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View the Kindergarten 2008-09 SEM Letter

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.
Hundred Day Links
Fun sites
Enchanted
Learning
100th day fun links

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
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