ROOM #23 WEEKLY PLANNING FORM WEEK OF: 5/4-5/8

TEACHER’S NAME: Nelly S.

ACTIVITIES

Day of the Week DAILY FOCUS (Focuses on the unit’s student outcomes- lesson)

Follow up Activity ON DAILY FOCUS

Skill Building Activity(Small group centers:Math, Literacy, cutting/ handwriting, Library)

Play focus[Planting seeds for play activities (aka learning centers)]

MondayDate: 5/4/2020

This week we are starting a new monthly unit: Babies. We are going to be starting the unit by discussing farm animals and their babies.

Link to prior knowledge: last month we learned about the ladybugs and where they lay their eggs: on the leaves.

Explain to your child that when the eggs hatch, baby ladybugs come out.

Chickens lay eggs too. When the eggs hatch, baby chickens come out. They are called chicks.

Use the picture below for reference

Chickens and their baby chicks live on a farm.

Have your child create a hatching chick craft. If paper plates are not available use paper.

To practice cutting skills: trace the zig zag and have your child cut the egg out.

Don’t forget to label when finished: Chick

MATH- Please review numbers 1-19 (identifying the numbers and counting objects). Number of the week: 20. Have your child count household items such as: beans, seeds, cereal, and toys.

Request a number of items and have your child count and correspond with the items.

Write out the numbers and have your child choose a number, identify it, and count object or draw pictures to correspond with the number.

LITERACY- Letter of the week: C (review sound of the letter)

- Have the children look for the letter in books.

- Help your child find items around the house that start with that letter.

Blocks/Building: Build a farm for

the chickens and their eggs.

Science:

Explain to your child the life cycle of a chicken using the image bellow

They eat worms and seeds.

Ask your child to recall who takes care of the farm: The farmer.

Please watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYKJkHcaMzE

- Have the children cut out pictures from a magazine that start with that letter and create a collage.

- If printer is available use the link below to access worksheets.

https://hidecorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/literacy.pdf

HANDWRITING- Practice writing the words: Chick If you have children’s books available, have your child pick a book, choose words they see in the book and practice writing them. Or refer to the link below for worksheets. https://hidecorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/handwriting.pdf

LIBRARY/ MEDIA- “Baby Animals” from Bright Baby Touch and Feel Series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP2Or_Z4BH4

Then have your child create the life cycle:

Or use the link below to print a worksheet:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bb/9d/29/bb9d29e71dfb47a4b84dbed659224d02.jpg

TuesdayDate: 5/5/2020

Today we are going to learn about cows and their babies.

Show the image bellow

Create a calf craft MATH-Review numbers 1-20by counting household items such as: cereal, beans, seed, toys …

Size Concepts: Review Small/big by completing the

Dramatic Play:

Pretend to be a farmer and take care of chickens/chicks

Explain to your child that cows also live on the farm with their babies. A baby cow is called a calf.

Cows eat grass and plants.

Ask your child to describe the cow and calf:

They have black and white spots.

The cow is big and the calf is small.

Ask your child what sound does a cow make: MOOOO

Explain that cows provide milk for us which is very healthy and helps us grow big and strong.

If you don’t have paint, have your child draw and color the black spots.

Don’t forget to label when finished: Calf

worksheet (page 9) https://hidecorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/math-concept-size.pdf

LITERACY- Letter of the week: C (review sound of the letter)

- Have the children look for the letter in books.

- Help your child find items around the house that start with that letter.

- Have the children cut out pictures from a magazine that start with that letter and create a collage.

- If printer is available use the link below to access worksheets.

https://hidecorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/literacy.pdf

HANDWRITING- Practice writing the words: Calf If you have children’s books available, have your child pick a book, choose words they see in the book and practice writing them. Or refer to the link below for worksheets. https://hidecorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/handwriting.pdf

LIBRARY/ MEDIA-

and cows/calfs.

Water Play:

Milk the cow

Music & Movement :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXEq-QO3xTg

At the Farm bookhttps://magicblox.com/books/824-at-the-farm#.Xp32zINKiT8

WednesdayDate: 4/6/2020

Today we are going to learn about the Sheep and their babies.

Use the image bellow:

Explain to your child that Sheep live on the farm along with the chickens and cows.

Baby Sheep are called lamb.

Sheep eat grass, just like the Cows!

Ask your child what sound does the sheep make: BAAA BAAA

Explain to your child that Sheep are covered in hair, which is called wool. Some cloths that we wear are made out of wool.

Marry had a little Lambhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7PiTwhTQk

Create a lamb craft:

To represent the wool you can use cotton balls or rip pieces of paper and crumble them.

Another idea:

If white paint is not available you can use white out and a q-tip.

MATH- Review numbers 1-20:

Have your child count household items such as: beans, seeds, cereal, and toys.

Request a number of items and have your child count and correspond with the items.

Write out the numbers and have your child choose a number, identify it, and count object or draw pictures to correspond with the number.

LITERACY- Letter of the week: F (review sound of the letter)

- Have the children look for the letter in books/magazines.

- Help your child find items around the house that start with that letter.

- Have the children cut out pictures from a magazine that start with that letter and create a collage.

- If printer is available use the link below to access worksheets.

Blocks/Building: Build a farm for a

sheep and her baby lamb. Have the child identify which is the baby (LAMB) and mommy (SHEEP).

Sensory:Sheep Shearing sensory activity:

https://thebabyspot.ca/sheep-shearing-sensory-activity/

Matching Game:Matching Baby animals to their parents

https://www.sesamestreet.org/games?id=20838 OR

https://littleowlsresources.com/

Wool helps us stay warm in the winter.

Please watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0HeCL6nano

Don’t forget to label when finished: Lamb

https://hidecorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/literacy.pdf

HANDWRITING- Practice writing the word: Lamb If you have children’s books available, have your child pick a book, choose words they see in the book and practice writing them. Or refer to the link below for worksheets. https://hidecorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/handwriting.pdf

LIBRARY/ MEDIA- Baa Baa Black Sheephttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR5XSOdjKMA

farm-animals-and-their-young-match-game

ThursdayDate: 5/7/2020

Today we are going to learn about pigs and their babies.

Use image below:

Ask your child to identify the animal they see: Pig.

Create pig/piglet paper plate craft:

https://misformonster.com/farm-animal-paper-plate-crafts-kids/

If pink tissue paper is not available, ask your child to

MATH- Big/medium/small:Review big and small using toys or any other items. Then introduce the word medium: explain that medium means that it is bigger than the small object but smaller than the big object.

Provide your child with different size objects and help them sort by size.

Use the link below for additional ideas: https://www.prekinders.com/size-sorting/

Sensory & Writing:Pigs in the mud play

https://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/pigs-in-the-mud-sensory-play-and-song.html

You can also make the mud recipe from the link above and have your child write words/letters/numbers in the mud.

Music & Movement:

Ask your child to imitate the sound a pig makes: Oink Oink.

Explain to your child that baby pigs are called piglets.

Pigs eat everything and anything: vegetables, grains, fruits, and meat.

Please watch video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCii-DS6t1A

color the plate pink.

Don’t forget to label when finished: Piglet/Pig

LITERACY- Letter of the week: F (review sound of the letter)

- Have the children look for the letter in books.

- Help your child find items around the house that start with that letter.

- Have the children cut out pictures from a magazine that start with that letter and create a collage.

- If printer is available use the link below to access worksheets.

https://hidecorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/literacy.pdf

HANDWRITING- Practice writing the word: Piglet If you have children’s books available, have your child pick a book, choose words they see in the book and practice writing them. Or refer to the link below for worksheets. https://hidecorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/handwriting.pdf

LIBRARY/ MEDIA- “Peppa Pig: George and the Noisy Baby” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu21Ig5sSy0

Old MacDonald Had A Farmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6HzoUcx3eo

Blocks/Building:

Build a farm, pigs and other farm animals we learned about.

FridayDate: 5/8/2020

Today we are going to review baby animals and parents

Please use video below:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RVg1-8_u30

Explain to your child that all those baby animals have mommies- Just like US!

May 10the is Mother’s Day! On that day we celebrate our mommies. We treat our mommies extra special that day to show how much we love them and say thank you for all that they do for us!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mommies!

Create a Mother’s day card/picture.

Provide your child with paper and crayons/markers. Ask them to draw a picture of mommy and them or anything that makes them think of their mommy.

Don’t forget to label your art work: Mom

MATH- Review numbers 1-20by counting household items such as: cereal, beans, seed, toys … practice 1:1 correspondence (Request a number of items and have your child count and correspond with the items)

Practice Big/medium/small:https://pbskids.org/peg/games/scrub-a-dub

LITERACY- Review letters C and F(review sound of the letter)

- Have the children look for the letters in books.

- Help your child find items around the house that start with that letters.

- Have the children cut out pictures from a magazine that start with that letters and create a collage.

- If printer is available use the link below to access worksheets.

https://hidecorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/literacy.pdf

HANDWRITING- Practice writing the word: MOM If you have children’s books available, have your child pick a book, choose words they

Matching Game:Matching Baby animals to their parents

https://www.sesamestreet.org/games?id=20838

Dramatic Play:Using all the animal crafts created this week build a farm for them. Pretend to be a farmer and take care of them. Practice labeling parent with their babies’ name. Practice making the sounds that the farm animals make.

Water Play:Mommy’s little helper! Help your mommy in the kitchen:

Wash dishes Wash fruits Wash vegetables

see in the book and practice writing them. Or refer to the link below for worksheets. https://hidecorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/handwriting.pdfLIBRARY/ MEDIA- “Llama Llama misses Mama” By Anna Dwedneyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sva2AOiv5uQ

Social/ Emotional- Please use the link bellow and refer to page 3 (Week 3)

https://hidecorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/social-emotional-home-english.pdf

If you have any question or require additional support please feel free to me email me at: nshamaev@hidec.org Common Core:PK.SEL.1. Regulates responses to needs, feelings and events

b. Appropriately names types of emotions (e.g., happy, excited, sad) and associates them with different words and behaviors

PK.AC.1. Demonstrates motivation to communicate

a. Participates in small or large group activities for story-telling, singing or finger play

PK.AC.4. Demonstrates a growing receptive vocabulary

b. Identifies pictures related to words (e.g., points to the correct picture in book if prompted)

PK.SCI.6. [P-LS3-1.] Develops a model to describe that some young plants and animals are similar to, but not exactly like, their parents.

b. Compares baby and adult animals and recognizes similarities (e.g., matches adult stufed animals with their baby in a play setting)