Week of March 5th!

                         Theme for the month: Light

Enduring understanding 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 build in front of paper, then shine a flashlight on the structure. Students will be encouraged to trace the shadows on the paper.  

Dramatic Play: A shadow play will be created with a white sheet of paper and a light source behind it. The children will be encouraged to go behind it to retell familiar stories or create one of their own. 

Art: After reading the book Round Trip by Ann Jonas, students will be provided with black and white paper to create a picture. 

Discovery Area/Science: The students with be supplied with an assortment of small items such as stringing rings, optical illusion sheets, paint pipettes, squiggle pipettes, clear vials, paint scrappers, animal X-Rays to for children to explore on the light table. 

Math: Students will be provided with glow sticks as they build with Magna-Tiles. Students encouraged to place the glow sticks inside their structures and note what they see. 

Library: The teacher will post and read the poem My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson in the library center. 

Writing: The teacher will write the question “What is under the table?” and place it on top on top of the table. The teacher will tape a picture, letter, number, type of line or shape under the table. The teacher will supply students with flashlights to shine them under the table to find the hidden item and answer the question. 

Sensory- Sand and water, or play-doh.

Some of the books we will read this week are:

• Round Trip by Ann Jonas
• Can’t You Sleep Little Bear? by Martin Waddell

Lesson Plan Link

Reminders / Notices:

School is closed on March 13th and March 22nd.

School is closed from March 26 to April 9th for spring break

Dear parents, 

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