Learning Goals
STEM
Children will:
- Continue to learn about exploring and observing things in their environment
- Understand that scientists are explorers who ask questions about the world, make observations, and collect data to find answers
- Compare and contrast to categorize objects they observe during outdoor and indoor explorations
- Learn to share and record data and observations on charts
ELA
Children will:
- Be introduced to the alphabet (Alphabet Knowledge)
- Begin to understand the difference between uppercase and lowercase letters (Alphabet Knowledge)
- Continue to identify parts of a book
- Begin to understand the role of author and illustrator (Print Concepts)
- Begin to make connections between their life and stories (Comprehension)
- Begin to answer questions about read-aloud stories (Comprehension)
- Continue to engage in active listening and viewing (Listening and Speaking)
- Listen for rhyme and alliteration in texts read-aloud (Phonological Awareness)
- Listen to, develop and understanding of meaning, and use new concept vocabulary words about the unit concepts including, alphabet, communicate, information, library, observe, and explore (Vocabulary)
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
Children will:
- Begin to participate in multi-exchange discussions and conversations
- Begin to express their needs, wants, feelings, and thoughts, ideas, and opinions
- Begin to understand group roles, rules, and expectations
- Continue to understand the qualities of friendship
- Continue to recognize emotions
- Begin to understand they are an important part of their school community