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Standards related to this unit:
-Demonstrates knowledge of concepts of print.

-Demonstrates the ability to identify and orally manipulate words and individual sounds within those spoken words.

-Demonstrates the relationship between letters and letter combinations of written words and the sounds of spoken words.

-The student demonstrates the ability to read orally with speed, accuracy and expression.

-Acquires and uses grade-level words to communicate effectively.

-Gains meaning from orally presented text.

-Begins to understand the principles of writing.

-Uses oral and visual skills to communicate.

 

 
The Crazy Story Ladies read to students.

 

The Crazy Story Ladies read "Walter the Baker" to students.

Walter is a famous baker who makes good things to eat. He solves a problem and invents a roll that the sun can shine through three times. The people are happy to have the baker and something new and wonderful.

Author, Eric Carle
How Pretzels are made
All about Pretzels

 

The Crazy Story Ladies read "The Mitten” to students.
Author, Jan Brett's Webpage
Coloring Pages
More books by Jan Brett

 



Standards related to this unit:
-Begins to understand the principles of writing.
-Connects numerals to the quantities they represent.
-Uses representatives to model addition and subtraction.
-Understands the measurement of calendar time.
-Tells time as it relates to a daily schedule.
-Understand basic spatial relationships.

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Standards related to this unit
-Sorts living organisms and non-living materials into groups by observable physical attributes.
-Recognizes the difference between living organisms and non living materials.
-Group animals according to their observable features such as appearance, size, motion, where it lives, etc. (Example: A green frog has four legs and hops. A rabbit also hops.)
-Compares the similarities and differences in groups and organisms.
-Explains the similarities and differences in animals. (color, size, appearance, etc.)
-Explains the similarities and differences in plants. (color, size, appearance, etc.)
-Recognizes the similarities and differences between a parent and a baby.
-Matches pictures of animal parents and their offspring explaining your reasoning. (Example: dog/puppy; cat/kitten; cow/calf; duck/ducklings, etc.)
-Recognizes that he/she is similar and different from other students. (senses, appearance).

 

 

 

 
Kindergarten students interact with animals at Tanglewood Farm in Canton, Georgia.


Tanglewood Farm



Standards related to this unit:
-Awareness of the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science and will exhibit these traits in their own efforts to understand how the world works.
-Uses tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating objects in scientific activities.
-Uses the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring scientific and technological matters.
-Communicates scientific ideas and activities clearly.
-Understands the important features of the process of scientific inquiry.
-Describes objects in terms of the materials they are made of and their physical properties.

 

  

Students take part in "Goo, Globs and Guts" a program from High Touch, High Tech where students became a Doctor or Veterinarian and touched real cow hearts, kidneys, stomachs and more! 

 

 
 Students also got an up close look at brains and eyeballs.



High Touch High Tech k-2 Programs
Movie: bones
Ear diagram
How does blood travel?
Learn about you heart
Magic School bus Ear game
Parts of a tooth
Senses game-match
Activities to print