Learning Goals
STEM
Children will begin to:
- Make observations of trees and other plants outdoors and indoors and collect and record data about them over time
- Understand that there are many different types of plants and seeds, and that some plants grow from seed, some grow from bulbs, and some (e.g., carrot tops; potato eyes) may grow in other ways
- Understand that plants have needs that must be met in order for them to survive, and these needs include water and light so they can grow
- Understand that plants have characteristic parts that help them survive, including roots, stems, and leaves
- Understand that plants grow in places/environments where they can get their needs met––including needs for water, light, and the right type of soil if applicable
- Record, share, and discuss their observations
ELA
Children will:
- Recognize, match, and form uppercase and lowercase “Ss” letters (Alphabet Awareness)
- Identify letters in their names (Alphabet Awareness)
- Locate the title of a book (Concepts of Print)
- Identify author and illustrator (Concepts of Print)
- Identify books on the same topic (Book Appreciation)
- Produce oral rhyming words (Phonological Awareness)
- Generate alliterative sentences (Phonological Awareness)
- Identify the initial sound in a word (Phonological Awareness)
- Listen for and identify the number of syllables in a word (Phonological Awareness)
- Follow directions (Listening and Speaking)
- Engage in active viewing and listening (Listening and Speaking)
- Build understanding through text-to-self and text-to-text connections (Comprehension)
- Develop comprehension by recalling and retelling details about a story (Comprehension)
- Ask questions about unfamiliar words in texts (Vocabulary)
- 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 plants including bulb, dirt, environment, leaves, plant (n., v.), root, seed, sprout, stalk, stem (Vocabulary)
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
Children will:
- Participate in one-on-one, small-group, and large-group conversations/discussions
- Show some understanding of group roles, rules, and expectations
- Begin to understand how one’s actions affect others
- Express their own needs, wants, feelings, thoughts, ideas, and opinions
- Begin to initiate, organize, and participate in independent activities
- Seek answers to questions
- Begin to sustain attention to personally chosen or routine tasks until they are completed
- Show improvement in taking care of and managing classroom materials