Changes to the Environment

Thematic Unit Topic: ______Transportation____________________

Classroom Area: ________Math________________
15/15
List the Items You lan to Intro!uce an! "o# Much The$ %ill Cost &a minimum o'
():
*emem+er:
The items shoul! +e sa'e, chil!-!irecte!, encourage the use o' multiple
intelligences an! provi!e opportunities 'or sensor$ learning).
The items shoul! +e reasona+l$ price!, a+le to +e ma!e +$ the teacher or easil$
o+taina+le.
Tr$ to use o+/ects that are alrea!$ in the classroom in creative, ne# #a$s.
Thin0 a+out #hat items $ou might o+tain through !onations 'rom 'amil$, local
+usiness, etc.
1. Toy wheels of different sizes so they can sort them. Cost: Donations, dollar stores
around $10
2. Different colored keys. Cost: Donations.
3. mall trans!ortation toys of different sizes and wei"hts Cost: yard sales, dollar
stores, thrift stores, around $#$10
%. &ar"e !oster 'oards to make sortin" charts and "ra!hs. Cost: (ree
). &aminated !ictures of different ty!es of trans!ortation. Cost: *ade 'y teacher
+ ,am!s of different sizes Cost: *ade 'y teacher
#. mall scale Cost: -round $)
.. ,ocks and other materials like sand!a!er, and feathers. Cost: (ree
%hen #ill $ou intro!uce these items1 &At the +eginning o' the thematic unit,
throughout the unit 2 !uring a small group lesson plan, circle time)
ome of these items will 'e introduced in the 'e"innin" of the thematic unit. / will
also introduce the rest of the items durin" the small "rou! lesson !lan.
Are there an$ 3special4 rules that the chil!ren nee! to 'ollo# #hen using these
items1
There are no s!ecial rules that the children will need to follow. / will try to ha0e
many materials so that if there are many children in the center at a time there will 'e
enou"h acti0ities and materials for them.
%hat !o $ou hope the chil!ren to learn1
1o!efully the children will learn to sort what ty!es of trans!ortation "o on land,
air, and water. They may also learn what ty!es of trans!ortation ha0e tires and which
ones do not, that they are all different sizes, sha!es, which "o faster and which "o
slower.
%hat are some #a$s that the chil!ren can 3re'lect4 on #hat the$ have learne!1
The children will ha0e a chance to reflect on what they ha0e learned 'y reflectin" on the
sortin" charts and "ra!hs and may'e talkin" a'out what they learned in the final circle
time.