Week of February 24th!

Reminders:

·               If you would like your child to attend mass on Wednesday, February 26th, in observance of Ash Wednesday, please fill out the consent form and return it.

·               School is CLOSED on Thursday, February 27th for a teacher conference.

·               Monday, March 2nd is Dr. Seuss' Birthday.  Students may dress up as their favorite Dr. Seuss character.   

    Unit Topic:

     Water

     Essential Question for the Unit:

     What does water do?

     Focus Questions for this Week:

     How does water help us?

     Focused Learning activity for the week:

      Mrs. Gonzalez and Mrs. Tavares will work with students in the Science Center.  The teacher will supply students a container of colored water. The students will be invited to add a leafy celery stalk to the water.  The teacher will ask students to predict what will happen if you leave the stalk in the water overnight.  The teacher will record students’ predictions and invite them to monitor the stalks periodically.  As the colored water becomes visible in the celery stalk or leaves, the teacher will invite students to discuss how the stalk transports the water.  The following day, the teacher will refer back to students’ predictions to summarize and draw conclusions.  The teacher will inform students that water helps move nutrients through plants. This helps plants stay alive.  Without water, plants will start to wilt and eventually die.

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.SCI.5: Plans and conducts investigations to determine how familiar plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive in the environment. 

Foundational Text for the Week:

Water Can Be... by Laura Purdie Salas

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

PK.ELAL.7: Develops and answers questions about characters, major events, and pieces of information in a text. 

QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK:

Level 1: Recall

What are three things water can do?
What did the boy put on his bruised knees?

Level 2: Skill/Concept
People drink water. Who else does?
How does water help gardens?
How does water help animals?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking
The book says water can be a “drink cooler.” How can water cool drinks?
The book says water can be a “home maker.” How can water be a home?
How can water be a “snowman former?”

Level 4: Extended Thinking
What are some things people do with water other than drink it?
How does water help you?

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- Students are invited to sort animals into two categories: those that live in water and those that live on land. 

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 or 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.

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