Week at a Glance - February 13 - February 17

PreK 3 
 

Religion -  Special Lesson 8: Valentine’s Day. God loves us. The children will know that God loves them. They will gain a desire to show love to others.

Social Studies - February 14 is for friends! Getting along with friends. Using kind words when communicating with others. Games and activities to encourage cooperation and promote friendship.

Language/Literacy - Rhyming. Same & Different. Letter recognition Aa-Nn. Focus on letter of the Week: Oo.

Math - Recognizing attributes of basic shapes. Identifying/sorting shapes. Focus on shape of the week: Heart. Count to 10.

PreK 4

Religion - Special Lesson 8: Valentine’s Day. On Valentine’s Day we express love. The children will know that on Valentine’s Day we show love. They will be grateful for God’s love. Valentine’s Day offers a good opportunity to plant the seeds of understanding Christ’s Great Commandment.  Seeds: The children will learn that Jesus’s rule is to love one another.  

Social Studies - Scholastic My BIG World: “Friends Say, “Thank You”. February 14 is for friends!   What can you say when a friend shares with you?Celebrating President’s Day - Presidents Washington and Lincoln.  

Science - Candy Heart Science.  The children will make predictions and observations about how candy hearts react in different liquids.  They will learn how to document their results.

OWL - Unit 5 - Week 1 -  Journey to a Jungle: “What is a jungle?”. Sequencing a story. Phonological awareness: rhyming words, delete onset. Alphabet knowledge:  letter naming, upper/lowercase letters. Recognize letter sounds. Focus on Letter of the Week: Oo. Concept words: branch, color, hot, jungle, leaf, trunk. Amazing words: explore, hunt, twig, giant, graze, moist.  

Math -  Recognize and create patterns. Numbers & operations:  Use concrete models or make a verbal word problem for subtracting objects from a set.  Candy heart measurement: measuring with non-standard units.  Valentine candy heart graphing: sorting, one-to-one correspondence,  documenting results.