place the apple in a bag with the child’s name printed clearly on the front.

 

A few things we will be learning: 

 

• God’s gift of creation

• Colors

• Shapes

• The Thanksgiving Story

 

Homework

 

Monday- First, look outside at the trees. Next, draw a picture of what the trees look like now, compared to the beginning of fall.  What is the difference?  

If you forgot your item of clothing to donate, you may send it in by tomorrow to share,

 

Tuesday-  Please talk to your child about spending Thanksgiving with family.  Write down any traditions you have on Thanksgiving Day, and how your family usually spends  your day together. We have had a few great traditions in the past! Ex: Every Thanksgiving morning they wake up and eat pie in their pajamas while they watch the parade.

 

Wednesday- We will send home a Pilgrim’s worksheet.   Point to each picture and ask your child what is happening in the picture.  Please comment in the copybook.

 

Thursday- Have a vote of family members.   Print the family members names and list the type of Thanksgiving pie each likes the best.    We will compare and make a graph on Friday.

Don’t forget to bring in an apple tomorrow.

 

Dear Parents,

     We will not have a newsletter next week.  Therefore, We would like to send heartfelt wishes to you and your families for a wonderful Thanksgiving.                                                                                                        Mrs. O’Brien, Mrs. Driscoll, Mrs. Lau and Miss Lisa

 

Homework for next Monday.

 

Monday (November 25th) - If possible have your child call up a family member or friend and tell the person Thank You for being special to them.    Ex: Call a grandmother and say thank you for coming to visit me, or for babysitting . Call a neighbor and say thank you for letting me play at your house etc.   Write down what you did.     

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Blessed Trinity Catholic School            November 11, 2019

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org     Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/  

 

Reminders:

Please support our Night at the Races this Saturday Night!

Please remember to put names on snacks .

Absence notes are required when your child returns to school.

 

A few things we will be learning:

 

• Introduction to Thanksgiving, and being thankful

• Begin to identify letters with sounds

• Community Helpers

• Taking pride in the jobs you do.

• The idea of history and life in the past

Homework:

 

Monday- Bring in a small picture of a community helper. Please put your child’s name on it, and place it in the ziplock  bag in the folder.

 

Tuesday-Please cut out a picture of water. It can be from any source.  If you decide to use a computer for this, you do not have to print out a big picture.   We use them for collages .

Wednesday- Please  have your child draw and color something he is thankful for on the quilt square.  It would be nice to color the picture.

Thursday- We learned about St. Vincent de Paul in the past week or so.  He was known for helping the poor. If at all possible, please send in one item of child’s clothing that does not fit your child anymore by Monday..  We are going to discuss growing and changing, and then donate the clothes to charity. .



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Little Angels Newsletter                         November 4, 2019                                                             

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org     Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/  

 

Reminders: 

* Please make every effort to be on time in the morning.  If you are later than 7:50 please go to the office to receive a late slip.                                    

*All children should wear the entire winter uniform each day to class.  T-shirt, sweatshirt, sweatpants, and sneakers with white socks. Please put names on them.

* Please put names on all envelopes with the purpose noted on the front.

* Don’t forget napkins each day.

* Pretzel money is due on Wednesday for Friday.

* Taffy money is due on or before Thursday

* Saint Project is due on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Please practice with your child.

 

A few things we will be learning:

• The purpose of elections 

• Working together as a family

• What a saint is, and we will learn about a few named saints in the Church

• Community helpers and being part of different types of communities

Homework:

 

Monday: practice your three facts about your Family Saint, and bring it in on the 9th..

Tuesday:  Ask your child who won the election in class today for President of Preschool.

Ask your child to name one or two things that the President of the class wants to do in our class. Print the answer in the copybook.

Wednesday:  Have your child draw a picture of someone they think could be a saint one day.

Thursday: Using the numerals below,  practice identifying the numerals quickly with your child. Next, put out a set of ten objects and ask your child to count out the quantity of objects that go with each numeral. Please comment on how well your child did on this activity in the copybook.

 

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Little Angels Newsletter                                        October 28, 2019

Blessed Trinity Catholic School                                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org     

Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/  

Remind App: To sign up text  81010@newbta 

 

Reminders:

Dear Parents, 

 

    Halloween is quickly approaching. and I would like to let you know what are plans are this year.

On Thursday, October 31st the children will be allowed to wear Halloween or fall colored attire.  They are are permitted to wear Halloween shirts, hair accessories, silly socks etc. Please no makeup and sneakers are required..   

 

    During the day we will have fun Halloween activities for the children to enjoy.  At the end of the day you may return at 2 o’clock to share a few songs with the children.   We understand that it is difficult for parents to get off from work for everything. For this reason, it would be fine if you just send a relative, a babysitter etc.   If you cannot send someone, simply let me know and we will work something out for your child.  

   

    Non-food treats may be sent in on Thursday, but this is optional. 

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Saint Project:

 

• Please see Saint Paper Project sent home today. The children should be an active part of this project.  They should be able to tell three simple things about this saint. Talk about the saint with your child.  Pick 3 simple facts and print them on the paper. Practice the facts with your child in order that they can share them with the class independently.

• Ex: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton was a Mommy.  She became a Catholic. She was one of the first saints from the United States.  Project is due on November 7, 2019

• Adequate Sleep- We have noticed that the children seem to be very sleepy and a little cranky on Thursdays and Fridays.  I believe it is due to lack of sleep after three or four very busy days. Children of this age should have from 10 to 13 hours of sleep per night. I know this can be difficult at times,  but please take this into consideration. I am sure you know how it is when your child is tired, imagine if you had 21.

• All Saints Day - we are on half day schedule on Nov. 1, 2019. Dismissal is 12:40    A few things we will be learning:

A few things we will be learning:

- role playing

- fine motor skills ripping

- continue to review fire safety rules

- discriminate between same and different

- compare and contrast authors

- discuss being your own person

- the concept of saints

 

Homework:

Monday- Ask your child what to do if there is smoke in a room.    Ask your child what they have to do when I say, LOCK DOWN. Note the answers in the copybook.   It is so sad that we have to do this, but they must be prepared. I just told the children that sometimes we have to hide from bad guys.   

Tuesday -Draw something you like to do, when you are  inside with your family in the fall.

Wednesday- No homework.  Rest up for Halloween, but don’t forget the Saint Project.

Thursday- Enjoy Halloween and follow the rules we talked about to have a great Halloween.  Be safe.

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Blessed Trinity Catholic School            October 21, 2019

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School     Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/  

Remind App: To sign up text  81010@newbta 

 

Reminders:

Chances: please do not forget to return chances sent home.

 

Please make sure all pieces of clothing are marked with the child’s name.and practice putting coats on and off independently.   We will help, but the children must try first.

Please do not double park anytime around the school area.

Don’t forget to check out our school Facebook Page for info and pictures.

 

A few things we will be learning:

• Children will be introduced to typical Catholic prayers.

• Children will understand the idea of “one more”

• Children will continue safety lessons.

• The Rosary

• Children will understand how it feels to be left out.

 

  Begin work on the Saint Project..

 

Monday:

Name something you are afraid of and print it in copybook.  We will share our feelings and discuss how we might be able to calm our fears.

Tuesday: Explain to your child how to use the phones in the house to call 911 in case of an emergency.  We have talked about this in class. It is very important that the children really know how to use the landlines and cells for calling 911. Comment on how they are doing.

Wednesday: In the copybook have your child draw their favorite part of Halloween.  Print what is happening in the picture on the same page. If Mom or Dad would like to draw their own picture it would be fun.

Thursday: Fill out the phone paper sent home with the most important phone number you would want your child to know. Practice this number with your child in the coming weeks.  Return it to school on Friday.

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Halloween Information;
 

 

Dear Parents, 

 

    Halloween is quickly approaching and I would like to let you know what are plans are this year.

On Thursday, October 31st the children will be allowed to wear Halloween or fall colored attire.  They are are permitted to wear Halloween shirts, hair accessories, silly socks etc. Please no makeup and sneakers are required..   

 

    During the day we will have fun Halloween activities for the children to enjoy.  At the end of the day you may return at 2 o’clock to share a few songs with the children.   We understand that it is difficult for parents to get off from work for everything. For this reason, it would be fine if you just send a relative, a babysitter etc.   If you cannot send someone, simply let me know and we will work something out for your child.  

   

    We are not Trick or Treating this year, so please do not send in any treats.     

 

Blessed Trinity Catholic School            October 14, 2019

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org     Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/  

Remind App: To sign up text  81010@newbta 

 

Reminders:

• It would be wonderful if you could practice putting on coats, hats and gloves.  We will help any child who needs the help, but we are aiming for independence. Around November we will have STICKER ZIPPER MONDAYS!  If the children zip their jackets they will get a sticker to put on the front of their copybook.

• Snacks-please send in only one snack, a napkin and names on bags!

• It is important to read the my newsletter each week, the  Principal’s Newsletter online, and check out our school’s Facebook Page.     

 

A few things we will be learning:

• Environmental Print

• Families members and their roles

• Continue work with Fire and Personal Safety

• The Fall Season and Halloween

• Numerals to ten

Homework:

 

Monday- Children learn from their environment.  Have your child pick three items from their bedroom that they use each day.  Print the names of the items in the copybook. Place a post it or index card as a label on, or near the object in their room.   Keep the labels there. Every once in awhile call attention to the words. This will be our first intro to environmental print.

 

Tuesday- Cut out a cute Halloween picture and a scary Halloween picture and place it in the ziplock in the folder. Please put names on the back of each picture.

 

Wednesday- Ask your child to share with you what is wrong with the Fire House Picture we did in school today.

Thursday- Pick up a book and talk to your child about it.  Ask them where is the spine? Does it have a dust cover?  What kind of book is it (hardback, board book, or paperback)? Is it fiction or non-fiction?  Ask who writes the book, and who draws the pictures? Record your child’s answers in the copybook?   Also comment on how you think your child did with these questions.

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Blessed Trinity Catholic School            October 7, 2019

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org     Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/  

Reminders:.

• Friday will be an early dismissal due to a faculty meeting.    (12:40 PM)

• Class Book- We are beginning to send home our first class book.  Please read it with your child and have fun. Make a small comment and return it to class the next day. Be careful of it,  because we do not have another. It is our ORIGINAL!.

• Scholastic Book Club Orders are due on October 14,2019 

• Please make sure your child goes to the bathroom before they come to school.

• Absence Note: Always send in an absent note when your child returns to class.  On the note be sure to include a reason for the absence, since we have to code each absence for the official record.

• If your child orders a hot lunch, please do not send the lunch kit in as well.

 

Book Fair:If you  would like to purchase books from the Book Fair, you are welcome to stop in at  dismissal time. The display is located in the hall directly to the right as you walk into school.  If you cannot do this, just send in an envelope with your child’s name and directions as to how you would like the money spent.  A few of the books on the book fair paper might be sold out. There are a few non-book items. Please send in cash and place the envelope with the child’s name printed clearly  in the folder. If you would prefer that your child not purchase books, that is fine. We only walk the children who are purchasing to the fair and simply put the books in their school bag.  

 

        * Add the word Cover (cover the eyes) after Drop.

 

A few things we will be learning:            

• Fire Safety

• Seasons

• Harvest

• Numbers to ten

• Shapes

 

Homework:

 

Monday: Reread your child’s favorite book from home and bring it to school to share. Please print the name and author of the book in your child’s copybook.  

Tuesday:Practice Stop, Drop, Cover and Roll  (See Illustration Above)

Wednesday:Look around the house for smoke detectors. In the copybook please print where you found your detectors.

Thursday:  Print the numerals 0 to 10 in the copybook.  Take out ten pennies or any other small objects.    Parent makes a set of pennies, child counts the set, and tries to point to the number that answers: How many? Do this for each number, or until the child tires of the activity.  Comment on how your child does on this assignment.

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Blessed Trinity Catholic School            September 30, 2019

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org     Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/   

 

Reminders:    

• Please remember to put names on jackets etc. and practice putting on coats and jackets.  We will help, but we are working on independence.

• Please clean out folders each evening.

• Classroom Book- If you have not sent in  Our Classroom Book entry, please do so as ASAP.  We would like to start sending it home to share.

 

A few things we will be learning:

 

• St. Francis and Our Guardian Angel

• Numerals one to ten and the concept of one more and one less

• The science of apples

• Fall changes

• Introduce Fire Prevention and Safety

• Speech balloons

Homework:

Monday- In the copybook make a list of things members of a family do for each other.

            EX: children can pick up toys to keep the house neat, parents can work to pay for things the family needs, you can make your family laugh by being silly..

Tuesday- Play: One More with your child.

Ex:  Parent says: I have one puppy.    

       Child answers: I have two puppies

Just keep changing the items and numbers.  In the copybook explain how your child did.

Wednesday- Play: One Less with your child.

Ex:  Parent says: I have two fish.    

       Child answers: I have one fish

Just keep changing the items and numbers.  In the copybook explain how your child did.

Thursday: Have your child do something to help around the house.  Write what your child did in the copybook.

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Blessed Trinity Catholic School            September 23, 2019

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org     Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/   

 

Reminders:

  DISMISSAL: IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU PICK YOUR CHILD UP BY 2:30.  The pre-k staff are responsible for CARES, and must be there to watch the CARES children.  There are times when emergencies come up, and we understand that. If that is the case please call school.   If this happens regularly your child will be sent to CARES, and you will be responsible for the ten dollar CARES fee.

•  If you are sending in money please place it in an envelope, with the child’s complete name, Room # 4B, and what it is for.  

• Homework is posted on the website.   Click on Faculty, scroll down to Mrs. O’Brien, click on the green icon, on the side click on homework and you will find the homework.  I also leave the prior weeks’ newsletters for reference.

      

• Please clean out folders each evening, keep the religion papers at home.

• I would like to sincerely thank you for all the cooperation in the past few weeks.   The kids are on the right track. You would be surprised if you saw what they can do already! We had 100% homework!!!!

 

A few things we will be learning:

• The science of apples and the fall harvest

• Sequence of events

• Color words

• Action words

• Fall

• Johnny Appleseed

OVER FOR HOMEWORK

 

Homework:

Monday- bring in a picture of something that reminds you of Fall, please put your child’s name on the back. Pictures should not be an entire page.  Use old magazines or even newspapers. Don’t waste computer ink. 

Tuesday- Play this action game with your child:   Take turns telling each other an action to do and then switch.     Ex: jump, run, dance….. Please print how your child did in the copybook.

Wednesday- Look outside and see if you see any signs of fall coming. Print what changes you see in the copybook.  

Thursday We are learning about Johnny Appleseed.  Ask your child to tell you something about the story we read in class.   

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Blessed Trinity Catholic School            September 16,  2019

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

 

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org                                                                     

Webpage:https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/   

The children are truly coming along great.  You would be shocked if you saw the way they put all of their belongings in their proper places in the morning! I am so proud!

 

Reminders:

Important: Please be on time at dismissal.  Dismissal is at 2:30 PM

 

REMIND APP- Please join the Remind APP if you have not already done so. I will be using this App frequently to text information and reminders. To sign up text  81010@newbta Thank you! 

Names: Please put names on all pieces of clothing, correspondence, fees, etc.

Website: Each week the Newsletter will be posted on the website: www.btrcs.org  (following the links to the Teacher Pages or .https://www.btrcs.org/teachers/obrien-mrs-jacqueline/  .  

Magazines: we will be requesting pictures of various items for homework.  Please ask friends or neighbors to save you their old magazines.   Again, it is silly to use the computer ink to print pictures when you can get them for free. 

Please make sure the children go to the bathroom before they leave for school. 

Scholastic Book Club Order is due on Friday, Sept. 20th. Please make checks out to Scholastic Book Clubs.

 

 

A few things we will be learning:

• Classroom procedures

• Learning how to care for books

• Identifying our names

• Meeting and taking care of our friends  

 

CLASS BOOK -  PLEASE READ THE DIRECTIONS AND COMPLETE YOUR CHILD’S ENTRY FOR THE CLASS BOOK WE ARE MAKING.  THIS IS DUE ON, OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 26th.

 

Over for homework !

 

Homework: We go over homework each day.  Please make sure your child does the homework so that they can share with the class.  If something major comes up please write a little note. Always make sure your child is involved in picking out pictures etc. when it is assigned. 

It is important that the children understand that school books are special.  Please do not let them draw in them unless it is assigned.

 

Monday:We have been reading a book called Pickle Things in class.  Ask your child to tell you something that he or she remembers from the book. Then, in the copybook, print the date and  what your child tells you. If they cannot remember just print that in the book. As a little extra, ask your child who the author of the book is. Write down the name if they can remember.

 

 

Tuesday: Ask your child to tell you the name of a friend from home.  Print the name in the copybook. We will ask each child the name of the friend, and to tell us something about their friend.    Ex: John is my friend and we play trucks together. 

 

Wednesday: Ask your child to name a friend they met in class.  Print it in the copybook.

 

Thursday:Ask your child to draw a picture of something they did this week in school.If parents would like they could draw a picture of something they remember from preschool or kindergarten as well.  You could share your memories. Please have your child draw on the next page. Please do not skip around in the copybook. It makes it difficult when we are checking homework.

 

Friday:  Always check folder and enjoy your weekend.  

 

Copybook - if you tape in the papers sent home during the year; you will have a great memory book at the end of the year!

   

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Blessed Trinity Catholic School            September 9,  2019

Little Angels Newsletter                                                                    

Scholastic Online Code: LX2RZ

School Webpage: www.btrcs.org    

Remind App :     To sign up text  @974cg3 to 81010. Thank you! 

                                         

Reminders:  I’m sorry for all the reminders. We will all get it together in a week or two.   Homework will also be posted on my webpage on the school site.

 Please check out our website: www.btrcs.org and our Blessed Trinity Facebook page. I also hope that you have read the handbook.

REMIND APP- Please join the Remind APP if you have not already done so. I will be using this App frequently to text information and reminders. To sign up text  @974cg3 to 81010. Thank you! 

 

Computer: children need to have a set of headphones for our computer days.  An inexpensive pair will be fine. Please send in as soon as you can, and put your child’s name on them.  They will be returned at the end of the year.

Parking​- Thank you to all those who have not parked in the bus zone.  If you have parked in the zone, I would truly appreciate it if you do not continue to do so.  Parking in the schoolyard is not permitted.

 Folders​- Please check folders each evening and return the folder to the school bag . One of the two folders sent into school will be used in school and will be returned in June.

Post It Notes: as you can imagine, it can get quite busy in class with all the children.  There will be times that you might get a quick reminder or request on a post it note stuck to the copybook or folder.  Please do not be upset if it is right to the point.  

 Library Books​- Your child will borrow a book from the library on most weeks. The book should be returned in three school days.  If the book is not returned, your child will not be able to borrow another book until it is returned, or payment for the book is received.  

Homework​- Homework listed for Monday should be completed that evening and sent in on Tuesday morning.  It is important that homework is completed each evening. If something comes up and it can not be completed please send me a note, and complete it the next evening. The children feel left out when we are going over the homework if they do not have something to share.  This also sets a good precedent for the years to come.

Ziplock- ​We will staple a ziplock bag inside your child’s folder. Please keep it secure and use it to place any small items that are requested that might get lost in the folder. 

 Snacks ​- Please do not forget the following rules: one snack, one napkin, spoons if needed, small water bottle or juice box (no pouches or refillable drink containers) all in a brown bag with name printed on it. Lunch in lunch kit, no metal please. No drinks or soup in plastic thermos, just mac cheese, spaghetti etc.                                             

Birthdays- I have received a school directive that no birthday treats are permitted to be sent in on birthdays.  If you would like to send in a non-food treat such as erasers, pencils or safe little toys etc. it would be fine.

 Forms: if you did not return the forms given to you at our meeting or on the first day please do so by Wednesday.

A few things we will learn:  

 - taking care of library books 

- expressing feelings 

- small motor skills (gluing) 

- our daily schedule 

- sequence 

- identifying our name  

- fast/slow 

- one- to-one correspondence 

 Homework: Please do each evening!    Please do not skip around in the copybook and date each assignment. The children should only use the copybook for homework.

Monday:  Tape the Sign of the Cross paper in the copybook and practice making this sign with your child.

Tuesday: When children come home we often ask, “What did you do in school today?”  Experts tell us to be more specific with preschoolers. Ex: What toys did you play with?  Did you meet a new friend? Ask your child a question about their day in school. Print the question in the copybook and your child’s response.

Wednesday: Review paper sent home in the copybook.     Have a BOOK SEARCH around the house. Talk about the various types of books found.   In the copybook please have the parent print the names of the various people in your family, and write down what kind of books they each like.   Ex: story books, cook books, magazines, novels etc.

Thursday: 

Talk with your child what your family usually does each morning.   Print three or four things you do to get ready to come to school. We will talk about it in class.

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Blessed Trinity School                                             

Little Angels Pre-K

Important information for the week ahead:

REMIND APP- Please join the Remind APP if you have not already done so. I will be using this App   frequently to text information and reminders. To sign up text  @974cg3 to  81010. Thank you! 

Pre K  FIRST WEEK SCHEDULE 

Wednesday, September 4, 2019~ 7:40-12:40
Thursday, September 5, 2019~ 7:40-12:40
Friday, September 6, 2019~ 7:40-12:40


FULL DAYS BEGIN 
Monday, September 9, 2019
7:40-2:30

*Please be on time - if children are not picked up 10 minutes after dismissal
(unless we receive a call/Remind text) ,
they will be sent to CARES 
There will be a fee of $10.00
Thank You!

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Wednesday, September 4th

PreK    7:40 am to 12:45 pm

 PreK will line up by the main doors.
 

Thursday, September 5th and Friday, September 6th
Pre K   7:40 am to 12:45 pm

Full days begin Monday, September 9th

 

• Pre K 7:40 am to 2:30

Important Dates to know:

Breakfast begins September 16th
 

Hot Lunch begins September 23rd
 

Breakfast and Lunch calendars
will be sent home
Monday, September 9th and are due
back to school on
Thursday, September 12th.
 

CARES begins September 9th. 
Calendar must be sent in with payment for the month ahead of time.

FYI - Summer Letter for Reference

  Blessed Trinity Catholic School

                                    Summer 2019

Dear Parents,

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and your child to our preschool.  We would like to express our gratitude for choosing our program for your child. We take this responsibility seriously, and we will strive to make this a very rewarding and happy year for all involved.

We would like to share a bit of information with you. Please keep this information for future reference.

We would like to invite you to our “Opening Meeting” on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 6:00 PM.  You will be greeted at the main entrance of the school on Hawthorne Street, and directed to go to the proper meeting room. This gathering is for adults only.  You may bring your child’s supplies that night. You will receive important information, meet the staff, become familiar with the facilities, and discuss any concerns you may have.  We are looking forward to meeting you.

Our first class will begin on Wednesday, September 4, 2019.  Children will gather in front of the main doors on Hawthorne Street at 7:40 AM.  Students will leave parents at the door, and be brought back to the same doors at 12:40 PM.  All children will report on the first day! We will have a half days of school on Thursday and Friday and full days will begin on Monday, September 9, 2019.

Blessed Trinity Catholic School offers before and after school programs.  If anyone is interested in either CARES programs, please contact the school office for fees and registration information.   Both programs will be available on the first full day of school which is on Monday, September 9, 2019. Full day school hours are 7:40 AM to 2:30 PM.    

The children will come to school each day with the official school gym suit, which is their uniform.  The uniform consists of the official Blessed Trinity Catholic School t-shirt, gym shorts, sweatpants and sweatshirt.  From November 1st until April 1st the children must wear the t-shirt under the sweatshirt along with the sweatpants. Purchasing information will be included in this letter.    Everyday velcro sneakers (no high tops) must be worn to school with the uniform. You may choose the color of your choice, but please do not buy novelty sneakers that light up, play music, or are overly ornate. 

The children will be resting in the afternoon.  In order for the children to be comfortable, we ask that you purchase a nap mat.  Enclosed with this letter is a sample of the exact type mat we are requesting.  The mat must meet the specifications to fit in our storage area and to meet safety requirements. ANY OTHER TYPE OF MAT, OR SLEEPING BAG WILL BE SENT HOME.  If you are unsure, please keep your receipt.

We are looking forward to meeting you.  We hope you enjoy the remainder of the summer.  We pray that God will keep you and your family safe and happy.

                                    Sincerely,

                                    Mrs. O’Brien

                                                                                                                     

       

The pictures below show the exact type of nap mat that the children need for class.  They are easily handled by the children, fit the space allotted in each cubby, and are easily washed.  The mats are warm enough for the winter months, and are comfortable enough in the warmer weather. We have found that they hold up very well. Do not get mats that have Velcro detachable pillows, or the more expensive mats that have extra filling.  Please keep the sales receipt when you buy them to make sure they are the correct type. If the mats are not the correct type, they will be sent home. The mats are available at many local stores, or online (just search Google for nap mats). They are usually priced between $18.00 and $25.00. If the price is higher, it is probably not the correct type of mat.

The dimensions must be: Built-In Pillow 21” W x 46” L

Blessed Trinity Gym Uniforms: shorts, t-shirt, sweatpants and sweatshirts with emblems can be purchased at: Flynn & O’Hara Uniforms or Di Giulios.

Regular plain velcro sneakers and socks.  Color is your choice.

Children’s backpacks should be large enough to fit a folder, copybook, and library book easily.  They should not have wheels. Do not put boxes of crayons or pencil cases in the schoolbag. They are supplied at school.

Please put names on the items sent in.  Products do not need to be name brands. Dollar Store items are fine.  Additional items needed for the classroom per student:  

• 2 folders with child’s name printed clearly on the front

• 1 hardback copybook with name printed on front

• 3 rolls of paper towels

• 2 boxes of tissues

• 1 box of large kitchen trash bags (girls only)

• 1 pack of napkins (girls only)

• 1 large Elmer’s glue stick (Please buy this brand)

• 2 boxes 16 count each Crayola Crayons (Please buy this brand)

• 2 containers of baby wipes

• 1 bottle of hand sanitizer (boys only)

• 1 roll of scotch tape for a dispenser (boys) If you cannot get this type regular is fine.

• 1 ream of paper  

• 1 trifold art board---must be purchased through school.  Cost is $4.00. Please put it in an envelope with your child’s name and “art board” written on the front.

 

For art class the children will need:

1 old t-shirt larger than normal size to be used as a smock

Please save a few old magazines to keep at home to use for assignments throughout the year. Lunchboxes should not be metal.  Detailed information for all other areas of our class routines will be included in the handbook that you will receive at the meeting.