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    Welcome to School Year 2018-2019      
        
03-18-2019 to 03-22-2019

    Theme: Growing Up Healthy   

Week: Eating Well    
      
 Virtue for March: Mercy
              
03-18-2019
Language Arts:

Combines Ideas in Complex Sentences,II.E.4 Contributes Ideas for Writing,IV.D.I.b Follows Oral Directions,II.A.2 Responds to Stories Through Art,VII.A.2 Retells a Story,III.D.1 Story Characters,III.D.2 Uses Naming Words,II.D.1 Uses Picture Clues,III.A Uses Story Words,II.D.1

The Beastly Feast Read aloud The Beastly Feast, and have students look and listen for the different animals and the foods they bring. Introduce vocabulary: armadillo; cantaloupe; puffins. Students will hold a make-believe feast, and then take a make-believe nap. Students will dictate an invitation to a Classroom Potluck, and invite their family to bring  the recipe of their favorite foods; Students will draw what they would bring if they were invited to the animal feast.

 
Religion:

Purpose: -to help appreciate that their singing voices are gifts from God.

Singing and Dancing Students will continue to practice and recite the basic prayers daily; Students will do the according to the TM.

 
Social Studies:

Cultural Awareness,VII.D.4 Community Workers,VII.B.3

Students will listen to a presentation by Coach Buzz.

 
Technology:

Uses Software,X.A.1

Students will work on the Writing Wizard app on I pad. They listen to the sound of the Alphabets and trace the letters.

03-19-2019
Language Arts:

Follows Oral Directions,II.A.2 Matches Initial Phonemes,III.B Nutrition Habits,VI.D.3 Retells a Story,III.D.1 Story Sequence,III.D.1 Understands Meanings of New Words,II.D.3 Uses Gross Motor Skills,IX.A Uses Naming Words,II.D.1 Uses Picture Clues,III.A Uses Story Words,II.D.1

Good Snacks Read Good Food, guiding children in retelling parts of the story. Review vocabulary: buy; greens. Students will make and eat a bunny-shaped snack. Guide children in naming ingredients and following directions. Students will take turns being the "shopper" and putting items in a bag, and guessing what's in the bag; Students will take turns forming human shopping carts or wheelbarrows; Reinforce matching initial sounds with items that can be found at a grocery store

Religion:

Purpose: -to help children appreciate that their dancing are gifts from God.

Students will continue to practice and recite the basic prayers daily; Students will do the activities according to the TM.

 
Technology:

Uses Software,X.A.1

Students will work on the Writing Wizard app on I pad. They practice tracing numbers.

 
Math

Collects and Organizes Data,V.E.2 Counts to 10,V.A.2 Understands Graphs,V.E.2 Uses Math Words,II.D.1

Circle Time: Healthy Drinks Graph Children brainstorm a list of healthy drinks to bring to the feast. Children make a graph that shows their favorite drinks. Discuss the information. Review vocabulary: compare; fewest; graph; most. Display Math Mat 23 Side A and explain that this graph shows a class's favorite fruits. Model how to read the graph.

 
03-20-2019
Language Arts:

Engages in Dramatic Play,VIII.C.1 Explores Living Things,VI.B.1 Follows Oral Directions,II.A.2 Identifies Letter Sounds,III.C.2 Labels Pictures,IV.A.1 Uses Book Information,III.D.2 Uses Picture Clues,III.A Uses Story Words,II.D.1

How Does Your Salad Grow? I will read aloud of How Does Your Salad Grow? Discuss what people and plants need to grow. Introduce vocabulary: salad; garden; chop. work together to make a salad using the salad recipe in the book. Students will draw a plant and label the parts using the plant diagram in the book; Students will listen for, and make /s/ sounds while you reread the story; Students will pairs play "plant" and "gardener" and act out how a plant grows.

Religion:

Purpose: -to help the children appreciate how wonderfully made by God they are that they can enjoy singing and dancing.

Students will continue to practice and recite the basic prayers daily; Students will do the activities according to the TM.

 
Science & Health :

Engages in Fitness Activities,VI.D.3 Nutrition Habits,VI.D.3 Parts of the Body,VI.D Shares Appropriate Information,II.B.3 Uses Science Words,II.D.1

Learn About the Heart Brainstorm activities that make the heart work and rest.  Students will listen to their heart with stethoscope, then jump to music and listen again. Use Science Poster 12. Students will describe what they see, pointing out healthy foods that provide energy. dentify body parts on a drawing and flex muscles;

 
Technology:

Uses Software,X.A.1

Students will work on the Writing Wizard app on I pad. They listen to the sound of the Alphabets and trace the letters.

 
Math

Collects and Organizes Data,V.E.2 Understands Graphs,V.E.2

Collect and Organize Data and Interpret Graphs Review organizing data and interpreting graphs with Math Mat 23, Side A, pointing out the fruits in the graph and the number of children who liked each one best.

03-21-2019
Language Arts:

Builds Oral Fluency,II.B Identifies Letter Sounds,III.C.2 Identifies Letters,III.C.1 Matches Initial Phonemes,III.B Measures Lengths,V.D.1 Uses and Increases Speaking Vocabulary,II.D.4 Uses Fine Motor Skills,IX.B.1 Uses Verbal Conversation Rules,II.B.4

Ss Is for Supper A child with an Ss name wears Letter Vest Ss. Point out the letter shapes. Review vocabulary: salad; salsa; sandwich; sausages; soup; sushi. Students will listen for /s/ in a fingerplay "Carrots for Supper." Plan a supper using foods starting with Ss.: Explore a carrot, and measure using snap cubes; Students will practice the words "please" and "thank you", passing toy foods; Students will stomp their feet when they hear a word starting with a /k/, and clap when they hear a word starting with /s/.

 
Religion:

Purpose: -to thank God for their voices and ability to dance.

Students will continue to practice and recite the basic prayers daily; Students will do the activities according to the TM.

 
Science & Health :

Investigates Materials,VI.A.1

Children look at Science Poster 12 and compare the foods in the books and on the poster; Children explore fruits with a magnifying glass,

 
Technology:

Uses Software,X.A.1

Students will work on the Writing Wizard app on I pad. They practice tracing numbers.

 
Math

Collects and Organizes Data,V.E.2 Counts to 10,V.A.2 Uses Math Words,II.D.1 Uses Picture Clues,III.A

Circle Time: Salad Graph Review vocabulary: fewest; fewer; graph; least; most. Use Math Mat 23, Side A. Children collect data about their favorite salad ingredients and record the information on a bar graph. Children compare the results.  Use a counting chant to count tomatoes to 10.

03-22-2019
Language Arts (Circle Time):

Creates with Technology,X.A.4 Follows Oral Directions,II.A.2 Identifies Letter Sounds,III.C.2 Nutrition Habits,VI.D.3 Uses Action Words,II.D.1 Uses Classroom Rules and Routines,I.B.I.a Uses Picture Clues,III.A Writes Symbols or Letters,IV.B.1

Healthy Snack Mix Review what you've learned about healthy foods. Children work together to prepare a healthy snack to share with their families. MLB: Students will draw a picture of a snack mix on one side of an index card, then cut out a downloadable Snack Mix Recipe and glue it to the other side; Create a slideshow of children creating their snack mix and have children choose the music to go with it; Students will say: "I can put ___ into the silly mix", then make a giant mix of things that start with an /s/.

Please see the information below for Big Day Website. You can login and work with your child on some of the lessons /stories they learnt in the class.

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