Week at a Glance October 3 – October 7, 2016

Religion Objectives:  

“God Made Churches”.  The children will identify the Church building as God’s house.  We learned to be quiet in the presence of God.  We will become familiar with some of the characteristics of a church and learn to pray quietly in their hearts. 

Science Objectives:    

We will explore foods that are good for us.  We will learn why washing our hands keep us healthy. We will observe how we grow and change.  We will harvest our pumpkins if the weather cooperates and learn what we can make from pumpkins.  We will talk about fire safety and learn to “Stop, Drop and Roll!” 

Social Studies Objectives:    

We will talk about how to help someone who is ill and how to make them feel better.  We will discuss things that are the same at school and at home.

 Literacy Objectives: 

OWL - Unit 2 – Week 2 - “Caring and Sharing – How do family member care for one another?” Concept words baby, care, child, grown-up, hug and tear. Amazing words sob, whisper, lullaby, learn and pediatrician.  Make It: onset and rhyme.  Naming our letters.  Build a word. Find letters in print and in the environment. Break apart words into syllables and blend syllables.  Blend and segment compound words. Separate sentences into words. Speak sentences using the correct inflection for the punctuation mark.  Letter of the week Ee.

 Math Objectives: 

Counting four in any order, combining sets to make four, and pulling four apart.  We will also make and draw patterns, practice 1:1 correspondence and learn attributes of shapes – circle, square, triangle, rectangle and hexagon. 

Afternoon Enrichment: 

Engineering challenges – build structure using different kinds of bases, craft sticks, cups (of different sizes and materials) and wooden cubes.  We will rainbow write our name, hunt for number “2”, letter Ee letter book page and practice with IXL math.