Week of March 18, 2019
WEEKLY REMINDERS
Monday, March 25th Dismissal will be at 12:00 noon
Unit Topic:
Water
Essential Question for the Unit:
What does water do?
Focus Question for this Week:
What happens when we put things in water?
Focused Learning Activity for this Week:
The teachers will work with students in the science center. Students will be shown an arrangement of objects and asked to predict if the object will sink or float. Students will then test their predictions by putting each item into a bin of water. They will be asked why they think some items floated and some sank.
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard addressed:
PK.CKW.2 (Science): Test predictions through exploration and experiment
Foundational text for the week:
Float by Daniel Miyares
Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard addressed:
PK.CLL.3 (Reading Standards for Literature): With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about
characters and major events in a story.
Questions that will be asked throughout the week:
Level 1: Recall
What did the boy make out of newspaper?
What did the boy play with outside in the rain?
How did the boy’s boat get into the river?
What did the boy play with outside in the rain?
How did the boy’s boat get into the river?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
The boy put his boat in puddles outside. Where did the puddles come from?
Why did the boy have to chase his boat?
Why did the boy have to chase his boat?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
How did the boy feel when his boat got wrecked in the river? How do you know?
How can you find out if something floats in water? What are some things that float?
How can you find out if something floats in water? What are some things that float?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
Why do you think this book is called Float?
The boy’s boat floated in the puddles but when it went in the river it fell apart. Why?
Why do some things float and some things sink?
The boy’s boat floated in the puddles but when it went in the river it fell apart. Why?
Why do some things float and some things sink?
Learning Centers Available for the Unit:
Blocks-Add pictures of ice castles. The teacher will invite children to refer to these pictures and build their own ice castles. Consider covering the blocks with white paper and adding clear plastic cups for children to use in their structures.
Pretend Play-Large cardboard boxes will be added to pretend play for students to pretend they are in a boat.
Art-The teacher will invite children to use markers to create a picture. After they have finished with the markers, the teacher will provide spray bottles of water and invite children to lightly spray their papers. After they have sprayed their papers, the teacher will encourage them to watch and describe how the water has changed their work.
Science-Students are invited to sort animals into two categories: those that live in water and those that live on land.
Math- Seashells will be added to math center. Students will be able to match the correct number of shells to a number card.
Library-The teachers will read by Patricia Polacco with children in the library, then talk with them about what they do with their families when the weather is bad.
Writing-Where Do We Find Water? Invite children to think about this question, then draw or write their answers on an index card or small piece of paper.
Technology-The teacher will assist the children to enter the question where do we find water? In to a search engine and join the children in observing the images that are displayed. Ask them which ones they have seen before and which ones they have never seen.
Sensory-Add child-safe soap to the water table as well as doll clothes and invite children to wash the clothes. The teacher will engage the children in discussions about how people use water to keep things clean.
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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