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