Unit Topic: Water
Essential Question for this unit:
What does water do?
Focus Question:
What happens when we put things in water?
What happens when we put things in water?
Enduring understandings that the student should
have by the end of the unit:
- Water is all around us.
- Water changes depending on how warm or cold it is.
- Some things float in water and some sink. Some things change when you put them in water.
- All living things need water.
Learning Centers and Activities
Blocks:
Pictures of Ice Castles will be displayed in the Blocks/Construction Center. The students will be invited to create ice castles.
Dramatic Play:
Students will be provided with large boxes of cardboard in the dramatic play area for students to sit in and pretend they are boats.
Art:
After reading It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw the students will be invited to pretend that a blue piece of paper is a cloud. Then, the students will be instructed to fold it in half, add a dab of white paint, fold the paper closed again then press and open. The teacher will ask
"what do you see ?"
Discovery Area/Science:
The students will be invited to test how well different substances (e.g., sugar, salt flour, oil, rice, etc.) dissolve in water by placing them in testing tubes.
Math:
Small plastic ducks links will be provided in the math area for students to connect, make patterns and count.
Sand and Water/Sensory:
Students will be invited to bathe baby dolls and talk about how people use water to stay clean.
Library:
The words to the Itsy Bitsy Spider song will be written on chart paper and place by the library with a couple toy spiders in a basket.
Writing:
Students will be invited to look at pictures of snowflakes and discuss what types of lines they see.
Gross Motor
Students will be able to dance to music, run, and climb at the playground or ride tricycles and scooters in the gymnasium.
Reminders:
- Last week boxes were sent home with your child for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. We encourage donations to this amazing organization.
- Parents you are responsible for reading the calendars provided to you at the beginning of the month. Mark or highlight important dates.
Home -School Connections:
Monday – Unit Topic News Worksheet
Tuesday – Math News Worksheet
Wednesday - Unit Topic News Worksheet
Thursday - Unit Topic News Worksheet
Friday – Unit Topic News Worksheet
Click on the link below to learn why drinking water is important. Talk to your child about the information read . The information is available in English and Spanish
Dear parents,
If you have any questions about the UPK for All program that I, Mrs. Gonzalez or Mr. Woods are unable to answer please feel free to contact :
The Archdioceses Help Line at 888-227-8175 from 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. or by Email at catholicschool.upk.arch.ny.org
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