Religion Objectives:  Unit 2 - "God Made Me Good - I Can Help'. The children will know that Jesus helped people. They will be aware of ways they can help others. How can we help each other in our classroom?

 

Science - We enjoyed seeing and tasting different foods made from corn. Questions and conversations about corn led us to discover how it grows as we experiment with sprouting Indian corn in our classroom.

 

Social Studies - Corn is an important part of the Fall Harvest.

 

Language/Literacy - Listening to stories is an exciting part of the day. The children are exposed to new vocabulary, rhyming, alliteration, and patterning which are all skills a reader needs!

 

Math - Counting to 10. Matching shapes.

 

 

Religion - The children will identify the church building as God's house. They will become familiar with some characteristics of a church as we visit our church this week. The children will learn to pray quietly in their hearts and be quiet in church in the presence of God. Seeds: The children will identify ways they can share. They will recognize that god cares for the poor and vulnerable.

 

Science - Our Young Scientists will explore Paleontology by using tools to discover "fossilized dinosaurs" in our dinosaur "eggs". How did these creatures move? What did they eat? Why are they extinct?

 

Literacy  - OWL - Unit 2 - Week 1. "Meet My Family - Who is in our families?" Concept words brother, family, father, grandparent, mother, and sister. Amazing words busy, messy hush, neat, freeze, and sticky. Distinguishing between uppercase/lowercase letters. Identifying letters Aa through Dd. Breaking words into syllables, counting syllables. Combining syllables in words to form compound words. Comparing/contrasting as we identify similarities and differences in families.  Letter of the week: Dd.

 

Math - Number & Operations. Identify number of objects from 1 to 5. Compare sets up to 4. Sort objects/describe groups. Focus on number 4.