By Cathy Goethel
Iroquois
School District 2-3
Preschool
The Preschooler will demonstrate their
understanding of where in the community they can go for help when they are not
at home.
Who can help me?
Summary:
The
Preschoolers will identify places in their community. They will establish what
functions they have in the community. They will also gain an understanding of
where they may go to obtain items they need for every day living.
Status:
New
Grade level:
Preschool
Time frame:
Three weeks (Preschool meets two days a week)
Discipline:
Social Studies
Subject:
Social Studies and language arts
Course Title:
Who
can help me?
Topics:
Community Resources
Print
Materials Needed:
Books to be used:
At
Preschool with Teddy Bear, Miss Bindergarten takes a Field trip, Curious George
goes to a restaurant, Clifford goes to the fire station, Jolly postman
There are
also books listed in http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/specialeducation/ecthematic/helpers/literature.ht....
More
Photo: (a series of photo pictures)
Old
magazines
Big Cereal
boxes that are empty.
Calendar:
The
first 3 weeks of school
Resources
(non-print):
We will be
taking field trips around town.
Internet
Resources Link;
.
www.perpetual preschool.com
http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/specialeducaion/ecthematic/helpers/literature.ht.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/edible/firetruck/
Notes:
South
Dakota has not adapted standards for Preschool. A vague set of standards were
found on
http://www.mcrel.org/resources/literacy/ela/standards.asp
Georgia
has developed standards for home schooling. These standards were incorporated
into this unit.
http://167.192.222.136/bestprac/intro.htm
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL COMPETENCE CONCEPTS SECTIONS
RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE: LISTENING
EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE: ORAL
three pigs
: Tell a story with a
beginning, middle, and end
This unit was designed to
make the students aware of what is available in their town, due to the fact the
elementary portion of the school was moved to another town.
Understandings-
The students will know where in the community they
can go if they need something. The students will also feel safe in their
environment and get a feeling of being independent.
Essential Questions:
Where do I need to go to get the things I need?
Knowledge and skills:
The student will demonstrate an understanding of the
people in their community and the places where they can go to get things that
they may need.
Evidence:
Students will demonstrate their knowledge of places in the community by viewing
a power point and identify the locations.
Musical chairs- identifying
the places visited.
Identify items that are
associated to places that were visited.
Learning Activities:
Day 1:
The students will gather in the preschool room.
They will be welcomed by their teachers. After playtime they will gather
for circle time. During circle time the book
At Preschool with Teddy
Bear will be read.
The power point of people
in the school will be presented.
Power point (Welcome to
Preschool)
After the power point
presentation the students will play a bingo game using the pictures of the staff
at school.
A tour of the school will be
done. We will take pictures of important rooms and places in our new school.
Sometime during the school
time the pictures of the staff and rooms will be reviewed.
We will also discuss rules
that we need to follow. View power point of rules of the school.
Create a book using word of
What we have learned.
Day 2:
Review of the power point of school staff.
We will read a book about
going on a field trip. Miss Bindergarten takes a Field trip. Ask
questions about the book
Power point presentation:
Rules of going on a field trip. Review the rules.
During our tour we will take
a digital camera and take pictures of the grocery store. Pictures will be taken
going to the store, being in the store, and returning.
When we return we will
discuss what we were shown and we will start to create a book. We will write
three or four items and insert pictures on the page (document used in Word)
Free Play:
a grocery store will be set up. The students will have a cash register, empty
containers of food, a grocery cart and bags to pack their groceries. Play money
will be given to the students along with some coupons. We will also name our
store and have a sign posted.
Other ideas for to do
during free plays are: Big cereal boxes will be
cut up and the children can see if they can put the pieces back together.
www.perpetual preschool.com)
Science
activity- Gather a number of plastic fruits, vegetables, meats, breads,
cereal boxes, etc. from the children’s play kitchen set. Use masking tape to lay
out the food pyramid with index cards out beside it to label each section. Have
the children sort the food into each food group individually or as part of
circle time. Tie this in with a visit to the grocery store where you do the
sorting as a group as you view different foods as you tour the store.
www.perpetual preschool.com)) Theme lists
look under grocery.
Math-
We can sort all of the fruits, vegetables. We can chart which pile has the
most. Then we can separate them by color of items and then chart it. When the
charting is completed we can count the items in each box and decide which has
more or less. The chart will be done on the wipe board.
Music time
-What Will You Buy? (Tune: Farmer in the Dell)
(Have a variety of empty food
containers and toy foods. Let each child shop as you sing)
What will you buy? What will
you buy? What will you buy At the grocery store?
Apples and bananas. Apples and
bananas. Apples and bananas At the grocery store.(www.perpetual.preschool.com)
Table time-
We will use old magazines and cut out picture of food items that we like to
eat. We will cut the pictures out and glue them on a paper sack.
We will also send the Grocery
store a thank you note. The children will be asked to draw something that they
liked or learned about going to the store. They will be delivered by the
teacher at the end of the day.
At the end of the day the
pictures taken will be viewed. We will discuss which picture is first second,
etc. I will also review the pictures rephrasing the terms, beginning, middle
and ending.
Day 3
We will review the rules for going on a field
trip. We will discuss questions that we could ask.
Our
field trip will be to the café The Checkered apron and the Gas station.
The digital camera will be
used.
A discussion of what we
learned about the 2 businesses. Two pages will be developed in our word
document book.
Book to be read:
Curious George goes to a restaurant.
Ask questions about the book
Free play time:
In the kitchen area there will be a restaurant set up. The restaurant will have
tables with table cloths, aprons, a chefs hat, trays, and plastic food. The
students will have menus to order from. On the student’s computer a driving
computer game will be installed. This program allows them to utilize a steering
wheel instead of a mouse to manipulate their cars.
Circle time-
selected items will be placed in a bag. Two bins with pictures of the
restaurant and gas station. The students will be asked to select an item from
the bag and determine which bin it belongs to.
Math time
- When this task is completed we will count the
items in each bin. We will determine which bin has more or less.
Activity time-
We will discuss what is good to eat and what isn’t . Then we will go through
magazines and find good food. The students will cut the pictures out and glue
them on a paper plate.
We will write thank you
notes to the restaurant and gas station.
We will discuss the next
field trip to the post office. During the table activity we will make a card
for our grandparents. These will be sent to their grandparents.
Day 4:
We will discuss the card we made our grandparents.
We will look at the envelopes that have already been made out. We will discuss
what we put on the envelope and where the stamp needs to be placed. The
students will then get their cards and be instructed how to fold them and place
them in the envelope. The students will then be given a stamp and they will
place it in the appropriate corner.
Field trip-
Review rules and off to the Post office. Take
pictures with the digital camera.
Circle time-
Read The Jolly Postman.
Ask questions about the book.
Free Play-
A post box will be made out of box. There will be
letters in the box that are addressed to each student in the room. Each
envelope will have different a different activity to do and enough activities
for each student. When the student gets their letter they will file each
activity in their classmate’s mailbox containers.
§
Activity- Matching shapes-
circle, triangle, and square.
§
Activity- doing a maze
§
Activity- color page
§
Activity – matching numbers
§
Activity- What does not
belong
§
Activity- matching letters
§
Activity- Classifying
worksheet
When the students have
completed the activity they will put the completed worksheets in an envelope and
address them and mail them in our mailbox.
The students will also write
in their books.
Activity –
A box will be set up in the middle of floor, the box is filled with different
sizes of envelopes. The students will help the teacher categorize them. We
will discuss how we can sort them. When they are sorted the way we want them we
can count them and chart them on a wipe board. We will also discuss if there is
another way to sort. If the students are still interested in the activity we
could sort it another way.
We will also write in our
books.
These activities can be
done during free play or at circle time.
Closing-
We will review pictures that we took of the post
office. We will work on placing them in the correct order.
Preview- The
next time they come we will go to the fire station and Bank.
Day 5:
Discuss rules and questions we can ask. Take the
digital camera.
Field Trip:
Stop at the Bank first then off to the fire
station.
Return to school.
Write the things we learned
in our books.
Circle time-
Read Clifford
goes to the Fire station and
Benny’s Penny’s.
Questions will be asked about the books.
Free play:
In one area of the room a simulated bank will be
made. There will be play money, small strips of paper that they can make
deposits. A safe will be made out of a box.
Coloring pages; pertaining
to fire stations and or the bank.
Circle time:
The students will determine what pictures goes with
what place we visited.
Music time:
the fire song.
Activity:
Worksheet will be found dealing with fire station,
or the bank.
Write thank you notes.
Snack:
Fire truck snack http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/edible/firetruck/
Closing:
A discussion of the events of the day. Review the
pictures of the field trip and sequence them.
At the end of the day the
students will be given the books that were made.
Day 6
Review day! We will discuss
what places we went to see.
View the power point of
What is this place. The students will view the pictures and identify the
locations.
Assessment: Small
pictures or items will be presented to the students along with big envelopes
with pictures of places visited. The student will be given the picture of item
and place it in the appropriate place.
Game musical chairs; The
picture of places will be placed on the chairs. When the music stops the
students will identify the place.
This could also be done with
items found in the places visited.
Power point
- Preschool rules
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