Review your parent letter

• The point is for the parent to get to know you…

• Do you have atleast three things about you?

• Will they feel good about leaving their kid with you?

• Are there any errors that need to be fixed?

SS and Science SS and Science

Planning preschool lessons

What is Social Studies?• Learning about ourselves, other

people, communities, cooperation and responsibility

SS competencies • Social Studies Competencies • A. Develop self-respect

and a healthy self-concept• B. Investigate other

cultures• C. Expresses feelings•

• D. Explain the roles and importance of family and friends

• E. Recognize and explain the role of community helpers

• F. Explore the school and explain roles and responsibilities

• G. Make healthy choices/take care of our body

Things to think about • Real things are better than fake

items• Have fun, invite people in but you

still need a lesson• Have kids vote on something- set

up a “government”

What is Science• A. Study of natural process and

their products• B. It involves observing,

exploring, comparing, classifying, predicting

• and discovering

Science Competencies• A. Identify similarities and

differences in things• B. Demonstrate animal

behaviors and identify habitats

• C. Demonstrate the role of air, water, soil, seed, and sun for plants to grow

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• D. Show respect for plant life, animal life and other aspects of the

• environment • E. Explain and categorize the

many kinds of animals• F. Demonstrate that some

things float and others sink in water

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• G. Use the senses to explore objects

• H. Explore the weather. ( wind, snow, ice, sun)

What do we do now?• Read through the reset of the

science info• Look through the bins• Start planning your lesson

Lesson Planning• 1. Choose an objective ( due

tomorrow) • 2. Identify the competencies and

goals it meets ( why) • 3. Complete your lesson plan and

the materials for your lesson plan- Due Monday at 2:25