WEEKLY REMOTE LEARNING PLANNING FORM ROOM #10

WEEKOF: 11/30/20 – 12/4/20 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: 11/30/20

Daily Focus: Teacher will introduce the new unit of “where we live”! In this unit, we will learn all about where people and animals live. Where do you live? You live in a home! Homes are the places where we live. Homes can look different. Teacher will introduce the “house song” to the students by going through the homes that are mentioned in the song. Teacher will show students: a picture of a robin (bird) and a nest, a bee and a hive, a hole in the ground and a bunny; and a person and a house. Teacher will go through each part of the song, pointing out the animal’s or person’s home using a visual. Teacher will review the song with the students and the concept that homes are the places where we live.

Group Goal For The Week: Homes are the places where we live. There are many different kind of homes where people and animals live. Homes give us shelter and keep us safe from the rain, cold and snow. Our home has an address that helps us know where we live.

· Literacy:

· Letter of the week: D

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, D.

· Writing:

Using a tray or a zip-lock bag filled with sand, rice, shaving gel, hair gel, or anything else that you have in your home - encourage your child to practice writing straight lines, curved lines, or even some letters! You can provide your child with hand over hand support, and examples of lines, curves, and letters.

· Art:

What is inside your home? Create a collage of things in your home by cutting out and gluing pictures from newspapers or magazines. They can also print out pictures or draw pictures of things in your home!

· Math:

Number of the week: 9. Using any materials you have available to you, have the student glue count out 9 items, and glue them onto a piece of paper. (Cotton balls, stickers, pieces of paper). Encourage the student to practice counting out the nine items and writing the number 9.

· Blocks:

Using books, newspapers, magazines, or pictures online, encourage your child to replicate buildings they see. You can use blocks, toys, and/or any other materials you may have available to you.

· 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.

· Water/Sensory:

Add toys to a bin or bowl of water and encourage your child to find the toys and sort them by color

Tuesday

Date: 12/1/20

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. What types of homes do people in my city live. We live in New York City! There are many types of different homes where people live. Teacher will introduce types of homes using visuals: apartment buildings, house, mobile-home, attic, basement. The class will create a visual list and discuss the types of homes in their city.

Where do you live? Students will be invited to respond. People live in different types of homes. Teacher will use the types of homes visual to review the types of homes in New York City. Students will be encouraged to identify and discuss what type of home they live in.

Group Goal For The Week: Homes are the places where we live. There are many different kind of homes where people and animals live. Homes give us shelter and keep us safe from the rain, cold and snow. Our home has an address that helps us know where we live.

· Literacy:

· Letter of the week: D

Look through magazines or newspapers to find pictures that begin with the letter D. Encourage the student to cut out the pictures and glue them onto another piece of paper to create a letter D collage.

· Writing:

Ask your child to draw some spaced out dots on a piece of paper, or use stickers or anything small. Make sure the stickers or dots are spaced apart! Encourage your child to use their finger to connect the dots. Then, encourage them to connect the dots using a crayon, marker, or pencil. Talk to your child about straight lines and curved lines. This will help your student gain the skills they need to work up to higher-level writing activities!

· Art:

Take a walk around the block with your child and encourage them to draw a map of their home/community. What is included in your map? Your home? Stores? Schools? Discuss with your child how a map helps us find our way around, and how it includes buildings in the community. See example below.

· Science:

Using clothespins, (or sticks or any materials similar), encourage your child to try to build a house or any type of home. What is your home made out of? Who lives there? What do they do inside the home?

· 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:

Encourage your child to cut pieces of paper into shapes and color the paper different colors (using crayons, markers, or paint). Encourage your child to sort the different colored pieces of paper into piles according to colors. How many colors do you have? What colors? Encourage them to identify the colors.

· Music & Movement:

Invite your child to dance like a monkey to some music!

Wednesday

Date: 12/2/20

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. Teacher will review the types of homes she spoke about with the students, and the students will recall what type of home they live in. Teacher will ask the students: “What kind of rooms are in your home?” The teacher will present the students with visuals of a living room, bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom. The class will review what rooms these are, what they are called, what is in them, and what we do in these rooms. Students will be encouraged to express their favorite room and/or what they like to do in each room.

Group Goal For The Week: Homes are the places where we live. There are many different kind of homes where people and animals live. Homes give us shelter and keep us safe from the rain, cold and snow. Our home has an address that helps us know where we live.

· Literacy:

· Letter of the week: D

Encourage the student to find items around the classroom, home, or community, that begin with the letter D (dog, door, dress, etc.).

· Writing:

Using any materials you have at home (q-tips, or paperclips, cotton balls, crayons, etc.), encourage your child to create shapes. How many shapes can you make?

· Art:

Who lives in your home? Use popsicle sticks, q-tips, paperclips, or anything you have in your home, and encourage your child to create a home with the materials. Then, encourage or help your child draw the people that live in their home. Who lives in your home? What are their names? How many people?

· Math:

Using paint, markers, or crayons, encourage your child to draw two circles. Color one circle Red and the other circle Yellow. Then, color a 3rd circle using both red and yellow (mixing them together). What color does it make? Encourage your child to identify all the colors and to see how mixing two colors makes another color.

· Science:

Pour some milk into a bow or tray. In separate cups, put a few drops of food or dye coloring into water. Encourage your child to slowly mix the colored water into the milk and see the amazing colors mixing! What colors do you see? What colors did they make when mixed?

· Sensory:

Fill a zip-lock bag with shaving cream, hair gel, soap, or any other gel-like liquid. Encourage your child to play with the bag and write the first letter of their name using their finger!

· 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?

Thursday

Date: 12/3/20

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. Teacher will use the visual of types of homes to review the types of homes with the class. Teacher will ask the students: Why do we live in homes? The teacher and class will work together to create a list of reasons why we live in homes (shelter, with our parents, food, place to sleep, protects us from the cold, etc.)

Group Goal For The Week: Homes are the places where we live. There are many different kind of homes where people and animals live. Homes give us shelter and keep us safe from the rain, cold and snow. Our home has an address that helps us know where we live.

· Literacy:

· Letter of the week: D

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, D.

· Writing:

Help the car get home! Scroll down to get the print-out of the worksheet. If you do not have a printer, you or your child can draw a house on the bottom of the page, and a car on the top part of the page. Sketch a road with curved lines for the student to trace. Encourage the student to trace the road to get the car home! They can also use a toy car to practice exploring the curved lines of the road!

· Art:

Draw your home! Encourage your child to draw their home. Discuss where their home is and how it shelters or protects them from outside weather (rain, snow, cold).

· Blocks:

Encourage your child to build their home and family. You can use blocks, toys, and/or any other materials you may have available to you.

· Dramatic Play:

Encourage your child to act out different people in their family.

· Math:

Using paint, markers, or crayons, encourage your child to draw two circles. Color one circle Orange and the other circle Blue. Then, color a 3rd circle using both orange and blue (mixing them together). What color does it make? Encourage your child to identify all the colors and to see how mixing two colors makes another color.

· Music& Movement:

Invite your child to stomp like an elephant to some music!

Friday

Date: 12/4/20

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. Teacher will use the visuals of types of houses to introduce the concept of addresses. Addresses are where we live. It is a number and a street name, (sometimes an apartment number too). An address can help us find our way home. Teacher will show the students visuals of house numbers, apartment numbers, and street signs, to explain and discuss with them the parts of an address. Teacher will explain that their family at home can help them learn and remember their home address.

Group Goal For The Week: Homes are the places where we live. There are many different kind of homes where people and animals live. Homes give us shelter and keep us safe from the rain, cold and snow. Our home has an address that helps us know where we live.

· Literacy:

· Letter of the week: D

Click the link below to view “The Letter D” 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 H. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGJ17WNodN0

· 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:

What other homes are on your street? Take your child for a walk and observe the other homes on your street. Discuss how these are other peoples’ homes, where they live and sleep at night. Encourage your child to draw some of the homes that they looked at. To support your child further, you can take pictures of the houses while on your walk and show it to them as they are drawing.

· Math:

Using paint, markers, or crayons, encourage your child to draw two circles. Color one circle Green and the other circle Yellow. Then, color a 3rd circle using both green and yellow (mixing them together). What color does it make? Encourage your child to identify all the colors and to see how mixing two colors makes another color.

· Science:

Colored oil and water experiment! Using a clear glass, pour some water half-way into the glass. Then, pour a bit of oil into the glass. Encourage your child to notice how the oil doesn’t mix with the water! Then, drip a few drops of food or dye coloring into the water. The coloring will lay on top of the oil in circles, but keep waiting! It will drop into the water and create a beautiful color trail behind! Encourage your child to observe the experiment and discuss what they see.

· Blocks:

Encourage your child to follow your verbal directions on how to build an apartment building. You can use blocks, toys, and/or any other materials you may have available to you.

· Sensory:

Share with your child that some people live on boats, called houseboats. Encourage them to create houseboats using aluminum foil and try having them float in water!

Social/ Emotional- Week to Review

This week, our social-emotional program will be focusing on identifying the same and different feelings in others. Click on the link below and scroll down to week 10 (page 10) to follow along with the social-emotional program this week.

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

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.

Name: Prewriting

Help the car to get home by tracing the lines on the street.

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