Welcome to 2019-2020  School Year

EVERY FRIDAY IS A SPIRIT DAY
EVERT FRIDAY IS SHOW & TELL

Important Dates:

01-26-2020  to 1-31-2020
Catholic School Week

01-21-2020 to 01-24-2020
       
  Theme: Awesome Animals
             Animal Homes 

Religion:

Purpose: -to help children become more aware of and appreciate the sense of smell as a gift from God.  -to help children grow in awareness and appreciation of the gift of taste.   -to help children appreciate the ways God’s gifts of the senses of smell and taste make a difference in their lives.

God gave me the gift of Smell Students will continue to practice and recite the basic prayers daily; Students will do the Sharing, Centering and Prayer activities according to the TM.

 
Social Studies:

Animal Helpers,VII.B.3 Cooperates and Plays With Others,I.C.4 Labels Pictures,IV.A.1 Responds Appropriately,II.A.1 Uses Describing Words,II.D.1

Woolly Workers Reread Dora's Eggs, pausing at the picture of Sally Sheep. Children discover how animals help people by discussing how we get wool from sheep. Introduce vocabulary: product, wool. Children look at examples of items made of wool. Children create a picture of an item made of wool using yarn.

 
Science & Health:

Animal Life Cycle,VI.B.2 Contributes Ideas for Writing,IV.D.I.b Identifies Letter Sounds,III.C.2 Segments Syllables,III.B Understands Words with Opposite Meanings,II.D.1 Uses Gross Motor Skills,IX.A Uses Verbal Conversation Rules,II.B.4

Animals Grow and Change Students will gather around Science Poster 8 and compare the animal babies and parents. Students will learn that some baby animals have special names. Introduce vocabulary: adult; baby; change; grow. Students will play a matching game in which they find the baby and adult pairs. Discuss ways animals change from baby to adult. Students will mimic animal movements; Children identify animals by their first letter (Bb is for bee);

Language Arts:

Animal Life Cycle,VI.B.2 Forms Letters,IV.C.1 Identifies Letter Sounds,III.C.2 Identifies Letters,III.C.1 Uses a Variety of Materials,VIII.A.1 Uses Gross Motor Skills,IX.A	Letter Review Aa-Ll Students will look at the Alphabet Frieze and point out letters Aa to Ll,.Reinforce vocabulary: as; came; cute; hopping; legs; long. Students will choose a letter Aa-Ll, then say the letter and hop like a frog to the next activity.
Blends Onset and Rime,III.B.8 Engages in Dramatic Play,VIII.C.1 Makes Relevant Comments,II.B.2 Shares a Personal Experience,II.B.1 Uses Math Words,II.D.1 Uses Time Words,V.D.4 Uses Verb Tenses,II.E.2	Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Revisit animal babies and adults in Dora's Eggs. Students will discuss what Dora does before and after her eggs hatch. Reinforce vocabulary: after, before, today, tomorrow, and yesterday.Students will act out different scenarios that explore before/during/after; Start a story that includes before/during/after events.
Creates Music with Instruments,VIII.B.1 Identifies Letter Sounds,III.C.2 Identifies Letters,III.C.1 Produces correct letter sounds,III.C.3	Letter Caterpillars Students will sing the alphabet song but stop when they get to the letter Ll. Students will engage in a fingerplay, Lazy Little Caterpillar.  Reinforce vocabulary: at; butterfly; caterpillar; how; large; lazy; little.

Technology:
 

Uses Software,X.A.1

Students will work on the app on I pad-Writing Wizard-Kids Learn to Write Letters, Alphabet. This will help them to listen to the sound and Letters of the Alphabets & also to trace letters.

 
Math:
 

M:Counts Objects,V.A.5 M:Uses Time Words,V.D.4

How Many in the Meadow? Children engage in reading aloud Over the Meadow. Students will count the animals on each page. Introduce the time words  yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

 

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at snagireddygari@stmarys-temple.org