Our Lessons For the Week!
What is our theme? Yummy Octopus
What is the lesson (overall purpose)?
MA Guidelines/Standards:
SEL7: The child will demonstrate the ability to communicate with others in a variety of ways.
APL 2: The child will demonstrate eagerness and curiosity as a learner.
APL4: The child will demonstrate creativity in thinking and use of materials.
APL5: The child will cooperate with others in play and learning.
APL8: The child will be able to retain and recall information.
RL.PK.1 (MA). With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or poems read aloud.
RL.K.3. With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
RL.PK.10. Listen actively as an individual and as a member of a group to a variety of age-appropriate literature read aloud.
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques)
Video: facts about Octopuses
https://youtu.be/0u6jV9mkFuY
Book: My Very Own Octopus By: Bernard Most https://youtu.be/ePdLk_pVvNQ
*Barring a few exceptions, octopuses have eight arms and no tentacles, while squid and cuttlefish have eight arms (or two "legs" and six "arms") and two tentacles. The limbs of nautiluses, which number around 90 and lack suckers altogether, are called tentacles.
Materials
*32 green grapes (4 grapes for each arm)
*1 granny smith apple (for the body)
*A small box of raisins (for the eyes and to make a mouth)
*plastic knife (with adult supervision)
*plate
Activity (Procedure):
Place your apple on the plate, take your knife and cut your apple in half starting from the top of the apple. Make 8 arms around the head of the octopus with 4 grapes on each arm.
Take the raisins and make eyes and a mouth.
Activity Wrap Up:
Watch the video first then ask them questions about the video like, How many arms does an octopus have? Do octopus change colors? Why do they change colors? What are the circles on their arms and what do they do? etc.
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment)
Is your child able to answer the questions? Are they able to cut the fruit?
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications)
you can cut an orange in half and they can use that as well for the body and also blueberries for the legs.
Helpful Hints: (Pitfalls & Solutions)
If you don’t have a plastic knife, you can use a real not ( with adult supervision)
What is our theme? Yummy Octopus
What is the lesson (overall purpose)?
MA Guidelines/Standards:
SEL7: The child will demonstrate the ability to communicate with others in a variety of ways.
APL 2: The child will demonstrate eagerness and curiosity as a learner.
APL4: The child will demonstrate creativity in thinking and use of materials.
APL5: The child will cooperate with others in play and learning.
APL8: The child will be able to retain and recall information.
RL.PK.1 (MA). With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or poems read aloud.
RL.K.3. With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
RL.PK.10. Listen actively as an individual and as a member of a group to a variety of age-appropriate literature read aloud.
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques)
Video: facts about Octopuses
https://youtu.be/0u6jV9mkFuY
Book: My Very Own Octopus By: Bernard Most https://youtu.be/ePdLk_pVvNQ
*Barring a few exceptions, octopuses have eight arms and no tentacles, while squid and cuttlefish have eight arms (or two "legs" and six "arms") and two tentacles. The limbs of nautiluses, which number around 90 and lack suckers altogether, are called tentacles.
Materials
*32 green grapes (4 grapes for each arm)
*1 granny smith apple (for the body)
*A small box of raisins (for the eyes and to make a mouth)
*plastic knife (with adult supervision)
*plate
Activity (Procedure):
Place your apple on the plate, take your knife and cut your apple in half starting from the top of the apple. Make 8 arms around the head of the octopus with 4 grapes on each arm.
Take the raisins and make eyes and a mouth.
Activity Wrap Up:
Watch the video first then ask them questions about the video like, How many arms does an octopus have? Do octopus change colors? Why do they change colors? What are the circles on their arms and what do they do? etc.
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment)
Is your child able to answer the questions? Are they able to cut the fruit?
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications)
you can cut an orange in half and they can use that as well for the body and also blueberries for the legs.
Helpful Hints: (Pitfalls & Solutions)
If you don’t have a plastic knife, you can use a real not ( with adult supervision)
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