What is Different? Celebrating the start of a new school year

· Different Places We Come From

· Different Traditions to Celebrate the New Year

· How Can We Affect a Difference?

Wishes in different cultures

· How do we express wishes?

· Traditions for Making Wishes

· Famous Places where People Go to Make Wishes

· Organizations that Help People Make their Wishes Come True

· Stories about Wishes

The Ideal City

· The History of My City

· Biographies of important people and leaders in My City

· If I were the Mayor: Planning the City of the Future

New and Old

· Starting a New School Year and A New Grade

· What’s Different/New this Year at School

· Meeting New People

· Using the Old to Make New (Recycling)

· A Special Family Object and the Story behind it.

Together and Alone

· Games we play in groups or Individually

· The Power of the Group/Community

· Sometimes I Want to Be Alone

· When I Feel Lonely

· Helping Others

Healthy Lifestyle

· Healthy Eating Habits

· Physical Activity

· Personal Hygiene and Safety

· Keeping Our Environment Clean & Healthy

“Nice to Meet You…”

(All about me)

· Likes/Dislikes

· Special People in My World

· My Weekdays & Weekends

· Leisure Activities

The Fantastic World of Imagination

· Reality vs Imagination

· Fairy Tales

A Trip to The City

· Famous Sites and Places

· Transportation and Schedules

· Planning: Getting/Giving Information/Directions

· Hotel Accommodations

Back to School

· School layout

· Directions how to get to different places in the school

· Different People work and Study in my School

· Subjects we Study

Fall Season (Mini unit)

· Changes in weather and in nature

· Clothes we change with the change of seasons - Fall clothes

· Fall Activities and holidays

Food

· Food I Eat at Different Meals

· Healthy/Unhealthy nutrition

· Going Shopping for Food

· Eating In or Out

Looking at The Mirror

· What I See When I Look at The Mirror

· Things and their Reflection in Art

· Look-alikes

Good Night

· My Evening & Night Routines

· Dreams and Creatures/UFOs

· Feelings and Emotions

Family and Family Traditions

· What I like to do with my family

· Things my Family does when we are together

· Thanksgiving Traditions in my family / Compare and contrast fall holidays in different cultures

At My House

· Come visit my House:

· see how many floors, layout of the house, what’s in each room, and what we do in each room

My Neighborhood

· Buildings

· Public Transportation

· Services

· Parks

· People, Friends

· Lots to do

Myself and My Classroom

· Getting acquainted

· Good morning & greetings

· Parts of our Body

· Clothes

· Colors

· Weather & Seasons

· Feelings & emotions

· Numbers 1-10

· Objects and People in my classroom

Myself and My Home

· Getting to school (Modes of Transportation)

· My family and my Pets

· My Morning Routine

· The Rooms in My House and what I Do in Each Room

· What I take in My School Bag

A Trip to Israel

· Places and Sites I visit

· What to take in the Suitcase

· Getting on the Plane