Learning Goals
STEM
Children will:
- Understand that every sound has a source
- Begin to listen to, describe, and compare sounds
- Develop listening skills by listening to sounds indoors and outdoors
- Begin to understand how to identify the source of a sound
- Continue to develop skills of observing and sharing and recording observations
ELA
Children will:
- Recognize, match, and form uppercase and lowercase “Ss” (Alphabet Knowledge)
- Identify the first letter in the context of a word (Alphabet Knowledge)
- Practice book care and handling (Concepts of Print)
- Understand that print carries meaning (Concepts of Print)
- Continue to understand directionality in print (Concepts of Print)
- Practice following directions (Listening and Speaking)
- Build understanding through text-to-self and text-to-world connections (Comprehension)
- Listen to, develop understanding of meaning, and use new concept vocabulary about sound: city, country, high, listen, loud, louder, low, quiet, soft, softer, sound, volume (Vocabulary)
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
Children will:
- Practice self-regulation as they learn how to be quiet in order to listen to sounds
- Develop self-concept by identifying sounds they hear in their own lives
- Develop self-concept by identifying and discussing their favorite sounds