March 09 – 13, 2009
SUBJECT
Language Arts
Math
Science
Social Studies
ESLRS
C – Critical Thinking
R – Responsible Citizens
E – Effective Communicators
S – Self-Directed Lifelong Learners
QUESTIONS
1. Who sees you when you are sick?
2. What about when you need to get your teeth clean, who sees you?
3. How many nickels do I have?
4. How much is a nickel worth?
5. Being blindfolded, how did you fee?
6. What sense did you use to identify objects?
7. Were the objects slippery, smooth, rough, or fuzzy?
8. How busy is the spider?
Students will UNDERSTAND that:
Language Arts
- sequencing skills and vocabulary; putting events in order
Math
- the function of money
- the relation of numbers and
money
Science
- FIVE senses; sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing
- discuss how the FIVE senses are used
Social Studies
- learn how people move from place to place
- learn about different kinds of transportation
Students will know:
KNOWLEDGE
Language Arts
- recognize and putting events in order
Math
- discuss concept of money
- understand what money means
- understand and recognize how money is used
- understand what money is worth
Science
- develop self awareness using the five senses
- experiment using food, object and identify them
Social Studies
- discuss how people move from place to place
- recognize and discuss the different kinds of transportation Students will be able: SKILL
Language Arts
- putting story events in order
- retelling story
Math
- recognize and identify coins and paper money
- determine how much each money is worth
Science
- determine and predict using the five senses
- develop self awareness of the five senses
Social Studies
- determine the different kinds of transportation STANDARDS/BENCHMARKS:
Language Arts
K.2.1 – use pictures to describe experiences, stories, people, places, and things
K.3.5 – use appropriate voice/volume for speaking situation
K.3.6 – understand and follow directions
K.5.1 – understand and manipulate sounds and rhythms of spoken language
Math
K.1.1 – count, read, and write whole numbers
K.2.1 – sort and classify objects using one attribute (color, size, shape)
K.2.2 – extend a pattern using objects, sound, or movement (red-blue-red)
K.3.1 – know the value of a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter
K.3.2 – understand concepts of time K.5.1 – display information with objects and picture graphs
Social Studies
C.K.1.1 – understands the concept of fairness
E.K.12.1 – understands basic concepts of buying and selling
G.K.8.1 – knows how people affect the environment in negative and positive ways
H.K.14.1 – knows is or her own name, gender, age, and place in family
Science
K.1.2 – know and use the five senses to make observations about objects and events
K.1.3 – use pictures to communicate observations
K.2.1 – know examples of technology in the school, home, and community
K.2.2 – know common daily events that involve science (e.g. transportation, satellites, television, radio)
K.4.1 – know that weather conditions
K.4.2 – know that the seasons occur in a predictable cycle
Monday
March 09, 2009 Tuesday
March 10, 2009 Wednesday
March 11, 2009 Thursday
March 12, 2009 Friday
March 13, 2009
Social Studies
Review and discuss with students the roles of each Community Helper on our island
Q&A:
Why is it important that we have doctors, police officers, firefighters, nurses, teachers, dentists, etc.?
Do your parents work? What is their job?
What can you do to be part of your community?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Would you want to be a nurse, doctor, police officer? Why?
Language Arts
New vocabulary words for Community Helper
Recite words with students
Have students spell out words
Students recite words
Poem/Song:
Read poems to students about each role of a community helper
Activity:
Community Helper – collage
Students will be given newspapers and magazines to search for community helpers and cut out
Students will paste on chart paper provided by teacher
Students will present their work to their classmates
Note: Students work will be posted.
Extra Curricular Activities
Students who are done with their collage will continue working on their Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? story necklace.
Math
Review and discuss with students on Nickel
Teacher will allow students to continue exploring with “Nickel”
Teacher will have students demonstrate how to count nickels by 5’s.
Teacher will demonstrate
Language Arts
Review vocabulary words for Money
Recite with students
Have students spell out words
Students recite words
Activity:
Math Activity
Students will work Nickel activity sheet
Students will count how many nickels for each given number
Note: students will be assessed if they know how to count nickels.
Extra Curricular Activities
Students who are done with their Nickel activity sheet will work on their community helper popsicle sticks.
Procedures: Students will color, cut, and paste to popsicle/craft sticks.
Science
Review and discuss with students on Sight and Touch
Teacher will discuss with students about using Sight and Touch senses together
Language Arts
Students will learn new vocabulary words for Senses
Activity:
Students will play a touch game as they are being blindfolded
Teacher will demonstrate
Goal: To identify and describe the textures (slippery, rough, fuzzy, smooth, etc) of different items
Sensory Note: to help students identify each object, their fingers will give them clues as they feel them
Q&A:
What object did you just feel?
Is it rough, smooth, fuzzy, slippery?
Can you feel this object?
Poem/Song:
Students will recite the poem on Senses
Journal Writing
Students will write on their My Sense of Touch Journal
about what they learned today
Book Fair: April 2009
Teacher will discuss with students how to create a book for their book fair display
Teacher will explain what it is all about
Students will be asked what they want to write about
Each student will write one sentence and draw a picture that illustrates it
Language Arts
Teacher will read “The Very Busy Spider” by Eric Carle
Before reading story, picture walk with students
After reading - Q&A:
Language Arts/Art
Students will draw and color of their favorite event in the story. Then they will write a sentence.
Activity: Art
Students will make balloon monsters
Game: Students can play a game of catch with their creatures and see how their faces changes
Another game: Hide the Monsters
Teacher will hide the monsters
Teacher will play music and see students will find the monsters
Students must find all monsters before the music stops
Book Fair
Teacher and students continue to discuss about their class/individual book
AM Session:
The Duck
PM Session:
Community Helpers Note: AM and PM
sessions combined
School Stage
7:30am – 8:30am
Peace Builder Ceremony
15 Minutes Workout
Students Return to Classroom
Students will report to carpet
Morning Routine
Read Aloud w/Writing Activity
or
Movie Pass w/Writing Activity
or
Physical Education
Activity:
Movie Pass
Students will discuss with teacher after movie
Movie Night: “High School Musical 3”
Sponsored by: SAES Stuco
Advisor: Ms. Rita Carreon
Homework
Tell mom and dad about their collage. Homework
Tell mom and dad what I learned today. Practice counting nickels. Homework
Tell mom and dad what I learned today about my Touch sense. Homework
Show mom and dad my monster balloon and what kind of games we played with it. Homework
Tell mom and dad about the movie I watched.
Daily Task
Students line up outside.
Teacher guide students into the classroom.
Take out shoes and place them on the rack as students enter classroom.
Take out “HOMEWORK” folder and place on teacher’s desk.
Place school bags on the counter.
Go to the “GREEN” carpet and sit down. On the Carpet
Teacher will take attendance.
Teacher will assign a student to bring attendance sheet to the office.
Students will sit in a circle.
Students and Teacher will sing Good Morning/Afternoon song.
Students will recite ESLRS and Peace Builder Pledge.
Students will sing Peace Builder song.
Discussion: What is ESLRS?
What is Peace Builder? What does it mean to be a Peace Builder? (give examples) Teacher Ask
How many days in a week? Students recite.
- what day is between Friday and Sunday?
- what day is after Monday?
- what day is before Thursday?
How many months in a year? Students recite.
What is today’s date? Students recite.
Teacher will assign a meteorologist (student will check the weather outside then returns back to the carpet) Students will ask: __________, what is the weather today? Meteorologist will respond: Today’s weather is _________ (sunny, cloudy, rainy, etc)
What’s the weather class?
ASSESSMENT:
Portfolio/Participation/Checklist or Rubric
Accommodations for ESL/ELL:
Teacher guidance and additional time to finish work.
Balloon Monsters
Subject: Art
Materials: flour, balloons, colored felt, scissors, funnel, googly eyes, and glue
Objective: swbat creatively make their balloon monsters
swbat play games with their creatures
Procedures: 1. use the funnel to fill each balloon with flour.
2. tie the end of the balloon tightly.
3. cut a smile, teeth, or hair out of colored felt.
4. glue them on, along with the googly eyes.
5. make heads into funny shapes.
Hint: Students can have a game of catch with their creatures and see how their faces changes.
For more fun, play a game of “Hide the Monsters” (teacher will hide all creatures, play music, students must find all creatures before the song stops)
Q&A: What changes did you see while playing catch with your creatures?
Did they look funny?
How many creatures did you find?
Did you find this game interesting?
Would you play this game with your siblings?
How Many Nickels?
Directions: Count how many nickels shown and write the number on the line.
