October Theme: My Five Senses
Student Outcomes
Enduring understandings that the student should have by the end of the unit:
- There are five senses. They are smell, taste, touch, sight and hearing.
- We use our senses to understand our bodies, learn what they need and keep us safe.
- We use our senses to learn about the people, places, objects and environment around us.
- We experience and interact with the world differently when our senses, such as vision or hearing, are impaired.
Lesson and activities for the week:
Blocks-Children are encouraged to use blocks that are covered
with green and/or brown paper to make them look like tree parts.
Students will be able to explore how they feel and look compared to the other blocks in the block area.
Dramatic Play: Children are invited to explore lengths of fabric in various textures (silky, burlap, terry cloth, etc.). The students will be able to discuss the way the fabrics feel as they select which pieces they would like to use.
Art: Children will be provided with leaves collected from trees in the neighborhood. The children will place a paper over a leaf and rub the side of a crayon over the paper. Invite the children to consider why this happens.
Science/ Discovery:
The children will be invited to use a magnifying glass to look at objects collected.
Children will be encouraged to use their sense of sight and investigate various materials.
Toys and Games / Math Manipulatives: The children will be invited to sort manipulatives by color, size, shape or texture.
Sand and Water / Sensory: Children will explore an assortment textured materials (i.e. sandpaper, cotton balls, fabric samples, seashells, wax paper, etc.) to the sensory table. Students will be invited to explore the way the materials feel, and compare and contrast the various textures.
Library: Children will be invited to look at the books with another child and discuss what they see.
Computer/Technology: Children will be provided with enriching learning games on the iPad.
Writing: Children’s will be encouraged to practice name writing with scented markers.
Reminders:
Hispanic Heritage Performance
Wednesday, October 12th in the auditorium at 9:00A.M.
Home- School Connection
Parents encourage your child to discuss what they see at various times throughout the day. What do they see that reminds them of fall? What do they see in the morning? In the evening? Right before bed? What is different each time they look? What is the same? Why?
Parents encourage your child to discuss what they see at various times throughout the day. What do they see that reminds them of fall? What do they see in the morning? In the evening? Right before bed? What is different each time they look? What is the same? Why?
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