Theme for the Unit: Light!
Enduring understandings that the student should have by the end of the unit:
• There are many types of lights in our homes and our cities.
• Light helps us see and stay warm.
• Light helps plants grow.
• When there is little or no light it is dark. Shadows appear when an object blocks light.
Learning Centers and Activities:
Blocks- Students will be invited to use old CDs and cylinder blocks will be covered in aluminum foil to explore how the CDs reflect light.
Dramatic/Pretend Play- Sunglasses will be added to Pretend Play. Students are encouraged to discuss when and where they would wear sunglasses.
Art- Clear contact paper and tissue paper will be added to the art center in order for students to make "stained glass windows."
Science- Students will be able to sort animals into the two categories of nocturnal vs. diurnal.
Math- Students will be able to match shape manipulatives with their shadow.
Library- The teacher will write on poster paper the poem My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson and read it to students.
Writing- Students will explore hole punch letters on paper and place a flashlight over it.
Technology- Weekly learning games on iPads are provided.
Sensory- Mirrors will be placed inside the water table. Students will use use a flashlight to explore what happens when light hits the mirror inside the water table.
Books of the week:
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
All About Light by Lisa Trumbauer
Recommended Home School Connection:
Monday – School Closed
Tuesday – Universal Handwriting Book 7 and 8
Wednesday - Universal Handwriting Book 9 and 10
Thursday - Math Worksheet News
Friday – Theme Unit Worksheet
Reminders
School Closed Monday, February 20th for Presidents Day.
February 22nd is our Black History Month Presentation at 9:00 a.m.
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