Unit of Study: Migration, Adaption, Groundhog’s Day

Bridges: Snowflakes & Winter Countdown

This week at school…

1/27/2020

Upcoming Events:

2/14 to 2/18 No School

2/24 Visit from the Dentist

2/27 & 2/28 Mrs. Judy from Mansfield Library

Signing Time

We learned the signs:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Walk & Run	Sit & Swing	Dance & Sing

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Jump & Swim	Vocab Review

Opening Circle

Greeting: Hello/Greeting Songs

Discussion:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Practice Writing Names Review hibernation. Sing, "Are You Sleeping, Big Black Bear?" What have we learned about hibernation? List out as many ideas as we can. Teach/Model Rhyming	Practice Writing Names What is Migration? Migration is when animals travel to other places where the weather is warmer or they can find food Discuss what migration is and what animals migrate: monarch butterflies, geese and other birds, caribou, elk, whales travel in search of food. Beetles and earthworms travel deeper in the soil about 6 feet down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMAS4SdPj-w Emotional Expression - Identifying feelings & cause for feeling	Practice Writing Names What is adaptation? Some animals remain and stay active in the winter. They must adapt to the changing weather. Many make changes in their behavior or bodies. To keep warm, animals may grow new, thicker fur in the fall. On some animals, the new fur is white to help them hide in the snow. They collect food in summer and fall and save it for later others eat different things like twigs and moss that is around in the winter. Animals find shelter in trees, underground, or under rocks. Discuss what adaptation is and what animals adapt in winter: weasels, snowshoe rabbits, squirrels, mice, beavers, deer, and red fox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N7FGPeykfE Drawing & Writing - Model labeling pictures using writing

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Practice Writing Names Discuss what a shadow is? What causes a shadow? Have flashlight ready to demonstrate shadows with the lights off. Phonological Awareness - Clapping beats to words (hibernate, hibernation, migrate, migration, adapt, adaptation)

No Mrs. Lasky Practice Writing Names Introduce Groundhog's Day. Describe the legend of the Groundhog coming out of his burrow from hibernation. When he comes out if he sees his shadow he will be frightened and go back into his burrow. If he doesn't see his shadow he stays out and looks for food. https://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=CTloFRDL0eo Children will act out being groundhogs popping out of their burrows to see thier shadows. Make Groundhog's Day predictions. Will the groundhog see his shadow?

Number Corner (math)

Module 4 Session 5: Calendar update. Chirpy's Double Dice Action Game

Module 1 Session 1: Calendar update. Mystery Box: Mittens (attribute cards: 8 colors, you can wear it, more than 1, soft, dry)

Module 1 Session 2: Calendar update. Today is, Yesterday was. Read, Mittens 1-10 (look for patterns)

Module 1 Session 3: Calendar update. Today is, Yesterday was. Mitten Match Read, A Mitten for Little Mouse

Module 1 Session 4: Calendar update. Today is, Yesterday was. Mystery Box: Scarf (attribute cards: 8 colors, round, square, rectangular shaped, triangular shaped, you can wear it, one, soft, dry

Second Step (Emily & Emilio)

Week: 14 Strong Feelings

Concepts:

·         Sometimes your feelings can be strong

·         Strong feelings need to be managed

·         Putting your hands on your tummy and saying “Stop” are ways to begin to calm down

Snack

Practice serving and pouring, cleaning up after ourselves.

Centers

Science	Blocks	Dramatic Play	Theme Park
Ice & Snow exploration wk 1 - sorting, measuring, exploring snowflakes	Wooden Blocks, Cardboard Bricks, Large Duplo Bricks Add: Large Duplo Blocks	Dress-up, Baby dolls, Cooking for the family	Winter Wonderland-ice skating
Writing	Library	Art	Literacy/Math
Students will independently select writing mediums to write, dough stamp or use letter magnets to create words Bear Snores on ~ tracing straight, curvy, zig-zag lines	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 Fir Trees in the Snowy Woods (5 - 3/4" green strips 2 1/2", 4 1/2", 6 1/2", 8 1/2", 10 1/2") Logic & Reasoning (COG 5)	Snow People and Buttons (counting buttons to match the numeral on snow person)
Easel	Sensory Table	Rug/Music & Movement
Flip Flop stampers	Rice w/ various scoopers/pourers, teddy bears, rocks	Feeling Fishing, Feeling Sharks, Rocking Boat

Rotating Small Groups/Problems & Investigations

Receptive Language: hibernating animals Phonological Awareness: beg. sounds snowballs

Receptive Language: hibernating animals Making mittens & scarf calendar markers

Receptive Language: hibernating animals Phonological Awareness: beg. sounds snowballs

Making mittens & scarf calendar markers Phonological Awareness: beg. sounds snowballs

Work Places: Which shape will win? Which numeral will win? Fill the fir tree Longer than/Shorter than

Interactive Read Aloud

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Book: Bear Snores On Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts, Phonological Awareness Vocab: lair, heap, damp, whimpers Questions: Can you remember some of the animals that came and visited Bear? Why was Bear grumpy? Activity: Have identifying words with similar end sounds (rhymes)	Book: Migration Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: seasons, cycle, migration, south, north Questions: What does it mean when an animal migrates? What are some animals that migrate? Activity: Reading book using contextual clues (looking at pictures to help us) Book: Shh! Bears Sleeping Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts, Phonological Awareness Vocab: frolic, heap Questions: Review what the bears did in preparation for winter. What animals were in the story that did not hibernate? Why do you think they did not hibernate? How do they prepare for winter? Activity: Have fun creating new words with similar end sounds (rhymes)	Book: Who Lives in the Arctic Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: Questions: What animals lived in the arctic? What did you notice about their bodies that tell you they can live in the arctic? Activity: Following print and looking at pictures closely. Book: Old Bear Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts, Phonological Awareness Vocab: dreaming, cub, crocus, blazing Questions: Prediction: What do you think Old Bear saw when he woke up? Activity: What other words rhyme with /bear/

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Book: Light (Big Book) Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: lava, electricity, reflections, light rays Questions: What were some things that make light? What happens to light when the rays are bent through water, raindrops, or bubbles? Activity: Teach/Model Rhyming

Book: Bear Shadow (Big Book) Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts, Drawing & Writing Vocab: shadow, brook, cliff, noon Questions: Could bear trap his shadow? Why not? What was causing the shadow? What do you think would have made the shadow disappear? How do you think Bear was feeling? Why do you think he was feeling that way? Activity: Writing - What would you like to do with your shadow? Model drawing self portraits

Shared Reading

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Day 1: Winter Animals Winter is cold The fluffy red fox Has fur to keep warm The bear is in the cave Sleeping through the storm. 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: Winter Animals 1. Second Read. 2. Reading Focus: Rhyming. Identify words that rhyme vs. words that don't.	Day 3: Winter Animals 1: Third Read. 2: Reading Focus: Print vs Pictures (matching pictures to print)

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Day 4: Winter Animals 1. Fourth Read: Orchestration 2: Reading Focus: Choral reading - 4/5 students will lead in reading	Clifford’s Big World - Sleepy Animals

Unit of Study: Hibernation

Bridges: Snowflakes & Winter Countdown

This week at school…

1/21/2020

Upcoming Events:

2/14 to 2/18 No School

2/24 Visit from the Dentist

2/27 & 2/28 Mrs. Judy from Mansfield Library

Signing Time

We learned the signs:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
	Vocab Review song Vegetable & Carrot	Corn & Lettuce

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Bean & Potato	Vocab Review song

Opening Circle

Greeting: Hello/Greeting Songs

Discussion:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
No School	Letter of the week Z (Magic Fingers) What do animals do in winter? Have students list out what they think animals do in winter. Introduce new vocab of hibernation, migration and adaptation. What is Hibernation? A hibernating animal's body temperature drops and their breathing slows. Their body fat gets them through the winter. During the winter, these animals can actually be moved or touched and not even be aware of it! In springtime when they awaken, they are very thin, but healthy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhrhcsICrE8	No Mrs. Lasky PM Letter of the week Z (Books) Discuss what animals hibernate: badgers, bats, chipmunks, dormice, ground squirrels, ground hogs, hamsters, hedgehogs, raccoons and skunks using visuals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=141&v=FonCq9YJJxw

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
How does an animal prepare for hibernation? Animals eat and eat and eat all through summer, and fall. The animals get really big and fat before they fall asleep for hibernation. Blubber Glove experiment.	Where do animals hibernate? Show students different animal homes and see if they can identify where the home is. Show students animals and have students identify them as well. Play, Where do I sleep? Have students match animals with the home they hibernate in. (Receptive Language - practice following directions using bears and positional words)

Number Corner (math)

Module 3 Session 5: Calendar update. Summer & Winter Graph

Module 4 Session 1: Calendar update. (1-7 on top, snowflakes on bottom) Chirpy's Snowflakes - count snowflake on each card, discussing how the number matches amount, students show finger patterns while counting

Module 4 Session 3: Calendar update. Chirpy's Snowflake Match Game Challenge - (numerals above in backward order, snowflakes below in forward order) Cover snowflakes with blue doors, uncover appropriate snowflake to match numeral.

Module 4 Session 4: Calendar update. Chirpy's Roll & Jump Game - (numerals top, snowflakes bottom, dot/numeral die 1-7) Roll and hop Chirpy while students use finger patterns

Second Step (Emily & Emilio)

Week: 13 We Feel Feelings in our Body

Concepts:

·         Clues in your body help you identify your feelings

·         Some feelings are comfortable; others are uncomfortable

·         It is important to talk to a grown-up when you feel worried

Snack

Practice serving and pouring, cleaning up after ourselves.

Centers

Science	Blocks	Dramatic Play	Theme Park
Tuesday-Wednesday: Identifying animal tracks in the snow - white playdough, woodland animals, animal track cards Thursday-Friday Blubber Glove - What will keep our hands warm in the ice water? Various gloves	Building animals dens/lairs/caves using various small blocks (bamboo, tree, wooden blocks)	Dress-up, Baby dolls, Cooking for the family	Winter Wonderland-ice skating
Writing	Library	Art	Literacy/Math
Students will independently select writing mediums to write, dough stamp or use letter magnets to create words Word Wall: skiing, sledding, building snowman, making snow angel, throwing snow balls In the winter, I would...	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 Snow paint (shave cream, glue, silver glitter)	Tuesday-Wednesday: Beginning Sound Tactile Board - matching words with same beginning sounds Thursday-Friday: Bear Cave Game (roll and count - practice positional words)
Easel	Sensory Table	Rug/Music & Movement
Rollers	Ice Exploration - Ice block in water with winter animals	Tunnel

Rotating Small Groups/Problems & Investigations

Snowflake Trace & Match Logic & Reasoning - Sorting Literacy - 3 Bears

Snowflake Trace & Match Literacy - 3 Bears Work Places

Logic & Reasoning - Sorting Literacy - 3 Bears

Snowflake Trace & Match Literacy - 3 Bears

Interactive Read Aloud

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
	Book: Animals in Winter Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts, Phonological Awareness Vocab: migrate, cave, hibernate, heart beat Questions: Do you remember what animals hibernate? Where do they hibernate? What animals do not hibernate? What do they do to survive the winter? bats-caves; woodchucks-long tunnel/sleeping chamber; pika, squirrels, fox, deer, rabbit, mice Activity: Beginning Sound Practice (matching animals with same beginning sound)	Book: Time to Sleep Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts, Phonological Awareness Vocab: seal, frost, grubs, burrow Questions: What animals was bear trying to tell it was time to sleep? Activity: What other words begin with /s/ like Sleep?

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Book: Sleep, Bear Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts, Phonological Awareness Vocab: spring, summer, fall Questions: What does the bear do throughout the seasons? Why does the bear need to eat so much food? What does the bear do in winter? Why? Activity: Same & Different Beginning Sounds	Book: Blueberries for Sal Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts, Vocab: tin pail, can, clump, tramping, hustled, stump, Questions: How is Sal and her mother similar to little bear and mama bear? How are they different? Activity: What other words begin with /b/ like Blueberries?

Shared Reading

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
	Day 1: The Mitten by: Jan Brett __ dropped a mitten down in the snow In crawled a __ Which made the mitten grow. 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: Remembering animals that were in the story	Day 2: The Mitten by: Jan Brett 1. Second Read. 2. Reading Focus: One-to-One word match

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Day 3: The Mitten by: Jan Brett 1: Third Read. 2: Reading Focus: Find a letter that you know...	Day 4: The Mitten by: Jan Brett 1. Fourth Read: Orchestration 2: Reading Focus: Choral reading - 4/5 students will lead in reading