PreK 3

Religion -Special Seasons and Days: Special Lesson 9 Mother’s Day. God gave us a mother on earth and in heaven. The children will realize what their mothers do for them. They will be grateful for their mothers on earth and know that Mary is their mother in heaven. 

Social Studies - Families: Mother’s Day. How do you like to spend time together? What do you appreciate about them? Express love and gratefulness towards our Mothers.  

Language/Literacy - Expressive language: using language during songs/stories. Receptive language: listening to stories/building comprehension. Developing hand strength and dexterity to help form letters. Alphabet knowledge. Focused Letter Study: Xx. Home/School connection: bring an item from home that begins with Letter ‘X’.

Math - Shape Review: recognizing and naming basic shapes. Recognizing numbers. Building number sense. Counting 1-10. Spatial relationships.. 

PreK 4

Religion - Special Seasons and Days: Special Lesson 9 Mother’s Day. God gave us mothers to love us. The children will know that God gave them mothers. They will be grateful for their mothers and show love for their mothers.

Social Studies Scholastic - My BIG World: Spring Brings Babies.  Science Focus: baby animals. Theme Vocab Words: balance, bounce, bathe, buck, bark. Skills: group discussion, critical thinking, vocab, phonological awareness, counting, handwriting.

Literacy/Language  Alphabet knowledge: naming letter sounds.Motivation to read: engage in pre-reading and reading-related activities, use books and other written materials  Oral language: use language in discussion, respond appropriately, categorize words, demonstrate meaning of words.Comprehension: answer questions about a book. Focused Letter Study: Xx. Home/school connection: bring an item from home that begins with ‘x’.

Heggerty Lessons 28-35. Students will:

• produce words that rhyme.

• isolate the initial sound in spoken words

• continue to practice phoneme isolation with final and medial (vowel) phonemes in spoken words

• learn to blend 3 phonemes into a spoken word

• learn to segment a spoken work into 3 phonemes

• manipulate the initial phoneme in a spoken word with adding, deleting, and substituting

Math - Geometry: naming shapes. Patterns: Recognize, extends, & create patterns. Number & Operations: share up to 10 items, combining numbers. Concept of more or less. Writing numbers 1-10. Estimating.

Preschool+Plus -  

World Traveler - Summer at the Beach!! Ahoy, Maties! Get ready to hit the high seas for adventure during our May month-long study of all things OCEAN!  Our seafarers will be introduced  to concepts and features of the beach and ocean, including properties of salt water. Preschoolers will be introduced to new vocabulary such as fluke, anemone, and tide. They will  identify and classify sea animals. We will integrate skills such as addition, by playing the fun game, “Get on My Boat”! 

This week, preschoolers will gain a better understanding of the BIGGEST creature God created, the Blue Whale. They will conduct a hands-on investigation to gain knowledge of how a blue whale eats. They will listen to recordings of blue whales communicating with each other. They will be introduced to several different kinds of whales, and know there are characteristics unique to each. 

STEAM: Ocean Slime: Preschoolers will be involved in using standard units of measurement to add and mix ingredients. They will begin to understand what a Polymer is and how chemical reactions can change the state of certain ingredients. Preschoolers will learn of other polymers that they are familiar with, such as: Jell-O, rubber bands, plastic soda bottles, sneaker soles, even gum