Unit of Study: Colors & Shapes

Bridges: Shapes

This week at school…

11/4 to 11/8

Upcoming Events:

11/14 & 11/15 Mrs. Judy from Mansfield Library

11/11 Veteran’s Day Presentations

11/18 PTO Meeting

11/22 Thanksgiving Feast in classroom during snack

11/25 – 11/29 No School for PK (Conferences)

Signing Time

We learned the signs:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Vocab Review Song		Tree & Wind

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Leaf & Grass	Clouds & Rain

Opening Circle

Greeting: Hello/Greeting Songs

Discussion:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Letter of the week L (Magic Fingers) Introduce shapes. Identify 8 2D shapes. Describe shapes - number of sides & corners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJxq0kR8yNc	Election Day - No School	Letter of the week L (L Books) Review shapes. I Spy Shape Scavenger Hunt using 2D shapes. Sung to: "The Muffin Man" Oh, can you find the shape______, The shape _____, the shape _____? Oh, can you find the shape _____, Somewhere on the rug?

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Letter of the week M (Magic Fingers) Introduce 3D shapes. Describe shapes - sides, corners and edges.	Make Up Apple & Pumpkin Celebration Letter of the week M (M Books) Review pumpkin and apple taste test graphs. Remind students who liked/disliked.

Number Corner (math)

Module 1 Session 4: Calendar Update. Introduce November. What is a Triangle? book

Module 1 Session 5: Calendar update Patterning squares & triangles AABB

Module 2 Session 1: Calendar update Posting the calendar markers AABB pattern Caroline's Circles in the Mystery Box Game

Module 2 Session 2: Calendar update Caroline's Counting Circle - Students stand in circle, Caroline counts 6 students and then they sit. Continue until all are seated.

Second Step (Emily & Emilio)

Week 8: More Feelings

Concepts:

·         Focusing attention on what is happening, or the situation, can help you tell how someone is feeling.

Snack

Practice serving and pouring, cleaning up after ourselves.

Centers

Science	Blocks	Dramatic Play	Theme Park
magnify glasses, goggles, rocks, scales, mirrors, Making squares and triangles using various materials (pop sticks, string, pipe cleaners)	wooden blocks, large plastic blocks, cardboard bricks, colored wooden blocks Trains & Lego Shapes	Appr./Engagement in the Arts - Dress-up, Baby dolls, Cooking for the family	Appr./Engagement in the Arts - Pumpkin Patch
Writing	Library	Art	Literacy/Math
Students will independently select writing mediums to write, ink stamp, or dough stamp words Words: square, triangle, rectangle, circle, oval, rhombus, diamond, star Shape Mini Books	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 Shark's Fins, Mountains, Ice Cream Cones	Geo Board Shapes & Shape Sort buttons
Easel	Sensory Table	Rug/Music & Movement	Table Time
Shape Stamping (3D foam shapes)	3D foam shapes, foam blocks, little bit of water	Ball Track	Various drawing/writing materials, various manipulatives

Small Groups/Problems & Investigations

Making triangles for the calendar (trace, cut, glue onto 3" white squares)

Drawing & Writing - Free Art and students will label creations through writing independently

Read, What is a Circle?

Interactive Read Aloud

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Book: 5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate (Bridges) Book: City Shapes Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts, Phonological Awareness Vocab: scenery, bangles Questions: What shapes did you see in the city? What shapes do you see in our classroom? Activity: Identify rhyming words on each page. Have fun identifying and matching shapes.		Book: 5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate (Bridges) Book: Perfect Square Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts, Drawing & Writing Vocab: confining, corners, rigid, cramped Questions: Activity: Make something with your perfect square. Writing what you made with your square.

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Book: 5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate (Bridges) Book: Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, & Spheres Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: Questions: What 3D shapes did we discuss at circle that were not in the pictures? Activity: This is a wordless book. We will identify cubes, cones, cylinders, & spheres on each page.	Does the pumpkin puree and apples taste the same as the pumpkin/apple treats we just had? Why do you think that is? What made the treats today taste differently? Book: 5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate (Bridges) Standard: Activity: Students will act out story for parents.

Shared Reading

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Day 3: Shapes 1. Third Read 2. Reading Focus: Letter vs Word		Day 4: Shapes 1. Fourth Read: Orchestration 2: Reading Focus: Choral reading - 5/6 students will lead in reading

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Day 5: Shapes 1. Fifth Read: Orchestration 2: Reading Focus: Choral reading - 5/6 students will lead in reading	5 Little Pumpkins (feelings) on Smartboard