A theme guide for kindergarten | Unit 13 City Gardens & Country Farms PLUS 43023 KinderCorner 2nd Edition Plus Theme Guide: Unit 13 © 2016 Success for All Foundation. All rights reserved. Produced by the KinderCorner 2nd Edition Plus Team Cathy Pascone Jennifer Austin Lori Martin Richard Gifford Coleen Bennett Joe H. Wilson Marti Gastineau Russell Jozwiak Deb Branner Karen Poe Meghan Fay Sarah Eitel Devon Bouldin Kate Conway Michael Hummel Sue Belt Irene Baranyk Kathy Brune Michelle Zahler Susan Perkins Irina Mukhutdinova Kelly Rose Nancy Madden Teresa Blanton James Bravo Kenly Novotny Nick Leonhardt Tina Widzbor Jane Strausbaugh Kimberly Sargeant Patrice Case-McFadin Tonia Hawkins Janet Wisner Laura Alexander Patricia Johnson Wanda Jackson Jeffrey Goddard Laurie Warner Rebecca Prell Wendy Fitchett We wish to acknowledge the coaches, teachers, and children who We wish to thank Pitney Bowes piloted the program and provided valuable feedback. and Macy’s for their generous We wish to acknowledge the creative contributions of our funding in support of the collaborators at Sirius Thinking, Ltd. development of engaging media for the Home Link shows. 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Joppa Road, Suite 500, Baltimore, MD 21286 PHONE: (800) 548-4998; FAX: (410) 324-4444 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.successforall.org Table of Contents Why City Gardens & Country Farms? ........................................1 Daily Focus .................................................................. 2 Vocabulary ................................................................... 4 Peek at the Week ............................................................. 6 You Will Need ............................................................... 10 Daily Lessons Day 1 ...............................................................17 Day 2 ...............................................................49 Day 3 ...............................................................73 Day 4 ...............................................................97 Day 5 ..............................................................121 Day 6 ..............................................................141 Day 7 ..............................................................173 Day 8 ..............................................................197 Day 9 ..............................................................221 Day 10 .............................................................243 Appendix ...............................................................265 SETTING THE SCENE | Unit 13: City Gardens & Country Farms Why City Gardens & Country Farms ? As children grow and venture out into the world, they begin to question what they see around them. They wonder where foods come from. Who grows it? Where is it grown? They wonder how a seed turns into a plant, why some plants have flowers, and why some provide food. City Gardens & Country Farms answers these questions and others as it builds on what students learned about seeds and plants in Cornucopia and What’s on the Menu? In City Gardens & Country Farms, students will learn about the growing cycle of plants and the names of plant parts as they hear and read I Am a Seed. They will learn that gardens come in different sizes—from large farms to backyard gardens to small plots of land in the middle of big cities. They also will expand their knowledge of farmers and others who grow the foods that we eat every day. Working on the Farm, The Ugly Vegetables, The Curious Garden, and Carlos and the Squash Plant are just a few of the books that will help students to appreciate how hard farmers and gardeners work and how important they are to the well-being of the community. We strongly urge you to arrange a field trip to a nearby farm, neighborhood community garden, or farmer’s market to provide students with concrete examples of what they will be learning about farms, gardens, and farmers through stories and extension activities. This experience will give students the ability to develop their play in the Learning Labs in more meaningful ways. If there are gardening stores or garden centers in your community, take advantage of opportunities to visit them. As students explore City Gardens & Country Farms, it is hoped that they will grow in their understanding and appreciation of the importance of gardens and farms. KinderCorner 2nd Edition Plus Theme Guide 1 SETTING THE SCENE | Unit 13: City Gardens & Country Farms • Some plants grow from seeds. Each plant part has a name. • Plants need soil, sun, water, and care to grow. • There are different types of gardens. • Gardens can be planted anywhere there is soil, City Gardens & sunlight, and water. daily focus • Many people enjoy the fruits of gardens. • Crops from gardens or farms are sources of Country Farms food for people and animals. • People work on farms. • Animals are found on farms. • Some food products come from farm animals. • Everyone depends on farmers. Creative Domain Students will: { • engage in a variety of creative arts. • participate in dramatic play activities. Language/Literacy Domain • experiment with a variety of art materials. Students will: • participate in singing and chanting activities. • use thematic vocabulary in conversations. • approach activities with increasing flexibility • use several complete sentences to and imagination. express thoughts. • make predictions about stories that will be read. Emotional/Personal Domain • recall experiences and retell stories sequentially, with detail and accuracy. Students will: • make inferences and draw conclusions • know the daily schedule and move to the next from stories. component easily. • read simple, phonetically controlled • demonstrate confidence in their abilities. text accurately. • demonstrate interest in classroom activities. • comprehend reading. • persist in completing a challenging task. • answer higher-order questions about the text they read. • see books as sources of information. Cognitive Domain • blend and segment phonemes in a word. Students will: • add phonemes to words. • classify objects by physical characteristics. • substitute phonemes in words. • observe and make discoveries. • write readable words with • draw conclusions based on graphs and charts. approximated spelling. • play Brain Games to develop working • demonstrate an interest in writing memory, response inhibition, and to communicate. attention control. 2 © 2016 Success for All Foundation SETTING THE SCENE | Unit 13: City Gardens & Country Farms Mathematical Domain Students will: • identify and name a penny, a nickel, and a dime and their respective values. • match coin amounts to cents. • identify and use the cent sign. • find the value of a set of coins. Social Studies Domain • represent a model for addition and Students will: subtraction using manipulatives. • demonstrate an awareness beyond • solve problems. the community. • demonstrate an awareness of the roles people play in society. • dramatize buying, selling, and manufacturing. Science Domain Students will: • ask science-related questions. • identify selected plants by known characteristics. • describe the basic life cycles of selected plants. • conduct organized experiments. • collect, describe, and record information. Interpersonal Domain Students will: • come to consensus on conflict resolution. Physical Domain • initiate interaction. Students will: • give social support to and receive social • run with increasing control. support from their peers. • engage in gross-motor activities such as • participate appropriately in running and jumping. cooperative activities. • display common manners and customs. • respect differences. KinderCorner 2nd Edition Plus Theme Guide 3 SETTING THE SCENE | Unit 13: City Gardens & Country Farms Vocabulary Background Words Plants Farm animals Farms bouquet stem chicken animal care sun cow corn celery sunflower horse field dirt vegetable pig harvest ground water Food job grow Adjectives bacon plow leaves fair beef tractor petal ugly butter work rain unfair cheese Readles rose Beach eggs beach seeds beach ham happy spring fin milk shark sprout sand pork time squash shark yogurt tire stalk toy water Students will encounter background vocabulary words in natural ways throughout the unit. You will have a variety of opportunities to help students acquire these basic words that many students already know when they arrive in kindergarten. 4 © 2016 Success for All Foundation SETTING THE SCENE | Unit 13: City Gardens & Country Farms Theme-Related Words barn fruit city garden country livestock crop meat depend plant farm roots farmer soil Math Words flowers suburb add The theme-related vocabulary words are explicitly taught each day. Encourage your students to use them whenever possible cent (¢) throughout the theme. coin combination dime STaR Words equal aroma money bliss nickel fertile penny hurried subtract dreary value restless worth prickly Through Math Mysteries and 15-Minute Math activities, scrub students will learn important mathematical vocabulary that will help them to communicate stampede the new concepts that they are developing in math. STaR words help students to enrich their