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Originating
Idea
Our bodies
Curriculum
Content
Beginning
Opening
Statement
Have you seen all the underwater animals that we have in our
fish tank? Can we move our bodies to show how the animals
move through the water
Middle
Earlier
What will
children do?
Strategies:
How will you
scaffold
their
learning?
Acknowledge
their
movements,
imitate actions
Middle
Strategies:
Describe their
movements as
animals, support
creativity
Later
Strategies:
Acknowledge all
movements, encourage
deeper knowledge of
animals
End
warning and
transition to
next part of
routine
Follow-up
Ideas
Friends, now that we have swam through our classroom like our
underwater animals, can you swim to our next activity
Discuss what other under water animals we could have, and how
they would move differently