Week of May 12, 2019
WEEKLY REMINDERS
Friday, May 24th and Monday, May 27th, School will be closed for Memorial Day.
Unit Topic:
Babies
Essential Question for the Unit:
What are babies?
Focus Question for this Week:
What do human babies need?
Focused Learning Activity for this Week:
Teacher will work with students in the pretend play center to help them set up a baby nursery. She will ask students to brainstorm what objects need to be added to the pretend play center in order to have a baby nursery.
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard addressed:
PK.AL.2: Actively engages in problem solving.
Foundational text for the week:
Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard addressed:
PK.CLL.4 (Reading Standards: Foundational Skills): Displays emergent reading behaviors with purpose and understanding.
Questions that will be asked throughout the week:
Level 1: Recall
When and where are babies born?
What are some ways babies are carried?
What are some ways babies are carried?
What are some noises that babies make?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
Every day, everywhere babies are rocked. Why do you think people rock babies?
Every day, everywhere babies are kissed. Why do you think people like to kiss babies?
Every day, everywhere babies make friends. How do babies make friends?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
Why do you think babies usually crawl before they walk?
What do you think babies think about when they are learning to walk?
When babies first start to walk they fall a lot. How do you think that makes them feel?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
Babies are growing. How are you growing?
In this book, babies make friends with puppies, kittens, young people and old people. How do you make friends?
Learning Centers Available for the Unit:
Blocks- Students are invited to use blocks to create the animal babies and habitats that they are investigating.
Pretend Play-Pretend Play will be turned into a baby nursery. Students will pretend to care for babies by feeding, cleaning, and changing the baby dolls provided.
Art-Students are invited to create their own baby portraits with a variety of art materials.
Science- Students will be able to play a matching game, matching the adult animal to its offspring.
Math- Cutouts of babies of various lengths will be added to the math center. Students will be able to measure each baby and tell which is longest and shortest.
Library- Students are invited to read books about our theme, babies.
Writing-Cards will be supplied with pictures of animal babies as well as their names. They will be placed in a bin for children to reference as they create their own animal baby book.
Sensory-Sand and water, or play-doh.
If there are any questions regarding the Pre-K for All program that cannot be answered by the office or classroom teacher, please feel free to contact the Help Line at 888-227-8175
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