Religion Objectives:  

Seeds – We welcome Jesus. The children will recognize ways of welcoming people and understand the importance of preparing for a welcoming event. The children will learn how people welcomed Jesus to Jerusalem. 

God Made Surprises: God Made Butterflies – The children will marvel at the special wonders of the earth and know that forms of life change. The children will praise and thank God.  

Why is there a cross? We will read the story by Kathleen Bostrom. 

Literacy Objectives: 

OWL - Unit 6 – Week 1 – What happens when day changes to night?  Concept words cloud, day, moon, night, sky and star. Amazing words awaken, cozy, bundle, pale, scurry and spot.  Identify daily routines. Assume various roles and responsibilities as part of a classroom community. Make It: blend phonemes, produce and identify rhyming words, letter naming, naming and identifying letter sounds, and concepts of print. Use language in a discussion and respond appropriately. Categorize and classify words.  Demonstrate the understanding of the meaning of words. Pre-reading and reading activities with shared reading. Answer questions about a book. Retell a story. 

Math Objectives: 

Counting 6 and 7, making sets of 6 and 7, making smaller sets from 6 and 7. Recognize numerals 0 – 9. Which number is largest? Which number is larger? Which number is smaller? Shortest to tallest. Coordinate sequence of movements. Patterning with bears.

Science Objectives: 

Investigate and describe sources of electricity.  Identify good habits of exercise and rest.  Identify and discuss objects in the sky. Using our five senses to describe Peeps.  Peeps taste testing.

Social Studies Objectives: 

Use words to share information.  Identify characteristics of families.  Recognize that we can get information through technology. 

Teddy Bear Tea: 

We will journal about our special friend that we brought to school.  Measuring and comparing the sizes of bears and furry friends brought to the tea. Graphing and analyzing the data for the kinds of friends brought to the tea. Estimation using gummy bears. Recording descriptive information about our furry friends. Using language to describe our furry friends.  Experiment with different liquids and their effect on gummy bears.  Making a Venn diagram of the information we learned about bears vs. our furry friends. 

Afternoon Enrichment: 

Monday: No School.  

Tuesday: IXL Math and Storyline Online

Wednesday: Afternoon Gym and Media CAPE with Mrs. Beyer’s class. 

Thursday: Author exploration of Jan Thomas.  Identify, sorting and producing rhyme.

Friday:  STEAM challenge – Construct houses for our Peeps.  Mindfulness class with Miss Angie!