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ROOM #: 31 WEEKLY PLANNING FORMWEEK OF: 5/11/20-5/15/20TEACHER’S NAME: Kathleen L.Day 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: 5/11/20MathEssential Question:What are babies?Focus Question:What can we learn about animal babies?Daily Focus:-what do we know about animal babies?-names of animal babies-who takes care of animalRead Aloud:“Are You My Mother?” by PD Eastman? ? reading the story, ask your child the following comprehension questions:-who was not the baby bird’s mother? -what are some animals from the story?-why does the bird walk right past his mother?-how are you and the baby bird the same? -how are you and the baby bird different?MATH--Interactive Game:Biggest and Smallest Mud Hopper Aloud: “Baby Animals & Their Mother” of the Week: Z and D. Invite children to practice writing these letters in both uppercase and lowercase form. Ask children to create a list of three items that begin with the letters Z and D. LIBRARY/ MEDIA- -Read Aloud: Babies Sound Book-Invite children to pretend they are a veterinarian. Invite children to used stuffed animals or toys as their patients. Encourage discussion about each baby animal as they play. How do you take care of the baby animal?-Song:Baby Animals (to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star")by Risa YoungChickens have chicksRabbits have bunniesDogs have puppiesThey are cute and they are funny.Cats have kittensA cow has a calfA bear has a cubBaby animals make us laugh.-Invite children to practice typing baby animal names on the computer:-calf-cub-puppy-kitten-chickTuesdayDate:5/12/20Essential Question:What are babies?Focus Question:What can we learn about animal babies?Daily Focus:-Farm Animals and their Babies Read Aloud:“Farm Animals” by Bobbie Kalman-Activity: Match the farm animal babies to their mothers Game:Same or Different? Shapes LITERACY--Baa Baa Black Sheep Interactive Book: children to practice writing their first and last names using both capital and lowercase letters. Ask children to identify each letter as they write. LIBRARY/ MEDIA- -Read Aloud: “Big Red Barn” Change the words to "Old MacDonald's Farm" to "and on his farm he had baby animals..." Assist children in using the words for the particular baby animals. Invite children to act out each animal with movements and animal sounds. Use props such as plastic baby animals or baby animal puzzle pieces as you sing your song.-Video: Farm Animals and Their Babies children to pretend they live on a farm. What kinds of baby animals do they have on their farm? How do they take care of these animal babies?-Song: Five cows all black and white,Chewed their cud from day to night,So they could give milk sweet and pure.Squirt! Squirt!One left the barn one day,So she could find more hay.Then there were 4 cows black and white.Moo! Moo!Continue with 4, 3, 2, 1WednesdayDate:5/13/20Essential Question:What are babies?Focus Question:What can we learn about animal babies?Daily Focus:-Zoo Animals and their BabiesRead Aloud:“Animal Babies” by Eric Carle children to choose one baby animal from the book to investigate. Help your child use a search engine to look for pictures or videos of this animal to investigate further. After investigating the animal, encourage your child to share three things they learned about the animal with a family member. MATH-- Video/Game: Sorting and Comparing Sizes: Aloud: “Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?”? children to pick five words from the story to practice writing. What do these words mean? What letters do these words begin with?HANDWRITING--Practicing straight lines and letter formation children to complete two pages independently. LIBRARY/ MEDIA- Read Aloud: “Animal Strike at the Zoo” children to pretend they are various baby animals. Ask children where they live, what they eat, and what their mommies and daddies are like.-Invite children to use legos or other small connectors to create models of animal babies. Encourage children to consider the specific features of different animals as they work. For example, they might create long ears for a bunny or a long neck for a giraffe. -Invite children to pretend they are a zookeeper. What animals do you have at your zoo? Who takes care of the baby animals? What do you feed them?-Interactive Game:Matching Baby animals to their parents Question:What are babies?Focus Question:What can we learn about animal babies?Daily Focus:-Ocean Animals and their BabiesRead Aloud:“Pete the Kitty: And Baby Animals” children to create a list of all of the baby animals Pete the Kitty encountered on his adventure. What do they know about each animal? Where do these animals live? What do these animals eat? MATH--Interactive Game: Wild Animal Guessing Game-Which animal is bigger or smaller? Aloud: “Baby Animals” from Bright Baby Touch and Feel Series? children to practice writing the following vocabulary words:-calf, duck, duckling, egg, elephant, frog LIBRARY/ MEDIA-Read Aloud: “When I was a Baby”: Baby Animals children to move like different animals (fly like a bird, walk on all fours like a dog, swim like a fish, etc.).-Ocean Animals: Learn about ocean animals and guess the animal. Game: Ocean Animals Question:What are babies?Focus Question:What can we learn about animal babies?Daily Focus:-Pets and their Babies Read Aloud:“Is Your Mama a Llama?” by Deborah Guarino? Read Aloud: children to create a picture of their pet to share with their classmates. If your child does not have a pet, invite him/her to create a picture of their dream pet. Ask children to write the pets name on the picture and create a list of three things they love about their pet/dream pet. MATH-- Same and Different: Aloud: “What Pet Should I Get?” children to practice their handwriting skills by writing the names of household pets such as:-dog/puppy-cat/kitten-bunny/rabbitLIBRARY/ MEDIA-Read Aloud: “Have You Seen My Cat?” by Eric Carle children to pretend they are a household pet. Encourage them to crawl around like a puppy, lounge in the sunlight like a kitten, or hop around like a bunny.-Song about Pets: -Learn About Pets: Emotional- Week to ReviewEarly Learning Unit 1 Week 4: Self-TalkEnglish: (1).pdfSpanish: Core Standards:PK.MATH.10. [NY-PK.MD.1.] Identifies measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight, and describes them using appropriate vocabulary (e.g., small, big, short, tall, empty, full, heavy, light)PK.SEL.1. Regulates responses to needs, feelings and eventsPK.ELAL.1. [PKRF.1.] Demonstrates understanding of the organization and basic features of printPK.ELAL.3. [PKRF.3.] Demonstrates emergent phonics and word analysis skills ................
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