Unit of Study: Gingerbread

Bridges: Snowflakes & Winter Countdown

This week at school…

1/2 & 1/3 2020

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Upcoming Events:

1/16 & 1/17 – Ms. Judy from Mansfield Library

1/20 – No PK

Signing Time

We learned the signs:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
V & W	Vocab Review Song

Opening Circle

Greeting: Hello/Greeting Songs

Discussion:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Letter of the week U (Magic Fingers) AM: Science-Wet/Dry. Discuss how things change when they get wet. Cornstarch and Water Experiment-What do you predict will happen when we mix Cornstarch and water? List predictions. Were your predictions correct? PM: Science-Wet/Dry. Discuss how things change when they get wet. Flour and Water Experiment-What do you predict will happen when we mix Flour and Water? List predictions. Were your predictions correct?

Letter of the week U (U Books) AM: Science-Wet/Dry. Discuss how things change when they get wet. Flour and Water Experiment-What do you predict will happen when we mix Flour and Water? List predictions. Were your predictions correct?

Number Corner (math)

Module 1 Session 3: Calendar update. Read, 5 Little Snowflakes.

Module 1 Session 4: Calendar update. Snowflakes in the Sun Melting One by One story (white construction paper, 6 snowflakes)

Second Step (Emily & Emilio)

Week:

Concepts:

Snack

Practice serving and pouring, cleaning up after ourselves.

Thursday – We decorated and at our gingerbread cookies! YUMMY!

Centers

Science	Blocks	Dramatic Play	Theme Park
magnify glasses, goggles, STEM: Build a house - Slot & Build Shapes, small/large red cups, popsicle sticks, paper, pipe cleaners, toothpicks	wooden blocks, large plastic blocks, cardboard bricks	Dress-up, Baby dolls, Cooking for the family	Cookie Shop/Bakery
Writing	Library	Art	Literacy/Math
Students will independently select writing mediums to write, ink stamp, or dough stamp words Words: Tracing Gingerbread cookies to houses	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 Decorating Foam Gingerbreads with colored puffy paint (50/50 glue & shaving cream)	Gingerbread Tracers Gingerbread ABCs Playdough Print Concepts - I Went Walking
Easel	Sensory Table	Rug/Music & Movement
Brown gingerbread cutouts, decorate with various colors of paint and small brushes	Sensory Bins cornstarch and water / flour and water	Stepping Stones

Rotating Small Groups/Problems & Investigations

Self Portraits Pattern Block Snowflakes

Gingerbread Houses Self Portraits

Interactive Read Aloud

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Book: The Gingerbread Bear Standard: COG 8, COG 10, COG 12 Vocab: clever, ranger Activity: How was The Gingerbread Bear the same/different as The Gingerbread Boy and the Gingerbread Cowboy? Identify the rhyming words. What other words rhyme with bear?	Book: The Gingerbread girl Standard: COG 8, COG 10, COG 10 Vocab: dash, greedy, sly, devious, aroma, gingerly, Questions: How was this story different from the others? How was it the same? Activity: Retelling the story identifying beginning, middle, end, and characters.

Shared Reading

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Day 3: 5 Yummy Gingerbread 1: Third Read. 2: Reading Focus: Picture vs Word	Day 4: 5 Yummy Gingerbread 1. Fourth Read: Orchestration 2: Reading Focus: Choral reading - students will lead in reading