Week of January 22nd

Theme for the Unit:

Transportation!

Enduring understandings that the student should have by the end of the unit: 

• I use transportation to get to pre-K and other places.
• We use different types of transportation for different reasons.
•  Vehicles move in different ways.
• Some vehicles are operated by community helpers such as bus drivers, conductors, firefighters, police officers, and mail carriers. 
• There are many ways to stay safe when using transportation. 

Lessons and activities for the week:

Blocks- Students are invited to create a variety of ramps and use different vehicles to race, predicting which one will go down the fastest and why. 

Pretend Play- Pretend Play will be transformed into a fire station. Students are invited to create a fire truck using large pieces of cardboard.  

Art- An assortment of shape cutouts and pictures of vehicles will be added to the center.  Students will be invited to reference the vehicles to create their own vehicles.

Science- Students are invited to create airplanes (with teacher support) and then will be asked to predict if their plane will fly, why or why not?

Math- Students will be invited to match numbered cars to their corresponding spots in a "parking lot".

Library- Students are invited to sequence the pictures and retell a familiar story, using a felt board.

Writing-  Students will be invited to match lettered cars to their corresponding spots in a "parking lot".

Sensory- Sand and water, or play-doh.

Some of the books we will read this week are:

• Whose Vehicle Is This? by Sharon Katz Cooper
• Things That Go! Collection by National Geographic Kids

Reminders / Notices:

• Dismissal is at 12:00 noon on Friday, February 2nd. 
• Parent - Teacher Conferences are on Friday, February 2nd. 

Link to Weekly Lesson Plan

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