Week of October 21, 2019

WEEKLY REMINDERS

·     Wednesday, October 30^th, school will close.  

·     Thursday, October 31st at 9:00 am will be Our Halloween Parade. Parents are invited to attend.  

Unit Topic:

                                    My Five Senses

 Essential Question for the Unit:

How do we use our senses to explore, investigate and understand the world around us?

     Focus Question for this Week

How do we use our sense of taste and smell?

             Focused Learning Activity for this Week:

Apple Tasting

The teachers will invite children to taste different types of apples and discuss how do they taste? How do they smell? Which one is their favorite and why? The teachers will then help them record their favorite apple in a chart.

   Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

           PK.PDH.1 Uses senses to assist and guide learning  

Foundational text for the week:

My Five Senses by Aliki

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard addressed: 

      PK.ELAL.5: Participates in discussions about a text.

 Questions that will be asked throughout the week: 

  

Level 1: Recall 

What are the five senses?
What do you use to see? Hear? Smell? Taste? Touch or feel? (In the initial read, focus on all senses. For later reads during the week that focuses on touch, highlight the sense of touch)

Level 2: Skill/Concept

What are some things you can see? Hear? Smell? Taste? Touch or feel?
How many senses do you use when you listen to a teacher read you a story? What are they?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking 

Would you rather touch something that is hard or soft? Why? Smooth or bumpy? Why? Wet or dry? Why?
It could be dangerous to touch some things. What are some things that could be dangerous to touch?
What should you do if you see something that looks like it might be dangerous to touch?
How do our senses and body parts help us learn about our world? How can our senses keep us safe?

Level 4: Extended Thinking

How can people communicate if they can’t hear or see?

   Learning Centers Available for the Unit: 

Blocks- Children are encouraged to use tree shaped blocks.  Students will be able to explore how the blocks feel and look compared to the other blocks in the block area.

Pretend Play- The Dramatic Play center will be transformed into an apple orchard. Students will be able to explore apples with their senses.    

Art- Play-doh will be added to the art center as children discuss how the play-doh feels, looks, and smells.

Science- A "Feely Box" will be added to the science center.  Students are invited to put their hands in the holes of the box and identify the object using only their sense of touch. 

Math- Students will be able to sort animal manipulates by color, size, type, and texture.

Library- Students are invited to look at our classroom books and discuss what they see with their peers.

Writing- Scented markers will be provided in the writing center. Students will be encouraged to use their sense of smell as they use the markers.

Sensory- Sand and water, or play-doh.

For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!  

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