Learning Goals
STEM
Children will:
- Learn to make increasingly accurate shades of lighter and darker colors
- Understand that objects appear to be a different color when viewed through a transparent colored material
- Understand that the color of light looks different after passing through a transparent colored material
- Begin to ask and answer questions about colors created by light shining through prisms or water drops
- Continue to predict and record results of color investigations based on observations
- Show confidence in discussing ideas related to color mixing explorations and recording observations
- Recognize similarities and difference in skin colors and mix paints to match shades of skin color
ELA
Children will:
- Recognize, match, and form uppercase and lowercase “Rr” (Alphabet Knowledge)
- Match letters in first name, uppercase and lowercase (Alphabet Knowledge)
- Begin to turn pages one at a time from front to back (Concepts of Print)
- Begin to understand that print is read left to right and from top to bottom (Concepts of Print)
- Describe the roles of author and illustrator (Concepts of Print)
- Begin to understand what a folktale is (Genre)
- Continue listen to and clap syllables in names and words (Phonological Awareness)
- Learn how to follow directions (Listening and Speaking)
- Partake in active viewing and listening (Listening and Speaking)
- Describe colors using more complex vocabulary such as tone, tan, cream, caramel, and wheat (Vocabulary)
- Listen to and learn new concept vocabulary words about color such as color, dark, darker, darkest, light, lighter, lightest, transparent (Vocabulary)
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
Children will:
- Begin to understand how to make decisions that will keep them safe
- Understand some of the qualities of friendship and begin to understand how to react during a disagreement
- Learn to acknowledge and appreciate similarities and differences of people