Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1st Quarter
Getting To Know Each Other/Feelings and Emotions (1 Week)
Week of August 20th- 22nd, 2008
Working on getting to know the children. Talk about their feelings about coming to school. Establish
classroom routines, schedules, and limits with the children. Start to assess children’s skill levels.
Winter (2 Weeks)
Weeks of January 5th – 16th, 2009
Winter – Learn about the season of winter. Talk about the changes in weather and how this affects
people, plants, and animals. Learn about our bodies and healthy practices. Visit with children about their
Christmas Break.
Letters – “Ww” and “Qq” *Focus on the season of winter and healthy bodies. Explore
language skills, storytelling, and science concepts.
Dinosaurs (3 Weeks)
Weeks of January 19th – February 6th, 2009
Dinosaurs – Learn about dinosaurs. Talk about how dinosaurs became extinct, what their world looked
like, and different types of dinosaurs.
Letters – “Dd” and “Xx” *Focus on math concepts, one-to-one correspondence,
classification and data collection, number sense, counting, and problem-solving.
Valentines (1 Week)
Week of February 9th –13th, 2009
Valentines- Discuss important people in our lives. Valentines day is a day when we give cards
and gifts to others.
Letter – “Vv” *Focus on names,and learning about people in our lives and how we can
show them how much we care.
Spring/Bugs/Butterflies (2 Weeks)
Weeks of March 23rd- April 3rd , 2009
Spring – Learn about the season of spring. The changes in weather and how this affects animals, plants,
and humans.
Butterflies – Learn about butterflies, bugs, and bees and their relationship with flowers and plants in
our gardens. Talk about different types of bugs; harmful and beneficial. Learn about life cycles and talk about
the concept of “change”.
Letters – “Bb” and “Kk” *Focus on the season of spring and changes in nature. Explore
science concepts connected with insects; learn about life cycles, and plants. Great for
developing literacy and math skills using this unit.
Easter (1 Week)
Week of April 6th -10th, 2009
Easter – Learn about the Easter celebration, rebirth, and new beginnings.
Letters – Review letters *Focus on the Easter season and new life. Great for developing
math skills during this theme.
Space (1 Week)
Week of April 13th-17th, 2009
Space – Learn about the importance of space, the planets, and space travel.
Letters – “Uu” *Focus on learning about planets and space exploration.
Texas (1 Week)
Weeks of April 20th– 24th, 2009
Texas – Learn about our state of Texas and the Fiesta celebrations here in San Antonio. Great unit for
having children explore their creativity; creating bluebonnets, dancing to music, and creating Fiesta floats.
Letters –“Zz” *Focus on learning about Texas and Fiesta
2nd Quarter
• Community Helpers/Transportation (1 Week) Oct.13-17, 2008
Explore sense of community and introduce math concepts
Letters: T
3rd Quarter
• Winter (2 Weeks) Jan.5-16 2009
Explore seasonal changes and learn about our bodies and healthy practices
Letters: W & Q
4th Quarter
• Spring/Bugs/Butterflies (3 Weeks) March 23-April 3, 2009
Explore seasonal changes, insects and life cycles, and the season of faith
Letters: B & K