Monday, January 26, 2009

Homework 1/26-1/30

  • Continue to practice penmanship numbers, letters, and students name

Lesson Plan 1/26-1/30

Religion
Monday
Aim: Students will be learning verses from the bible along with a picture of an angel to color.
Tuesday
Aim: continuing learning verses from the bible, followed by an activity page discover and color.
Wednesday
Aim: Bible verses cont’d, followed by an activity page read the verse and color the picture.
Thursday
Aim: Bible verses discuss their message and what we can understand from them
Friday
Aim: Review all the verses we’ve learned this week and discuss how they are similar or different in their message.

Math
Monday
Aim: Students will be introduced to the concept of subtraction, using manipulative we will begin to discover how to subtract
Tuesday
Aim: Preparing to subtract, activity page cross out the number of objects to be subtracted. Write the number of objects left on the line.
Wednesday
Aim: Continue preparing to subtract followed by an activity page in book
Thursday
Aim: Preparing to subtract cont’d
Activity page followed by an activity on chart
Friday
Aim: continue with practicing to subtract

Language Arts
Monday
Aim: Students will be using their comprehension skills in order to answer questions about prediction of events, plots, and the ending of stories. Activity in Mother Goose book
Tuesday
Aim: Comprehension cont’d
Time to listen activity in mother goose book, by responding to questions
Wednesday
Aim: Comprehension cont’d
Read aloud followed by questions and answers
Thursday
Aim: Continue with comprehension and students learning to use new words in their own speech
Friday
Aim: Comprehension and Vocabulary
List some new words and discuss how we can use them as part of our speech, read aloud and discuss what we heard in the book.

Science
Monday through Friday
Aim: Students will be introduced to the behaviors senses maintaining growth and health
Flip chart: revisit living things, as well as the teachers edition science book
Observations of living things
Characteristics of living things
Discuss how living things grow and what they need in order to maintain healthy

Social Studies
Monday
Aim: Students will be learning about the Farm, what it entails, who is part of the farm how it runs, farm animals.
Tuesday: Students will discuss the relationship between people and different kinds of animals.
Wednesday
Aim: Children will categorize which animals belong and the farm.
Friday
Aim: Children will discuss the function of animals in the farm.

Monday, January 19, 2009

Homework 1/20-1/23

  • Complete assignments in homework notebook this will be to practice penmanship, and handout sheets will help with math skills.

Lesson Plan 1/20-1/23

Religion
Tuesday
Aim: Children will be learning about God’s gift of animals
Discovering God’s world activity pg. 47
Wednesday
Aim: Students will continue learning about God’s gift of animals
Discovering God’s world activity pg. 48
Thursday
Aim: Continue learning about God’s gift of animals
Discovering God’s world pg.49 followed by a drawing that illustrates the children’s favorite animal
Friday
Aim: Review God’s gift of animals
Read aloud a story in the preschooler’s bible about how god makes wonderful things, followed by class discussion things we are thankful for that god created for us.

Math
Tuesday
Aim: Students will be counting a collection of objects according to the number illustrated
Wednesday
Aim: Students will count objects and add them up
Thursday
Aim: Cut out the numbers and paste them in order on the puzzle board
Friday
Aim: Counting and matching
Count objects and match them to the correct number, followed by a review of this week

Language Arts
Tuesday
Aim: Oral language development, asking questions about book we have read. Introduce the letter of the week, recognize its shape and sound.
Wednesday
Aim: Continue oral language development. Begin to trace the letter of the week Nn, begin to identify words that begin with Nn.
Thursday
Aim: Continue with the letter of the week, begin to practice writing the letter Nn, followed by an activity find the Nn hidden on the sheet and color them.
Friday
Aim: Review the letter of the week, continue with oral language development
Trace, write and color the Nn

Science
Tuesday
Aim: Students will explore the process of planting with seeds, continue learning about plants.
Wednesday
Aim: Continue exploring plants and gardening
Recite the poem “My Garden”
Thursday
Aim: Plants cont’d
Recite poem “ A Plant”
Friday
Aim: Finish our theme on plants, and their structure
Recite poem Gardening

Social Studies
Tuesday
Aim: Students will learn about Martin Luther King Jr.
Read aloud a Book on MLK Jr.
Wednesday
Aim: Continue learning about MLK and his legacy
Color the page on MLK
Thursday
Aim: Learn more about civil right and how MLK impact on rights for people and equality
Friday
Aim: Finish and review the theme on Martin Luther King Jr.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Homework 1/12-1/16

  • Students will be sent home with their pre-k notebooks with an assignment to practice their penmanship. This will be for the entire week.

Lesson plan 1/12- 1/16

Religion
Monday
Aim: Students will be learning about God’s gift of earth and plants
Activity in discovering God’s world book
Tuesday
Aim: Continue learning about God’s gift of earth and plants
Color in the crops, fruits, and vegetables
Wednesday
Aim: Students will learn about God’s gift of birds and fish
Students will view pictures of different kinds of birds
Thursday
Aim: Continue God’s gift if birds and fish
Activity pg.44
Friday
Aim: Review Gifts from God
Explain and discuss the creations of god and how these things become gifts from God
Math
Monday
Aim: Students will learn to match numbers to collection of objects
Model on board followed by activity in math book
Tuesday
Aim: Continue learning to match numbers with collection of objects
Activity in book followed by chart activity
Wednesday
Aim: Matching numerals cont’d
Thursday
Aim: Matching numerals cont’d
Friday
Aim: Review matching numerals to collections of objects
Pg. 15 in activity book
Language Arts
Monday
Aim: Students will continue phonemic awareness; identify letters by shape and print
Mother goose book activity 19
Tuesday
Aim: Introduce the letter of the week M, identify its shape and sound when written or spoken.
Begin to practice tracing the letter Mm
Wednesday
Aim: Continue the letter of the week, begin to identify words that begin with M
Begin to practice writing the letter M
Thursday
Aim: Letter of the week cont’d
Find objects in the classroom that begin with letter M continue to practice writing letter M
Friday
Aim: Review the letter of the week Mm
Students should be able to identify and recognize Mm, able to trace Mm and write Mm
Science
Monday (Continue Structure and function)
Aim: Students learn major parts of a plant
Students will view pictures of a tree and flower
Tuesday
Aim: Students will begin to understand that most plants have four main parts; leaf, roots, stem, and flowers
Wednesday
Aim: Students will take turns choosing a plant from the stack of pictures and describe its size, shape, and color
Thursday
Aim: Students will color, cut, and glue parts of a plant and flower
Friday
Aim: Review structure and function of plants
Question and answers on what the students learned this week about plants
Social Studies
Monday
Aim: Students will learn about Nutrition and how to stay healthy
View the food pyramid; learn that there are six different food groups
Tuesday
Aim: Nutrition continued
Students learn the importance of having water in their bodies it’s an essential nutrient
Wednesday
Aim: Students will learn about the importance of breakfast
What consists of a healthy breakfast meal
Thursday
Aim: Learn about the nutrition of milk and its important nutrients
Friday
Aim: Review nutrition and what preschool should eat and drink at their age

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Homework 1/5-1/9

  • Draw 10 legs on the caterpillar
  • Count the fish in each row. Circle the correct number.
  • Color the leaves with L orange. Color the leaves with l red.
  • Trace and color each shape. Draw and color another shape just like it.

Lesson Plan 1/5-1/9

Religion
Monday
Aim: Children will reflect on Christmas
Ask the children why Christmas is celebrated
Tuesday
Aim: Children will learn and read about the three wise men
Wednesday
Aim: Read aloud the three wise men visit baby Jesus
Color the picture of the three wise men
Thursday
Aim: Read aloud “Wise Men Bring Gifts for Jesus”
Questions and answers about the story in our pre school bible
Friday
Aim: Reflect on how important the birth of baby Jesus into out world is
Class discussions on the many celebrations we have because of Jesus

Math
Monday
Aim: Addition readiness and writing numerals
Students will go over addition and joining things together to add
Tuesday
Aim: Addition readiness writing numerals
Add 4, students will color the cubes, and then write how many cubes all together
Wednesday
Aim: Addition readiness writing numerals
Students continue to add using manipulative to join groups together
Thursday
Aim: Addition readiness and writing numerals continued
Children will count and write the total number of circles in each line
Friday
Aim: Review addition readiness and writing numerals
Using manipulative students will illustrate their understanding of addition, and joining groups, followed by a worksheet on writing numerals

Language Arts
Monday
Aim: Review all our letters up to this point; introduce our letter of the week L
Learn the sound and words that begin with the letter L
Tuesday
Aim: Students will practice tracing the letter L, followed by an activity in our mother goose book pg.20
Wednesday
Aim: Students continue with the letter of the week, begin to practice writing the letter L in upper and lowercase, mother goose book pg. 32
Thursday
Aim: Read aloud rhyming words, letter hunt objects that begin with the letter L
Friday
Aim: Review our letter of the week, literacy activity, alphabet match, recognizing upper and lowercase L
Science
Monday
Structure and Function (Living Environment)
Aim: Students will learn to identify major structures of animals
Tuesday
Aim: Students will begin to identify animal structure by identifying what animals have legs, and which animals do not.
Wednesday
Aim: Students will place animals into number categories, according to how many legs the animals has.
Thursday
Aim: Continue animal structures, children should understand that animals use their body parts to move in different ways.
Questions and answers

Friday
Aim: Review animal structures
Ask students to think about their favorite animal, invite children to draw a picture showing that animal.
Social Studies
Monday
Aim: Children will learn about proper Hygiene
“Treasure your Teeth” students will learn about the proper way to keep your teeth healthy and clean
Tuesday
Aim: Hygiene Continued
“Germ Warfare” Students will be learning how to wash their hands properly and keeping germs from spreading to others.
Wednesday
Aim: Hygiene continued
“Bad Breath” Students learn Proper brushing, flossing, mouthwash, etc.
Thursday
Aim: Hygiene continued
“Go away Germs” Proper ways in which we can minimize our contact with germs, step by step ways to keep us from getting sick
Friday
Aim: Review Hygiene
Questions and answers on what the students
learned during this week’s lesson