Theme 4 - Awesome Animals

Week 1 - All Kinds of Animals (November 29 - Dec. 2)

  • Introduce letter Jj

  • Learn about different kinds of animals

  • Explore living things

  • Using picture clues to understand text in story book

  • Counting objects

  • Comparing quantities

  • Using story words

  • Forming letters

What You Can Do at Home

  • Look for letters at home (in newspapers, magazines, etc.)

  • Practice writing letters (especially those in their own name)

  • Count EVERYTHING!

  • Read together and ask child to repeat words from the story.

We will also begin discussing the upcoming Holidays.

  • We will discuss Christmas traditions (in our community & around the world

  • The students will be participating in small group activities related to Christmas
    - math (patterning, measuring, counting)
    - literacy (vocabulary, storytelling, letter recognition)
    - art