Pre-K 3

Religion -  Special Lesson: Feast of All Saints. The children will explain that the Feast of All Saints is a celebration of the saints, who are friends of God's Son, Jesus. They will understand that saints are people who acted like Jesus. The children will begin to understand that the Communion of Saints is all Christians, both living and in heaven who follow Jesus and act like saints. 

Science - Autumn Leaf Science. Preschoolers will compare shapes of leaves. They will observe attributes of a leaf. We will discuss characteristics of our leaves, and begin an understanding of why leaves change colors in Autumn.

Language/Literacy -  Recognizing our name in print. Connecting spoken words to words in print. Using language to communicate ideas. Letter Focus of the Week: Gg. Home/School Connection: Bring an item that begins with Letter Gg.

Math - Comparing size and shape: big and small, short and tall. Matching colors.

Pre-K 4

Religion -   Special Lesson: Feast of All Saints.The children will begin to understand that the Feast of All Saints is a celebrations of saints, who are followers of God's Son, Jesus. They will listen to the story of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. They will express an understanding that the Communion of Saints is all Christians, both living and in heaven, who follow Jesus, and that the children are to be saints.

Language/Literacy - Motivation to read: engage in pre-reading/reading -related activities.  Phonological awareness: delete part of a compound word, blend onset and rime, clap syllables. Oral language: participate in a discussion, use complete sentences, understand meaning of words, answer questions about a book. Letter Focus of the Week: Gg. Home/School Connection: Bring an item that begins with Letter Gg.

Special Literacy Unit: “The Three Billy Goats Gruff”. Preschoolers will compare and contrast several versions of this Norwegian fairy tale. We will introduce story concepts such as beginning, middle, and end, and discuss characters and setting in our stories. We will vote for our favorite story.

Math - Number & Operations: use concrete models and make word problems for subtracting from 1 to 5 objects, adding up to 4 objects. Writing numbers 1 - 5. Understand that the order of counting does not change the number. Count up to 10 objects. Cardinality: demonstrate that last count indicates how many.

STEAM - The Three Billy Goats Gruff. The children will use the engineering design process to create a paper bridge and test it’s strength/effectiveness as they retell the story using their art-inspired troll. 

Preschool+Plus

Religion: Buddy Mass. Preschoolers will attend Mass with their Prayer Buddies.

Book Club - Preschoolers will be introduced to the dynamic duo of author, Audrey Wood, and her husband, illustrator Don Wood.

“The Birthday Queen”: The children will participate in making birthday cake cloud dough. Skills involved: following directions, measuring ingredients, observing cause and effect as ingredients are combined, sensory exploration.

“King Bidgood”: Preschoolers will engage in a variety of language and literacy activities to help promote and develop their emergent writing skills

“The Napping House”. We will focus on the single setting, and sequence characters and events in this favorite of Mrs. Truskowski’s!

Media with Mrs. Hoglund - Discovering Egypt!! World Travelers love combining our Media experiences with our monthly international visits!