Unit of Study: Groundhog’s Day/Shadows & Light

                                    Friends and Family

Bridges: Snowflakes & Winter Countdown

This week at school…

2/3/2020

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
Farm & Chicken Chicken Farm	Horse & Goat	Mouse & Rooster

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Sheep & Cow	Donkey & Pig

Opening Circle

Greeting: Hello/Greeting Songs

Discussion:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Did the Groundhog see his shadow? Look at Groundhog's Day predictions and compare predictions with actual results of Punxitauny Phil seeing or not seeing his shadow. Chant "5 Little Groundhogs" poem.	Can you see your shadow on a cloudy day? What happens on cloudy days to prevent you from seeing shadows? Why can you see your shadow on a sunny day? Begin cloudy & sunny weather graph.	Introduce that we will be learning about families and friends. What is a family? Who is in your family? Counting 10 and 20 items pushing them away as you go.

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Identify different family members: mom, dad, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, cousin. Emphasizing that all families are different. Matching sets to numerals.	Make graph of who has brothers, sisters, or no siblings. Counting and comparing results.

Number Corner (math)

Module 1 Session 5: Calendar update. Today is, Yesterday was. Patterning mittens and scarves (AAB) - students will hold mittens and scarves to become the pattern.

Module 2 Session 1: Calendar update. Today is, Yesterday was. Posting the markers in the calendar. 5-Frame Cards - hold up frames one at a time, students will use finger patterns for each. Repeat 2-3 times.

Module 2 Session 2: Calendar update. Today is, Yesterday was. 5-Frame Snapshots - review frames, then show frames quickly and students will display finger patterns.

Module 2 Session 3: Calendar update. Today is, Yesterday was. Chirpy at the Blue Door - numbers 1-8, cover 3 and 8 with doors, students count and uncover, close eyes and cover 2 different numbers each time

Module 2 Session 4: Calendar update. Today is, Yesterday was. Introducing Little Green - 1-8 numerals with Little Green hiding behind number 5, students guess numbers until they find Little Green

Second Step (Emily & Emilio)

Week: 15 Naming Feelings

Concepts:

·         Naming your feeling can help you calm down.

·         It helps to talk to a grown-up when you feel scared or sad.

Snack

Practice serving and pouring, cleaning up after ourselves.

Centers

Science	Blocks	Dramatic Play	Theme Park
Light table with animals and various light table manipulatives Ice & Snow exploration wk 2 - Ice Melt experiment. Which will melt ice faster, sugar or salt?	Fun with shadows - flash lights and Legos	Dress-up, Baby dolls, Cooking for the family	Under Construction Camping
Writing	Library	Art	Literacy/Math
Students will independently select writing mediums to write, dough stamp or use letter magnets to create words Word Wall: Student Name Sheets add: Letter Beads My Winter Numbers Book	Students will independently select literacy strategies that support their learning during independent reading times- arrival, centers & independent reading/conferring time	Shadow puppets (tracing, cutting, popsicle sticks)	Sorting /c/ and /s/ words
Easel	Sensory Table	Rug/Music & Movement
Painting Shadows w/ Gray/Black paint	Magnet Letters, Rice, Name Cards, Picture Cards	Various Musical books on tape (Silly Sally, Seals on the bus, The Lady with the Alligator Purse with rhythm sticks)

Rotating Small Groups/Problems & Investigations

Bean Race to 5 Phonological Awareness (End Sounds)

Bean Race to 5 Emotional expression

Bean Race to 5 Phonological Awareness (End Sounds)

Emotional expression Phonological Awareness (End Sounds)

Work Places: Fill the fir tree Longer than/Shorter than Winter-Picture-Pairs Bean Race to Five

Interactive Read Aloud

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Book: Who’s in a Family Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts, Drawing and Writing Vocab: family, chimpanzee, female, aunts, teenagers, male, different, Questions: Who is in your family? Activity: Draw a picture of your family.	Book: Mom/Dad Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: Activity: Identify front and bock cover. Open to where story begins. Identify words and pictures. Follow print with finger with page sequencing. Reading pages using pictures to help us. Questions: What are some things you do with your mom and dad?	Book: The Napping House Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: napping, cozy, snoring, dreaming, dozing, snoozing, slumbering, wakeful Questions: Activity: Have fun acting out story using story props.

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Book: All Kinds of Friends (use document camera) Standards: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: Questions: Activity: Read the word "friends" on each page. Find letter F on each page. What words begin with /f/?	Book: Good Friends Standard: Literacy, Print Concepts Vocab: Activity: Identify front and bock cover. Open to where story begins. Identify words and pictures. Follow print with finger with page sequencing. Reading pages using pictures to help us. Questions: What are some things that you like to do with friends?

Shared Reading

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Day 1: Here's a Little Groundhog Here's a little groundhog in the ground He's coming up to look around If he sees his shadow, down he'll go Then six more weeks of winter, OH NO! 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: Punctuation, uppercase letters. Why?	Day 2: Here's a Little Groundhog 1. Second Read. 2. Reading Focus: Picture Word Match	Day 3: Here's a Little Groundhog 1: Third Read. 2: Reading Focus: Rhyming. Identify words that rhyme vs. words that don't.

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Day 4: Here's a Little Groundhog 1: Fourth Read. 2: Reading Focus: Choral reading - students will lead in reading	Snow Day Counting Stories