Unit Learning Goals
STEM
Children will:
- Continue to identify plant parts, including roots, stems, and leaves
- Continue to observe that some plant parts are below the ground and some are above
- Understand that a tree is a very large plant
- Fruits and vegetables and observe the different characteristics of fruits and vegetables
- Learn that fruits have seeds
- Understand that many of the foods we eat come from plants, and we eat certain leaves, roots, and seeds
- Begin to understand that plants provide an important food source for many animals including humans
- Identify their favorite plants to eat and graph the results
- Compare and contrast indoor and outdoor plants
- Understand that measurement is a way of getting information about plants
- Predict and compare and contrast changes in plants
- Share, discuss, and record their observations
ELA
Children will:
- Recognize, match, and form uppercase and lowercase letters “Ff,” “Vv,” and “Aa” (Alphabet Awareness)
- Identify the first letter (“Ff,” “Vv,” “Aa”) in context of a word (farm, vegetable, apple) (Alphabet Awareness)
- Identify parts of a book (Concepts of Print)
- Identify beginning sounds in words (/f/, /v/, short /a/) (Phonological Awareness)
- Listen to and generate alliterative sentences (Phonological Awareness)
- Engage in active viewing and listening (Listening and Speaking)
- Build understanding through text-to-self and text-to-text connections (Comprehension)
- Interpret illustrations from a story (Comprehension)
- Be exposed to new concept vocabulary in cross-curricular ways (Vocabulary)
- Listen to, develop an understanding of meaning, and use new concept vocabulary words about planting including fruit, leaf, plant, root, seed, stem, and vegetable (Vocabulary)
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
Children will:
- Participate in one-on-one, small-group, and large-group conversations/discussions
- Begin to initiate, organize, and participate in independent activities
- Understand and respect group roles, rules, and expectations
- Express their own needs, wants, feelings, thoughts, ideas, and opinions
- Begin to understand the importance of helping others
- Begin to understand the importance of treating the environment with respect and care
- Begin to understand that many people and families eat plants, but they may eat different plants or prepare them in different ways