PreK 3

Religion - Unit 3: God Made Me Happy - “I Can Laugh”. The children will know that God is with them. They will appreciate being able to laugh. The children will be introduced to the story of Isaac.

Social Studies- The children will begin to understand that holidays are celebrations of special events. They will participate in birthday celebrations and realize these are also important days we celebrate. The children will realize that these celebrations are meant to honor their friends  and they will participate in our own classroom birthday traditions.

Language/Literacy - Storytime: Increasing listening and attending skills. Integrating visual (pictures) with auditory (spoken words) to facilitate learning.

Math - Use of conventional tools to measure ingredients. Fractions and wholes. Follow directions and sequencing.

PreK 4

Religion - Unit 3 - “God Made the Earth - God Made the Light”. The children will be grateful  to God for the gift of light. They will identify Jesus as light and know that Jesus had the power to heal.

Social Studies - My BIG World with Clifford - “Holiday Countdown”. Exploring ways people celebrate the holidays. Counting/number recognition.

Science - Gumdrop Science: Liquids/solids - identify differences. Placing gumdrops in various liquids, children will predict what will occur. Using information gathered from observations, children will draw conclusions.

Literacy - OWL - Unit 3 - Week 4: All Kinds of Communities - “What kinds of communities do people live in?”. Identify rhyming vs non-rhyming words. Onset/Rime. Alphabet knowledge: Letter review Aa-Kk. Using words to label, describe. Concept words: city, country, farm, neighbor, people, town. Amazing words: bloom, breeze, garden, sprinkle, stem, vine.

Math - Geometry: Name common shapes, identify solid shapes, name and describe attributes of solid shapes, create solid shapes using various materials.