Week of October 28, 2019
WEEKLY REMINDERS
· Wednesday, October 30th, 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 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:
Rah, Rah, Radishes! by April Pulley Sayre
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
The title of this book is, “Rah, Rah, Radishes!” What is a radish?
There are many vegetables in this book. Tell me three vegetables you remember.
What vegetables did we read about that are red? Green? Yellow?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
What vegetables do you like to eat?
Is there anyone at your home that cooks’ vegetables? Who?
A salad is a mix of many different vegetables. Have you ever had a salad? What do you like in your salad? If you have not had a salad, what vegetables do you think you would like to try in a salad?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
When vegetables are raw (not cooked) they are usually crunchy. What are some other crunchy foods?
When vegetables are cooked, they get softer. What are some foods you like to eat that are soft?
When do you eat vegetables?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
Show the page with the potatoes and read the text, “Slice ‘em, Mash ‘em, Wham! Wham! Wham!” Why would someone slice or mash a potato?
Why should we eat vegetables?
All of the illustrations in this book are pictures of vegetables. How do these pictures make you feel?
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- Playdough will be added to the art center as children discuss how the playdough 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 playdough
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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