Religion Objectives:  

God Made Living Things: God Made Birds - The children know that God made the birds, realize that God cares for all creation and believe that God takes care of them. 

Seeds: Jesus wants us to pray - The children will identify things that are out of place, will recognize the importance of praying and make their own prayer book. 

We will go to mass with our Prayer Buddies on Tuesday. Shamrock Trinity lesson. 

Science Objectives: 

Flipping a rainbow – This is a basic demonstration of light refraction (bending of the light) and reflection.  What a rainbow shines, what colors do you see? What makes a rainbow? 

We will compare characteristics of living and non-living things.  We will recognize, observe and discuss the relationship between organisms and their environment. We will observe and describe what happens during changes in the Earth.

 Hot/Cold sorting. 

Social Studies: 

We will identify roles in our community.  We will use language to identify and compare feelings. 

Literacy Objectives: 

OWL: Unit 5 – Week 2 – What are jungle animals like? Concept words elephant, frog, lion, monkey, parrot and zebra. Amazing words chase, collect, complain, mistake, pattern and splash.  Use language in a discussion with complete sentences. Respond appropriately. Name it/Say it with alphabet. Identify beginning letter sounds. Differentiate between upper and lower case letters. Make it/break it onset and rime. Create words by adding beginning sounds to rimes. Count words in sentences. What’s my word? Understand the meaning of words.  Engage in pre-reading and reading activities with concepts of print and tracking. Answer questions about a book.  Retell a story. Compare and contrast animals.  Positional words with our Leprechaun. Journaling about the winter season. 

Math Objectives: 

Create, extend and recognize patterns using sounds, colors, and people. Identify color words – yellow, orange, red and green.  Find the missing numbers.  Shamrock puzzle making. 

Afternoon Enrichment: 

Monday: The children will begin their study of Ireland.

Tuesday: IXL exploration and Bob Books app. 

Wednesday: Afternoon Gym and Media CAPE with Mrs. Beyer’s class.  Letter Rr alphabet page.

Thursday: Author study with Dr. Seuss with There is a Wocket in My Pocket.  We will explore rhyming and create our own wocket in our pocket. Music in the Box with Mrs. Beyer’s class.

Friday:  STEAM challenge – Leprechaun Trap.  Mindfulness class with Miss Angie!