Unit of Study: Fall

Bridges: Apples

This week at school…

9/30 to 10/4

Upcoming Events:

9/30 – Picture Day

10/2 – International Walk to School (am students will be dropped off at Holinko and walk to Goodwin with parent permission)

10/11 – Family Workshop

10/14 & 10/15 – No School

10/17 – Fire Prevention Presentations from the Fire Department

10/31 – Apple & Pumpkin Celebration/Costume Parade

Signing Time

We learned the signs:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
	Stop & Go	Wait

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Grandma & Grandpa	Hungry & Apple

Opening Circle

Greeting: Hello/Greeting Songs

Discussion:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Letter of the week C (Magic Fingers) Begin a discussion of how trees change during the fall. Leaves change color, leaves begin to fall to the ground. Why do the leaves do this?		Letter of the week C (C Books) Review why leaves fall off trees. Do leaves fall on every tree? What trees keep their foliage? Pine trees/evergreen trees.

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Letter of the week D (Magic Fingers) What are some fall activities you like you participate in? Apple picking, Pumpkin picking, raking leaves, going to fairs.	Letter of the week D (D Books) Conclude the fall unit by making a web of everything the students can think of about fall. Compare it to our list we made at the beginning of the unit and discuss how much we have learned!

Number Corner (math)

Module 1 Session 1: Calendar update - Today is... Pumpkin mystery box w/ attribute cards

Module 1 Session 2: Calendar update - Introduce October. Today is... How does a pumpkin grow?

Module 1 Session 3: Calendar update - Today is... One more pumpkin in the patch.

Module 1 Session 4: Calendar update - Today is... 5 Leaves in a bag w/ attribute cards.

Module 1 Session 5: Calendar update - Patterning pumpkins & leaves

Second Step (Emily & Emilio)

Week 4: Self-Talk

Concepts:

·         Self-talk is talking to yourself in a quiet voice or inside your head.

·         Self-talk helps you focus and pay attention.

Snack

Practice serving and pouring, cleaning up after ourselves.

Centers

Science	Blocks	Dramatic Play	Theme Park
magnify glasses, goggles, rocks, scales, fall items: pine cones, acorns, leaves, fall playdough to make leaf prints	wooden blocks, large plastic blocks, cardboard bricks add large duplo blocks	Dress-up, Baby dolls, Cooking for the family	Apple Orchard add leaves & rakes for fall scene
Writing	Library	Art	Literacy/Math
Students will independently select writing mediums to write, ink stamp, or dough stamp words Words: LEAF, ACORN, PINE CONE, FALL, AUTUMN Add Prewriting practice - straight, curved, zig-zag tracing pages (The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves)	Students will independently select literacy strategies that support their learning during independent reading times- arrival, centers & independent reading/conferring time	Students will independently select own art mediums for their creations Cutting out simple leave shapes using zig-zag scissors Make Leaf Man puppets	Playdough Numerals Pattern Block Pictures Beginning Year Math Assessment (1:1 Lasky)
Easel	Sensory Table	Rug/Music & Movement	Table Time
Paint Rollers	Colored leaves with plastic fall items (leaves, pinecones, gourds)	Stepping Stones	Various Manipulatives & Puzzles

Small Groups/Problems & Investigations

Literacy - Owl Babies

Problems & Investigations - Pumpkin & Leaf calendar markers

Problems & Investigations - Sequencing the stages of a pumpkin's life

Problems & Investigations - How long is the pumpkins belt? Is your string shorter, longer, or the same length as the pumpkin?

Problems & Investigations (whole group) - 5 Little Pumpkins (pumpkin necklaces)

Interactive Read Aloud

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Book: Leaf Man Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: travel plans, marsh, prairie meadows, gliding, lonesome Questions: If you were a Leaf Man, where would you want to go? Activity: Looking closely at the pictures to see the images made from leaves. Modelling following the text with fingers.	Book: When the Leaf Blew In Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: Questions: Uh oh, the leaf blew in again! What do you think will happen this time? Activity: Have fun retelling the story using story pieces.	Book: Let it Fall Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: Questions: What were some of the things that the characters did in fall? What were the animals doing in fall? Why? What season comes next? Activity: Concepts of print - holding book right-side up, front/back cover, starting where the story begins

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Book: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves! Standards: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: Questions: Activity: Find the rhyming words on each page. Have fun acting out the story using story pieces.	Book: Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Standards: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: unfolded, nursery workers, transplanted, tended, twine Questions: What was the process the tree when to before going to the character's home? Have you been to a nursery to buy plants/trees? Activity: Print directionality - Following text with finger.

Shared Reading

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Day 1: The Leaves are Falling Down The leaves are falling down, The leaves are falling down, All over ___, All over town. 1. Literature Introduction. What do you think it is going to be about? Why do you think I chose this text? 2: First Read. 3: Reading Focus: Name recognition	Day 2: The Leaves are Falling Down 1. Second Read. 2. Reading Focus: Identify same and different beginning sounds	Day 3: The Leaves are Falling Down 1. Third Read 2. Reading Focus: Can you find the words that rhyme? What other words rhyme with down and town?

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Day 4: The Leaves are Falling Down 1. Fourth Read: Orchestration 2: Reading Focus: Choral reading - 4/5 students will lead in reading	Day 5: The Leaves are Falling Down 1. Fifth Read: Orchestration 2: Reading Focus: Choral reading - 4/5 students will lead in reading

Unit of Study: Fall

Bridges: Apples

This week at school…

9/23 to 9/27

Upcoming Events:

9/24 – Bus evacuation drill

9/27 – Egg Drop (PM, but morning friends are welcome if parents bring them)

9/30 – Picture Day

Signing Time

We learned the signs:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Drink & Thirsty	Dirty & Clean	Look at my Hands (song)

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Potty & Wash Hands	Bath & Hurt/Sorry

Opening Circle

Greeting: Hello/Greeting Songs

Discussion:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Letter of the week A (Magic Fingers) Introduce new unit of Fall/Autumn. Make a list of everything you know about fall.	Letter of the week A (A Books) Review list of fall ideas shared from students yesterday. Have a discussion about the different seasons. Briefly describe each season: winter, spring, summer, and fall. Emphasize fall and have children review what happens during fall.	Letter of the week B (Magic Fingers) Review season of fall emphasizing trees. Begin a discussion about trees: bark, leaves, roots etc. (Owls live in trees)

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Letter of the week B (B Books) Trees are habitats (homes) for animals and insects. What type of animals live in trees? Birds, squirrels, opossum, bats. Sing: "Grey Squirrel"	Trees produce many things: nuts, pinecones, fruit. During fall animals collects these items to prepare for the winter. Why do you think they need to save items like these? Sing: I'm a little acorn round…

Number Corner (math)

Module 4 Session 1: Calendar update. Hidden Apple. Chirpy find the apples.

Module 4 Session 2: Calendar update. Chirpy's apple match problem - apple cards in mixed order.

Module 4 Session 5: Calendar update. How many apples on the tree using pocket die.

Calendar update.

Calendar update.

Second Step (Emily & Emilio)

Week 3: Focusing Attention

Concepts:

·         Focusing attention uses your eyes, ears, and brain

·         Practice helps you get better at focusing your attention

Snack

Practice serving and pouring, cleaning up after ourselves.

Centers

Science	Blocks	Dramatic Play	Theme Park
magnify glasses, goggles, rocks, scales, fall items: pine cones, acorns, leaves, paper/color pencils to make leaf prints	wooden blocks, large plastic blocks, cardboard bricks, add waffle blocks	Dress-up, Baby dolls, Cooking for the family	Apple Orchard add cash register, cups, felt donuts for cider stand
Writing	Library	Art	Literacy/Math
Students will independently select writing mediums to write, ink stamp, or dough stamp words Words: Fall theme words: LEAF, ACORN, PINE CONE, FALL, AUTUMN	Students will independently select literacy strategies that support their learning during independent reading times- arrival, centers & independent reading/conferring time	Students will independently select own art mediums for their creations red, orange, and yellow paint and Q-tips will be added to create fall trees	Can you build an apple tree? Re-telling story Owl Babies using puppets
Easel	Sensory Table	Rug/Music & Movement	Table Time
Fall colors using small paintbrushes	Water w/ scoops, pourers, rocks & boats	Parking Garage	Various Manipulatives & Puzzles

Small Groups/Problems & Investigations

Problems & Investigations - Introducing Miniboards

Problems & Investigations - Boards, Bears & Cars

Science Practices - Leaf boats: What happens when you put a fresh or a dry, curled leaf in the water?

Logic/Reasoning - Patterning/Sorting/Sequencing fall items: Sort/pattern different types of fall items-leaves, acorns, pine cones. Sort/Pattern by color: acorns Sort/Sequence by size: trees- Big, Medium, Small

Problems & Investigations - Playdough Snakes and Circles

Interactive Read Aloud

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Book: Owl Babies 1st Read Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: twigs, ivy Questions: How did the baby owls feel when their mother was not with them? How do you know they were scared? Where do you think the mother went? Activity:	Book: A Tree For All Seasons Standard: COG 8, COG 10, COG 11 Vocab: season, winter, bare, branch, buds, spring, flower tassels, roots, sap (sugar), veins, summer, samaras, autumn, chilly, bark Activity: This is a non-fiction book. We will take the time to understand the new concepts. Discuss the different seasons and how they are different and how they are the same.	Book: Little Tree Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: bare, doe, blanket the ground Questions: What didn’t Little Tree do? Why do you think he didn’t want to drop his leaves? What happened to the other trees when they did drop their leaves? How did Little Tree know that it was ok to drop his leaves? Activity: This was a book on CD and we enjoyed listening.

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Book: Owl Babies 2nd Read Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: twigs, ivy Activity: Discuss Beginning, Middle, End

Book: Acorns Everywhere! Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: Questions: Why was the character, squirrel trying to hide all the acorns? What was he preparing for? Activity: Have a discussion about books. How do we hold a book to read it? Identify the Author, Illustrator, front/back cover, and spine. Book: Leaves Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: Questions: How was the character, Bear feeling when all the leaves were falling? Can we put leaves on the tree after they have already fallen off? Why? What was Bear doing when he slept? Activity: Have fun retelling the story using the pictures to help us.

Shared Reading

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Day 1: A Wide Eyed Owl I'm a wide eyed owl With a beak for a nose I've got tufts on my ears And talons for toes I sit in a tree and watch for you Then I flap my wings and say T'wit T'woo, T'wit T'woo. 1. Literature Introduction. What do you think it is going to be about? Why do you think I chose this text? 2: First Read. 3: Reading Focus: Print directionality	Day 2: A Wide Eyed Owl 1. Second Read. 2. Reading Focus: vocab development - beak, tufts, talons	Day 3: A Wide Eyed Owl 1. Third Read 2. Reading Focus: Picture/Word Match

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Day 4: A Wide Eyed Owl 1. Fourth Read: Orchestration 2: Reading Focus: Choral reading - 4/5 students will lead in reading	Day 5: A Wide Eyed Owl 1. Fifth Read: Orchestration 2: Reading Focus: Choral reading - 4/5 students will lead in reading