Reminders / Notices:

Dismissal is at 12:00 NOON on Monday, March 25th!

Unit Topic:

Water

Essential Question for the Unit:

What does water do?

Focus Questions for this Week:

What happens when we put things in water?

Focused Learning activity for the week:

    Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Tavares will work with students in the science center.  Students will be shown an arrangement of objects and asked to predict if the object will sink or float.  Students will then test their predictions by putting each item into a bin of water.  They will be asked why they think some items floated and some sank.   

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.CKW.2 (Science): Tests predictions through exploration and experiment.

Foundational Text for the Week:

Float by Daniel Miyares

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.CLL.3 (Reading Standards for Literature): With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about characters and major events in a story.

QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK:

Level 1: Recall

What did the boy make out of newspaper?

What did the boy play with outside in the rain?

How did the boy’s boat get into the river?

Level 2: Skill/Concept

The boy put his boat in puddles outside. Where did the puddles come from?

Why did the boy have to chase his boat?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking

How did the boy feel when his boat got wrecked in the river? How do you know?

How can you find out if something floats in water? What are some things that float?

Level 4: Extended Thinking

Why do you think this book is called Float?

The boy’s boat floated in the puddles but when itwent in the river it fell apart. Why?

Why do some things float and some things sink?

Lessons and activities for the week:

Blocks- Pictures of bridges will be added to the center. Students are encouraged to try to build bridges. 

Pretend Play- Large cardboard boxes will be added to Pretend Play for students to pretend they are in a boat. 

Art- Students are invited to draw a picture with crayons. They may choose to draw an underwater or rainy day scene. After their drawings are complete, watercolor paints will be used to lightly paint over their crayon drawings. 

Science-The students will be invited to test how well different substances (e.g., sugar, salt flour, oil, rice, etc.) dissolve in water by placing them in testing tubes. 

Math- Seashells will be added to math center. Students will be able to match the correct number of shells to a number card. 

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

Writing- Students will be asked the question, "Where can we find water?" and be asked to write or draw their answers.

Sensory- Sand and water, or play-doh.

For more information on the Lesson Plan, HERE!

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