PreK3

Religion - "I Can Smell". We will thank God for the gift of smell. We will have a sniff test and see if we can identify things just by using our noses!! We will learn to appreciate our sense of smell and discuss some things that smell good.  Pleasant-smelling things can be given as gifts. Sometimes in church we smell things that smell good. 

Science - We will also use our nose to smell our yummy applesauce that we will make in class.  What else is made from apples? 

Social Studies - Our enthusiastic bunch of preschoolers will welcome a new classmate, Cole Matthews!  Playing and working cooperatively, and helping others at school helps us to be Christ's light.

Language/Literacy - We will focus on letter 'A' this week with engaging songs and hand-on activities such as our Alphabet-eating Alligator and our 'A' is for Apple Pie game. YUM!

Math - Apples come in many colors, even pink! We will focus on sorting objects by a single attribute, color. By using tongs, tweezers, and even our fingers, we will be strengthening those muscles needed to hold a pencil and write!

PreK4

Religion - “God Made My Family”.  We learn understand how family members love and help one another.  We will know that Jesus, Mary and Joseph are the Holy Family.  We will appreciate what our individual family members do for us.  We will also desire to show love and concern for our family members. 

Science – Apple tasting and graphing.  How did different liquids affect our cut apple? How does an apple grow? Living vs. nonliving. 

Social Studies – You can trust a friend. 

OWL – PreK4 - Unit 1 – Week 2 – Let’s Be Friends - “What is a friend?” Concept words friend, fun, game, laugh, play, together. We will focus on the letter Aa.     We will explore how many words we know that begin with our letter of the week sound. Distinguish between letters and nonletters. Segment sentences into words. Recognizing the letter Aa in print and in our names. Recognizing objects around us that are the color red. 

Math – Counting objects in different orders, tracing our fingers and making a group of 10, count with one count per item, demonstrate that the last count indicates how many. Sort objects and describe how they are alike and different.

Math:

   PreK3 - Begin to make connections with numerals and their quantities                           while playing our "Wormy" and apple hide and seek game.  

   PreK4 - Sorting various objects into similar and different groups.  Discover                   that objects can be counted.  Recognize colors with a focus on red,                   our color of the month.  Use one to one correspondence to count.                     Count up to 5 objects and demonstrate that the order of counting                       sequence is always the same.

 Science:

  PreK3 -  Explore how apples grow.  Taste and compare various kinds of                          apples and graph our preferences.

  PreK4 -  We will be playing Sound Bingo as we listen and try to identify                            familiar environmental sounds such as a dogs barking and a baby                      crying. We will become more aware of the sounds around us  and                      heighten our sensory awareness.  We are learning an developing                      through play!

 Social Studies:

  PreK3 -  As we get to know each other, we will learn about differences and                      similarities  about our new friends at school.

  PreK4 -  We will meet and learn about the workers at our school.  My Big                        World - the Class Rules.

 Religion:

  PreK3 -  Unit 1 "God Made Me Live".  Lesson 2  "I Can See".  We will                              learn that God gave us eyes to see.  We will thank God for the gift                    of sight.  We will listen to the story of the lost coin.

 Owl (Opening the world of Learning):

                *This comprehensive pre-kindergarten curriculum is used in our Pre-                 K 4 classroom.

                Unit 1 "Welcome New Friends" - Week 1 - "What makes each of                       us special?"  Concept words:  boy, classroom, different, girl, grow,                     same.  Amazing words:  confuse, exciting, favorite, frown, grin,                         nervous. We will focus on phonological awareness with letter                             and environmental sounds.  We will learn what is a letter, the letters                   in our name, and others names.  We will explore the concept of alike                 versus different.