Unit 1 - My School
Here we go!
I can get to know my teachers and my classmates.
I can follow simple instructions.
I can listen when teachers and classmates are talking.
My School
Objective: I can get to know my school.
Letter of the week: Initial letters in students’ names
Math skill: Count up to 5 objects, recognize and extend simple patterns
Social-Emotional Focus: Cooperation
Class Goal: We will try new things.
Making Friends
Objective: I can make friends at school
Letter of the week: Initial letters in students’ names
Math skill: Positional words (above, inside, far, etc)
Social-Emotional Focus: Cooperation
Class Goal: We will try new things.
Learning Together
Objective: I can work and play with my friends at school.
Letter of the week: Aa and Mm
Math skill: Compare length (longer, shorter)
Social-Emotional Focus: Cooperation
Class Goal: We will listen to and follow directions.
Getting Along
Objective: I can share and I care about the feelings of others.
Letter of the week: Bb and Pp
Math skill: Compare quantities (more, same, less)
Social-Emotional Focus: Cooperation
Class Goal: We will listen to and follow directions.
Unit 2
Who’s In My Family?
Objective: I can tell that I am an important part of my family.
Letters of the week: Cc and Bb
Math skill: Basic Shapes, Counting
Social- Emotional Focus: Kindness
Class goal: I can try to solve my own problems before I ask for help.
We Take Care of Each Other
Objective: I can love my family, and they can love me.
Letters of the week: Dd and Hh
Math skill: Measuring and comparing length with nonstandard units, Counting
Social- Emotional Focus: Kindness
Class goal: I can try to solve my own problems before I ask for help.
Family Fun
Objective: I can share special times with my family.
Letters of the week: Ee and Ff
Math skill: Simple graphs, Counting
Social- Emotional Focus: Kindness
Class goal: We can actively listen to the person whose turn it is to speak.
All Kinds of Family
Objective: I can tell that every family is unique
Letter of the week: Tt
Math skill: Sorting objects by attributes, Counting
Social- Emotional Focus: Kindness
Class goal: We can actively listen to the person whose turn it is to speak.
Review and Assess
Objective: I can show what I have learned so far in PreK.
Letters of the week: Review (Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Hh, Mm, Pp, Tt)
Math skill: Counting
Social-Emotional Focus: Self-Awareness
Class goal: We will use good manners.
Unit 3 - Growing Up Healthy
Nov 4-15 My Senses
Objective: I can use my five senses to explore the world.
Letters of the week: Qq and Ss
Literacy Skills: Rhymes, letters and their sounds, words within sentences, writing
Math Skills: Identify shapes, compare shapes, solve shape puzzles, count and compare quantities in a set, sort objects by attributes
Social-Emotional Focus: Self-Awareness
Class goal: We will use good manners.
Nov 18-22 Review and Assess/Give Thanks
Objective: I can give thanks.
Social-Emotional Focus: Self-Awareness
Class goal: We will appreciate others.
Nov 25 - Dec 2 Taking Care of Myself
Objective: I can take care of my body.
Letters of the week: Rr and Ww
Literacy Skills: Rhymes, letters and their sounds, beginning sounds, writing
Math skills: Compare capacity, count objects and compare sets
Social-Emotional Focus: Self-Awareness
Class goal: I will use healthy habits to keep myself and the classroom clean.
Dec 5-9 Eating Well
Objective: I can eat healthy foods.
Letters of the week: Ss and Nn
Literacy skills: Literacy Skills: Rhymes, letters and their sounds, beginning sounds, writing, manipulating sounds
Math skills: Describe the changes in quantities when items are combined or separated to make a set, graphs, counting, sorting
Social-Emotional Focus: Self-Awareness
Class goal: I will use healthy habits to keep myself and the classroom clean.
Dec 12-16 Staying Safe
Objective: I can stay safe.
Letters of the week: Uu
Literacy Skills: Rhymes, letters and their sounds, beginning sounds, writing, manipulating sounds
Math skills: strategies for making equal groups, recognize numerals 0-9, share solutions to mathematical problems
Social-Emotional Focus: Self Awareness
Class goal: We will follow safety rules in the school and on the playground.
Dec 19-22 Review and Assess/Winter Celebrations
*Adjusted Dismissal Dec 22
Objective: I can learn about winter celebrations (Christmas, Hanuka, Kwanzaa, New Years)
Social-Emotional Focus: Curiosity
Class goal: We will follow safety rules in the school and on the playground.
Jan 3-6 Using My Imagination
Objective: I can make all kinds of things.
Letters of the week: Mm and Xx
Literacy Skills: identify capital and lowercase letters, letter sounds, beginning sounds, writing
Math Skills: Counting with 1-1 correspondence, identify numerals, write numerals, identify shapes and sort by attributes
Social-Emotional Focus: Initiative
Class goal: We will be team-players.
Jan 9-13 Tools We Use
Objective: I can use tools to create and build.
Letters of the week: Nn and Ii
Literacy Skills: identify capital and lowercase letters, letter sounds, beginning sounds, writing
Math Skills: Counting with 1-1 correspondence, rote count to 20, simple patterns
Social-Emotional Focus: Initiative
Class goal: We will be team-players.
Jan 17-20 Things We Build
Objective: I can use different materials to make new things.
Letters of the week: Oo and Cc
Literacy Skills: identify letters, letter sounds, beginning sounds, match capital and lowercase letters, writing
Math Skills: Count objects in a set, compare length, time words (before, next, after, etc), sequence numerals in counting order
Social-Emotional Focus: Initiative
Class goal: We will try new things.
Jan 23-27 Art All Around Us
Objective: I enjoy art that other people create.
Letters of the week: Pp and Dd
Literacy Skills: identify letters, letter sounds, beginning sounds, match capital and lowercase letters, writing
Math Skills: compare the area of shapes, count objects in a set, write numerals, simple patterns
Social-Emotional Focus: Initiative
Class goal: We will try new things.