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Recite Together: “Feelings”
Recite the rhyme “Feelings” with children and ask them to act out the feeling words as you read them the rhyme.
Recite Together: “Over, Under, Around, and Through”
Have work with a buddy to go over, under, around, and through a hoop as you recite “Over, Under, Around, and Through.”
Recite Together: “The Grand Old Duke of York”
Discuss opposite words up and down as you recite “The Grand Old Duke of York” with children.
Recite Together: “The Slide”
Use the rhyme, “The Slide” to reinforce the concept of moving down a slide. Have children act out the motions.
Review the Week Together: Unit 5, Week 1
Display the read-aloud books, children’s artwork, writing, and charts. Talk about what children learned this week, including their work in the Centers.
Review the Week Together: Unit 5, Week 2
Revisit the charts, objects, and pictures from the week as you review ramps, slides, and trackways, “Uu,” /u/, and up.
Sing Together: “The Wheels on the Bus” #3
Discuss how a bus moves from place to place on wheels and then sing a song about a bus and act out the motions.
Talk Together: Building Ramps
Review with children their experiences building ramps and rolling and sliding objects down the ramps.
Talk Together: Building Trackways
Talk with children about their experiences building ramps and trackways and rolling a ball so it travels the entire distance of the track.
Talk Together: Down the Ramp
Introduce the concept of inclined planes by constructing a ramp. Have children predict how objects will move down the ramp.
Talk Together: Even Steeper
Review with children what happens when they increase the steepness of a ramp. Guide the discussion with photographs or videos taken during the week.
Talk Together: How Does It Feel?
Have children take turns feeling a variety of textures of different materials and compare the textures.
Talk Together: I Can Do It!
Review the story The Little Engine That Could. Have children share a time they were afraid to go down an inclined plane.
Talk Together: In Order
Explore ordinal numbers. Have children pick a number card 1–5 and stand on the matching number on a number line.
Talk Together: Introduce Ramps
Introduce ramps by having children move a block without touching it. Demonstrate how things move down a slanted plane.
Talk Together: Introduce Sliding
Discuss how size, shape, and weight of an object can affect the way it moves down a ramp. Talk about how things slide and/or roll.
Talk Together: Making Obstacles
Discuss the weight and texture of different materials. Help children think about how they might use them in their obstacle course explorations.
Talk Together: Move Down the Ramp
Ask children to share ramps they discovered on their way home. Have them dictate or write to record ideas on the "All About Ramps" chart.
Talk Together: Obstacles
Discuss obstacles children explored as they rolled objects down their trackways.
Talk Together: Ramp Review
Review children's ramp explorations and observations. Remind children that scientists use skills such as asking questions and recording observations.