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ROOM # 13 WEEKLY PLANNING FORMWEEK OF: 8/03/20 – 8/07/20

TEACHER’S NAME: Ms. Allie

Day of the Week

DAILY FOCUS

Focuses on the unit’s student outcomes (lessons).

Follow up Activity ON DAILY FOCUS

Skill Building Activity

Small Group Centers (Math, Literacy, Cutting, Handwriting and Library).

Play focus

Planting seeds for play activities (Learning Centers).

Monday

Date: 8/03

What lives under the sea/ocean?

Introduce the concept that there are many creatures that live under the sea/ocean.

Review the vocabulary words summer, sun, hot and ocean.

Introduce the vocabulary word fish.

View photographs of fish in the ocean below.

Learn about fish by clicking the link below.

Cool Facts About Fish

Question – What are fish?

Answers –

· Fish live in cold or warm water.

· There are so many kinds of fish.

· Fish breathe through gills.

· They have fins, a tail and scales.

· People can eat fish or have fish as pets.

*Visit your student epic! account and click, “Assignments.” Please read, “Hide!”

Create a fish.

Materials:

· Paper

· Paint brushes

· Paint

· Black marker

· Start out by using orange and white paint. Have your child paint their hands. Feel free to help your child!

· Once painted, have them place their hand down firmly on a piece of paper. Once they life up, they should see this below.

· Now that they’ve made the body of the fish, it’s time to add in some fun details as well!

· Draw in some eyes, trace around the white of the fish and add in some fun plants with the paint at the bottom of the page.

Talk to your child while they create. Ask them what they are making. Refer to the “Question” and “Answers” provided in the Daily Focus in order to create open discussions.

*Remember, the finish product does not have to be perfect. It is the process that counts. Have fun!

MATH- Practice counting and 1:1 correspondence with the number 8.

· Use household items such as pennies, Cheerios, beans, or pasta.

· Place these 8 items into a cup.

· Have your child take out one item at a time from the cup and count until they reach 8 and there are no more items in the cup.

· Have your child pick up one item at a time and place it back in the cup until they reach 8 and all items are back in the cup.

LITERACY- Practice beginning letter sounds with the letter /H h/.

· Have your child find words in a book that begin with the letter /H h/.

· Practice the beginning letter sound of each word found.

HANDWRITING- Practice holding a writing utensil, forming letters and writing words that begin with the letter /H h/.

· Have your child find 5 words in a book that begin with the letter /H h/ and practice writing them on a piece of paper.

· Your child may use markers, crayons, pens, pencils etc.

CUTTING- Practice cutting horizontal and vertical lines.

· Using a piece of paper, draw a set of horizontal and vertical lines.

· Have your child use scissors to cut along those lines.

· If they wish, allow your child to make their own horizontal and vertical lines to cut.

LIBRARY/MEDIA- READ A BOOK FOR 20 MINUTES A DAY - VISIT A RECOMMENDED INTERACTIVE WEBSITE.

Building – Invite your child to build a watermelon using Legos. Review with your child that watermelon is a great fruit to eat in the summer because it holds lots a water and water keeps us hydrated on a hot summer day.

Building a Watermelon with Legos

Dramatic Play – Create a place for your child to pretend they are playing in the sand and an area for them to pretend to swim and play in the water. Add beach chairs, towels, toys for building sandcastles and playing in the water, and a picnic basket or cooler of pretend food so your child can pretend to spend a day at the beach.

Art – Make colored ice cubes out of water and food coloring. Insert a Popsicle stick into the water as it freezes to create a handle for your child to hold while painting. Your child can then use the colored ice paint. Before they begin painting, ask them to predict how the paints will work and what will happen as they use them.

Tuesday

Date: 8/04



Review the vocabulary words summer, sun, hot, ocean and fish.

Introduce the vocabulary word shark.

View photographs of sharks in the ocean below.

Learn about sharks by clicking the link below.

Cool Facts About Sharks

Question – What are sharks?

Answers –

· Sharks are fish.

· They are some of the oldest animals on earth.

· Sharks can be really small or really big.

· They do not have bones.

· Sharks have lots of teeth.

· They have a great sense of hearing, smell and sight.

*Visit your student epic! account and click, “Assignments.” Please read, “Look, a Shark!”

Create a moving paper shark.

Materials:

· Color construction paper.

· Scissors

· Glue

· Please watch the video below to create a moving paper shark!

Instructions on How to Make a Moving Paper Shark



MATH- Numbers and Counting.

· Draw a grid pattern with sidewalk chalk (invite your child to help you).

· Draw numbers in each grid space (1-10 or 1-20).

· Then start drawing the numbers 1-10 or 1-20 in the maze (working your way from the beginning to the end, just having them all adjacent to each other).

· Then go back and fill in the blank spaces with random numbers.

· Put an arrow pointing into the maze at the start (number 1) and another arrow at the finish to get out at the number 10 or 20.

· Now it’s time for your child to get lost and find their way out of the maze.

· Have your child count their way through.

· As your child counts their way through the maze be sure to ask your child: What number comes next? Which way do you need to go? Right? Left? Straight ahead?

· This is great practice for your child to work on directions.

LITERACY & CUTTING- Practice beginning letter sounds with the letter /H h/ while practicing cutting skills.

· Using a magazine or circular, have your child find items that begin with the letter /H h/.

· Have your child cut out these items to create a collage.

· If possible, have your child glue these items onto paper.

· Practice the beginning letter sounds of each item in their collage.

HANDWRITING-

Practice holding a writing utensil and coloring within the lines.

· Using a piece of paper, draw simple shapes, such as a circle, square, triangle, and/or rectangle.

· Have your child choose a writing utensil, and practice coloring inside that shape.

· If they wish, allow your child to create their own shapes to color.


Science – Place a variety of items in a muffin tin or in several small bowls or containers. Select some items that will melt when left in the sun and some that will not. Items that might melt in the sun include crayons, ice cubes and marshmallows. Ask your child how long they think it would take for the items to melt. An hour? A day? Why?

Math – Have your child collect an assortment of shells from the beach and provide containers for sorting. Alternatively, create a set of number cards and have your child match the correct number of shells to each number card.

Water Play – Fill a large bin with water and add toy people or action figures. Invite your child to pretend the toys are swimming. Also consider adding boats, rafts and/or a diving board.

Wednesday

Date: 8/05



Review the vocabulary words summer, sun, hot, ocean, fish and shark.

Introduce the vocabulary word jellyfish.

View photographs of jellyfish in the ocean below.

Learn about jellyfish by clicking the link below.

Cool Facts About Jellyfish

Question – What are jellyfish?

Answers –

· Jellyfish have a soft, jelly like body with no bones.

· They look like an umbrella.

· Jellyfish come in many sizes and colors.

· Some jelly fish make their own light, they glow!

· They have feelers that sting.

*Visit your student epic! account and click, “Assignments.” Please read, “Look, a Jellyfish!”

Create a jellyfish.

Materials:

· Paper

· Paint

· Wide toothed comb

· Q-tips

· Place two colors of paint toward the top center of your paper.

· Use a comb to drag the paint a bit and create the top of the jellyfish.

· Use a Q-tip to create the tentacles of the jellyfish by dragging paint downward.

· Although jellyfish don’t technically have eyes, your child can create eyes if they’d like to.





· Place those 8 items into a cup.



LITERACY- Practice beginning letter sounds with the letter /L l/.

· Have your child find words in a book that begin with the letter /L l/.


HANDWRITING- Practice holding a writing utensil, forming letters and writing words that begin with the letter /L l/.

· Have your child find 5 words in a book that begin with the letter /L l/ and practice writing them on a piece of paper.


CUTTING- Practice cutting diagonal and curved lines.

· Using a piece of paper, draw a set of diagonal and curved lines.


· If they wish, allow your child to make their own diagonal and curved lines to cut.


Cooking – Make homemade bubbles with your child. Write out the recipe on chart paper for your child to follow throughout the process. Before making the bubbles, invite your child to try to blow bubbles with plain water and a bubble wand. As you make the bubbles, talk about what you are adding to the water. When the bubble mix is complete use it to blow bubbles outside.

Ingredients:

1⁄2 cup dishwashing solution

2 cups water2 teaspoons sugar

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together in a shallow pan.Dip bubble wands in the mixture and blow bubbles.

Computer/Technology – Invite your child to use a word processing system to type a few short words related to summer (sun, beach, hot, bar-b-que, fun, ocean, sand, fish, etc. If possible, allow your child to print their work. Encourage your child to listen for the sounds they hear in the words they would like to type and use their own spellings for these words.

Outdoor Play – Engage your child in a conversation about the weather: How does it feel outside today? It is summer; how does the weather change in the summer? What are your senses telling you about the weather and how do we respond? What do we need to do to keep our bodies healthy and safe? Do we need to wear sunscreen? Sunglasses or a hat? Etc.

Thursday

Date: 8/06



Review the vocabulary words summer, sun, hot and ocean, fish, shark and jellyfish.

Introduce the vocabulary word whale.

View photographs of whales in the ocean below.

Learn about the blue whale by clicking the link below.

Cool Facts About the Blue Whale

Question – What are whales?

Answers –

· Whales breathe air through blowholes.

· They produce special milk for their young.

· Some whales have teeth and some whales do not.

· Whales can be very big!

*Visit your student epic! account and click, “Assignments.” Please read, “The Eye of the Whale.”

Create a whale.

Materials:

· Colored construction paper

· Wooden skewer

· Pencil

· Marker

· Scissors

· Glue

· Please watch the video below to create a paper whale!

Instructions on How to Make a Paper Whale



MATH- Sorting

Materials:

· 2-4 oatmeal containers or small boxes

· A deck of 52 playing cards

· Post-it Notes or small pieces of paper with tape

· A pen or marker

· A pair of scissors

· Start by taking the tops off of your oatmeal containers. In the middle of each lid, cut an opening big enough for a playing card to slide through.

· Next, grab some post-it notes to label the sorting options.

· Your labels will be stuck onto the front of the containers during the activity.

· There are three sorting options to choose from and you could just focus on one skill per activity time or all three.

1. Color (black and red)

2. Number (2-10) or face card (A, J, Q,K)

3. Suit shape (heart, diamond, spade, clover)

· After your card slots are made and your containers are labeled, you’re ready to sort your cards.

· Let your children direct the sort.

· Your child will sort the cards based on that criteria and slide the cards into the correct sorting slots.

· The type of sort you choose will change how many oatmeal containers you need.

· For sorting by color, red or black, and number vs. face card, you will need two containers.

· To sort by suit shape, you will need four containers.

· Each container should be labeled with one category.

· Now, grab a deck of cards and let the sorting begin.

· For all of the sorts, flip one card at a time and place it in the correct container.

· Repeat these steps until all the cards have been sorted.

· Let your children really take the lead.

LITERACY & CUTTING- Practice beginning letter sounds with the letter /L l/ while practicing cutting skills.

· Using a magazine or circular, have your child find items that begin with the letter /L l/.

· Have your child cut out these items to create a collage.

· If possible, have your child glue these items onto paper.

· Practice the beginning letter sounds of each item in their collage.

HANDWRITING-

Practice holding a writing utensil and coloring within the lines.

· Using a piece of paper, draw simple shapes, such as a circle, square, triangle, and/or rectangle.

· Have your child choose a writing utensil, and practice coloring inside that shape.

· If they wish, allow your child to create their own shapes to color.


Music and Movement – Invite your child to consider what they would look like if they were melting and try to act this out. Play music and invite them to dance as though they were melting.

Dramatic Play – Recreate a local park or build a new one. Consider adding plants, benches (or using chairs to create benches), a pretend lawn, garden, flowers, a fountain, etc., to the center. Your child can play in the park or have a picnic. Your child can take on roles of the people who maintain parks in New York City such as maintenance workers, recreational staff, gardeners, foresters, scientists or builders. Your child can name the park and create a sign to welcome visitors to the park and state the park rules.

Library – Listen to, “Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea” by Jan Peck by clicking the link below.

Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea

Friday

Date: 8/07



Review the vocabulary words summer, sun, hot and ocean, fish, shark, jellyfish and whale.

Introduce the vocabulary word dolphin.

View photographs of dolphins in the ocean below.

Learn about the bottlenose dolphin by clicking the link below.

Cool Facts About the Bottlenose Dolphin

Question – What are dolphin?

Answers –

· Dolphins are very smart.

· They stay with their mommies for a long time.

· Dolphins take care of their sick and injured.

· They love to play.

· Dolphins have large beaklike snouts.

*Visit your student epic! account and click, “Assignments.” Please read, “If a Dolphin were a Fish.”

Create a banana dolphin snack.

Ingredients:

· Bananas

· Grapes

· Blueberries

Instructions:

· Cut a banana in half.

· Cut a slit on the stem to make a “mouth.”

· Stick a blueberry in the dolphin’s mouth.

· Put the dolphin inside a plastic cup filled with blueberries and grapes.

· Enjoy your snack!





· Place those 8 items into a cup.



LITERACY- Practice beginning letter sounds with the letters /H h/ and /L l/.

Have your child find words in a book that begin with the letters /H h/ and /L l/.


HANDWRITING- Practice holding a writing utensil, forming letters and writing words that begin with the letters /H h/ and /L l/.

· Have your child find 3 words in a book that begin with the letter /H h/ and 3 words in a book that begin with the letter /L l/ and practice writing them on a piece of paper.


CUTTING- Practice cutting zigzag lines.

· Using a piece of paper, draw a set of zigzag lines.


· If they wish, allow your child to make their own zigzag lines to cut.


Outdoor Play – Take a trip to a nearby water source (pond, ocean, fountain, etc.). Have lunch or a snack by the water as you and your child observe and discusses the water.

Art – Invite your child to use markers to create a picture. After they have finished with the markers, provide spray bottles of water and invite your child to lightly spray their paper. After they have sprayed their paper, encourage them to watch and describe how the water has changed their work.

Library – Listen to, “Let it Shine” by Aryann Cocca-Leffler by clicking the link below.

Let it Shine

Social/Emotional – Week 14

English: https://hidecorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/social-emotional-home-english.pdf

Spanish: https://hidecorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/social-emotional-home-spanish.pdf

Prekindergarten Foundation for the Common Core (PKFCC) Focus Standards for August:

· PK.CLL.2: With prompting and support, retell detail(s) in a text.

· PK.CLL.2: Demonstrates he/she is building background knowledge.

· PK.SED.2: Regulates his/her responses to needs, feelings and events.

· PK.CKW.5: Observes and describes characteristics of living things.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at [email protected] and I will be happy to help you. Have fun!

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