The Week of January 30, 2023
 This week the children will be working on the letter Qq.  We will work on letter identification, formation, and the sound.  Children will watch ABC Mouse and Captain Sea Salt for the letter Q, naming objects that begin with the Q sound.  We will also watch Singing Walrus for letter formation and the children will have a chance to review tracing letter P.

This week in Math  we are working in Unit 5 on the concepts of more, less than, and same as.  Children will use their connecting cubes to compare sets.

In Literacy we will work start our new story, The Nightingale.  We will be introduced to the color black and more positional words, such as first, next, and last, as well as how to make an X. 

In Religion we will continue learning about all the wonderful gifts God has given us.  This week we will talk about the gift of light and discuss how we use light all the time in our lives.  We will sing our Creation song.  

For Groundhog Day we will read the story, Gretchen Grounhog, It's Your Day, by Abby Levine. We will talk about what a prediction is and we will make our own predictions on whether the groundhog will see his shadow.  

In Science we will learn about animals that live in the Arctic, through our Scholastic Magazine,  My Big World on Winter animals.  The chidlren will have a chance to experiement with "blubber" after learning about how this keeps many animals warm in the winter.  The children will see if their "blubber hands" stay warmer even after putting them in icy cold water.  On Friday, they will make their own walrus craft. 

IMPORTANT DATES AND EVENTS

Our Star of the Week this week is Callen.  We can not wait to learn more about him.  

Please send in a change of clothes appropriate for this colder weather, just in case your child needs a change of pants, shirt etc.  



                               OUR DAILY MORNING PRAYER
                             
                              Thank you God for this day
                               In my school to work and play.
                               Please be with me all day long
                               In every story, game and song.
                               May all the happy things we do
                               Make you, Our Father, happy too. Amen.

Pre-K this year:
-This year we will be using the Literacy program, Happily Ever After.  The children will work on comprehension skills as they  listen to and follow along in big books, as well as in their own story booklets.   They will complete related activity pages, which teach new vocabualry, reinforce recognition of colors, shapes, and work on fine motor skills.
The children will also be introduced to a new letter of the week, working on letter recognition, formation, and letter sounds.  

-In Math this year the children will be counting, working on one to one correspondence, recognizing patterns, and sorting objects into categories.  They will be introduced to 2 and 3 dimensional shapes, measuring using length, weight, and capacity, recognizing and writing numerals, and introduced to simple addition and subtraction. 

-In Religion we will be using Sadlier's Discovering God's World, as well as reading and discussing Bible stories from our Children's Bible.   

-We will also be using the Scholastic Magazine, My Big World which has themed based lessons on seasons, holidays, fire safety, polar animals, dental health, friendship,  caterpillars/butterflies, rainbows, ladybugs, plants, and many more topics.