Week at a Glance January 9 - January 13
Religion - Unit 3: God Made Me Happy - “I Can Celebrate”. We celebrate good things from God. The celebration in this unit will prepare children for liturgical celebrations and also give them an appreciation of an aspect of creation: the color green, which stands for life.
Social Studies - Cold weather exploration. Snow.
Math - Spatial awareness: recognizing spatial relationships among people and objects.
Language/Literacy - Building letter knowledge through review of letters Aa - Kk. Raising letter print awareness through games and activities both in large/small group. Focus on Letter of the week: Ll.
PreK 4
Religion - Unit 3: God Made the Earth - “God Made Color”. This lesson prepares the children to understand the liturgical colors used in Church worship. The children will realize that God designed the world full of color. They will appreciate the many colors in the world and understand that various colors mean different things. Seeds: Feast of the Epiphany. The children will listen to the Epiphany story and will complete their nativity scenes by adding the Magi figures.
Science - Snowflakes. Weather/temperature: How are snowflakes formed? Observation/discussion of various shapes, characteristics of snowflakes. Examination: making “snow-kits” for up-close investigation. Experimentation: Snow Storm in a Jar.
Literacy - OWL - Unit 4 - Week 1: Welcome to the Farm - “What is a farm?”. Beginning sounds. Letter naming: uppercase & lowercase. Focus on Letter of the week: Ll. Review: onset and rime, rhyming words. Concept words: animal, barn, farmer, food, land, plant. Amazing words: turkey, wagon, pen, wool, gate, yard.
Math - Cardinality - last number counted is total. Number & operations: count in any order. Data analysis: use of graphic organizer to collect and organize data. Geometry: create new shapes.
