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
- Begin to understand that the direction of water flow can be changed
- Begin to understand that water behaves differently on different surfaces
- Begin to understand that water is absorbed on some surfaces and not others
- Share ideas, make predictions, and record their observations of water and water flow
ELA
Children will:
- Recognize, match, and form uppercase and lowercase “Ww” (Alphabet Awareness)
- Identify the first letter (“Ww”) in context of a word (water) (Alphabet Awareness)
- Develop awareness of sounds in language by clapping to words in a sentence (Phonological Awareness)
- Identify beginning sounds in words (/w/) (Phonological Awareness)
- Generate alliterative sentences (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 river, flow, and absorb (Vocabulary)
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
Children will:
- Participate in one-on-one, small-group, and large-group conversations/discussions
- Understand group roles, rules, and expectations
- Express their own needs, wants, feelings, thoughts, ideas, and opinions
- Begin to initiate, organize, and participate in independent activities
- Seek answers to questions
- Sustain attention to personally chosen or routine tasks until they are completed