PreK 3

Religion - Unit 4 - God Made Me Active - “I Can Move”. God made us able to move, and our movements can praise God. The children will appreciate and enjoy their ability to move. 

Social Studies - Understanding that people have diverse characteristics, interests, and abilities.

Science - Melting Ice Experiment. “What will happen to ice in warm temperatures?” The children will use last week’s experiment as a basis to make their predictions. They will use their observation skills and make comparisons. 

Language/Literacy - Encouraging language as a social tool. Communicating with friends in play situations. Rhymes & Fingerplays to promote listening, language and vocabulary skills.

Math - Sorting by single attribute. One to one correspondence. Categorizing hot/cold items.

PreK 4

Religion - Special Lesson: God Made Me Appreciate Differences. God made no two people alike. All people are the body of Christ. Not just the people who look like us. We all have differences. We will focus on accepting and celebrating  differences. When we celebrate our differences as humans, we care about each other and communicate with each other.  As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

Social Studies -   Penguin Awareness Day - Preschoolers will integrate Math, Science, Social Studies, and Literacy as we spend the day celebrating this Arctic flightless bird!

Science -  Hot/Cold. “How does temperature affect snow?” Thermometer - use of weather tools for measuring hot/cold. Categorizing weather activities. Documenting results. Snow investigation: Preschoolers will use scientific tools to make observe and make conclusions about snowflakes. Experiment: snowman melt/ice melt. 

OWL -  Unit 4 - Week 1: Welcome to the Farm - “What is a farm?”. Beginning sounds. Alphabet Knowledge: name and match uppercase & lowercase letters. Phonological awareness: produce words that begin with same sound. Letter  Review: onset and rime, rhyming words, opposites. Use of positional words. Graphic organizer: bubble map. Concept words: animal, barn, farmer, food, land, plant. Amazing words: turkey, wagon, pen, wool, gate, yard. Names: preschoolers will begin to recognize their last name in print.

Math - Number and operations: use concrete models to make 5. Create and model verbal words problems for making 5. Adding one more to solve a problem.  Measuring using non-standard units. Making directional patterns. Cardinality - last number counted is total. Number & operations: count to 10, count in any order. Solid shapes vs. flat shapes. Review: naming flat shapes.  

Preschool+Plus 

World Travelers - Arctic and Antarctic. Preschoolers will be introduced to these polar regions and discover the unique characteristics of each. They will be introduced to new geographical terms such as polar, tundra, and dessert, and animals such as caribou, arctic tern, and lemming. They will classify animals that live in the North Pole, South Pole, and both!  The children will learn about animal adaptations that allow animals to survive in this severe climate: Science - Blubber experiment.