Week of April 9, 2018
Plants!
Enduring understandings that the student should have by the end
of the unit:
·
Plants are living things; every part of a plant has
an important
function.
·
Plants grow from seeds and need water,
nutrients and light to
live.
·
Plants are all around us.
·
There are many different types of plants.
·
Plants are important for many reasons.
Lessons
and activities for each center
Blocks- Students will be invited to build a park
using blocks and materials added to the block center.
Pretend Play- The teacher will turn
Dramatic Play into a flower shop by adding pretend flowers, containers,
pictures of flower arrangements, cash register, notepad, writing utensils etc.
Children can pretend to make, buy, and sell floral arrangements. Vocabulary
words such as bouquet, floral arrangement, florist, and flower will
be highlighted.
Art- The teacher will supply pipe cleaners
as well as tissue paper circles. Children can pierce the middle of the tissue
paper circles with the pipe cleaner, adding as many as they would like, then
fold the circles up to create a flower. After creating these flowers children
can use them in the Dramatic Play flower shop.
Science- The teacher will provide individual
pictures of the plant life cycle. Students will be asked to sequence the
pictures. The teacher will provide pictures / diagrams for children to
refer to as they play and talk with them about each stage in the life
cycle.
Math- The teacher will cut out several paper
watermelons, add a number to each one, and ask children to put the appropriate
number of seeds on each watermelon. Students are encouraged to write the
corresponding number.
Library- Students are invited to read books
about our theme, plants.
Writing- Students will write letters on a sheet of
construction paper. They can glue seeds onto the letter. Teacher
will talk with students about words that start with the letter.
Sensory- Sand and water, or play-doh.
Some of
the books we will read this week are:
·
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
·
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by
Kate Messner
Reminders
Friday
April 27th will be Parent Teacher Conferences from 3:00
p.m. to 8:00 p.m
Friday
April 27th dismissal is at 12:00
noon
If you
have any questions Mr. Woods or I cannot answer feel free to contact the
Archdiocese at (888) 227-8175 from 9:00 am to 5:00pm
or Email
At Cathlicschools.upk@archny.org
Thank
you
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