Peek At Our Week December 9 - December 13, 2019
Religion: Christmas - The children will express an understanding that Christmas is a celebration of the birth of God's son Jesus and be able to tell the Christmas story. The children will show gratitude that Jesus came to earth.
Seeds Lesson: John the Baptist shares Jesus' message. The children will learn about the message that the angel Gabriel delivered to Mary as we celebrate the Immaculate Conception. The children will recognize John the Baptist as a messenger who helps us get our hearts ready for Jesus. The children will recognize that, like John the Baptist, Our Lady of Guadalupe shares a message about Jesus.
Special Religion Lesson: "The Legend of the Candy Cane": the legend of the candy cane shows us that the candy cane was designed to be a delicious reminder of what Christmas is all about - Jesus.
Science: Candy Cane Science. The children will predict what will happen to a candy cane when we put them in different liquids...hot water, cold water, vinegar, and soda. Will they disappear, explode, lose their stripes or will nothing happen??
The children will also "plant a candy cane" and see if it will grow over the next week.
Literacy: OWL - Unit 3 - Week 3, The Places We Go: "What can we do in our community?" Phonological awareness: blend onset and rime, compare sounds that begin words. Alphabet knowledge: name letter and recognize letter sounds. Concept of print. Oral language: demonstrate understanding of words, categorize words, demonstrate meaning of words. Name upper/lowercase letters Aa - Kk. Focus letter of the week Kk.
Concept words: gym, mall, movie theater, restaurant,m supermarket, zoo. Amazing words: delicious, stir, dough, lovely, sip, ingredient.
Math: Geometry: Name common shapes, identify solid shapes, name and describe attributes of solid shapes, create solid shapes using various materials. Ten frame: using a graphic tool to foster math skills & concepts. Ordering by size. Representing & writing numbers 1 - 12. Measuring: using non-standard units. Patterning.
**POLAR EXPRESS DAY** Preschoolers will participate in a variety of activities centered around the beloved holiday classic, "The Polar Express", by Chris Van Allsburg.
Afternoon Enrichment:
Monday: "Our World and Beyond": We will travel to Mexico. The Children will learn to say hello and good-bye in Spanish as well as count to 10. The children will decorate a Mexican hat (sombrero) and will then learn the Mexican Hat Dance.
Tuesday: Focus number 12. The children will be able to identify number 12, write tally marks and sort 12 objects. IXL Math.
Wednesday: Gym with Mrs. Beyer's Class. Focus letter of the week Kk. The children will go on a letter hunt, play a memory game, and a letter guessing game.
Thursday: "Bushel of Books": We will continue our Gingerbread theme. We will read the original Gingerbread Story as well as "Gingerbread Pirates". The children will "write the room" looking for gingerbread words.
**LITTLE KNIGHTS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM ** FRIDAY DECEMBER 13TH
We look forward to sharing our special songs of the Christmas Season with you all!
