Week of November 4th!

Reminders!

• School is CLOSED on Wednesday, November 6th, for a Teacher Conference Day.
• School is CLOSED on Monday, November 11th, for Veteran's Day.
• Dismissal is at 12:00 noon on Friday, November 22nd.  The After-School Program will end at 6 p.m.
• Parent-Teacher Conferences are on Friday, November 22nd from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• School is CLOSED on Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th, for Thanksgiving.

Unit Topic:

• My Five Senses

Essential Question for the Unit:

• How do we use our senses to explore, investigate and understand the world around us?

Focus Question for the Week:

• How do we use our sense of taste?

Focused Learning Activity for the Week:

Students will have the chance to smell and taste a variety of apples.  The varieties of apples will be shown and named. Students will be asked to describe how they look. They will smell and taste each kind of apple and reflect on which apple they thought smelled best and which one tasted best.  They will record their answer by placing their picture on a chart in the appropriate column.

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

• PK.SEL.2: Recognizes self as an individual having unique abilities, characteristics, feelings, and interests.

Foundational Text for the Week:

• Press Here by Herve Tullet

Pre-K Common Core Learning Standard Addressed:

• PK.ELAL.5: Participates in discussions about a text.

Questions That Will Be Asked Throughout The Week:

Level 1: Recall 

What are you supposed to press in this book?
What happens when you press the dots in this book?
What happens when you tilt and shake the book?

Level 2: Skill/Concept
Sometimes the book says to press gently on the dots. Press gently on your arm. How does that feel?
Sometimes the book says to press hard on the dots. Press hard on your arm. How does that feel?
The book says to blow gently on the dots. Blow gently on your arm. How does that feel?

Level 3: Strategic Thinking
What happens when you blow on something?
What happens if you blow on something really hard?
What happened to the dots when we blew really hard?

Level 4: Extended Thinking
When the book told us to clap more and more and more we clapped louder and louder and louder. Why?
Were the dots really moving in this book? How do you know?

Lessons and Activities for the Week:

Blocks- Children are encouraged to use tree shaped blocks.  Students will be able to explore how the blocks feel and look compared to the other blocks in the block area.

Pretend Play- The Dramatic Play center will be transformed into an apple orchard. Students will be able to explore apples with their senses.    

Art- Play-doh will be added to the art center as children discuss how the play-doh feels, looks, and smells.

Science- A "Feely Box" will be added to the science center.  Students are invited to put their hands in the holes of the box and identify the object using only their sense of touch. 

Math- Students will be able to sort animal manipulatives by color, size, type, and texture.

Library- Students are invited to look at our classroom books and discuss what they see with their peers.

Writing- Scented markers will be provided in the writing center. Students will be encouraged to use their sense of smell as they use the markers.

Sensory- Sand and water, or play-doh.

For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!

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