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Weeks 5-7 (Sept. 19-Oct.7) 2011-2012 – Unit 1: La familia Kindergarten Centers: Oral Language / Vocabulary Development Center suggestions will change every three weeks to correlate with the Language Arts themes and other content areas. Writing will be embedded into all center activities. Required Centers: The following centers are required in all Kindergarten classrooms. Science Center Theme: La familia Essential Vocabulary: Pregunta, Lo mismo – p.277, Comparar– p.121 Sentences Stems for students: 1. Me pregunto por qué… 2. Vamos a averiguar … Activity Suggestions: Display posters and books about Our Five Senses, if available. Provide a variety of objects to see, hear, touch, smell, and (optional) taste. NOTE: Be aware of classroom food allergies! Find out how smell and taste work together (Science Flip Chart p. 2). Explore kitchen scents (Science Flip Chart p.4). Have children ask/answer questions as they explore objects together. Writing Component: Draw a picture of foods that your family likes to eat. Draw a picture that reminds you of one of the spices (Science Flip Chart p. 2, 4). Children label their picture or dictate to teacher. • Library Center Theme: La familia Essential Vocabulary: • Responsabilidad -‐ p.145, Predecir, Padre – p.133 Sentences Stems for students: 1. Este libro me recuerda a … 2. Me pregunto por qué … Activity Suggestions: Provide a variety of books about different types of families (fiction and non-fiction). Encourage students to locate high-frequency words in books (un, una) and on the classroom Word Wall. Read or retell a story with a partner (Literacy Flip Chart p.1 & 2). Read an Author (Reading Flip Chart p.5). Ask children to make predictions and identify the setting in the books they are reading. Writing Component: Copy the title of a favorite book and draw a picture about a family in the story. Add a new page to a book (Reading Flip Chart p. 4). ABC Center Theme: La familia Essential Vocabulary: • Sonido, Juntos – p.5, Principio Sentences Stems for students: 1. Me pregunto por qué… 2. Quiero saber…. Activity Suggestions: Using magnetic letters, letter cards, or foam letters, children locate and sort letters introduced during phonemic awareness activities (M and vowels) and match them with real objects or picture cards that have M syllables . Introduce Letter Match and Sound Sort activities (Phonics Flip Chart p.2,6). Use High Frequency Word Cards and picture cards to create simple sentences. Provide rhyming cards, posters, puzzles, and/or rhyming books for children to explore. Writing Component: Letter Mapping (Phonics Flip Chart p.5) or draw and label animal families such as panda/cub, etc. Math Center Theme: La familia Essential Vocabulary: • Primero – p.157, Siguiente, Último Sentences Stems 1. Quiero saber … 2. Si-___ ¿qué pasaría con ___? Activity Suggestions: Provide sequencing games, cards, or puzzles to allow students to describe, compare, and order events. Provide manipulatives that involve sequencing, such as stacking blocks, stringing beads, connecting links, connecting cubes, etc. Writing Component: Children write or draw representations to show first, next, and last in a familiar routine or activity. Show how people grow and change (Science Flip Chart p.6). Create class mural showing pictures of moms, dads, pets, babies, etc. (using magazine pictures or drawings made by children). Children sort and classify the pictures. Social Studies / Exploring Themes Theme: La familia Essential Vocabulary: • Imitar – p.1, Actividad – p.11, Trabajo – p.173 Sentences Stems for students: 1. Me pregunto si a esta familia le gustaría … 2. Quiero saber … Activity Suggestions: Dramatize ways families cooperate together, such as going on a picnic (refer to Un dίa de Picnic), setting table, preparing meals, caring for babies, reading stories together, etc. Compare family sizes (Social Studies Flip Chart p.1). Writing Component: Children draw a picture to illustrate something that families enjoy doing together. Write or dictate to describe the picture. Write or draw a picture about how you have grown. Refer to La Silla De Pedro to show how people grow and change. (Soc. Studies Flip Chart p.3, 5, 6). Listening Center Theme: La familia Essential Vocabulary: • Se parece a – p.3, Relativo – p.25, Proteger – p.3 Sentences Stems for students: 1. Mi sugerencia sería … 2. Esta familia me recuerda a … Activity Suggestions: Have students listen to a story about families, using listening station or computer (tumblebooks.com). Remind students how to properly operate the equipment in this center, if this will be an expectation in your classroom. Early in the year, teacher will limit choices, adding more options as children are ready. Writing Component: Draw a picture about your family. Write, label or dictate to tell about family members or about yourself (Writing Flip Chart p.5-6).
