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.

PreK 3

Religion - Advent: The children will know that Christmas is Jesus’ birthday. They will understand that sometimes we show our love by giving gifts, and God’s gift to us is Jesus.

Social Studies - St. Nicholas Day. The children will learn about how different people around the world celebrate the coming of Santa Claus. The children will hear the story of the real Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children. They will learn that he was generous and helped others by giving them gold coins.

Language/Literacy - Shared book experience. Building oral language through repeated readings of favorite stories to encourage children to “read” along on parts of the story they remember. Use of rhyme and alliteration to build phonological awareness. Focus on Letter of the Week: Kk

Math - Observing similarities and differences of attributes to sort and classify. Focus on color: Green.

PreK 4

Religion - Advent: The children will be excited about preparing for the birth of Baby Jesus. They will know that at Christmas we celebrate the birth of Jesus. The children will desire to prepare for Jesus’ birthday and think of several kind acts they might perform as a gift for Jesus.Seeds: 2nd Sunday of Advent. The children will understand that Jesus has a mother and father.

Social Studies - Christmas Around the World. The children will hear the story of the real Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children. They will learn that he was generous and often helped  others. The children will learn about St. Nicholas Day and what tradition means.

Science - Growing Crystals on Christmas Trees: Using cardboard “trees” and a salt solution, we will observe “capillary action” occurring as our salt solution is wicked up into the trees! When the water evaporates, it forces the salt to crystallize. Beautiful!

Literacy - OWL - Unit 3 - Week 3: The Places We Go - “What can we do in our community?”. Blend onset and rime. Categorize words. Identify ending punctuation. Answer questions about a book. Retell a story. Review: Name uppercase and lowercase letters and recognize sounds Aa-Jj. Identify similar/different beginning sounds. Delete syllable from words.

Math - Geometry: Name common solid shapes: cone, cube, sphere. Create common three-dimensional shapes.