Kindergarten2014­2015:SuperCenters Unit 10: I Know A Lot May 8 - May 22

Art
Essential Vocabulary:
palette, beads, pipe cleaners / Sentence Stems:
1. I am going to create….
2. I can use this outside of school by...
Books: Check your library for how to draw books that are age appropriate.
Act 1:
  • students will create a paint palette
  • squeeze various paint colors around a paper plate
  • students create an art piece of their choice
/ Act 2:
  • provide a variety of materials
  • (yarn, beads, pipe cleaners, etc.)
  • students will create free choice art

Writing Component: (Act 1) I painted a picture of…..because….(Act 2) Write about what you made and the steps you used.
Construction
Essential Vocabulary:
review, accomplish, proud / Sentence Stems:
1. I wonder what will happen….
2. Next I will...
Books: What Do You Know! by L. Cauley (Treasures Big Book), Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni, A Color of my Ownby Leo Lionni, Purple, Green and Yellow by Robert Munsch, The Little Engine that Could by Wally Piper, etc.
Act 1:
  • students use the Big Book What Do You Know! to create something that begins with each letter of the alphabet
  • build things representing opposites (such as tall/short or big/small) and ask friends to guess the opposites.
/ Act 2:
  • students use chipboard/cardboard pieces and hammers to “build” letters
  • provide recycled materials (paper rolls, lids, corks, popsicle sticks, etc.) to reinforce the “reuse” idea, while students build
  • build a house from cardboard and magazines

Writing Component: Children may use construction materials to show the ABCs or numerals. Children may write questions and answers. Children may record what they built to represent each letter of the alphabet. Children may create counting books using the blocks as prompts.

Pretend & Learn/Social Studies
Essential Vocabulary:
now, then, last / Sentence Stems:
1. What interests me is…
2. We can find out more by…
Books: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett, The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, Wet Pebbles Under Our Feet by ManyaStojic, etc.
Set-up Ideas: “First Grade Classroom”
Act 1:
  • visit a first grade classroom
  • set up your center accordingly
  • cover and turn your furniture to create “walls”
  • provide school supplies, paper, tape, and give the students the freedom to create their “classroom”
/ Act 2:
  • students can recreate a favorite setting that was done earlier in the school year
OR
  • take a vote, and come up with a new idea that hasn’t been done before

Writing Component: Write and draw about the setting that you created, why you chose it, and what props you used to create it. Add labels or signs to the setting. Write a story to tell about something that could happen in this setting.

Library/Listening
Essential Vocabulary:
practice, review, admire, toward / Sentence Stems:
1. I know …
2. Let’s find out…
Books: Three Little Kittens by Deborah D’Andrea, TomiedePaola’s Mother Goose by TomiedePaola, Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Hale, Oh! The Places You Will Go by Dr. Seuss, First Grade, Here I Come!by Nancy Carlson, The Growing Up Feet, by Beverly Clearly, etc.Tumblebooks:Stella the Star by Mark Shulman, Sink or Swim by Valeria Coulman, Mahalia Mouse Goes to College by John Lithgow, Dear Peter Rabbit by Alma Flor Ada, etc.
Act 1:
  • Provide a variety of books (fiction and nonfiction), counting books, “easy-to-read” books, books read or made in class, favorite authors, poetry, etc.
  • Display familiar poems, songs, and fingerplays that the class has learned. Display a chart with color words.
  • Children read and talk about books and poems with friends or puppets (Reading Flip Chart p.55-60).
/ Act 2:
  • students listen to story about kindergarten or going to first grade or other relevant topic.
  • students make and present a puppet show related to the story

Writing Component: Make a new cover for the book Write about where the book takes. Use your imagination to create a similar story, this time putting yourself as one of the characters. Compare and contrast two books and write about them. (Write a new page for a book.
ABC/Writing
Essential Vocabulary:
continue, consider / Sentence Stems:
1. I’d like to write about ….
2. I wonder why…
Books: The Cat in the Hat, If I Ran the Zoo, Yertle the Turtle, Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss, etc.
Act 1:
  • work with words that rhyme (Phonics Flip Chart p. 55).
/ Act 2:
  • write letters/words on bottle caps
  • students practice making words
/ Act 3:
  • use magazines to make an ABC book

Writing Component: Write about school on a postcard (Writing Flip Chart p. 55). Write about what you know (Writing Flip Chart p. 56). Write about what you do at home and at school (Social Studies Flip Chart p. 55, 60). Write sentences using high-frequency words (Writing Flip Chart p. 60). Use photos to create a memory book.

Math
Essential Vocabulary:
join, separate, into /out of / Sentence Stems:
1. Adding/removing __ would cause...
2. ___ makes me wonder …
Books: Lemonade For Sale by Stuart Murphy, Hagamosunagrafica by Trumbaueu, Lisa, More M&M Brand Chocolate Candies Math by McGrath, Barbara, etc.
Act 1:
  • provide a variety of manipulatives, for children to count, sort, and graph.
  • write numbers on bottle caps , students can put in order, count, etc.
/ Act 2:
  • read and write number words (Phonics Flip Chart)
  • include math puzzles and games for counting, graphing, joining, and separating

Writing Component: Collect/organize data to create graphs. Make representations of sets and solve math problems using words, pictures, numerals and symbols. Create counting book
(Writing Flip Chart p.59).

Science
Essential Vocabulary:
waste, conserve / Sentence Stems:
1. I remember…
2. I know...
Books:Earth Day by David Marx, Celebrating Earth Day by Janet McConnell, Earth Day by Nancy Sanders, etc.
Activities:
  • explore mixing colors to create new colors (Treasures Science Flip Chart p. 58).
  • make a mural of pond life (Treasures Science Flip Chart p.60).
  • create a poster about Earth Day, caring for the earth, and water conservation (Treasures Social Studies Flip Chart p. 59). Fusion Flip Chart p. 16.
  • provide magnifying glasses and containers with water from a variety of sources (river, lake, water fountain, swimming pool, etc.).
/ Sensory Table Ideas:
  • reused LidsPerfect for Earth Day...
  • isink/float activities (see Fusion Teacher’s Edition p. 185).
  • use clay and a disposable aluminum pan to explore how we can change the flow of water (see Fusion Teacher’s Edition p. 183).

Writing Component: Write about what you discover about mixing colors. Create a poster about how to save water or about other ways to take care of the earth. Make a list of ways to help take care of our earth. Write about the many things we have learned in Science this year.

Thematic Printables:Rhyming Flip Book, End of Year Vocabulary for Writing Center, Sight Word Bingo**