- band
- music
- musical instrument
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Foundational Skills/RL.PK.MA.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or a poem read aloud.
Head Start Outcomes:
Literacy Knowledge/Book Appreciation and Knowledge Asks and answers questions and makes comments about print materials.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 6 Listen to a wide variety of age appropriate literature read aloud.
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 10 Engage actively in read-aloud activities by asking questions, offering ideas, predicting or retelling important parts of a story or informational book.
Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 4, Week 1
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STEM Key Concepts: An action has to happen to make a sound
ELA Focus Skills: Listening and Speaking, Vocabulary
Reread one of the books of the week, re-watch the video Between the Lions “Violet’s Music,” or select a book from the recommended book list.
Focus on the voices, musical instruments, and music sounds and how they are made in the book or video. For example, for Violet’s Music, ask,
- How did Violet make music when she was a baby in the crib?
- What objects did she use to make music when she was in school?