1 / 11

Fall Harvest Theme

Fall Harvest Theme. How Environment Meets the Needs of Target Students. Areas, objects and everyday items marked with words & pictures Alphabet displayed at eye-level Book area with multi-cultural books Pictures of India displayed Centers for small groups of children

enid
Download Presentation

Fall Harvest Theme

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Fall Harvest Theme

  2. How Environment Meetsthe Needs of Target Students • Areas, objects and everyday items marked with words & pictures • Alphabet displayed at eye-level • Book area with multi-cultural books • Pictures of India displayed • Centers for small groups of children • Centers for individual play • Structured, predictable routines • Explanation of activities and transitions • Picture cards for answers, questions

  3. Greeting 9:00 AM- 9:15 AM Name recognition activity Fine-motor activity Find job Circle Time 9:15 AM- 9:30 AM Story/Theme Discussion Calendar Weather Pledge of Allegiance Transition Song Library 9:30 AM- 9:40 AM/T Movement 9:30 AM- 10:00 AM/TR Small Group Activities 9:40 AM – 10:50 AM Bathroom Centers Individual Activities Large Muscle Room Clean-up 10:50 AM- 11:00 AM Transition Activity 11:00 AM- 11:15 AM Bathroom/Snack 11:15 AM- 11:40 AM Story and/or Game Check Mailboxes and Cubbies Departure 11:50 AM- 12:00 PM Daily Schedule

  4. Activity 1 Baking Bread • Targeted Standards: • Big Idea Toolkit-Participating • Early Learning Content Standards-Speaking Skills & Strategies (A) Meets the Needs of All Learners • Written and picture recipe cards (ex. Slide 11) • Varying sizes of utensils • Small group activity (B) Incorporates the Standards • BI-Taking part in an activity, following directions, taking turns with materials, answering questions (Pretti-Frontczak, Jackson & McKeen, 2005) • ELCS-Initiating conversation by taking turns during baking process, expressing ideas and needs clearly through verbal/non-verbal cues when asking for ingredients (ODE, 2006) (C) Includes Family/Community Priorities & Preferences • Parent volunteers coming in to help assist with the activity • Bread to be shared at the Family Thanksgiving Feast

  5. Activity 1

  6. Activity 2 Find the Letters of Your Name/Name Tracing Stencil • Targeted Standards • Big Idea Toolkit-Classifying/Comparing • Early Learning Content Standards-Handwriting/Word Recognition (A) Meets the Needs of All Learners • Varying types of writing instruments available (pencil, large crayon, finger tracing, magnet letters on board) • Picture and color-coded prompts for letter recognition • Stencils ranging from first letter-to whole name (ex. Slide 13) • Individual activity (B) Incorporates the Standards • BI-Creates a group of letters to form name, sorts by upper/lower case (Pretti-Frontczak et al., 2005) • ELCS-”Print letters of own name and other meaningful words with assistance using mock letters and/or conventional print.” (ODE, 2006) (C) Includes Family/Community Priorities & Preferences • Name stencil with magnet sent home for parents/students to trace together • Activity sent home with first name individually cut into each letter (Ex: P-A-T-R-I-C-K) for parents/students to work together on letter recognition

  7. Activity 2

  8. Activity 3 Indian Corn Counting • Targeted Standards: • Big Idea Toolkit-Counting • Early Learning Content Standards-Number & Number Sense (A) Meets the Needs of All Learners • Tactile/visual activity • Number answers correspond with colors • Varied representation of numbers, number words and pictures (B) Incorporates the Standards • BI-Counts pieces of corn in correct order, assigning numbers/colors (Pretti-Frontczak et al., 2005) • ELCS-”Count to 10 in the context of daily activities and play, demonstrate one-to-one correspondence when counting objects” (ODE, 2006) (C) Includes Family/Community Priorities & Preferences • Ties in to discussion about foods we have at Thanksgiving

  9. Activity 4 Graphing our Favorite Foods/Healthy vs. Non-Healthy Foods • Targeted Standards: • Big Idea Toolkit-Representing • Early Learning Content Standards-Data Collection (A) Meets the Needs of All Learners • Varied ways to respond (verbal, non-verbal/pointing to pictures) • Can be expanded with higher level questions: “Where would you find certain foods in the grocery store?, What would a healthy meal include?” • Pictures brought from home, previously cut-out or cut-out at school with or without assistance (ex. Slide 17) • Bulletin board has pictures of favorite food with labels underneath • Previously read, Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food • Grocery store in dramatic play area • Pictures available in cutting pool to cut, rip or tear out • Examples of favorite food boxes in science center • Pictures used to create “Healthy Food” Collage (ex. Slide 17) • Head to Toe Movement Game as follow-up

  10. Activity 4 (B) Incorporates the Standards • BI-Uses pictures of food to represent healthy/non-healthy foods (Pretti-Frontczak et al., 2005) • ELCS-”Place information or objects in a floor or table graph according to one attribute” (ODE, 2006) (C) Includes Family/Community Priorities & Preferences • Addresses healthy habits • Part of activity to be shared at home with parent (Cutting out and/or bringing in food pictures of labels) • Parents given tips on how to incorporate this activity during mealtime, grocery shopping

  11. Activity 4

More Related