WEEKLY REMOTE LEARNING PLANNING FORM ROOM #10 WEEKOF: 12/14/2020 TEACHER’S NAME: Diana Day of the Week DAILY FOCUS (Focuses on the unit’s student outcomes- Daily Focus Question/ Lesson) Play focus [Planting seeds for play activities (aka learning centers) Insert 4 additional DETAILED center ideas/ activities DAILY- this does not include art, writing, literacy] Monday Date: 12/14/2020 Daily Focus: Teacher will introduce the unit of “where we live”, explaining that we will be learning about where people and animals live. The class will review and practice the “house song”, using a visual. The teacher will go back to the house song, and ask the students where the bird in the song lives. The class will learn and discuss how birds live in nests, and how they make nests by collecting sticks and other objects, and putting it together. The teacher will review the concept of different animals living in different types of homes, and how the class will be learning about different types of animals and their homes. Group Goal For The Week: Animals live in many different types of homes. Some Literacy: Letter of the week: U Read or look at pictures in a book. Point out pictures and review what letter pictures start with. High five or clap when you find a picture that begins with the letter of the week, U. Writing: Encourage your child to draw a picture of their living room. Ask them to identify the things they drew in the picture (couch, tv, chair, table, etc.). Encourage your child to dictate
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WEEKLY REMOTE LEARNING PLANNING FORM ROOM #10
WEEKOF: 12/14/2020 TEACHER’S NAME: Diana
Day of the Week DAILY FOCUS(Focuses on the unit’s student outcomes-Daily Focus Question/ Lesson)
Play focus[Planting seeds for play activities (aka learning centers) Insert 4 additional DETAILED center ideas/ activities DAILY- this does not include art, writing, literacy]
MondayDate: 12/14/2020
Daily Focus: Teacher will introduce the unit of “where we live”, explaining that we will be learning about where people and animals live. The class will review and practice the “house song”, using a visual. The teacher will go back to the house song, and ask the students where the bird in the song lives. The class will learn and discuss how birds live in nests, and how they make nests by collecting sticks and other objects, and putting it together. The teacher will review the concept of different animals living in different types of homes, and how the class will be learning about different types of animals and their homes.
Group Goal For The Week: Animals live in many different types of homes. Some animals make their homes. Birds make nests, bees make hives, bunnies live in burrows in the winter, and fish live in the water/ocean. There are some animals (dogs, cats, birds) that are kept as pets and live in peoples’ homes.
Literacy: Letter of the week: U
Read or look at pictures in a book. Point out pictures and review what letter pictures start with. High five or clap when you find a picture that begins with the letter of the week, U.
Writing: Encourage your child to draw a picture of their living room. Ask them to identify the things they drew in the picture (couch, tv, chair, table, etc.). Encourage your child to dictate to you the objects in their picture and write down what they say. Review what you wrote down and what your student said, allowing them to explore their ideas and how you wrote them down.
Art: Today we learned that birds live in nests! Using sticks you can find and collect outside, encourage your child to create a bird’s nest by gluing the sticks together or onto a piece of paper. If you can’t find sticks, cut out pieces of paper and encourage your child to create a nest with the strips of paper. How does a bird make a nest? What do they use the nest for? Who lives in the nest?
Blocks: Show your child different pictures of homes (houses, apartment building, barn, etc.). Talk to your child about the type of home it is and encourage them to replicate the building using blocks or any materials/toys you have at home.
Math: Number of the week: 1. Using any materials you have available to you, have the student glue count out 1 item, and glue the item onto a piece of paper. (Cotton balls, stickers, pieces of paper). Encourage the student to practice counting out the one items and writing the number 1
Science: Go outside and try to spot some bird nests. Point them out to your child and discuss what a nest is for and what it is made out of. Try to collect sticks outside and encourage your child to build a bird’s nest at home.
Water/Sensory: Add toys to a bin or bowl of water and encourage your child to find the toys and sort them by color.
TuesdayDate: 12/15/2020
Daily Focus: Teacher will introduce the unit of “where we live”, explaining that we will be learning about where people and animals live. The class will review and practice the “house song”, using a visual. The teacher will go back to the house song, and ask the students where the bee in the song lives. The teacher and the class will discuss how bees live in hives. The teacher will show the students a visual of a hive, and will discuss how bees make their hives. The teacher will review the concept of different animals living in different types of homes, and how the class will continue learning about different types of animals and their homes.
Group Goal For The Week: Animals live in many different types of homes. Some animals make their homes. Birds make nests, bees make hives, bunnies live in burrows in the
Literacy: Letter of the week: U
Look through magazines or newspapers to find pictures that begin with the letter U. Encourage the student to cut out the pictures and glue them onto another piece of paper to create a letter U collage.
winter, and fish live in the water/ocean. There are some animals (dogs, cats, birds) that are kept as pets and live in peoples’ homes.
Writing: Scroll down to find a picture of a sample floor plan. Show your child the picture and explain that floor plans show how a home looks from above and helps people understand where all of the rooms are in a home. Point out the text in the picture and explain that the text is labeling the room. After your child has had a chance to investigate the floorplan, encourage them to create their own. You can also encourage them to use the pictures they drew of the rooms in their home to help guide them. Invite your child to add letters and/or words to their floor plans so other people can read their plans.
Art: Today we learned about bees and how they live in beehives. Scroll down to find a print-out of a beehive outline. If you do not have a printer, look at the picture and sketch out the outline on a piece of paper, then cut it out for your student (or help your student practice cutting it out). Then, using bubble wrap you can find from packages, help your child use yellow paint to paint the bubble wrap. Then paste the bubble wrap onto the beehive and you’ll see a beautiful print on your beehive! If you do not have paint or bubble wrap, encourage your child to draw yellow dots all over the beehive. You can also glue a black circle to the bottom of the beehive for an entrance for the bees!
Dramatic Play: Encourage your student to pretend they are builders and use toy tools, or other toys materials to pretend to fix things around the home.
Blocks: Encourage your child to use blocks or any materials/toys you have available to you, to build buildings he/she is familiar with, such as buildings they live in or visit often.
Math: Color graphing! On a piece of paper, draw squares using the colors red, orange yellow, green, blue, purple, and black. Encourage your child to find objects in your home
(cars, toys, food) and sort the objects according to the color on the paper. What color is it? How many colors? Encourage your child to identify and discuss the colors they see.
Outdoor Play: Play “I Spy” what do you see? Can students see homes that people live in? Do they see homes that animals live in? Can they see windows? How many? What are homes made of? Are all homes made the same?
WednesdayDate: 12/16/2020
Daily Focus: Teacher will introduce the unit of “where we live”, explaining that we will be learning about where people and animals live. The class will review and practice the “house song”, using a visual. The teacher will go back to the house song, and ask the students where the bunny in the song lives. The teacher and the class will discuss how a
Literacy: Letter of the week: U
Encourage the student to find items around the classroom, home, or community, that begin with the letter U (umbrella, underwear, etc.).
bunny lives in a burrow (a hole in the ground) during the winter to stay warm. The class will discuss how the burrow is the bunny’s home, and how the bunny makes the burrow by digging into the ground. The teacher will review the concept of different animals living in different types of homes, and how the class will continue learning about different types of animals and their homes.
Group Goal For The Week: Animals live in many different types of homes. Some animals make their homes. Birds make nests, bees make hives, bunnies live in burrows in the winter, and fish live in the water/ocean. There are some animals (dogs, cats, birds) that are kept as pets and live in peoples’ homes.
Writing: On four pieces of paper, write down the letters D, L, U, and Z in large clear writing (one letter per page). Encourage your child to use any materials you have at home (q-tips, crayons, paperclips, playdoh, etc.) to trace the letters using the materials.
Art: Today we learned how bunnies live underground during the winter, in a hole in the ground called a burrow. Create a burrow by cutting out a U-shape from a piece of paper. Help your child glue that shape onto another piece of paper. This is the underground hole. Then, encourage your child to draw grass on top of the u-shape – that is the ground. Then, encourage your child to draw or paste pictures or stickers of bunnies in the hole underground. See the picture for an example.
Math: Many colored foods! Find different foods (cereal, fruits, vegetables, etc.) in your home and encourage your child to sort the foods into piles according to color. You can also use pictures of different foods. Encourage your child to identify and discuss the colors they see.
Science: Encourage your child to build two houses out of different materials. Using one material that is light and one that is heavier. Which is light? Which is heavier? Which house is stronger? Encourage your child to discuss what they think and see.
Dramatic Play: Encourage your child to pretend to be different animals. What home do they live in? What food do they eat? Dog? Monkey? Bird?
Music & Movement: Invite your child to jump like a frog to some music!
ThursdayDate: 12/17/2020
Daily Focus: Teacher will introduce the unit of “where we live”, explaining that we will be learning about where people and animals live. The class will review and practice the “house song”, using a visual. The teacher will review the idea that the class has been discussing where animals live and their homes. The teacher will present the class with visuals of fish and sharks, and ask the students what these animals are, and where they live. The class will discuss the concept of fish and other animals like sharks, dolphins, and octopus, and how they live in the ocean/water. The class will come up with a list of reasons of why these animals need to live in the water. (To breathe, to swim, sleep, hunt for food, etc.) The teacher will review the concept of different animals living in different types of homes, and how the class will continue learning about different types of animals and their homes.
Group Goal For The Week: Animals live in many different types of homes. Some animals make their homes. Birds make nests, bees make hives, bunnies live in burrows in the winter, and fish live in the water/ocean. There are some animals (dogs, cats, birds) that are kept as pets and live in peoples’ homes.
Literacy: Letter of the week: U
Look through magazines or newspapers to find pictures that begin with the letter U. Encourage the student to cut out the pictures and glue them onto another piece of paper to create a letter U collage.
Writing: Explain to children that most homes have addresses to help people identify them. Show picture examples of addresses on homes. Invite children to create an address for their cubby, room, or personal space in their home (using both letters and numbers, as they are ready). Provide appropriately sized pieces of paper as well as writing utensils and assist children with writing, as necessary. Attach the address cards on or near the children’s room, bed, or personal space.
Art:
Today we learned that fish, sharks, and many other animals live in the ocean. We are going to create an ocean with lots of fish! Using blue paint, encourage your child to paint a piece of paper blue. They can use a paint brush, q-tips, their fingers, or anything they choose to color in the paper. Then, scroll down to find a print-out of some fish shapes. If you do not have a printer, simply draw some fish shapes and encourage your child to cut them out and glue them onto the blue painted paper. Ask your child: where do fish live? Why do they live in the water? What do they do in the water?
Blocks: Some buildings are very tall. How high can they build a home without allowing it to fall down? Use blocks, toys, or any materials you have available to you.
Dramatic Play: Encourage your child to act out different people in their family.
Science: Encourage your child to use toy fish, or any toys and pretend they are fish. Put them in water and play with them. Does a fish live in water? Does a fish breathe water? What kinds of fish live in water? Encourage your child to discuss what they think and see.
Water/Sensory: Add different colored food to a bin or bowl of water and encourage your child to find the toys and sort them by color.
FridayDate: 12/18/2020
Daily Focus: Teacher will introduce the unit of “where we live”, explaining that we will be learning about where people and animals live. The class will review and practice the “house song”, using a visual. The teacher will review the idea that the class has been discussing where animals live and their homes. The teacher will present the class with visuals of common pets, such as dogs, cats, birds, fish, etc. The teacher will ask the students what types of animals they are, and where they may live. The teacher and the class will discuss how these animals may be kept as pets and live in people’s homes with them, and how they may be kept in the home. The students will be encouraged to express if they have any pets, if they know any pets, or if they have any knowledge about pets that they want to share.
Group Goal For The Week: Animals live in many different types of homes. Some animals make their homes. Birds make nests, bees make hives, bunnies live in burrows in the winter, and fish live in the water/ocean. There are some animals (dogs, cats, birds) that are kept as pets and live in peoples’ homes.
Literacy: Letter of the week: U
Click the link below to view “The Letter U” song. Encourage your child to watch the video and repeat the letter and the sound it makes, or try to sing along as best they can. Use the examples in the video to talk about the letter U. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmWTMNhtY9Q
Writing: After children add addresses to their bed, room, or personal space invite them to create mail and deliver it to family members, and have family members create mail and deliver it to the child’s mailbox. They can include addresses on their mail and place it in a family member’s mailbox or personal space. Be sure to discuss with your child that mailboxes are a means for getting paper messages delivered.
Today, we learned about pet animals who live in people’s homes. There are many different types of pets, and dogs are very common as pets. We are going to create a dog out of shapes! You can outline these shapes and encourage your child to cut them out, or you can cut them out for your child. You will need 2 colored papers, and will cut out: one large rectangle for the body, one octagon for the head, two triangles for the ears, one small triangle for the nose, one small oval for the tail, four small rectangles for the legs, four small squares for the feet, one long rectangle for the collar, and once circle for the tag on the collar. Then, encourage your child to put the pieces together to create a dog! You can glue the pieces onto another piece of paper. Use the picture below to guide you on how to get the shapes you need and how to put them together.
Math: Color patterns! Using cut-outs of paper that are two different colors, encourage your child to create a pattern. For example, yellow, red, yellow, red, yellow, red. Encourage your child to identify the colors and discuss colors and patterns.
Science: Provide students with pictures of animals that live in homes as pets, and wild animals. Encourage your child to sort the animals into piles according to if they live in homes as pets or animals in the wild. What animal is it? Where do they live?
Dramatic Play: Encourage your student to pretend they are builders and use toy tools, or other toys materials to pretend to fix things around the home.
Music & Movement: Invite your child to listen to some music that you like! Play the music and encourage the child to dance or simply listen.
Social/ Emotional- Week to ReviewThis week, our social-emotional program will be focusing on “caring and helping”. Click on the link below and scroll down to week 12 (page 12) to follow along with the social-emotional program this week.
Read Aloud Books “Squeak the Mouse Likes His House” By: Pat Schories “Run Home, Little Mouse” By: Britta Teckentrup “A New House for Charlie” By: Doris Lecher “One House” By: Sarah MacNell “Mouse House Tales” By: Susan Pearson
Common Core Standards D5: Science: 6a: Describes, compares, and categorizes objects based on their properties D5: Social Studies: 3a: Identifies features of own home and familiar places D1: Approaches to Learning: 1: Actively and confidently engages in play as a means of exploration and
learning. D4: Communication: 3: Demonstrates his/her ability to express ideas using a variety of methods.
