Week of December 3rd!!

WEEKLY REMINDERS:

• Our Holiday Presentation will be on Thursday, December 20th at 9:00 a.m.

• Christmas break begins on Thursday, December 20th at Dismissal.  School resumes on January 3rd.

Unit Topic:

Where We Live

Essential Question for the Unit:

Where do the people and animals around me live?

Focus Question for this Week:

Where do I live? Where do my family members live?

Focused Learning Activities for this Week:

• Students will be encouraged to discover blueprints in the writing center and create their own building blueprint with blue paper and chalk.

• Students will then be able to use what they created in the writing center to guide them in making their building come to life in the block center.

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.CKW.3 (Social Studies): Demonstrates knowledge of the relationship between people, places, and regions. 

Foundational Text for the Week: 

The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed: 

PK.CKW.6 (Speaking and Listening Standards): Demonstrate an emergent ability to express thoughts, feelings and ideas.

Questions that will be asked throughout the week: 

Level 1: Recall

How did the big orange splot get on Mr. Plumbean’s house?

What did the neighbors want Mr. Plumbean to do about the splot?

What did Mr. Plumbean do when he painted his house?

Level 2: Skill/Concept

Why were the neighbors upset that Mr. Plumbean changed his house?

Why do you think Mr. Plumbean changed his house at night?

What happened when the neighbors talked to Mr. Plumbean at night?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Do you like the changes Mr. Plumbean made to his house? Why or why not?

Which house on Mr. Plumbean’s street do you like best? Why?

Level 4: Extended Thinking

Why do you think Mr. Plumbean changed his house?

If you lived on Mr. Plumbean’s street, how would you paint your house? Why?

Learning Centers Available for the Unit:

Blocks- Children will be provided with pictures of different types of homes and buildings in block center. Children will be encouraged to discuss what shapes they can use to recreate the structures. 

Pretend Play- Children will be encouraged to decorate a building facade that will be used in the pretend play area.

Art-Children will be supplied with popsicle sticks in order for them to create a home by gluing sticks onto paper.

Science- Children will be able to identify the different habitats that animals live in. Children will be encouraged to use pictures to match the animals to the habitats. 

Math- Children will be provided with people figures, number cards, and pictures of homes which will  be placed in the math center.  Students will be encouraged to pick a number card, and place the corresponding number of people into a home.

Library- Students are encouraged to look at two non-fiction books about homes and compare and contrast what they see.

Writing-  Students will discover blueprints and create their own blueprint with write and wipe blueprint mats. 

Sensory- Sand and water, or play-doh.

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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.