Goodwin Preschool Days: October 2019

Unit of Study: Fire Safety/Pumpkins

Bridges: Pumpkins and Leaves

This week at school…

10/21 to 10/25

Upcoming Events:

10/14 & 10/15 – No School

10/16 to 10/28 – No Mrs. Lasky

10/17 – Fire Prevention Presentations from the Fire Department

10/31 – Apple & Pumpkin Celebration/Costume Parade

11/1 – Family Workshop

11/1 – Town Meeting

Signing Time

We learned the signs:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Like & Don’t Like	Day & Sun	Night & Moon & Stars & Good Night Baby Song

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Happy & Laugh	Sad & Cry

Opening Circle

Greeting: Hello/Greeting Songs

Discussion:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
No Lasky Letter of the week H (Magic Fingers) Begin a discussion about what you should do if fire gets on your clothes. Talk about "Stop, Drop, & Roll" and how this action puts out the fire on your clothes. Show pictures of Little Girl acting out Stop, Drop, & Roll and practice putting pictures in order using temperal words: first, then, last. Physically act out "Stop, Drop, & Roll". "Stop, Drop, & Roll"	No Lasky Letter of the week H (H Books) Review Stop, Drop, & Roll. Begin a discussion about the characteristics of fire. Talk about how fire produces thick black smoke that you cannot breathe through. How do we stay safe in a room with fire/smoke? Crawl low to the ground. Talk about how smoke rises and it is easier to breath when close to the floor. Practice crawling low to the ground.	No Lasky Letter of the week I (Magic Fingers) Introduce Pumpkins. List as many characteristics about pumpkins as you can. Practice positional words using cups and orange pom-poms (put the pumpkin in, out, on, off, over, under, around, next to, in front, behind)

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
No Lasky Letter of the week I (I Books) Review characteristics of pumpkins generated earlier in the week. Introduce the pumpkin growth cycle. Discuss the seeds, the sprout, the leaves, the flowers, the little green pumpkins and the big, ripe pumpkins. How are the apple and pumpkin growth cycles the same, how are they different?	No Lasky Talk about the different parts of the pumpkin: shell/ rind, pulp, seeds, stem, ribs.

Number Corner (math)

Module 3
Session 4: Calendar update.
Graphing our leaves

Module 3
Session 5: Calendar update.
Our leaf picture graph

Module 4
Session 1: Calendar update.
Chirpy's Leaf Walk - numbers 1-6 on top, leaves in order 1-6 on bottom

Module 4
Session 3: Calendar Update.
Another leaf match problem for Chirpy - numbers 1-6 on top, leaves mixed on bottom face down

Module 4
Session 4: Calendar Update.
Chirpy's Leaf Match Game - leaf cards in random order not under numerals, numerals begin in order face up.

Second Step (Emily & Emilio)

Week 6: Asking for What you Need or Want

Concepts:

· To ask for what you need or want, face the person you are asking and use a respectful voice.

Snack

Practice serving and pouring, cleaning up after ourselves.

Centers

Science	Blocks	Dramatic Play	Theme Park
magnify glasses, goggles, rocks, scales, mirrors, drawing letters in "fire foam" (shaving cream) Wednesday: exploring pumpkins, drawing/writing observations	wooden blocks, large plastic blocks, cardboard bricks add fighting fires with hats & hoses Wednesday: add colored wooden blocks	Dress-up, Baby dolls, Cooking for the family	Fire Station - pop-up firetruck, hoses, burning building Wednesday: Pumpkin Patch/Farm Stand
Writing	Library	Art	Literacy/Math
Students will independently select writing mediums to write, ink stamp, or dough stamp words Words: Fire theme words: HELMET, COAT, PANTS, BOOTS, OXYGEN TANK, FIREFIGHTER, TRUCK, HOSE, AX, LADDER Wednesday: Words: PUMPKIN, SEEDS, SPROUT, VINE, BLOSSOM Orange playdough with letter stampers	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 Fire Trucks - Students will cut red rectangle, red square & black wheels. Pre-cut black ladder. Wednesday: Paper bag pumpkins for pumpkin patch / 5 Little Pumpkins (bottle cap pumpkins on black paper w/ brown paint for gate)	Measurement (Fire ladders B/M/S, Cups heavy to light, Which holds more/less, pumpkins) Wednesday: Where is the pumpkin?
Easel	Sensory Table	Rug/Music & Movement	Table Time
Red, Yellow, and Orange paint ~ fire painting Wednesday: Dot Markers	Foam fire flames w/ spray bottles Wednesday: 5 Little Pumpkins (black beans, green pipe cleaners curled, orange pom poms, 5 square wooden blocks, 5 jack o' lantern cups)	Wooden Fire Station Wednesday: Large Duplos	Various Manipulatives/Puzzles

Small Groups/Problems & Investigations

Number Operations: Autumn number picture pairs (2 groups 5/5)

Expressive Language: Work Places (2 groups 5/5)
-Playdough Numerals
-Pattern Block Pictures

Number Operations: Leaves on and off the tree (whole group)

Number Operations: Comparing handfuls (whole group)

Expressive Language: Work Places (2 groups 5/5)
-Pattern Block Pictures
-Autumn Number Picture Pairs

Interactive Read Aloud

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Book: Curious George At the Fire Station Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: fire chief, polishing, fire pole, uniforms, false alarm Questions: Why was the fire chief so upset when George rang the fire bell when there wasn’t a fire? Should George have been playing on the fire engine without a firefighter helping him? Activity: Story Symbols: Character, Setting, Feelings, Problem, Solution	Book: Fire Engine No. 9 Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts, Phonological Awareness Vocab: This is a picture book with only sound words Questions: What did the firefighters do throughout the story. Could you read this book even though it doesn't have any words? Activity: Have fun reading the pictures.	Book: Apples and Pumpkins by: Anne Rockwell Illustrated by: Lizzy Rockwell Standard: COG 8, COG 10 Vocab: bushel basket, orchard, field, vine, patch Activity: Encourage students to retell 1-2 events from the story. Encourage students to state the characters in the story. Was there a main character? How can you tell who the main character was if the author did not use any names? How do the pictures tell us who the main character is?

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Book: Welcome Fall Pumpkins
by: Marilyn Easton
Standard: COG 8, COG 10
Vocab: rind, stem, pulp, sprout, vine, harvest Questions: Can you tell me the parts of an pumpkin? How is an apple different from a pumpkin? How are they the same? What would you choose to eat that is made from pumpkins? How does the pumpkin look before we cut it open? How does it look after we cut it open? What would you recommend that we do with our pumpkins? Suppose you could grow a pumpkin. What would you do with it?

Book: Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie
Standard: COG 7, COG 8, COG 10
Vocab: tucked, jagged, vines, blossoms, knobs, swell, shrivel, pulp
Questions: What could you do with a pumpkin? How would you make pumpkin pie or another pumpkin treat? Tell me a time when you picked a pumpkin.
Activity: Song: “5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate”

Shared Reading

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Day 4: I'm a Firefighter 1. Fourth Read: Orchestration 2: Reading Focus: Choral reading - 4/5 students will lead in reading	Day 5: I'm a Firefighter 1. Fifth Read: Orchestration 2: Reading Focus: Choral reading - 4/5 students will lead in reading	Day 1: Pumpkins I have a big pumpkin I have a small pumpkin I have a short pumpkin I have a tall pumpkin. 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: Modeling reading with print directionality (top to bottom, left to right)

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Day 2: Pumpkins 1. Second Read. 2. Reading Focus: Picture vs Word	Day 3: Pumpkins 1. Third Read 2. Reading Focus: Return Sweep

Unit of Study: Fire Safety