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