Center/Classroom: Teachers: Week of: (A) General Information Key vocabulary: Cooking cocinando Study/Topic - BIG IDEAS this week: In this final week of the unit, we Dinner, feast cena, banquete will continue to explore ideas related to preparing and eating foods Holiday, special occasion día festive, ocasión especial – with a particular focus on the foods that children eat with their Celebration, celebrate celebración, celebrar families and on special occasions. Family, relatives familia, parientes Review Planned Read-Alouds; read books through at least once. Create flannel board pieces/pictures for Let’s Eat. Friday “To Review Small Group Activity forms and gather/create materials, including pumpkin-pie-play dough ingredients and rebus recipe, and space on wall to Do” List: create family dinner bar graph Gather/create materials for centers and circle time, including cooking props, recipes, spices. SS Week- Support for Provide pictures of families cooking or eating dinner to comprehension. scaffold children’s Dual Familiarize yourself with a few words related to food-related traditions (for ex., birthday cake), so you can use these in discussions and pastel = children’s Language make the topic relevant to all children. Learners: Family/ Ask parents to send pictures of family celebrations or recipes for important/traditional foods that their family eats during celebrations. Invite family Community members to come to talk about dinner routines/celebrations with children Involvement: (B) Materials to Enhance Children’s Play Blocks Dramatic Play Toys and Games Keep: Items from previous weeks that children were Add: Add: particularly engaged with. Tablecloths Rhyming basket / picture cards Cookbooks Mixing bowls/spoons for pumpkin soup and/or birthday cake. “Recipe”
Center/Classroom: Teachers: Week of: (A) General Information Study/Topic - BIG IDEAS this week: In this final week of the unit, we will continue to explore ideas related to preparing and eating foods – with a particular focus on the foods that children eat with their families and on special occasions. Key vocabulary: Cooking cocinando Dinner, feast cena, banquete Holiday, special occasion día festive, ocasión especial Celebration, celebrate celebración, celebrar Family, relatives familia, parientes Friday “To Do” List: Review Planned Read-Alouds; read books through at least once. Create flannel board pieces/pictures for Let’s Eat. Review Small Group Activity forms and gather/create materials, including pumpkin-pie-play dough ingredients and rebus recipe, and space on wall to create family dinner bar graph Gather/create materials for centers and circle time, including cooking props, recipes, spices. SS Week- Support for Dual Language Learners: Provide pictures of families cooking or eating dinner to scaffold children’s comprehension. Familiarize yourself with a few words related to children’s food-related traditions (for ex., pastel = birthday cake), so you can use these in discussions and make the topic relevant to all children. Family/ Community Involvement: Ask parents to send pictures of family celebrations or recipes for important/traditional foods that their family eats during celebrations. Invite family members to come to talk about dinner routines/celebrations with children (B) Materials to Enhance Children’s Play Blocks Dramatic Play Toys and Games Keep: Items from previous weeks that children were particularly engaged with. Add: Tablecloths Cookbooks Mixing bowls/spoons “Recipe” for pumpkin soup and/or birthday cake. Add: Rhyming basket / picture cards
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