PreK 3

Religion - Unit 3 -”God Made Me Happy - I Can Sing” .The children will express an understanding that a song can be a prayer. They will thank God the Father for the gift of song. The children will learn about Mary and the angels.

Science - ‘Ii’ is for Indian Corn (Flint Corn). The children will understand that corn is a food that is grown on the farm. They will learn that living things grow. This week they will be involved in making observations as we watch our Indian corn grow. Magic Milk Experiment: We will conduct our Magic Milk experiment, using an ingredient that comes from a farm!

Social Studies - “I” Am Thankful. The children will begin an understanding of what it means to be thankful and grateful.  They will learn about the First Thanksgiving celebration between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans and realize this is the event we celebrate.

Literacy/Language - Seasonal songs, rhymes, and stories to help foster auditory memory, sequencing, and build oral language skills.  Focus Letter of the Week:  Ii. Home/school connection: Bring an item that begins with Ii.

Math- Sorting/Matching. Sort shapes by characteristics. Match same shapes of varying sizes. Name basic shapes. Color Focus of the Month: BROWN.

PreK 4

Religion - 

The Gratitude Game -We will continue our discussion on the many blessings in our lives with this hands-on activity as we prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday. 

Social Studies  - Scholastic My BIG World: Happy Hibernating, Hedgehog!

Science Focus: hibernation. Theme Vocab: hibernation, hedgehogs, beetle, slug, nest. Skills: group discussion, critical thinking, vocab, number order.

Literacy - Oral language: participate in a discussion, use complete sentences, understand meaning of words, answer questions about a book. Heggerty - Phonological awareness/listening comprehension: discriminate and sequence environmental sounds, respond appropriately. Writing: writing our names. Listening comprehension: expanding word knowledge, following directions. Oral language: expand understanding. Students will gain an understanding of rhyme by hearing and repeating rhyming word pairs. Students will isolate the initial sound in spoken words with focused consonant sounds. Students will learn to blend two words into a compound word. Students will isolate the final sound they hear in a spoken word with focused consonant sounds. Students will learn to segment a compound word into two individual words. Letter Focus of the Week: Ii.

Home/School Connection: Bring an item that begins with Letter Ii.

Math - Geometry: examine and sort a variety of solid shapes, naming sphere & prism. Use location words to describe location of objects. Number & Operations: demonstrate that order of counting sequence is always the same, subtracting 1-4 objects from a set of 4. One to one correspondence.  Color Focus of the Month - BROWN.

Preschool+Plus

World Travelers visit Italy! Ciao, Italia! Preschoolers will be introduced to where Italy is on the map and what it looks like! They will learn the three colors of the flag of Italy and create one of their own using mosaic pieces. The children will be introduced to some yummy foods that are from Italy, and enjoy making one of these tasty treats! They will be introduced to some basic Italian words, and practice counting to 10 in Italian! Molto bene!