Week at a Glance August 29-September 2

 

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.