Prekindergarten Unit 17

Big Idea:

How to care for oceans and the organisms within it.

Student Expectations:

Priority Guidelines

Social/Emotional

I.B.3b. Child remains focused on engaging group activities for up to 20 minutes at a time.

Speech Production Skills

II.C.2. Child perceives differences between similar sounding words.

Vocabulary Skills

II.D.3. Child demonstrates understanding in a variety of ways or knowing the meaning of 3,000 to 4,000 words, many more than he or she uses.

Print Concepts

III.E.3. Child can identify some conventional features of print that communicate meaning including end punctuation and case.

Conventions in Writing

IV.C.1. Child writes own name using legible letters in proper sequence.

IV.C.5. Child begins to experiment with punctuation when writing.

Reading

III.C.1. Child names at least 20 upper and at least 20 lower case letters in the language of instruction.(Target 20 letters)

III.C.3. Child produces at least 20 distinct letter sound correspondences in the language of instruction.(Target 20 sounds)

Alphabet Knowledge Skills

III.C.3. Child produces at least 20 distinct letter sound correspondences in the language of instruction. (Target 20 sounds)

Math

V.A.2. Child uses words to rote count from 1 to 30. (Target 1-30)

V.A.9. Child recognizes one‐digit numerals, 0‐9. (Target 0-9)

V.A.3. Child counts 1‐10 items, with one count per item. (Target 10 items)

V.C.1. Child names common shapes

Learning Targets:

• I can identify ocean animals.
• I will learn how to take care of the ocean.
• I can count to 30.
• I can recognize number 0-9.
• I can count objects up to 10.
• I can produce 20 letter sounds.
• I can identify 20 uppercase letters and 20 lowercase letters.
• I can write my name legibly in proper order.

Essential Questions:

• What type of animals live in the ocean?
• How can I take care of the ocean?
• How does the Earth change during the Summer season?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: Frog Street PreK

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