What's Happening In Pre-K 4B

April showers have brought us May flowers!  We’re enjoying the flowers and trees blooming right outside of our very own classroom windows and around St. Dorothy School.  We’ll be planting different types of seeds and flowers, so be prepared to adopt a special classroom grown plant. We’re still looking and listening for birds who’ll be returning from their winter migration. This month will bring different zoo animals into our classroom through the Elmwood Park Zoo on Wheels and YouTube. We'll even watch the animals live through a Webcam from the San Diego Zoo. A virtual farm field trip will take place during the farm theme week. The end of the school year will end with our beach theme, we’ll even visit the Turtle Hospital in Florida Via Zoom.   
 
Thank you for a wonderful school year, I hope everyone has a fun and safe summer.

ELA 
Letter of the Week 
5-1 Letter Zz
5-8 Letter Mm
5-15 Letter Nn
5-22 Letter Jj
5-29 Letter Qq
6-5 Review Letters 

Theme of the Week
5-1 Zoo
5-8 Plants and Mother's Day 
5-15 Farm 
5-22 Beach 
5-29 Beach 
6-5 Last Week of Preschool  

Religion 
Letter Saint 
5-1 St. Zita
5-8 St. Michael 
5-15 St. Nicholas 
5-22 St. John Bosco  
5-29 St. Quentin

Our Father Prayer 
" Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done, On earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread, And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”  Amen

Our Before Meal Prayer 
“Bless us, O Lord, and these, Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty. Through Christ, our Lord."
Amen

Hail Mary
"Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death."
Amen.

Math
We’ll be reviewing numbers 0 -20
Counting to 100
Patterns

Practicing at home is important

• Writing first and last name in Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
• Writing Uppercase and Lowercase Alphabet Letters
• Alphabet letter sounds
• Review Uppercase and Lowercase Alphabet Letters
• Shapes
• Colors
• Number Recognition 0 - 20
• Count as high as you can!
• Writing numbers 0-20
• Drawing with Crayons and Markers
• Practicing with Scissors and Glue
• The Sign of the Cross
• Before Meal Prayer
• Our Father Prayer
• Hail Mary

Some classroom items we are working on each day 

• The Sign of the Cross 
• Our Father
• Before Meal Prayer 
• Day, Date, Year
• 7 days in a week 
• 12 months in a year 
• 4 seasons 
• Weather
• Rhyming Words
• Opposites
• Writing numbers 0-20
• Writing Uppercase and Lowercase Alphabet Letters
• Letter sounds
• Review Uppercase and Lowercase Alphabet Letters
• Raising their hand and being patient until called upon
• Not interrupting when others are speaking
• Listening and following directions
• Following more than one direction at a time
• Taking turns and sharing
• Cleaning up and caring for their own belongings
• Putting on and zipping/buttoning their own coats/jackets