Learning Goals
STEM
Children will:
- Begin to understand that some surfaces absorb water; some don’t
- Begin to understand that wet things become dry as water evaporates (changes from a liquid to a gas)
- Observe that when water flows very slowly, it can start to drip
- Begin to understand that water sticks together by observing water drops and how they behave
- Use tools such as eyedroppers and toothpicks to move water across a surface
- Share ideas, make predictions, and record their observations to build on their explorations
ELA
Children will:
- Recognize, match, and form uppercase and lowercase “Uu” (Alphabet Awareness)
- Identify the first letter (“Uu”) in context of a word (up) (Alphabet Awareness)
- Engage in active viewing and listening (Listening and Speaking)
- Develop awareness of sounds in language by clapping to words in a sentence (Phonological Awareness)
- Identify beginning sounds in words (short /u/) (Phonological Awareness)
- Generate alliterative sentences (Phonological Awareness)
- Engage in active viewing and listening (Listening and Speaking)
- Build understanding through text-to-self and text-to-text connections (Comprehension)
- Listen to, develop an understanding of meaning, and use new concept vocabulary words about water including absorb, evaporate, drop, drip, and flow (Vocabulary)
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
Children will:
- Participate in one-on-one, small-group, and large-group conversations/discussions
- Appropriately express a range of emotions, such as excitement, happiness, sadness, and fear
- Show some understanding of group roles, rules, and expectations
- Begin to initiate, organize, and participate in independent activities
- Seek answers to questions
- Continue to sustain attention to personally chosen or routine tasks until they are completed
- Take care of and manage classroom materials