WEEKLY REMOTE LEARNING PLANNING FORM ROOM # 21 WEEK OF 1/4/21 - 1/8/21 TEACHER’S NAME: Shashana Gooding

Date Daily FocusFocuses on the unit’s students’ outcomes-Daily focus questions/ Lessons

Play Focus Planting seeds for play activities (learning centers)

Monday1/4/21

Unit: Water

(Where can I find water)

Today we will discuss where we can find water. We will look at a globe and distinguish the color blue representing water and green land. We will look at pictures of globes and a real globe and talk about the water all around us. We will discuss the oceans, lakes and rivers we can see in visuals.

Letter of the week - /C/c

WritingDiscuss why we cry? by Fran Pintadera After exploring this book with the children, invite them to share some of the reasons why they cry (Tears). They may want to draw, write, or dictate their responses to an adult.

ArtAsk students to color a paper plate blue and cut/ snip green construction paper. Glue the green construction paper to the paper plate to create a globe. Discuss the water all around us on the globe.

LiteracyEncourage students to walk around your home/classroom identifying objects that make the /Cc/ sound.Music/ MovementPlay freeze dance. Encourage students to dance freely or copy movements. Pause the music at various points and encourage students to “FREEZE”!!! When they hear the music stop.Sensory/ WaterABC’s: Add a few small toy letters to the water in the sensory table and invite children to explore. Call attention to how the letters look and feel in addition to the sounds that they make.MathMake a shape collage from pictures from a magazine.Outdoor playEncourage students to play “I Spy” . What do you see? Ask students to look for puddles, bird baths, and other water sources.

Tuesday1/5/21

Unit: Water

(Where can I find water)

Today we will discuss where we can find water. We can find water in a cloud when the clouds become really full of raindrops it rains. We will sing, it's raining it’s pouring.

Letter of the week - /C/c

WritingAlphabet Soup: Provide a pot of water and small plastic letters. Invite children to add letters and stir to create a soup. They can also create a recipe by writing down the letters they add to the pot.

ArtMake a cloud using cotton balls and draw raindrops falling from a cloud.

Literacy.Practice making the sound of the letter /u/ think of things that begin with the same sound and letter of the week /C/c

Dramatic Play/ KitchenEncourage students to make a play meal, don't forget to use water in your ingredients

Computer/TechnologyIslands: Search for images of aerial views of Manhattan, Long Island, Staten Island, Roosevelt Island, and other local islands. Talk with children about the relationship between water and islands as well as the islands in the New York City area.Fine motorCreate a winter/ ice habitat for animals that live in the snow using magna tiles or blocks

Sand/ Water/ SensoryFrozen Toys: Freeze various small toys in ice cubes. Place the cubes in the sensory table. Challenge children to explore how to get the toys out of the ice. Encourage them to test their hypotheses.BlocksEncourage students to build a bridge, add pictures of bridges to your block center, discuss how bridges are helpful to people to cross over water.

Wednesday1/6/21

Unit: Water-

(Where can I find water)

Today we will continue to discuss the different forms of precipitation, in the form of rain and snow. Water comes in two forms water and ice. When it’s really cold water freezes and snow falls from clouds.

Letter of the week - /C/c

WritingUse a clipboard/ paper/ pencil/ marker to write words you find around the room.

ArtCreate a snowflake- Cut shapes out of a paper plate or paper, add silver glitter to create a snowflake.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CTbioeL0Ls

LiteracyMystery box- Have students pull out pictures of objects or actual items that start with the letter of the week /C/c

Dramatic Play/ KitchenHelp wash a cup in your kitchen sink or pretend to wash dollhouse dishes.MathCount and add blocks, take away and ask how much is left.ScienceWhich Holds More? Supply two containers, one that is tall and thin and one that is short and wide. Invite children to consider which container will hold more water. Fill the container the children think will hold more, and then pour it into the container the children think will hold less. Discuss the results.Fine MotorLand or water. Using a green and blue paper to represent water and land, have students sort animals that live on land and animals that live in the water.

Sand/ Water/ SensoryABC’s: Add a few small toy letters to the water in the sensory table and invite children to explore. Call attention to how the letters look and feel in addition to the sounds that they make.

Thursday1/7/21

Unit: Water-(Where can I find water)

Today we will discuss where we find snow and ice on a globe, and review pictures of a globe. We will talk about the snow in the arctic and look at a picture of a globe to identify the arctic cold areas. The students will color the water blue, the land green and the artic white so students will identify the cold areas.

Letter of the week - /C/c

WritingStuck in the Rain: Invite children to draw, dictate, or write a narrative of a time they were caught in the rain or snow, and how they felt about the experience

ArtMake a snow globe using a paper plate, and clear reynolds wrap, and beads.

LiteracyChoose a book and find letters in the book that have our weekly letter /C/c. Read the word and if the child is capable have them write the letter.

Dramatic Play/ KitchenAdd doll clothes to a basket or bin and pretend to add detergent to the washer machine.

Math Create a collage using big/ little shapes

ScienceSalt and Ice: Supply salt and ice. Invite children to explore how these materials react to each other. Children might want to pour the salt onto the ice or use pipettes to squirt salt water onto the ice. Engage children in conversations to extend their thinking and support their understanding.

BlocksBuild a boat using shoe boxes, paint and decorate your boat.

Friday1/8/21

Unit: Water-

(Where can I find water)

Today we will discuss where we can find water in our homes. We list and label water sources on a chart a faucet, sink, shower, tub, hose, sprinkler. Students will wash their hands and discuss water in a faucet.

Letter of the week - /C/c

WritingCopy letters from a book you've just read.ArtPaste straws together to create a pipe/ faucet system. Glue the straws together and discuss water coming from the faucet.

LiteracyRead the sing along letter book, focus on the sound that each letter makes.

Dramatic Play/ KitchenPretend to wash clothes in the laundromat mat

MathSort colors (using toys, crayons, markers, clothes)

ScienceAbsorption: Provide an assortment of absorbent and nonabsorbent materials (e.g., cotton ball, paper towel, penny, spoon), as well as a dish of water and eye droppers or pipettes. Invite children to place a few drops of water onto each item and note whether the item absorbs water. Provide a chart for children to record the results.

BlocksBuild a tunnel: Supply empty, clean cardboard tubes such as paper towels, toilet paper, and wrapping paper tubes. Invite children to pretend the tubes are tunnels and to use them as they build. If children are interested, talk about how tunnels can help people navigate bodies of water.

Sand/ WaterFill the table with dry sand. Provide spray bottles filled with water and invite children to explore the changes in the appearance and texture of the sand as they squirt water on it as well as what happens to the water when it is sprayed on the sand. Remember to leave the lid off the table at the end of the day so the sand can dry.

Common Core

Domain 3: Social and Emotional Development PK.SEL.2. Recognizes self as an individual having unique abilities, characteristics, feelings and interests

D4.4 Approaches to Learning- Demonstrates his/her ability to express ideas using a variety of methodsIV.A.4 Communicates experiences, observations, and ideas with others through conversations and representationsD5.4 Earth Science- Observes and describes characteristics of living things, observes weather and seasonal changes PK.MATH.7. [NY-PK.CC.6.] Identifies first and last related to order or position D5cExplores two-and three-dimensional objects and uses informal language to describe their similarities, differences, and other attributesD5.4 Mathematics- counts to answer "how many" questions* Ill.B.1 Counts with understandingPK.SOC.1. Develops a basic awareness of self as an individual, self within the context of group, and self within the context of community

Social-Emotional Lessons UNIT 3: Emotion ManagementDay/Week (1/4-1/8) Week 14: Strong FeelingsWeekly concept: Sometimes your feelings can be strong, putting your hands on your tummy and saying “stop” are ways to begin to calm down. Objective: Recognize and name when they or others are feeling frustrated. https://hidecorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/social-emotional-home-link-english.pdf