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ROOM # 34 WEEKLY PLANNING FORM WEEK OF: 6/8-6/12TEACHER’S NAME: Iman B Questions to ask while your child is engaged in play-based learning:? What do you notice?? How did you do that?? What will you try next?? Tell me more about what you are doing.? I wonder what would happen if you______.? What did you observe?? Why do you think that happened?? What else can you add?? What is your conclusion?? What does this remind you of and why?? How does this make you feel? Why?? How can you change that?ACTIVITIESDay of the WeekDAILY FOCUS (Focuses on the unit’s student outcomes- lesson)Follow up Activity ON DAILY FOCUSSkill Building Activity(Small group centers:Math, Literacy, cutting/ handwriting, Library) Play focus[Planting seeds for play activities (aka learning centers)]MondayDate: 6/8The Very Hungry Caterpillar?by Eric Carle observations do you see in our caterpillars?How do they change?1. How many stages are there in abutterfly’s life cycle?2. What are the four stages?3. What happens first?4. What happens last?While reading the story, stop to ask yourchild some questions:1. What does a caterpillar start out as?(An egg)2. What is a caterpillar’s job?(To eat and eat and eat!)3. What is another name for a caterpillar?(Larva)4. What happens to the caterpillar as it eatsand eats and eats?(It grows bigger!)5. What is the hard shell that a caterpillarforms and lives in?(A chrysalis)6. What happens when the chrysalis crackopens?(A butterfly pops out!)You can draw the life cycle of a butterfly. MATH- You can count with your child how many items the caterpillar ate during the week. You can write that number down.LITERACY- Find the Letters Oo/Hh. Write the letters Oo/Hh on small pieces of paper. Then tape it around the house and go on a Letter Oo/Hh hunt with your child.HANDWRITING-. Have your child write the letter Oo for this week. Pages 89-94 on at MEDIA- READ A BOOK FOR 20 MINUTES A DAY- VISIT A RECOMMENDED INTERACTIVE WEBSITEART:You can encourage your child to draw their own butterflies. How are they different or the same? You can discuss how they change and transform from a caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly. BLOCKS:Using Legos or blocks, you can encourage your child to create the life cycle of butterfly. You can discuss the way it changes and sequence the cycle. What happens first, second, last?MUSIC AND MOVEMENT: Two Little Butterflies?Two little butterflies flying left and right?(Flap hands, moving them to the left and to the right.)?Two little butterflies are quite a sight.Two little butterflies flying up to the sun?(Flap hands while stretching up.)?Two little butterflies flying down.?(Flap hands children while bending down.)Two little butterflies are flying to the back?(Flap hands behind back.)Two little butterflies are coming back.?(Flap hands to the front.)Two little butterflies are flying all around?(Flap hands any movement.)Two little butterflies are sitting on the ground.?(Sit down with hands on legs.)TuesdayDate: 6/9The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats How can objects change?How does water turn to ice?How does ice melt?You can encourage your child to put water in either ice cubes or small cups and leave in the freezer overnight. You can invite your child to predict what will happen to the water and why. You can either draw or write those predictions. You can also add fruit to freeze in ice cubes (berries, small pieces of cut fruit). What happened to the fruits? Do they taste the same? Feel the same? MATH- You can encourage your child to draw a cup tower using plastic cups- Can you build a tower? Count how many cups did you use?LITERACY- Find the Letter Hh. Write the letter Hh on small pieces of paper. Then tape it around the house and go on a Letter Hh hunt with your child.HANDWRITING-. Have your child write the letter Hh for this week. Pages 47-52 on at MEDIA- READ A BOOK FOR 20 MINUTES A DAY- VISIT A RECOMMENDED INTERACTIVE WEBSITECOMPUTER:You can play this fun and engaging snowflake matching game with your child. SCIENCE:You can invite your child to make their own bubbles using water and soap. You can discuss the difference between water alone and water with soap. Predict and observe the changes.ART You invite your child to make their own snowflake and discuss the way the weather changes. WednesdayDate: 6/10 Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback How can objects change?Transformation means change. Water can transform into ice and back to water again. What else can transform?Does it Change? You can provide an assortment of materials for your child to try to mix together such as oil and vinegar and flour and water. Invite your child to predict what will happen when they combine the materials. Once they mix materials, ask them to reflect on their predictions and what occurs. Do the materials change? How?You can make a list of items that changes and those that did not change. MATH- You can play this game with your child to review size. You can play this matching Letter Game with your child as a review: HANDWRITING: You can have your child create a collage using different materials to create the letters Oo/Hh.LIBRARY/ MEDIA- READ A BOOK FOR 20 MINUTES A DAY- VISIT A RECOMMENDED INTERACTIVE WEBSITESCIENCE:You can encourage your child observe the changes that happened in the materials mixed up together for the follow up activity and use a science journal to write or draw those observations.DRAMATIC PLAY:You can invite your child to discuss: can we change the way we look? Encourage your child use a disguise like mom, dad, sister or brother’s clothes become a different family member. Ask your child to pretend to speak like them, walk like them and laugh like them.ART:You can encourage your child to use recyclable materials from home to create an art project. How did the materials change? ThursdayDate: 6/11 The Little Red Hen Makes A Pizza by Philemon Sturges can objects change?Cooking: apples/carrots/potatoes. How do ingredients in your recipe change? You can invite your child to cook with you. You can share your family recipe, share it, and enjoy it during our zoom session. If you are unable to cook and share, I encourage to do you to do a simple cooking activity and discuss with your child how foods change when they make snacks or meals (e.g. adding milk to cereal, cooking carrots, or making pasta or rice). You can write or draw how the ingredients change. MATH- You can invite your child to find numbers 1-20 around the house. You can encourage them to write the numbers down as they find them.LITERACY- The letters of the week are Oo, Hh. You can write various letters on paper including the 2 letters Oo and Hh and ask your child to circle the letters of the week Oo, Hh. HANDWRITING- You can have your child write the words: Happy/Older, using uppercase H and O. Circle the letters H/O in red. LIBRARY/ MEDIA- READ A BOOK FOR 20 MINUTES A DAY- VISIT A RECOMMENDED INTERACTIVE WEBSITEDRAMATIC PLAY:You can encourage your child to pretend to be a meteorologist (tell people the weather) from TV, how would she/he describe the weather? Dress up in clothes that meteorologists wear. What would he/she need in different types of weather? Rain- Umbrella, raincoat, rain boots Snow- Winter coat, winter boots, scarf, gloves, hat for a sunny day.SENSORY Slime: You can make slims with your child using this easy to follow recipe. FridayDate: 6/12From Milk to Ice Cream by Stacy Taus-Bolstad How can objects change?Making Ice Cream.Baking: cookies, cake, or pies. How do the ingredients change?Flour/butter/baking soda.How do the liquids change? Milk/ oil/water.You can invite your child to bake with you. You can share your family recipe, share it enjoy it during our zoom session. If you are unable to bake and share, I encourage to do you to do a simple cooking activity and discuss with your child how foods change when they make snacks or meals (e.g. adding milk to cereal, cooking carrots, or making pasta or rice).-888969215Suggested recipe: You can color the pattern in each row on page 1. Which picture completes the pattern? LITERACY- You can have your child open your favorite book and look for the letters Oo and Hh.HANDWRITING- Can you help the cat get back home? So let’s draw tall and straight lines to get her home. Page 10. LIBRARY/ MEDIA- READ A BOOK FOR 20 MINUTES A DAY- VISIT A RECOMMENDED INTERACTIVE WEBSITEART:You can invite your child to mix paint colors you have available at home to create new colors. OUTDOOR PLAY:Chalk and buckets of water. You can encourage your childto observe what happens when they dip the chalk in water; draw on wet surface with the chalk; or write/draw with chalk, then brush water over it. What changed? Why?DRAMATIC PLAY:You can encourage your child to make their own “water table” using buckets, a large pot or plastic container. They can add containers, cups, or bowls to fill and empty, as well as spoons, whisks, eggbeaters, basters, eye droppers, mon Core Goals:D1.4: Exhibits curiosity, interest, and willingness in learning new things and having new experiences. D5.6 Physical Properties- Acquires knowledge about the physical properties of the worldD4.10 Reading- Actively engage in group activities with purpose and understandingD4.1 Reading- With prompting and support, ask and answer about details in textSocial/ Emotional- This week we are reviewing is 8. * Please refer to for the complete social emotional parent newsletter. ................
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