Exploration Topic: Our Impact
Essential Question: How do my actions impact growth and change?
Focus Area: Grow Weekly Focus: Things That Grow How am I helping the children notice things in the world around them that grow (e.g., plants, people, animals)? How am I learning and recording that excites the children about the things around them that grow? How am I helping the children explore their interests in things that grow? What materials can I provide to support this Exploration?
Focused Learning Activity for The Week: Students will be encouraged to join the teacher in the science area. With this activity, children will have the opportunity to better understand the life cycle process such as how plants grow? The teacher will prompt the students to draw an answer to the question, "How plants grow? What do they need to grow? How can you help plants to grow?
Students that need extra support: Will be given prompting answers and asked children How plants grow? How can you help them to grow? For example, "The teacher will invite children to sit in the science area, and she will show children some pictures of seeds, soil, roots, stems, leaves, flowers, etc. Then the teacher will ask children How plants grow? The teacher will write whatever they express.
Students that are ready for a challenge: Will be prompted to use multiple sentences when responding to the question "How can plants grow?" Tell me more about it? What do you notice about it? Children will have the opportunity to explain what they know in long sentences; the teacher will extend the conversation and will write whatever they say.
ELL Students: Will be given the directions / questions in Spanish. Dictation will be written in whichever language they answer.
Foundational Text for the Week:
Standard Addressed: P-Math 5. Child associates a quantity with written numbers up to 5 and begins to write numbers. The Important of Bing Three by Lindsay Ward: All the best things come in threes! How many friends are in this book? Besides the three friends, there are many others in this book too. There are many groups of three objects. Can you find some groups of threes? The number three is written many times in this book. Can you find some number trees? Some of you are three now, and some of you were three not too long ago because you just turned four. You all are growing and getting bigger. What do you think is best about being three?
The link for the Foundational text HERE!
Learning Centers Available for the Theme:
Blocks- Children are encouraged to explore the block center. They will be shown a few unit blocks, shown where they can be found in the classroom, and shown how to match them to their outline in order to clean up.
Dramatic Play- Children are invited to explore the dramatic play area and use the props and clothing provided. Dramatic Play will be set up as a kitchen. Teacher will introduce basic materials, how to use them, and how to put them away.
Art- Children are invited to explore the art area. They will be shown a paint container, brush, and paper. Teacher will model how to dip brush in paint and paint a few brushstrokes on paper. Students will be shown where materials can be found in the classroom and what they should do when they finish painting.
Science- Children will be shown a few items from a collection of natural objects. Teacher will model how students can begin to explore some of the materials. They will be shown where these materials can be found in the classroom and how to put them away when finished.
Math- Children will be shown a couple of puzzles. Teacher will model how to take apart and how to put a few pieces together. Students will be shown where puzzles can be found and how to put them away.
Library- Students can explore books from the classroom library. Writing- Students are invited to explore the materials provided in the writing center. They are encouraged to explore their name cards.
Sensory- Students will be shown a small amount of sand and a few toys. They will be shown where these materials can be found in the classroom. Students will be prompted to wash their hands before and after using the sand table.
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