PreK 3

Religion - Unit 4 - God Made Me Active - “I Can Move”. God made us able to move, and our movements can praise God. The children will appreciate and enjoy their ability to move. 

Social Studies - Understanding that people have diverse characteristics, interests, and abilities.

Science - Melting Ice Experiment. “What will happen to ice in warm temperatures?” Making predictions, observations, evaluating results, using language to express ideas about experiments. 

Language/Literacy - Encouraging language as a social tool. Communicating with friends in play situations. Rhymes & Fingerplays to promote listening, language and vocabulary skills.

Math - Sorting by single attribute. M is for Mixing! Color mixing. Preschoolers will make observations when primary colors are mixed. Using hands-on activities, they will gain awareness of how colors are created. 

PreK 4

Religion -  Special Lesson: God Made Me Appreciate Differences. God made no two people alike. All people are the body of Christ. Not just the people who look like us. We all have differences. We will focus on accepting and celebrating  differences. When we celebrate our differences as humans, we care about each other and communicate with each other.  As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

Pflaum Seeds:  Unit 2.  Lesson Theme:  Jesus is the Son of God.  Baptism of the Lord.  Objectives:  The children will appreciate that Jesus lived a human life just as they do.  The children will understand that Jesus was chosen by God to do special work, just as they are at their Baptisms.  The children will identify that Jesus was baptized as they were baptized.

**Please have your child bring in photos of their baptism, or photos of their siblings at siblings. We look forward to sharing these memories with our friends.

Science -  Hot/Cold. “How does temperature affect snow?” Thermometer - use of weather tools for measuring hot/cold. Categorizing weather activities. Documenting results. Snow investigation: Preschoolers will use scientific tools to observe and make conclusions about snowflakes. Experiment: snowman melt/ice melt. 

Literacy/Language - Heggerty 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 party into a spoken word

• Learn to isolate the medial sound in a spoken word.

• Learn to segment a spoken word into two parts, onset and rime.

• Manipulate the initial phoneme in a spoken word by adding and deleting the first sound.

 Answer questions about a book. Retell a story. Narrate a story. Sequencing steps to build a snowman. Identify similar/different beginning sounds. Sequence 4 step. Letter Focus of the Week: Mm (cont’d).

Math - Geometry: Name and describe attributes of common solid shapes: cone, cube, sphere. Identify and combine solid shapes to create new ones. Create common three-dimensional shapes. Demonstrate that the order of counting sequence is always the same. Extending patterns. Graphing 2-D flat shapes. Sorting by size. 

Social Studies - Scholastic My BIG World: It’s a Snowy Day! Science Focus: snow. Theme Vocab Words: snowy, footprints, snowman, snow angel. Skills: group discussion, critical thinking, vocab, letter recognition. 

Specials - Music with Mr. Showstead, Media with Mrs. Hoglund

Preschool+Plus

World Travelers -  Arctic and Antarctic. Preschoolers will be introduced to these polar regions and discover the unique characteristics of each. They will be introduced to new geographical terms such as polar, tundra, and desert,  and animals such as caribou, arctic tern, and lemming. They will classify animals that live in the North Pole, South Pole, and both!  The children will learn about animal adaptations that allow animals to survive in this severe climate: Blubber experiment. Weather permitting, they will make their own Arctic Exploration!