Changes to the Environment Thematic Unit Topic: Cats Classroom Area: Language and Literacy

List the Items You Plan to Introduce and How Much They Will Cost (a minimum of 6): Remember: The items should be safe, child-directed, encourage the use of multiple intelligences and provide opportunities for sensory learning). The items should be reasonably priced, able to be made by the teacher or easily obtainable. Try to use objects that are already in the classroom in creative, new ways. Think about what items you might obtain through donations from family, local business, etc. 1. Cat puppets 2. Flannel board and story pieces 3. Variety of stuffed cats 4. Variety of Books If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Lauren Numeroff Kit the Cat by Alison Maloney Cat and The Hat by Dr. Seuss Have You Seen My Cat by Eric Carle The Case of the Cat's Meow by Crosby Bonsall Three Little Kittens by Paul Galdone There's a Cat in the Library by Vicky Myron Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner Cost: Teacher made Cost: Materials from classroom Cost: Teacher made Cost: Teacher made/class materials Cost: Teacher made Cost: Already in classroom Cost: Teacher made Cost: Teacher made Cost: Donation Cost: Library

5. Matching story board game 6. Journals 7. Letter C sensory box 8. Paper Mache trees 9. Pictures of a variety of cats 10. Variety of colored pencils and pens

When will you introduce these items? (At the beginning of the thematic unit, throughout the unit during a small group lesson plan, circle time)

I will introduce the books and pictures to the children during circle time and the rest of the items during a small group activity. Are there any special rules that the children need to follow when using these items? There are no special rules that the children need to follow. What do you hope the children to learn? I hope that the children will be able to make up stories about cats and be able to communicate with each other while creating these stories. I also hope that the children will bring these stories into action and get involved with the story. What are some ways that the children can reflect on what they have learned? The children will be able to reflect when they read the books with each other and also I will ask the children open-ended question such as, Which book did you like best? Can you tell me how this book ended, I can't seem to remember? What happens when you give a cat a cupcake? The children can also use the journals that I have created to reflect what they have learned and done while they were in the language and literacy area. Well done 15/15