Unit Learning Goals
STEM
Children will:
- Begin to understand that water, as a liquid, flows and takes the shape of its container
- Begin to understand that water usually flows downhill
- Explore how the direction of water flow can be changed by digging paths or building walls and dams
- Begin to understand that water behaves differently on different surfaces
- Use tools to move water from one container to another
- Begin to understand that objects behave differently in water
- Begin to understand that some objects float and some sink
- Explore how the materials objects are made of, and their sizes, weights, shapes, and other characteristics, may influence whether the objects sink or float
- Understand that if you add enough weight to a floating object, it will sink
- Begin to understand that some surfaces absorb water while some don’t
- Begin to understand that wet things become dry as water evaporates (changes from a liquid to a gas)
- Observe that when water flows very slowly, it can start to drip
- Begin to understand that water sticks together
- Use tools such as eyedroppers and toothpicks to move water across a surface
- Share ideas, make predictions, explore, and record their observations of water and water flow
ELA
Children will:
- Recognize, match, and form uppercase and lowercase letters “Ww,” “Rr,” “Dd,” “Bb,” and “Uu” (Alphabet Awareness)
- Identify the first letter (“Ww,” “Rr,” “Dd,” “Bb,” and “Uu”) in context of a word (water, river, drift, boat, and up) (Alphabet Awareness)
- Identify beginning sounds in words (Phonological Awareness)
- Clap words in a sentence (Phonological Awareness)
- Generate alliterative sentences (Phonological Awareness)
- Develop awareness of sounds in language by clapping to words in a sentence (Phonological Awareness)
- Engage in active viewing and listening (Listening and Speaking)
- Build understanding through text-to-self and text-to-text connections (Comprehension)
- Listen to, develop an understanding of meaning, and use new concept vocabulary words about water including absorb, drip, drop, evaporate, flow, puddle, settle, stream (Vocabulary)
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
Children will:
- Initiate and participate in multi-exchange discussions
- Express their needs, wants, feelings, thoughts, ideas, and opinions
- Understand group roles, rules, and expectations
- Initiate, organize, and participate in independent activities
- Seek answers to questions
- Sustain attention to personally chosen or routine tasks until they are completed
- Begin to understand character traits such as honesty, kindness, fairness, trustworthiness, and personal responsibility
- Take care of and manage classroom materials