Week of December 2nd!!

REMINDERS!!

• Our Holiday Show is on Tuesday, December 17th at 9:00 am in the gymnasium.
• Christmas recess begins at dismissal on Friday, December 20th.  There will be NO After-School on Friday, December 20th.
• School resumes on Monday, January 6th!

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: 

• The teacher will work with students to create a building facade in the dramatic play area.  Students will be asked which objects should stay outside the building and which objects should stay inside the building.

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

• PK.AL.2: Actively engages in problem solving.

Foundational Text for the Week: 

• The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed: 

• PK.ELAL.6 : Retells stories or shares information from a text.

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-Pictures of different types of homes and buildings will be posted in block center and students are invited to build the homes in the pictures or similar homes.

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

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

Science- Multiple pictures of animals and their homes will be provided in science center for students to match.

Math- People figures, number cards, and pictures of homes 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 blue paper and chalk.  

Sensory- Sand and water, or play-doh.

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