Art Graphing

Math Geoboards Parquetry blocks Building with shapes patterns Number of the week Color by the number

Science Changing state of garbage What happens to paper when mix with liquid? What happens to waste? How can we minimize waste production? How do you help Earth?

Self-portrait Letters of the week Tool prints Welcoming winter art Valentines cards

More or less Measuring recyclable materials Higher or lowershorter/taller Im thinking of a shape Geometric shapes Sorting & classifying

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Writing Area KWL chart (shared writing)/weekly library writing. How would you? Favorite Part What would you do? Observational drawings Journal writing/dialogic writing

Welcome
Jan. 13-Feb. 28, 2014

Special Projects Recyclable sculpture Paper making Valentines Day

Winter & Recycling

Vocabulary

Read Aloud
The paper bag princess Hush! A Thai Lullaby Something from nothing I stink Radio Man Sarah Helps Recycle The adventures of Gary and Harry. Sam helps Recycle Dinosaur Woods

Social Studies: Essential Questions

What do you know about recycle, reuse and reduce? What do people through away? What did you through away? Does all trash stink? Where will we find a trash can on our way to school? Did you see any trash outside today? How does it feel? Smell? Look? What can we do with junk? Where does trash go? Is trowing paper out the window of a car ok? Are monsters real or make believe? What is more common to see on the floor outside: Plastic or paper? Why What can we use to make musical instruments?

Reduce Reuse Recycle Pulp Renovate Template

Delmis Garcia/Carmen Sugrue Marcie Burstyn/Hemlata Patel

Prekindergarten Unit-Buildings and Holidays Around the World

Big Idea: I want students to understand about ways to protect our planet by reducing, recycling and reusing. I want students to understand that Earth has a weather cycle that consist in four stations. I want students to understand what each station is for the year here in Chicago. Objectives: students will Children will explore the world of recycling by becoming actively engage in the process of sorting and deciding what goes where and what a difference each of us makes if we recycle. Use a variety of strategies to comprehend written or oral language from a variety of sources Actively listen to audio
Standards: STATE GOAL 4:
Listen and speak effectively in a variety of situations

STATE GOAL 5:
Use the language arts to acquire, assess and communicate information. Analyze and evaluate information acquired from various sources.

Theme Questions: What do you know about reducing, reusing and recycling? What do people throw away? Where does trash go? What do workers do there? How can we reuse junk? How can we create less trash?
WIDA Standards: English Language Proficiency Standard 1: Social and Instructional Language. English Language Proficiency Standard 2: The language of Language Arts. English Language Proficiency Standard 3: The language of Mathematics. English Language Proficiency Standard 5: The language of Social Studies. In my class, I have: Level 1: Entering, Level 2: Beginning, Level 3: Developing, Level 4: Expanding, Level 5: Bridging. Level 1 Entering: Identify environmental print related to self and community. Level 2 Beginning: Find real-life objects or pictures related to self and community that match environmental print around classroom or school in L1 or L2 Level 3 Developing: Identify icons, symbols and words related to self and community found in environmental print or pictures around classroom or school in L1 or L2 Assessment: Create and share: (Language aspect to be used as part of the formative assessment). Summative assessment: students work will be collected and place in a folder that compiles their understanding. Teaching strategies gold assessment and observation

Spanish Language Arts: LECTURA Y LITERATURA: Leer y responder a la literatura y otras obras representativas de las sociedades hispanohablantes. A. Aplicar estrategias de lectura para mejorar la comprensin de textos impresos en espaol C. Leer, interpretar y analizar crticamente materiales literarios y no literarios de pases y comunidades hispanohablantes D. Leer en espaol con propsitos diversos. 3. LENGUAJE ORAL: Escuchar y hablar eficazmente en espaol en situaciones diversas. B. Comunicar oralmente informacin, opiniones e ideas usando el lenguaje apropiado segn la situacin, el propsito y la audiencia

Cultural Awareness: What do people in other countries do to help care for the planet? Journey around the world to see how others handle garbage and recyclables.