Mrs. Holman's 4 Year Old Preschool Class

Week: 8/19/19

8/21 Orders for SMS apparel are due
9/2 Labor Day (No School)
9/11: Early Release Day. PK releases at 2:40 p.m. K-8 releases at 2:50 p.m
10/2: Field Trip to Wendel Farm *Make sure you have Safe and Sacred Complete along with driver's license and insurance on file with Mrs. Gramman.

Please do not send any snacks with nuts or packed/processed with nuts. We do have a nut allergy in the classroom. If you have any questions or need guidance, please let me know.
*Please note, due to new school policy, your child may bring peanut items to lunch.

Please feel free to contact me:
pholman@smsbrookville.org
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We will cover a variety of topics with resources from Catholic Icing. In addition, we will learn about Mass and the components of Mass. Students will participate in Mass on Tuesdays and Thursday at 8:35 am. All are welcome to attend Mass. *Please Note: PK Students will not attend Mass right away. We need time to practice Mass etiquette and become familiar with the church.

Over the course of the year we will cover letter identification and letter sounds. I use a multi-sensory and kinesthetic approach through the Zoo Phonics Program. We will cover each letter in isolation first. We will then move on to letter sound recognition and the beginning, middle, and end of words as the year progresses. Depending on your child's ability, we may move to small CVC words and sight word recognition in preparation for Kindergarten.

This year I will be partnering with Mrs. Kolb our 7th Grade Teacher. She is amazing when it comes to Science! We will partner with 7th grade students  for STEM Lessons and Experiments that correlate with Indiana Standards. If you wish to make a monetary donation at any time, it would be appreciated to help purchase STEM Kits and materials.

Focus of the Week:

• Literacy: Letter B recognition and sound

• Math: Geometric Shapes: Rectangle

• Science: Life Science: living things

• Religion: Parts of Mass and Mass etiquette

• Social Studies: Understanding and Expressing Feelings and Self