Week of: February 1, 2022- February 4,2022

Unit of Study: Light

Question: How and why do we use different kinds of light?
Vocabulary: candle, curve, electricity, fire, firefly, flame, flashlight, lamp lantern, light, light bulb, lightning,
lines, moon, rainbow, stars, straight, street light, sun, traffic light

Time/Period Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Circle Time Write the word Read the The children will Review the song Revisit the
light large enough Foundational Text learn the song Mister Sun with Supporting Text,
for the children to All About Light by Mister Sun. the children. Round Trip by Ann
see it. Invite the Lisa Trumbauer. Remind them that Jonas. Rather than
children to think Use the Inquiry the sun is one reading the
about English and Critical type of light that words, look for
words that rhyme Thinking is around us. the different types
with the word Questions from Invite them to of lights included
light Section VI to share other types in the book.
support the read of light that are
aloud as a group around us. Record
their responses

Read Aloud All About Light by Round Trip by Ann Round Trip by Ann What is Light? by Windows by Julia
Lisa Trumbauer. Jonas. The Jonas Markette Denos
children will look Sheppard
for the different
types of lights in
the book. We will
ask the children to
point out the
different types of
lights they see in
 the book.
Responses will be
charted.

Center Time See Next Page ---- ----

(AM)

Extra Handwashing
Techniques
Zipping Handwashing
Techniques
Zipping Handwashing -Techniques
Zipping Handwashing -Techniques
Zipping Handwashing -Techniques
Zipping

Activities buttoning
zippers, buttoning
zippers, buttoning
zippers, buttoning
zippers, buttoning
zippers,

buttons, buttons, buttons, buttons, buttons,

snapping snapping snapping snapping snapping
snaps snaps snaps snaps snaps
”
Differentiate Red: The children Red: The children Red: The children Red: The children Red: The children
d Learning will need teachers' will need teachers' will need teachers' will need teachers' will need teachers'
Activities: assistance to guide assistance to guide assistance to guide assistance to guide assistance to guide
and/or model how and/or model how and/or model how and/or model how and/or model how
to make Blueprints. to make blueprints. to make a to make a to make a
They will require They will require blueprints. They blueprints. They blueprints. They
assistance on assistance on will require will require will require
naming the naming the assistance on assistance on assistance on
different parts of different parts of naming the naming the naming the
ELL: their building or their building or different parts of different parts of different parts of
house. house. their building or their building or their building or
house. house. house.
The children
will use Yellow: The Yellow: The
children will need children will need
visual aides,
teachers' teachers' Yellow: The Yellow: The Yellow: The
visual cues assistance to assistance to children will need children will need children will need
and gestures help them identify help them identify teachers' teachers' teachers'
to help something about something about assistance to assistance to assistance to
understand their drawing their drawing help them identify help them identify help them identify
the unit and something about something about something about
communicat Green: The Green: The their drawing their drawing . their drawing
e with their children will be children will be
peers and able to able to Green: The Green: The Green: The
classmates. independently independently children will be children will be children will be
draw their blueprint draw their blueprint able to able to able to
and identify and identify independently independently independently
different parts of different parts of draw their blueprint draw their blueprint draw their blueprint
their drawing. their drawing. and identify and identify and identify
different parts of different parts of different parts of
their drawing. their drawing. their drawing.
Gross Motor The children will The children will The children will The children will The children will
play with balls, play with balls, play with balls, play with balls, play with balls,
chalk, hula chalk, hula chalk, hula chalk, hula chalk, hula
hoops, bubbles, hoops, bubbles, hoops, bubbles, hoops, bubbles, hoops, bubbles,
and play non and play non and play non and play non and play non
rigorous games, rigorous games, rigorous games, rigorous games, rigorous games,
red light green red light green red light green red light green red light green
light, simon says, light, simon says, light, simon says, light, simon says, light, simon says,
etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.

Center Time See Next Page ---- ----

(PM)

Afternoon The teacher and The teacher and The teacher and The teacher and The teacher and
Circle Time students will students will students will students will students will
discuss their day. discuss their day. discuss their day. discuss their day. discuss their day.
They will talk They will talk They will talk They will talk They will talk
about what they about what they about what they about what they about what they
did and enjoyed did and enjoyed did and enjoyed did and enjoyed did and enjoyed
most about the most about the most about the most about the most about the
school day. The school day. The school day. The school day. The school day. The
students will get students will get students will get students will get students will get
 ready to go ready to go ready to go ready to go ready to go
home. home. home. home. home.

Week of: February 1, 2022-February 4, 2022

Unit: Light

Arts and Dramatic Househelps keeping Blocks

Crafts Play and
Students will clean up after themselves after
breakfast, lunch, snack, and center time.
Building
The children The children will be
They will push in their chairs at the table.
will make architects. The
children will pretend This shows independence and how they The children
their own take care of other things. The students will
to be construction will use all
light bulbs wash their hand several times through the
workers. The the blocks to
from paper children will use day singing the ABC song while they wash
their hands.
make
and flex their imagination to different size
straws. imitate their roles.
Tell me about This helps the Tell me about how we should clean up our vehicles.
your picture. children to toys after center time?
PK.SEL.1.b understand roles Tell me about
and job Show me how you would clean up after your creation.
descriptions. yourself after breakfast / lunch / snack / PK.ARTS.16.
center time?
b
 Describe the role of PK.SOC.5.a
an architect? PK.PDH.7a PK.SEL.1.b
What is your favorite
part of the day?
PK.AL.3
PK.PDH.1.

Outdoor Library/ Math and Manipulative Music and

Play Writing Movement
The children Encourage children Draw shapes on pieces of paper, one shape
will play with per piece of paper. Begin with triangles,
chalk, hula
to make The teacher
hoops, dance connections squares and circles and add other shapes as will play
to music and between their needed. Determine a place for children to songs for the
songs with drawings and books stand and scatter the pieces of paper on the children and
instructions,
play Red light, and other materials floor a few feet away from the children. the children
Green Light, throughout the Give each child a flashlight (you will need 4- will have a
123, Simon class (e.g. finding 5), suggest a shape and ask children to dance party
Says, and other shine the flashlight on he paper with the
non-rigorous pictures or words with their
activities. that might match corresponding shape.
friends. (refer
parts of their to Library
While outside drawing). Save the PK.MATH.13. [NYPK.G.2.] Names shapes
the children will activity)
children’s drawings regardless of size
use their ears
to listen to the for the Wednesday. PK.MATH.8. [NYPK.OA.1.] Explores addition How do you feel
different and subtraction by using objects, fingers, when you listen to
sounds they
PK.AC.6. and responding to real world situations this song?
hear in our Does this song
neighborhood. Demonstrates their make you feel
ability to represent sleepy, happy,
Describe what ideas using a loved, sad, etc?
PK.PDDH.4c
you see variety of methods
outside.
Writing
The children will
PK.PDH.4c
practice writing their
 first name. This helps
the children to
identify their first
name.
What letters are in
your name?
PK.ELAL.1.e

Science Cooking and Table Toys Sand and

Ask children Nutrition Water
what they Table Puzzles Bristle
think the The children will be Blocks Builders The table will
word melt able to identify the be filled with
means. Invite foods they eat. The Dinosaurs
children will use the
sensory
discussion Wild Animals
five senses to bottles. The
and clarify describe their food. children will
misconceptio Patterning Beads
They will describe use their
ns as the taste; sweet, Letters Beads
senses to
necessary. salty, sour and
spicy. The children
explore the
Tell children
will learn how to sensory
that the sun is
clean up after bottles.
very hot and themselves when What does
can heat they are finished your sensory
things when it eating. This helps
shines on them to promote
bottle look
them. Ask healthy habits. like?
children to Why should we What do you
clean up after think is inside
think of some ourselves? Why do
things that the sensory
we need to wash
might melt in our hands before
bottle?
the sun. and after eating? PK.SCI.1.
Record their PK.PDH.8.A PK.PDH.1.a
responses. PK.PDH.1.b
PK.SCI.9. [P-
PS3-1.]
Participates in
an
investigation
to determine
the effect of
sunlight on
Earth’s
surface