Catholic Schools Week: Each day we are celebrating what makes Catholic schools and our community! Please participate in these activities which make our Catholic Schools great!
Monday: Celebrate our School 100 Years! Dress like a 100 year old!
Tuesday: Celebrate Our Parents & Volunteers - Blessing for Parents & Volunteers at Mass
Wednesday: Celebrate Our Staff
Thursday: Celebrate Our Community - Pillow Drive for Bedding Ministry
Friday: Celebrate Our Students - Spirit Wear Dress Down
Kick-Off - Sunday, January 29 - Celebrating our Parish
Mass at 9 am Open House, Pancake Breakfast, and Book Fair
Hope to see you there!
Preschool 3
Religion - Unit 4 - God Made Me Active: “I Can Pray”.
The children will express an understanding that God hears prayers. They will begin the habit of praying, and understand they can pray alone or with others.
*Catholic Schools Week: Preschoolers will be involved in creating rosary cross zipper pulls for their backpacks.
‘Oo’ is for Obstacle Course - Preschoolers will be involved in completing an obstacle course. Activities such as these build coordination, listening skills, gross motor skills, spatial awareness, and are FUN! The children will listen for cues using directional words such as over, under, on top, between to successfully maneuver through the obstacles.
Science - Here We Glow! Preschoolers will experiment using neon colors in an oil solution. They will make observations as the glow in the dark paint is added to the oil. The children will use scientific tools such as pipettes to complete their experiment.
Language/Literacy - Recognizing names in print. Recognizing letters in name. Enhancing listening skills with two step directions. Motivation to read: imitate reading behaviors. Letter Focus of the Week: Oo. Home/school connection: bring an item to school that begins with ‘O’.
Math - Comparing. Recognizing similarities in objects. Critical thinking skills: matching shadows to objects. Counting 1-10.
Specials - Music with Mr. Showstead, Media with Mrs. Hoglund.
PreK 4
Religion - Celebrating our Catholic Schools! Pflaum Seeds Weeklies: Jesus finds friends to help to do his work. The children will identify ways they help at home. They will recognize that Jeus chose special friends to help with his work. The children will identify the Pope as the leader of all the Catholic parishes in the world. They will celebrate being friends and followers of Jesus.
Social Studies - Groundhogs Day! February 2 is Groundhog Day. Preschoolers will learn about this hibernating animal and be introduced to the traditions of this holiday. Making predictions. “Will Groundhog see his shadow?” They will survey their friends, collect the data, and graph their results.
Literacy - Heggerty Lesson Overview Lesson Overview: Weeks 13-18. Preschoolers will:
- Recognize rhyming words from non-rhyming words
- Isolate the initial sound in spoken words
- Learn to blend two parts into a spoken word
- Learn to isolate the medial sound in a spoken word
- Learn to segment a spoken word into two party: onset and rime
- Manipulate the initial phoneme in z spoken work by adding and deleting the first sound.
Focus of the Week: Oo. Home/school connection: bring an item to school that begins with ‘O’.
Rhyming Bag: Preschoolers will use rhyming clues to identify objects brought from home
Math - Number & Operations. Use concrete models to make 5. Create word problems for making 5. Count items in any order Adding 1 more. Compare sets of up to five. Problem solving with sets up to five. Collecting data, adding data to graphic organizer, analyzing results.
Science - Shadow Science: “What makes a shadow?” The children will learn what makes a shadow. They will enjoy creating their own shadows. Preschoolers will make predictions whether materials will create a shadow or not.
Specials - Music with Mr. Showstead, Media with Mrs. Hoglund.
Preschool+Plus
Super Science - A Long Winter’s Nap Science Focus: hibernation. Theme Vocab: winter, dormice, hibernate, hedgehog, snoozing, dozing, tortoise, slumbering, toad, resting, dreaming. Skills: group discussion, read-aloud comprehension, concepts of print, critical thinking, vocab, number recognition.
STEM - Birds Beak Buffet. Preschoolers will investigate bird’s beaks and understand that they are shaped according to what a bird eats! They will experiment using various tools such as slotted spoons, tweezers, straws to see how shapes of beaks can pick up certain foods. The children will observe various shapes/sizes of birds nests, and recognize materials birds use to build each one. They will be challenged to construct a nest that can hold an egg.
