Mount Pleasant News
Virtue of the Month
Virtue Celebration
2's
MAY flowers + superpowers! Your 2's crew is in the home stretch… and May is the time for a thorough review of the basics. Think motor skills, shapes, 123’s and “may I please?”
The children will be immersed in activities, crafts, books, songs and more. This is a magical time to revisit class favorites and intertwine the building blocks we have been working on all year. The last week of May is filled with “fun day” themes! Stay tuned as your child’s teacher will guide the way to “hooray!”
Your children have grown so much in just 9 months! They have developed numerous skills that lay the foundation of a lifetime. As teachers, we are so proud for them and all they have accomplished! There is nothing like witnessing the wonder in their eyes and joy on their faces each and every day. We are honored to be part of their very first classroom experience! Happy summer to all!
3's
Phew, it has been a busy year in the 3s! We have had so much fun on our journey through the alphabet, counting 1-10, learning about the human body, our community, the farm, and blasting off into space and beyond.
We will finish out our alphabet with letters X and Y and number 10. The children will also have fun learning about dinosaurs. They get to experience hands-on learning with the Dinosaur Bragg Box from the Charleston Museum. It’s filled with dinosaur bones and teeth, materials and molds to make fossils and so much more!
We will miss our friends as they move on up to the 4s, but can’t wait to meet our new friends in the Fall.
4's
May is always a bittersweet month in preschool. While it is exciting to have watched so many children grow this past year physically and intellectually, it is always sad to say goodbye.
Our 4 year-old children will spend the month of May working to refine their 4K skills and begin 5K readiness skills to include pre-reading and extended math concepts. This month will end with various festivities to include summer birthday celebrations, game day, dress-up day, movie day, class parties, water day, and more!
Discovery Students will be wrapping up their study of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and Land Animal study. To celebrate our year of learning together, students will create a Hawaiian Luau complete with mango salsa, Spam, and pineapple.
5's
Since this is our last year at O’Quinn we will wrap up our time with a Graduation Performance. We will be practicing all month to make this a wonderful event to say good-bye with.
We will also be finishing our sea life unit, learning all about South Carolina lighthouses and creating an end of the year book.
We have loved our time together this year. We are sad for it to come to an end, but we look forward to hearing about all the wonderful things this group of students will achieve.
Virtue of the Month
Cooperation
2's
April, here we come! Your two’s crew will be puddle deep in learning about clouds and singing in the rain. Think raindrops, rainbows, umbrellas and more! The two’s tradition continues as we round out the month with “puddle day”. As excitement builds, we may hear children singing , “Rain, Rain Come Today, We Can’t Wait Another Day”.
April welcomes Earth Day and all of its treasures. We will explore the many ways to care for our planet. Woodsy the Owl has a timeless message: "Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute". Your little wonders will learn about recycling and how it keeps America lookin’ good. Our Earth activities and circle time fun will be out of this world!
The children will be immersed in books, crafts, songs, and experiments that reflect our March curriculum. These include: brown (color), oval (shape), “Rain Rain Go Away” + “It’s Raining It’s Pouring”(nursery rhymes), and “Cooperation” (virtue).
Lastly, their focused skill is “holding a writing utensil”. Endless fun for a tireless two year old!
3's
Spring is in the air!
Our preschoolers will be busy learning all about pond life and the animals that live there! We will learn about metamorphosis following the life cycles of frogs and butterflies. They will be learning about how April Showers bring May flowers, ladybugs and plenty of creepy crawlers.
Our letters for the month, Z, W and V, will take us through zinnias, vases of violet creations, weather and wiggly worms in our garden. With our number, we will create 9 tissue flowers.
4's
Our four-year-old children will be in full bloom during the month of April. We will begin to sprout plants from seeds in our classrooms. It is our hope that April will bring warm days and we can begin to transplant our baby plants to our playground gardens.
We will continue to recognize sight words adding here, big, small, and have to our list. The children are working to identify and write our diagonal letters at the end of the alphabet. Learning our addresses, writing our last names, and measuring in units will further prepare our four-year-old children for their big move to Kindergarten.
The last week in April, the children will have a special performance for their Mother’s. Our students have been working hard to prepare by crafting, hand-writing letters, and remembering dance steps and songs.
Discovery Students will be exploring the continent of South America from the Rainforest to the Easter Islands.
5's
During the month of April we will dive into the ocean. We will be studying all about the sea and doing lots of research on the creatures that live in it. We will begin learning about invertebrates, moving on to echinoderms, mollusks and finally vertebrates.
After researching animals our students will create crafts, label animal parts and write creatively. We will celebrate the end of this unit with a surf seining field trip on Sullivan’s Island!
In math, we are working on numbers 10 – 20 and counting to 100.
In reading, we are continuing to use our small group time to focus on reading and phonics skills. Our focus books this month are Dandy, My Cold Plum Pie Bluesy Mood and The Boy Who Grew a Forest.
Virtue of the Month
Honesty
2's
CARS, CLOVERS, and BUNNIES, OH MY! 
Your two’s crew is “egg-static” about a 5 week month! We will begin March by revving up our engines, exploring the many forms of transportation. Think traffic lights, flashing lights and safety first (who remembers the “stop look and listen, before you cross the street” jingle?)
Our halls will be blowing up with colorful artwork as we learn about things that fly, and how the wind affects the world around us…windy experiments and sensory fun for days!
St. Patrick’s Day is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Your little leprechauns will make memories of shenanigans and rainbows, and even a possible visit from the green guy, if they’re lucky. 
The children will blossom into all things spring: birds, seed planting, and more!
Finally, we will hop into Easter, and our much anticipated egg hunt! Who doesn’t love fluffy bunnies, chicks, and eggs filled with goodies?
The children will be immersed in books, crafts, songs, and experiments that reflect our March curriculum. These include: blue (color), diamond (shape), “Humpty Dumpty” (nursery rhyme), and “Honesty” (virtue). Their focused skill is “hopping on 1 + 2 feet”. Endless fun for a tireless two year old!
3's
We are blasting off in March! The children will be learning about each planet as we soar through the Solar System. The children will turn into astronauts exploring space as we stop at each planet that orbits the sun and discover what makes it unique. Each child will create a set of planets to take home and share with their families.
Dramatic play centers will be transformed into space stations and rocket control centers as the children see what it is like to be an astronaut.
The letters S, M and U will be with us through the month with spaceships, moon walking, and creating UFO's.
4's
During the month of March our four-year-olds will be learning to properly form the letters N, V and W. In addition to learning how to write each letter, children will learn the sound each letter makes and comprise a word bank to accompany each letter. We will be looking out for the sight words ‘an’, ‘we’, ‘he’ and ‘she’ to be popping up all around us. Can you count out 19, 20, 21 or 22 objects? Our students will tackle this skill together during group learning in addition to identifying these numerals.
During the first week of March we enjoy the many works of Dr. Seuss. The children will then absorb themselves into life under the sea as we explore Marine Life. We are lucky enough to begin this unit with a visit from the College of Charleston Grice Marine Lab with their touch tank. Children will create a Marine Life book throughout the month titled, “In the Deep Blue Sea”.
Discovery Students will head to South America to study the Amazon Rainforest. Here they will learn about the 4 layers of the rainforest and highlight the animals that live in each. The children are always amazed by the many gifts the Rainforest has given us such as rubber, chocolate, medicine and more.
5's
All month long we will be learning all about the butterfly life cycle. Each child will get their own caterpillar to observe and record about during the transformation from caterpillar, to chrysalis, to butterfly. We will read books and use our own observations to steer our learning.
We will also become inventors this month. We will plan out an invention with a drawing, list supplies, build our invention and then write all about it. We will culminate this unit by constructing an invention for an egg drop!
We will continue to learn about composition and decomposition of teen numbers. In reading, we are working in small reading groups on specific phonics skills and reading decodable and leveled books. Our focus books this month are I Am A Cat, One Tiny Turtle , Sumo Joe and The Very Impatient Caterpillar.
Virtue of the Month
Responsibility
2's
OLIVE JUICE 
Who remembers whispering this, giggling because it sounds like I LOVE YOU?
Your two’s crew will kick off February with an Arctic animal grand finale. Scenes from “Brown Bear, Brown Bear” and “Going on a Bear Hunt” will fill the two’s halls with handcrafted art, including an actual bear hunt. Think grass, mud, rivers, snowstorms, forests, and caves… imaginary play with this lineup is a two-year-old’s dream!
February is also Dental Health Month. We are so excited to have O’Quinn mom, Dr. Laura Shapiro come visit with us and talk about brushing those pearly whites. They will be cleaning, flossing, and polishing teeth, complete with songs and books galore!
Love is always in the air here, and Valentines Day is a seamless theme. The children will be immersed in creating and mailing love letters, complete with songs, books, and more. Who wouldn’t LOVE that?
We will round out the month with Muffins With Mom, a treasured tradition in the two’s. Donuts With Dads was a huge success and the mommy’s will certainly be in the spotlight this month! After all, we would be muffin without mom!
Each classroom incorporates gross and fine motor skill practice into daily activities; the building blocks to body and muscle development, while strengthening their hands to prepare them for writing. The children will be immersed in crafts, songs, and experiments that reflect our February curriculum. These include: pink + purple (color), heart (shape), “Hey Diddle Diddle” and “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” (nursery rhymes), and “Responsibility” (virtue).
Lastly, their focused skill is “scoop, pour, and fill”. Endless opportunities to practice a fun, lifelong skill. Your little chef will be ready to help in the kitchen!
3's
February is a time for love! The first half of the month, the children will be learning about love, friendships and feelings as they create a variety of projects for Valentine’s Day. The children will share Valentine cards with each of their classmates and keep busy by making special cards for their parents.
After winter break, the children will be learning about the amazing human body. Each child will make a life size version of their body and they'll add organs and bones as they learn about each one.
The letters B and F and the number 7 will take us through the month learning about hugs and kisses, friends, bone x-ray's and fingers.
We are beyond thrilled to welcome back Grandparent’s Day! The children love sharing this special morning with their “Grands”, as they create a special craft, eat a yummy snack and enjoy outdoor time on the playground with them!
We are also excited to continue building Mat Man as we learn how to write the first letter of our name.
4's
During the month of February, the O’Quinn School Fours will be continuing to count from 16-18 as well as working to identify and properly write each of those numerals. We LOVE the month of February as we get a chance to share Valentine’s with our friends. The children always enjoy sitting in a circle together and passing out cards they have signed with their own name!
As well as counting into the teens, our math skill concepts will include expanding on copying and extending ABC patterns to drawing them independently. Spending time with the children while they make predictions and compare and contrast helps to expand vocabulary, as well as offering a fun creative activity.
It is sure to be a fun filled February including celebrating our virtue of Responsibility. The children will focus on being responsible for themselves, which is an important skill for our soon to be rising Kindergarten students.
Discovery Students will be celebrating Chinese New Year while exploring China. From there they will head to India to discover Diwali and taste some traditional foods surrounding this celebration.
5's
We begin the month of February celebrating our 100th Day of school! We will have a t-shirt fashion show and enjoy many activities centered around the number 100.
This month we will be learning about rocks, presidents and letter writing for Valentine’s Day. We will learn about the layers of the Earth and the three different types of rocks: sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous. When learning about igneous rocks we will get to make a volcano explode and when learning about sedimentary rocks we will make edible conglomerate rocks. We will also get to make a birthstone gemstone out of rock salt, which is a fun way to end this unit. To begin our president unit, we will talk about a famous rock sculpture, Mt. Rushmore and we will learn about the presidents sculpted. For Valentine’s Day we were learning about letter writing and addressing an envelope. Each student will get to write and send a Valentine Card in the mail.
In math, we are learning different strategies to use for addition and applying those strategies.
Virtue of the Month
Empathy
2's
ICE ICE, BABY! Your two’s crew will kick off 2023 by walking in a winter wonderland (even in Lowcountry weather!) January will be bursting with wintery books, such as “The Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats, and “Snow on Snow on Snow” by Cheryl Chapman. Think snowball fights, winter clothing (Ralphie in his snowsuit) building all types of snowmen, and more!
Other themes include day and night, and hibernation. We will explore what our world looks like at both day and night, and how they are different. Think moon, stars, sun, and flashlight fun! The children will also learn about what it means to hibernate, exploring animals who take a long winter nap, with a spotlight on bears. Think bear caves, bear hunt, bear books and wearing PJ’s….imaginary play at its finest!
We will round out January with “Donuts With Dads”, a two-year-old class tradition! Dads will surely delight in this donut date with their child, snacking in the classroom together, as well as making a memorable craft to remember forever!
The children will be immersed in crafts, songs, and experiments that reflect our January curriculum. These include: white (color), rectangle (shape), “Hey Diddle Diddle” and “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” (nursery rhymes), and empathy (monthly virtue). Each classroom will incorporate gross and fine motor skill practices into daily activities; the building blocks to body and muscle development, while strengthening their hands to prepare them for writing.
Lastly, their focused skill will be working on how to put on and take off their jackets (all by themselves).
Our Two’s Crew is beyond thankful to make many memories with your children everyday! We wish you and your families much happiness in 2023!
3's
It’s a winter wonderland out there, so we will be bundled up inside talking about the winter animals who migrate and hibernate. The children will get to experience the act of hibernating while putting our classroom bears to sleep, creating dens around the room, and discovering how different animals prepare for the winter.
Our letters for the month are O and L and our number is 6.
We will also kick off our unique "Child of the Week", where a student is chosen to have a week all about celebrating them and their favorite things. This will continue through the month of May.
4's
In January our 4-year-olds will be celebrating 100 days of school. We have been counting days in sets of 10 until we reach 100 later in the month. The children will play 100th Day games and count out their own 100 item trail mix snack.
In addition to our Winter Unit studies, students will be writing and identifying numerals up to 15, begin spelling and writing their last names, and begin to recognize the words: A, is, I, & see. We will learn to properly form and identify the sounds of the letters J, D, P and B.
Discovery students are heading south to Antarctica to explore icebergs, penguins, animal blubber, and the scientists that study there during summer months.
5's
This month we will be learning about poetry, penguins and pirates! We will learn poetry terms such as alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme, rhythm and repetition. We will read poems, act out poems, illustrate poems and recite poems at our Poetry Café.
During our pirate unit, we will hear stories about South Carolina pirates, such as Blackbeard and Steed Bonnet. We will also create our own pirate flag, get pirate names, compare amounts of treasure and conclude our unit with Dress Like a Pirate day complete with spy glasses and parrots.
In math we will be comparing numbers using the words more than, less than or equal to. We will also be researching penguins, using books, videos and PebbleGo.
Our focus books are The Way Home for Wolf, A Loud Winter’s Nap, The Rabbit Listened and A Stone Sat Still. While reading these books we will identify and discuss story elements and use dialogue to describe characters.
Virtue of the Month
Patience
2's
Mistletoes + Rudolph’s nose!
The most wonderful time of the year is here! Your two’s crew will kick it off as the stars of our “Patience is a Virtue” parade!! December will be bursting with themes from Laura Numeroff’s classic book series, such as “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” and more. The children will explore the laws of cause and effect through baking, tasting, and imaginary play, while gaining knowledge and confidence in the kitchen!
Each classroom incorporates gross and fine motor skill practice into daily activities; the building blocks to body and muscle development, while strengthening their hands to prepare them for writing!
The children will be immersed in crafts, songs, and experiments that reflect our December curriculum. These include: green (color), star (shape), “Pat A Cake” (nursery rhyme), and patience (virtue).
Lastly, their focused skill will be working on how to put on their socks and shoes.
Our Two’s crew is beyond thankful to make many memories with your children everyday! We wish you the happiest of holidays and may your spirit be as bright as your little ones!
3's
As we welcome December, we begin a new unit of The Spirit of Giving. As we teach our students about giving, and in conjunction with our unit, each classroom in the three’s will be collecting items to give to the Ronald MCDonald House.
Our letters for the month are M, D and G with mistletoe, mice, decorating donuts and diamonds, gingerbread people, The Grinch and gumdrops. Our classrooms will be filled with 'Tis the Season of wrapping gifts, decking the halls, jingling bells, and “lighting” candles.
As we conclude our month of learning, the children will climb aboard The Polar Express for hot chocolate and a ride to the North Pole.
4's
During the month of December, our 4K students will be learning to properly form the letters G and S, as well as identifying the sounds each makes. Be on the lookout for a Green Grinch for the letter G! We will also be studying Holiday Traditions and Celebrations with craft making and class parties.
We have been preparing for the return of our holiday programs. The children are excited to show their parents all of their hard work.
Our Discovery Students are traveling to Europe. Their first stop is in Italy to make pizza and ride on a gondola. They will also visit SinterKlaas in Holland, the Louvre in Paris to see works from Monat, gingerbread houses in Germany, and more as we Discover Holiday Traditions throughout Europe!
5's
In December we get to travel all around the world to learn about different holiday traditions. We will learn about Diwali in India, La Befana in Italy, Los Pasados in Mexico, Hanukkah and Christmas.
We will have a visitor from Porter-Gaud coming in for a fun reading of the Grinch. That day we will all wear green, eat a Grinchy snack and participate in Grinch related activities! We will also spend one morning visiting each Kindergarten class to make an ornament along with enjoying a special holiday snack!
Our focus books this month are Little Red Ruthie, The Wish Tree and Santa Bruce. While reading we identify characteristics of fairy tales, sequence events in a story and describe characters. In math we will be comparing numbers using the words more than, less than or equal to.
Virtue of the Month
Gratitude
2's
Bring on Turkey time! November will be filled with learning about farm life, growing foods, and Thanksgiving. Our little turkeys will explore the wonders of harvest, including growing vegetables, making soup, vegetable painting, and more!
Each classroom will incorporate gross and fine motor skill practice into daily activities - the building blocks to body and muscle development - while strengthening their hands to prepare them for writing!
Our November themes will be filled with crafts, songs, books, experiments, and a festive Thanksgiving performance on stage for their school friends!
“Ba Ba Black Sheep” and “Little Bo Peep” will also be woven into the fun.
Lastly, their focused skill will be “using eating utensils” and learning about the virtue of “gratitude.”
Our Two’s crew is beyond thankful to make many memories with your children everyday!
3's
We are ThankFALL this month! The children have been decorating the room in fall colors and decorations. We’ll add “Tom Turkey” in too!
Our focus letters for the month are E, H and R and our number focus will be the number 4. We will learn about helping hands, heartfelt turkeys, thankful trees, raking leaves, and 4 feathers.
We will introduce the children to what it means to be thankful and how to show gratitude. The children will help prepare a special Thanksgiving feast to share with their class!
4's
During the month of November, 4K students will practice gratitude and thankfulness with our school families. The school will join in the gym for a school wide sing-a-long. Each class will share a Thanksgiving themed feast before we vacation with family and friends at the end of the month.
Our curriculum for this month includes reviewing the past curriculum we have already learned while focusing on all we have to be thankful for. We will explore the fall harvest foods we eat and the family we cherish time with. The children will be growing some of their own vegetables from seeds as well as regrowth from the actual vegetables themself.
Children will learn how to properly form, identify, and provide a sound for the letters O, Q, G, and S. They will identify and count the numbers 9-11, continue to copy and extend patterns, demonstrate positional words, and draw shapes independently.
Discovery Students will continue their travels through North America as they head to Canada. Here they will learn about native Inuits, dog sledding, ice fishing, and Inukshuks. Canada is full of land and water animals to study such as narwhals, moose, and the snowy owl. Ice hockey and maple syrup are always a favorite to learn about and experience.
5's
This month we will learn about different habitats around our country. We will discuss the basic needs in each of these habitats such as food, clothing and housing. We will construct small representations of the different homes as well as the surrounding areas.
In math, we will be comparing length, weight, capacity and numbers.
Our focus books this month are The Cool Beans, Fry Bread, Thank You, Omu and A Turkey for Thanksgiving. While reading we will identify problems and solutions, discuss beginning, middle and end of a story and retelling with main events. Our knowledge of adjectives will also grow this month.
After studying the book Thank You, Omu we will work collaboratively to make a friendship stew that we will enjoy as part of our class Thanksgiving feast!
Virtue of the Month
Perseverance
2's
Hello October, we are so excited you are here! These little pumpkins will be Fall-ing into BOO. We will begin learning all about the wonders of Fall, including leaves, trees, and animals…What a breath of fresh air!
October is also Fire Safety month, and will include a visit from our local department, fire engine included!
Our Halloween theme will be filled with crafts, songs, books, experiments, and a festive carnival for children and their parents to enjoy! The “Itsy Bitsy Spider” and “Little Miss Muffet” will also be woven into the fun.
Lastly, their focused skill will be “washing hands” and learning about “perseverance” (we think they can, we think they can). Our Two’s crew is eager to make many memories with your children through endless crafts and sensory activities!
3's
The fun continues in the Three's as we welcome Fall and hopefully cooler weather. Our letters N, C and K lend themselves nicely to talk about nests, colts, corn and carrots, as well as kites and pumpkins.
The children will learn first hand what it's like on a farm with our annual "O'Quinn Farm Day". They will shear sheep, wash muddy pigs and vegetables, ride a horse, gather eggs from hens, milk a cow, shuck corn, hayride on a wagon, and go pumpkin picking in our patch!
October is also Fire Prevention Month! We'll spend time re-enacting "stop, drop and roll" and listening to special stories.
4's
During the Month of October, our 4-year-old students will learn how to properly form and identify the sounds of the letters Hh, Tt, Ii, Uu, and Cc. Along with measuring and comparing pumpkins for our Halloween and Fall unit, we will also practice how to stop, drop and roll while learning Fire Safety practices. You don't need to be a firefighter in their gear, it's just an outfit like the costumes we wear for Halloween!
We are also excited to welcome back the Dads to our classrooms for our traditional Pumpkins with Pop event. The children will enjoy a morning of pumpkin carving and a light snack at school with their Pops!
The end of the month we will celebrate Halloween with a special Spooky Themed Carnival. Each Class will have the opportunity to share a special snack in their classroom with their school family.
Discovery Students will travel to Mexico to explore the Mayan and Aztec cultures, Day of the Dead, Frida Kahlo, Mariachi music, Monarch Butterfly Migration, and so much more. We will end our unit with a fiesta to include traditional Mexican foods prepared by the children.
5's
October is such an exciting month in Kindergarten! We will explore stars and focus our learning on specific constellations. Then we will learn all about bats and will conclude our unit with a bat cave day, where we get to dress in all dark “bat” colors and work with the lights off!
With Halloween at the end of this month we will work on some fun Halloween crafts and activities and we get to attend the Halloween carnival, dressed in our costumes.
In math, we are starting a new unit about 2-D and 3-D shapes.
Our focus books for the month are The Circus Ship, Hippos are Huge, Quit Calling Me a Monster and Pick a Pumpkin. We will work on making predictions, creating mental images and we will discuss the author's purpose in nonfiction books. We will also discuss what is needed to make a sentence and create our own sentences.
For ELA we will continue to focus on different letters by reading books, singing songs and learning to correctly form them in our writing journals.
August & September
Virtue of the Month
Friendliness
2's
We are all so excited about our new Two’s Crew!
August and September are all about LOVING their new O’Quinn home. We will read many stories about school, learn to navigate the classroom, and begin building the most special friendships!
The children will develop a sense of their body and its parts, while exploring their 5 senses. Our “All About Me” theme will expand their thoughts on themselves and each other.
Our main focus is to ensure that each child feels loved, has fun, and enjoys their new classroom family, one day at a time
Parents, thank you for entrusting us in their journey. We look forward to a fantastic year!
3's
Welcome to a new school year! We are so excited to get started! Our teachers are eager to meet their new students and begin guiding them through a world of discovery and exploration. The children will start their alphabet journey with letters S, A, T, I and P, and our number focus will be on numerals 1 and 2.
For August, our units are "Welcome to School" and "I Can...", as the children start acclimating to their new classrooms and learning about things they can do, such as painting, coloring, cutting, gluing and drawing portraits of themselves.
In September, we will be busy learning all about our "Community" and its many "Community Helpers".
Our friends will also be attending PE, Music and French weekly! Welcome to the Terrific Threes!
4's
Welcome to School! The Mt. Pleasant O'Quinn 4K Team is eager to welcome friends back to our campus this month. We will begin our first few weeks of school getting to know one another and learning our classroom routines. The children will be introduced to Mat Man from our Handwriting Without Tears program and review 4K readiness skills.
Later in the month and into September, we will begin our study of the alphabet learning to properly form the letters L, F, E and H, as well as the sounds these letters make. Our math concepts will include the numerals 0-4, counting, and 1:1 correspondence. In addition to our shape review, the children will be playing the game "Left, Right, Center" as a fun way to introduce the positional words left and right.
Discovery classes will learn the 7 major continents and 5 major oceans on our planet as well as introducing map reading skills and directional words. Each class will map their own classroom and learn a song about the 7 continents. Exploring different types of ecosystems and major land formations will prepare students for our upcoming travels around the world.
5's
Welcome Back! We are so excited to get our Kindergarten year started! We will be learning all about each other, including where we live with our Me on the Map Unit. We will begin by talking about our world, to the USA, to South Carolina, to Charleston, to Mt. Pleasant and finally our street and house. We will also make an All About Me book and poster, along with drawing self-portraits.
In math, we will be discussing attributes of two objects, working with different configurations of numbers to 5 and classifying objects to make categories and counting those objects.
For ELA we will focus on different letters by reading books, singing songs, using sensory activities and learning to correctly form them in our writing journals. We will begin each morning with an interactive read aloud and our first set of books will be exploring wordless books. We can’t wait to jump into this school year and get to know our students!