Elementary Pre-Kindergarten Theme 6

Pre-Kindergarten Unit at a Glance

Theme 6: From Farm to Table De la granja a la mesa

Pre-K Standards

Week 22

Week 23

End of 3rd Quarter-Week 24

Week 25

From the Farm to the Grocery Store

How We Get Our Food

All Kinds of Food

Staff Development

Family Favorites

Phonological Awareness Skills

Comprehension of Text Skills

Phonological Awareness Skills

Concepts of Print Skills

Alphabet Knowledge Skills

Comprehension of Text Skills

Phonological Awareness

Alphabet Knowledge

Motivation to Write Skills

Conventions in Writing

Motivation to Write Skills

Conventions in Writing

Motivation to Write Skills

Conventions in Writing

Motivation to Write Skills

Adding To/Taking Away Skills

Measurement Skills

Counting Skills

Adding To/Taking Away Skills

Measurement Skills

Classification & Patterns Skills

Life Science Skills

Geography Skills

Economic Skills

Geography Skills

Economic Skills

Theme 6

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Phonological Awareness Skill Focus:

Alliteration, Alphabetic Knowledge

Concepts of Print Focus:

Names are capitalized

Teacher Action:

Write the morning message emphasizing that the first letter in a name is capitalized. Use alliteration for the name selected to capitalize (Ex. Have a student select a letter link and then include that name in the sentence using alliteration, such as “Mighty Megan is here today.”)

Phonological Awareness Skill Focus:

Alliteration, Alphabetic Knowledge

Concepts of Print Focus:

Names are capitalized

Teacher Action:

Write the morning message emphasizing that the first letter in a name is capitalized. Use alliteration for the name selected to capitalize. (Ex. Have a student select a letter link and then include that name in the sentence using alliteration, such as “Strong Stanley is here today.”)

Phonological Awareness Skill Focus:

Alliteration, Alphabetic Knowledge

Concepts of Print Focus:

Voice/Print Matching

Teacher Action:

Write the morning message and emphasize pointing to each word (voice/print matching). Use alliteration in the sentence.

Phonological Awareness Skill Focus:

Alliteration, Alphabetic Knowledge

Concepts of Print Focus:

Voice/Print Matching

Teacher Action:

Write the morning message and emphasize pointing to each word (voice/print matching). Use alliteration in the sentence.

Alliteration

Incorporate message board title (ex: “Today is fun Friday.”).
Incorporate children’s names and Letter Links (ex: “David donut is at school today.”).
Alert children to activities that will happen later in the day (ex: “We will blow bubbles.”).
Utilize sentences from nursery rhymes (ex: “Miss Mary Mack is dressed in black.”).
Have children think of words that start with the same sound as a word included in the sentence.
Alliteration Recognition Video Demonstration (NISD RLA Resource to be used as a teacher reference prior to instruction)

Alphabet Knowledge

Have children write letters in the air with their fingers.
Have children point to, circle, or write letters.
Compare letters (ex: “Let’s find letters with straight lines.” or “These letters all have curves.”).
Have children find letters in their name or not in their name.

Week 1: From the Farm to the Grocery Store

Learning Targets and Understandings

Emergent Literacy: Reading

Learning Targets:

I can blend sounds.
I can name letters.
I can predict what happens.
I can use punctuation.

Emergent Literacy: Writing

Learning Targets:

I can write letters to make words.
I can write about my drawing.

Math

Learning Targets:

I can name numbers.
I can subtract.
I can tell how I sorted objects.
I can make a graph.

Science/

Social Studies

Science

Learning Targets:

I can observe organisms.
I can describe a life cycle.
I can investigate.

Social Studies

Learning Targets:

I can tell what a consumer is.
I can identify features in nature.

Social Emotional Learning

Learning Targets:

I can take care of the classroom.
I can focus.
I can be a helper.

Week 1

From the Farm to the Grocery Story

★PK4.III.B.7 Child identifies alliterative words with pictorial support.

PK4.III.B.8 Child identifies a familiar one-syllable word that is segmented by onset and rime (in English only).

PK4.III.D.4 Child makes inferences and predictions about a text.

PK4.IV.A.2 Child independently draws and writes for many purposes to communicate ideas, using a variety of writing tools.

★PK4.IV.C.1 Child writes first name (or nickname) using legible letters in the proper sequence.

★PK4.V.B.2 Child uses objects, pictorial models, and/or a verbal word problem to represent subtracting objects from a set of 5.

PK4.V.D.2 Child recognizes and compares capacity based on how much space exists within an object.

★PK4.VI.B.1 Child observes, investigates, describes, and discusses the characteristics of organisms.

★PK4.VI.B.2 Child describes life cycles of organisms.

★PK4.VI.C.1 Child observes, investigates, describes, and discusses earth materials and their properties and uses.

PK4.I.B.3.b Child remains focused on engaging group activities for about

20 minutes at a time.

Week 2: How We Get Our Food

Learning Targets and Understandings

Emergent Literacy: Reading

Learning Targets:

I can blend sounds.
I can name letters.
I can predict what happens.
I can use punctuation.

Emergent Literacy: Writing

Learning Targets:

I can write letters to make words.
I can write about my drawing.

Math

Learning Targets:

I can name numbers.
I can subtract.
I can tell how I sorted objects.
I can make a graph.

Science/

Social Studies

Science

Learning Targets:

I can observe organisms.
I can describe a life cycle.
I can investigate.

Social Studies

Learning Targets:

I can tell what a consumer is.
I can identify features in nature.

Social Emotional Learning

Learning Targets:

I can take care of the classroom.
I can focus.
I can be a helper.

Week 2

How We Get Our Food

PK4.III.B.8 Child identifies a familiar one-syllable word that is segmented by onset and rime (in English only).

PK4.III.D.4 Child makes inferences and predictions about a text.

PK4.III.E.3 Child can identify some conventional features of print that communicate meaning including end punctuation and case.

PK4.IV.A.2 Child independently draws and writes for many purposes to communicate ideas, using a variety of writing tools.

★PK4.IV.C.1 Child writes first name (or nickname) using legible letters in the proper sequence.

★PK4.V.A.5 Child recognizes numerals 0-10.

★PK4.V.B.2 Child uses objects, pictorial models, and/or a verbal word problem to represent subtracting objects from a set of 5.

★PK4.VI.B.1 Child observes, investigates, describes, and discusses the characteristics of organisms.

★PK4.VI.C.1 Child observes, investigates, describes, and discusses earth materials and their properties and uses.

PK4.VII.B.2 Child demonstrates an understanding of what it means to be a consumer.

PK4.I.A.3 Child shows

reasonable opinion of his own abilities and

limitations.

Week 3: All Kinds of Food

Learning Targets and Understandings

Emergent Literacy: Reading

Learning Targets:

I can blend sounds.
I can name letters.
I can predict what happens.
I can use punctuation.

Emergent Literacy: Writing

Learning Targets:

I can write letters to make words.
I can write about my drawing.

Math

Learning Targets:

I can name numbers.
I can subtract.
I can tell how I sorted objects.
I can make a graph.

Science/

Social Studies

Science

Learning Targets:

I can observe organisms.
I can describe a life cycle.
I can investigate.

Social Studies

Learning Targets:

I can tell what a consumer is.
I can identify features in nature.

Social Emotional Learning

Learning Targets:

I can take care of the classroom.
I can focus.
I can be a helper.

Week 3

All Kinds of Food

PK4.III.C.1 Child recognizes

and names at least 20 letters (upper- or lower-case letters).

PK4.III.D.4 Child makes inferences and predictions about a text.

PK4.IV.A.2 Child independently draws and writes for many purposes to communicate ideas, using a variety of writing tools.

★PK4.IV.C.1 Child writes first name (or nickname) using legible letters in the proper sequence.

PK4.V.D.2 Child recognizes

and compares capacity

based on how much space

exists within an object.

★PK4.VI.B.1 Child observes, investigates, describes, and discusses the characteristics of organisms.

★PK4.VI.C.1 Child observes, investigates, describes, and discusses earth materials and their properties and uses.

★PK4.VII.C.1 Child identifies and creates common geographic features.

PK4.I.B.1.b Child takes care of and manages classroom materials.

Week 4: Family Favorites

Learning Targets and Understandings

Emergent Literacy: Reading

Learning Targets:

I can blend sounds.
I can name letters.
I can predict what happens.
I can use punctuation.

Emergent Literacy: Writing

Learning Targets:

I can write letters to make words.
I can write about my drawing.

Math

Learning Targets:

I can name numbers.
I can subtract.
I can tell how I sorted objects.
I can make a graph.

Science/

Social Studies

Science

Learning Targets:

I can observe organisms.
I can describe a life cycle.
I can investigate.

Social Studies

Learning Targets:

I can tell what a consumer is.
I can identify features in nature.

Social Emotional Learning

Learning Targets:

I can take care of the classroom.
I can focus.
I can be a helper.

Week 4

Family Favorites

PK4.III.B.9 Child blends and segments one-syllable words by phonemes with visual or gestural support.

PK4.III.C.1 Child recognizes and names at least 20 letters (upper- or lower-case letters).

PK4.IV.A.2 Child Independently draws and writes for many purposes to communicate ideas, using a variety of writing tools.

PK4.V.E.1 Child sorts objects that are the same and different into groups and uses language to describe how the groups are

similar and different.

PK4.V.E.2 Child collects data and organizes it in a graphic representation.

★PK4.VI.B.1 Child observes, investigates, describes, and discusses the characteristics of organisms.

PK4.VII.B.2 Child demonstrates an understanding of what it means to be a consumer.

PK4.I.B.3.b Child remains focused on engaging group activities for about 20 minutes at a time.

PK4.I.C.2 Child assumes various roles and responsibilities as part of a classroom community.

PK 3 Learning Targets and Understandings	Emergent Literacy: Reading	Emergent Literacy: Writing	Math	Science/ Social Studies	Social Emotional Learning
Week 1 From the Farm to the Grocery Store	PK3.III.B.7 Child uses alliteration through playful activities such as songs and read alouds. PK3.III.B.8 Child participates in onset-rime blending activities (in English only). PK3.III.D.4 Child attempts to make predictions by looking at the cover of a book or the pictures within a story.	PK3.IV.A.2 Child attempts to draw and write for many purposes and begins to explore different writing tools. PK3.IV.C.1 Child attempts to write some letters of own name (usually beginning with the first letter).	PK3.V.B.2 Child uses objects to demonstrate that taking away one or more objects from a set will decrease the number of objects in the set. PK3.V.D.2 Child begins to recognize capacity based on how much space exists within an object.	No PK3 outcomes for this domain of learning.	No PK3 outcomes for this domain of learning.

Week 2 How We Get Our Food	PK3.III.B.8 Child participates in onset-rime blending activities (in English only). PK3.III.D.4 Child attempts to make predictions by looking at the cover of a book or the pictures within a story. PK3.III.E.3 Child begins to notice the basic features of print (e.g., repeating words, space between words, punctuation vs. letters).	PK3.IV.A.2 Child attempts to draw and write for many purposes and begins to explore different writing tools. PK3.IV.C.1 Child attempts to write some letters of own name (usually beginning with the first letter).	PK3.V.A.5 Child recognizes numerals 0-5. PK3.V.B.2 Child uses objects to demonstrate that taking away one or more objects from a set will decrease the number of objects in the set.	No PK3 outcomes for this domain of learning.	No PK3 outcomes for this domain of learning.

Week 3 All Kinds of Food	PK3.III.C.1 Child shows awareness of letters by singing alphabet songs and recognizing some frequently encountered letters (e.g., first letter of name or letters in environmental print). PK3.III.D.4 Child attempts to make predictions by looking at the cover of a book or the pictures within a story.	PK3.IV.A.2 Child attempts to draw and write for many purposes and begins to explore different writing tools. PK3.IV.C.1 Child attempts to write some letters of own name (usually beginning with the first letter).IV.C.1	PK3.V.D.2 Child begins to recognize capacity based on how much space exists within an object.	No PK3 outcomes for this domain of learning.	No PK3 outcomes for this domain of learning.

Week 4 Family Favorites	PK3.III.B.9 Three-year olds do not typically develop phonemic awareness, so no outcome is included PK3.III.C.1 Child shows awareness of letters by singing alphabet songs and recognizing some frequently encountered letters (e.g., first letter of name or letters in environmental print).	PK3.IV.A.2 Child attempts to draw and write for many purposes and begins to explore different writing tools.	PK3.V.E.1 Child sorts objects that are the same and different. PK3.V.E.2 Child participates in group activities of collecting data and organizing it into graphic representations.	No PK3 outcomes for this domain of learning.	No PK3 outcomes for this domain of learning.