Week of May 20th !!

Reminders / Notices:

• School is Closed on Friday, May 24th and Monday, May 27th, for Memorial Day. 

Unit Topic:

• Babies 

Essential Question for the Unit:

•What are babies?

Focus Question for the Week:

• What can we learn about animal babies?

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

• Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Tavares will work with students in the science center.  Students will be able to match cards with animal babies to the corresponding adult.  

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.CKW.5: (Science) Observes and describes characteristics of living things.

Foundational Text for the Week:  

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.SED.2: Regulates his / her response to needs, feelings, and events.  

Questions That Will Be Asked Throughout The Week:

Level 1: Recall

• Why did Stellaluna live with the bird family?
• What are some of the things Stellaluna learned to do when she lived with the bird family?
• What do bats do during the day? What do they do at night?

Level 2: Skill/Concept 

• Why did Stellaluna feel embarrassed when she tried to fly with the baby birds?
• Why did Stellaluna think she was clumsy?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking  

• How do you think Stellaluna felt about being separated from her mother?
• How do you think Stellaluna felt when mama bird told her she had to do the same things as the other birds?
• How do you think Stellaluna felt when she found her own mother again?

Level 4: Extended Thinking

• At the end of the story, Flitter wondered how the baby birds and Stellaluna can be so different butfeel so much alike. What you do you think? How is that possible?
• Pip wondered how the birds and Stellaluna can feel so different and be so alike. What do you think? How is that possible? How are you different/similar to someone else?

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

Blocks- Students will be invited to consider some of the furniture people can use to care for babies (ex. cradle) and use blocks to build these items.

Pretend Play- Pretend Play will be turned into a baby nursery.  Students will pretend to care for babies by feeding, cleaning, and changing the baby dolls provided.

Art- Students are invited to create their own baby portraits with a variety of art materials.

Science- Students will be able to play a matching game, matching the adult animal to its offspring.

Math- Cutouts of babies of various lengths will be added to the math center.  Students will be able to measure each baby and tell which is longest and shortest.

Library- Students are invited to read books about our theme, babies.

Writing- Cards will be supplied with pictures of animal babies as well as their names. They will be placed in a bin for children to reference as they create their own animal baby book.

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 can not be answered by the office or classroom teacher, please feel free to contact the Help Line at 888-227-8175.