WEEKLY REMOTE LEARNING PLANNING FORM ROOM # 9

WEEKOF: 11/16-11/20/2020 TEACHER’S NAME: Melissa Rivera

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: 11/16 Focus Question:What do we need to keep us healthy?

Unit All about Us

What do we need to keep us healthy? Open with the book; Chomp and Chew, To A Healthy You! By: Molly Carroll, Learn all about healthy eating habits.

https://www.getepic.com/app/read/52476

After the book we will talk about what it is to be healthy? Being healthy means keeping our bodies and our minds strong. How? Eating healthy foods, exercising etc... who is the person that helps us stay healthy? We have been learning about our bodies. Today let’s learn about Pediatricians: doctors who help keep our bodies healthy. Talk about how they are doctors that are only for kids.

(Provide the children with a visual of a pediatrician)

Sensory Center: Play dough- Students will engage in rolling and cutting skills, identifying shapes, and using cookie cutters to engage in sensory work, and strengthen grip by squeezing the dough. They can also make their emotion faces with the playdough. Have them identify what feeling they made.At home you can also make playdough for this activity click the link below for the recipehttps://tinkerlab.com/rainbow-play-dough/Dramatic Play: ( On Monday we will begin to introduce the changes in the center)Creating a Doctor’s office: Add books about doctors, pictures, if available doctor kit. Pretend to be a pediatrician a children doctor. At home you can pretend your living room is a doctor office. Have your child pretend to give you a checkup like their doctor does for them. Use this video as a visual for them to get an idea of what a pediatrician does. (Activity for M-W)https://youtu.be/bwx2Z69S0YA

Math Center:How many family members do you have in your family? Is it more or less you’re your friend?

Science Center: Dental Health Tooth Experiment

Use 2 clear cups, 2 eggs, vinegar, cola, toothbrush, toothpaste, and a magnifying glass. Soak an egg in a cup of cola and a second one in vinegar. Overnight the eggs will turn brown and the other one will lose its shell. The cola one can show what happens if you don't brush (It will come off with a toothbrush and toothpaste).The second one shows that if the acid continually builds up in your mouth, it will decalcify, just like the egg.

Writing Center:The children can use the dry erase board and practice writing their name. At home you can use a paper and

any writing utensil for this activity.Art Center: Create a food pyramid or My Plate or food train

Block Center: What do I like to do- create with blocks things you like or places you like to go. Add pictures and books to center for visuals

TuesdayDate: 11/17Focus Question:What do we need to keep us healthy?

Unit All about Us

- What is the food pyramid? Hold up an apple and a lollipop and ask the children to compare the two of them (both are sweet, different colors, the apple is juicier, the apple is healthier). Explain that it is important for us to eat many different types of foods to stay healthy. Some foods keep our muscles strong, some foods are good for our teeth or eyes, and some foods are important to keep our bones healthy. Read the Book Healthy Snacks on My Plate. By Mari Schuh. After the book we will show them the visual of My Plate. Discuss the My plate and show what foods would go in each section (using my plate game) Remote learners can play the same game on the following link https://www.healthyeating.org/products-and-activities/games-activities/myplate

Computer Center: Shapes AdventuresThe children will be able to identify the shapes and sort them by color. At home you can use any shape computer game available such as https://www.sesamestreet.org/games?id=25871Dramatic PlayCreating a Doctor’s office: Add books about doctors, pictures, if available doctor kit. Pretend to be a pediatrician a children doctor. At home you can pretend your living room is a doctor office. Have your child pretend to give you a checkup like their doctor does for them. Use this video as a visual for them to get an idea of what a pediatrician does. (Activity for M-W)https://youtu.be/bwx2Z69S0YA

Math Center: Number of the Week 7 Let’s create a number 7 collage. Using any seven pictures or draw 7 pictures to collage your number 7. At the bottom of your

number try to write the word seven

Art Center: Create a place mat using MyPlate concept.

Science Center: Brushing our teeth- what is a toothbrush/ toothpaste? Let’s make Elephant toothpaste

Writing Center: Using seeds to create letters of the alphabet.

Literacy Center:They will create a name puzzle using paper crayons and cut the letters of their name in puzzle form easy for them to put together

WednesdayDate: 11/18Focus Question:What do we need to keep us healthy?

Unit All About Us

What does it mean to exercise? Let’s begin with the book: https://www.getepic.com/app/read/17494

Dramatic Play Center DDD DDD ( ’ ) Creating a Doctor’s office: Add books about doctors, pictures, if available doctor kit. Pretend to be a pediatrician a children doctor. At home you can pretend your living room is a doctor office. Have your child pretend to give you a checkup like their doctor does for them. Use this video as a visual for them to get an idea

We will discuss what we learned about what is exercise and why it’s important to keep healthy. As a group activity we will do some exercise as a group. Remote learners can participate with us and follow what the class is doing. Using our exercise flashcards.

of what a pediatrician does. (Activity for M-W)https://youtu.be/bwx2Z69S0YA

Block Center: Creating healthy habit gyms to exercise… use people figures or cut and paste people from a magazine to use as a prop.Math Center: Comparing and practicing the concept of more or less using fruit, vegetables, scrap paper, etc…

Literacy Center: Letter Ss. They will walk around the classroom identifying objects that start with that letter. At home they can take a walk outside with their families and point out letters they see and say their sound.Art Center: Toothbrush painting (if student does not have paint at home can use water or water mixed with food dye)Science Center: Dough Faces: Provide the outlines of faces as well as playdough. Invite children to use the dough to create facial features for the faces. When the class studies feelings, invite children to make expressive faces. To add an additional dimension to this activity, make the playdough with the children

Computer Center:Healthy Habits Game Super Salad Dinerhttps://pbskids.org/sesame/games/super-salad-diner/

ThursdayDate: 11/19Focus Question:What do we need to keep us healthy?

Unit: All about Us

Why do we need to sleep? To stay healthy, everyone needs to make sure they are getting the proper amount of sleep each night. Make sure your little one (and you, too) are getting at least eight hours each night. We will then read the book Sleep all night by Mark Elizabeth Salzmann. Then we will Create a chart with the children on what we do before bed. Emphasize the importance of having a routine to follow to have a good night sleep.

Writing Center: The children will use their writing folders to practice straight lines. At home you can use paper and a model how to make straight line for them. Then have them try to imitate the same thing to the best of their abilities.

Dramatic Play: Encourage students to be dentists. How do you examine teeth and what do we need to do to keep our teeth healthy? (TH-F ACTIVITY) add books about dentists. We can also add pictures of teeth and

https://www.getepic.com/app/read/37238charts on how to keep our teeth clean. At home you can use this video as a visual for your children to learn about dentist (https://youtu.be/zvhF2h915SM ) Have your child pretend to be a dentist with their action figures at home. They can build a dentist office with any materials at home such as shoe boxes, Legos etc.Art Center: Create your own bedtime routine chart

Water Center- Have the children fish for objects in the water that begin with When they find them, have them say what it is.Math Center:Students will have the bottom of their foot painted and then step onto the mat OR they (or teacher) can simply trace around their foot with a pencil or crayon.Once the paint is dry, students will measure their foot with counting cubes to see how many cubes long their foot is

Computer Center:https://www.education.com/game/numbers-1-10-photoshoot/Literacy Center: Creating an All about Me Handbook. The children can use paper trace their hand to cut out and create a book. Then they will be able to draw or cut and paste pictures of themselves and things they like, their family etc...

FridayDate: 11/20Focus Question:What do we need to keep us healthy?

Unit All about Us

Why do I brush my teeth? Another Healthy habit is brushing our teeth. What do we use to keep our teeth clean? Who do we go to check our teeth? We will read the book: Around the town (the dentist office) by Adeline J. Zimmerman

Math Center: The children can use the animal counters and organize/ sort in colors

Library/Literacy Center: Encourage the children to explore writing tools at home and school. Write your child’s name on cards or paper. Have your child practice writing the first letter of their name. What sound does the letter make?

Writing Center: Children will use their writing folder to practice straight lines from their handwriting booklet. At home you can practice straight lines using a yellow marker and white paper. Make a few straight lines and have your child practice tracing on the yellow lines. You can also use chalk and have them make lines on paper.

Computer Center: Lake Shore: Patterns and sorting.At home you can use the link belowhttps://www.ixl.com/math/pre-k/what-comes-next

Dramatic Play:Encourage students to be dentists. How do you examine teeth and what do we need to do to keep our teeth healthy? (TH-F ACTIVITY) add books about dentists. We can also add pictures of teeth and charts on how to keep our teeth clean. At home you can use this video as a visual for your children to learn about dentist (https://youtu.be/zvhF2h915SM ) Have your child pretend to be a dentist with their action figures at home. They can build a dentist office with any materials at home such as shoe boxes, Legos etc.

Art Center: Cut and Paste foods that are healthy and unhealthy to place on your own chart.

Science Center:Dough Faces: Provide the outlines of faces as well as playdough. Invite children to use the dough to create facial features for the faces. When the class studies feelings, invite children to make expressive faces. To add an additional dimension to this activity, make the playdough with the children

NYS Pre-K Learning Standards:

D5.1 Measurement and Data- Sort objects into categories e ill.D.1 Orders, compares, and describes objects according to a single attribute

• Ill.D.2 Participates in measuring activitiesD4.4 Approaches to Learning- Demonstrates his/her ability to express ideas using a variety of methods

• VU.B.I Shows beginning control of writing, drawing, and art tools

PK.ELAL.19. [PKSL.1] Participates in collaborative conversations with diverse peers and adults in small and large groups and during play

PK.SEL.2. Recognizes self as an individual having unique abilities, characteristics, feelings and interests

Social Emotional Curriculum• https://hidecorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/social-emotional-home-link-english.pdf

Weeks 7-10

• https://hidecorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/social-emotional-curriculum-spanish.pdf