Classroom Countdown 

                                       Preschool’s Summer Celebration

It has been an amazing year of preschool, and we are excited to count down the days til summer vacation! We look forward to sharing this fun list of activities with your preschooler during our last full week together! 

Monday 5/25 - No School

Tuesday 5/26 - Sidewalk Chalk Painting (PreK 4)

                         Dress to make a mess!

Wednesday 5/27 - Beach Day (Preschool 3’s & PreK 4)

                              Get ready for some FUN in the SUN!

                              You are invited to wear hats and sunglasses!

Thursday, 5/28 - Bubbles & Buddy Visits (PreK 4)

                         Let’s celebrate with freezy pops & playing at the 

                         park with our Prayer Buddies!

Friday 5/29 - Aloha Preschool 3’s & 4’s

                    Dress Hawaiian and let’s learn a HULA dance!

                    Hula Hoop Fun!

Monday 6/1 - Bye-Bye Breakfast - No Class

                      9 - 10 am - Beyer/Feely

                      Small Playground (Held in classroom in case of rain)

PreK 3

Religion - Special Lesson: Last Day/Summer The children will talk about their plans for summer fun. They will thank God the Father for the experiences of preschool.

Social Studies - Our Preschool Year Together. End of Year Wrap-Up: what e’ve learned, our favorite activities, summer fun!

Language Literacy - Read aloud skills: predictions, comprehension, listening, group discussion.

Math - Counting, shape review: naming/identifying, using 2 attributes (color/shape) to identify an item. 

Music w/ Mr. Showstead. 

PreK 4

Religion - Special Seasons: Last Day/Summer. The children will talk about their plans for summer fun. They will thank God the Father for the experiences of preschool.

Literacy/Language  Alphabet knowledge: naming letter sounds.Motivation to read: engage in pre-reading and reading-related activities, use books and other written materials  Oral language: use language in discussion, respond appropriately, categorize words, demonstrate meaning of words.Comprehension: answer questions about a book. 

Heggerty Lessons 28-35. Students will:

• produce words that rhyme.

• isolate the initial sound in spoken words

• continue to practice phoneme isolation with final and medial (vowel) phonemes in spoken words

• learn to blend 3 phonemes into a spoken word

• learn to segment a spoken work into 3 phonemes

• manipulate the initial phoneme in a spoken word with adding, deleting, and substituting

Social Studies  - Scholastic: My BIG World: “Summer Means FUN!” Learning Objective: Children will think about what summer means to them by discussing favorite summertime activities. Social Studies Focus: summer Page 4 skill: visual discrimination Theme Vocabulary: summer, sandcastles, sprinklers, refreshing Skills We’re Practicing: readaloud comprehension.

Math  - Geometry: comparing/moving shapes, name common shapes, create a picture graph. Numbers & Operations: counting to 20, making 10, writing our numbers 1-12, comparing numbers.

Media with Mrs. Hoglund

Preschool+Plus

World Travelers - Summer at the Beach!! Ahoy, Maties! Get ready to hit the high seas for adventure during our May month-long study of all things OCEAN!  Our seafarers will be introduced  to concepts and features of the beach and ocean, including properties of salt water. Preschoolers will be introduced to new vocabulary such as fluke, anemone, and tide. They will  identify and classify sea animals. We will integrate skills such as addition, by playing the fun game, “Get on My Boat”! 

Pirate Pete’s Phonics: Preschoolers will count and categorize syllables, identify beginning/ending sounds, gain confidence in alphabet knowledge during fun games and activities.