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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Pre-K Common Core in Our Classroom


The Pre-K Common Core Standards support the existing belief that the pre-k classroom lays the groundwork for literacy, math and science through tactile learning experiences where children act on their environment to construct meaning. Our classroom supports social and emotional development and ultimately higher-order thinking skills. We do activities such as read-alouds, painting, working with clay and Play-Doh, table manipulatives and building with wooden blocks all that reflect our academic goals for our pre-k students.


 ELA Common Core Read-Alouds

Our read-alouds are planned oral readings of children's books that are listed on the required reading for pre-k in the common core standards. They are a vital part of literacy instruction in our classrooms. We use read-alouds to develop children's background knowledge, stimulate their interest in high-quality literature, increase their comprehension skills, and foster critical thinking. While reading, we model strategies that children can use during their own independent reading. 

We take the following steps with our read-alouds:
- Preview the book to build prior knowledge 
- Do a picture walk
- Read the book and stop frequently to ask questions and engage the students


For Example We read Jan Brett's, The Mitten and did a variety of activities that tied into the book.  We sequenced the story and made our own mittens. 
 







Here are some of the Classic Tales that we will be reading in classroom:


The Lion and the Mouse
The City Mouse and The Country Mouse
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
The Gingerbread Man
The Shoemaker and the Elves
The Little Red Hen
Thumbelina
How Turtle Got His Shell (Native American folktale)
Why Flies Buzz (African folktale)
The Three Little Pigs


Activity Board for The Lion and The Mouse:  



The Three Little Pigs Read Aloud



Pre-K Common Core Domains that will be discussed in our classroom: 

All About Me Unit

Read-Alouds
I Am Special - What Makes Me, Me! 
Parts Outside My Body, Parts Inside my Body 
We Use Our Senses to Learn 
I Am Growing and Changing 
I Am a Human Being!


 
Same of our dental health unit activities. 

Family Unit

Read-Alouds

All Kinds of Families 

Family Activities and Routines 

Family Celebrations and Traditions


Animals Unit

Read-Alouds
We’ve All Got Body Parts 
Animals’ Body Parts 
All Kinds of Animals 
Animals Protect Themselves 
Animals Have Needs


Plants Unit



Read-Alouds

Plants Are All Around Us 

Plants Have Different Parts 

Plants Grow 

Plants Have Basic Needs 

Plants Are Important in Our World




Habitats Unit

Read-Alouds
Woodland 
Pond 
Ocean 
Desert
Farm



Here are a few examples of what we did in the classroom while studying the Habitat Units:
 

 
 




Pre-K Common Core Math 


We will be learning many basic math concepts in pre-k.  We will learn to make patterns, learn about shapes, count to 20 and beyond, learn how to use ten frames to work on solving our math problems. We will also be learning about the math symbols such as greater than and less than.










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