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Weekly Schedule:

Mrs. Mills Schedule

Classroom Design

Goals:

In this theme students to become familiar with:

K.W.4.1 ~ Retell or restate what has been seen or heard.

Read "Pancake, Pancake"  mix-up some pancake batter as a class.  Then on a griddle show the class how you can change the liquid batter into a solid pancake.  Have the students write a description of what happened to the pancake mix when we placed it on the griddle.

K.N.1.2. ~ Use fraction models to create one half of a whole.

Have students cut up pictures of pizza, cake, and pie in the correct fraction. 

K.L.1.2 ~ Take turns in conversations and large group situations.

Have the students think out loud together at circle time to create a KWL chart.

K.L.2.1 ~ Identify personal information.

Make a class cookbook .  Have each student bring in a recipe from home.  Make enough so each student can take one home at the end of the week and one to stay in the kitchen area. 

K.R.4.1 ~ Locate printed material that provides information.

Grocery Store - Ask parents to send in empty food boxes and containers for the store.  Have a cash register set up with money and money for the shoppers as well.  Have sale ads from the newspaper, coupons, and shopping lists. 

Standards:

Shared Reading:

Week 1

• Read "The Little Red Hen" by Lucinda McQueen work on story sequence.  Read the book on Monday and Tuesday.  On Tuesday act out the story as a large group.  On Wednesday read "The Little Red Hen, makes a pizza" by Philemon Strurges and Amy Walrod.  Compare the two stories on the similarities and differences.  Work on comparing the two stories on Thursday.  Friday do a class demonstration on "How to make a Pizza."

Week 2

• Read "Pancake, Pancake"  by Eric Carle mix-up some pancake batter as a class.  Then on a griddle show the class how you can change the liquid batter into a solid pancake.  Have the students write a description of what happened to the pancake mix when we placed it on the griddle.

Week 3

• Read "Growing Vegetable Soup" by Lois Elhert with the class.  Have students set up the classroom as a cafe, students will have to make signs and menus.  Then write an invitation to the parent(s) and invite them to the cafe.

Ideas:

Reading

• At the beginning of the week, brainstorm with the students with a KWL chart.  Have the students tell you what they know, ask them what them want to know, and finally at the end of the time ask them what thy have learned.

• Create a Venn Diagram with the students comparing vegetables or fruit.

Math

• Fractions - Have students cut up pictures of pizza, cake, and pie in the correct fraction. 

• Measure - Measure different lengths of carrots, celery, and potatoes using the inch worms or paper clips.

• Estimate the number of beans, peas, popcorn, or cercal in different jars.  At the end of the day count each jar.

• Sort the different fruits and vegetables into groups.

• Make a graph using the data from the fruit sort above. 

Writing

• Make a class cookbook .  Have each student bring in a recipe from home.  Make enough so each student can take one home at the end of the week and one to stay in the kitchen area.

• Create directions to make a peanut butter sandwich.

• Create a shopping list.

Art

• Make Potato prints.  Cut potatoes in half.  Dip in paint and use an a stamper.

• Make a food pyramid collage with pictures cut from from grocery flyer. 

Science

• Discuss why your body needs protein and which foods are good courses.

• Describe the process of how we get milk from cows and eggs from chickens.

• Talk about the five food groups.  Using the play food and plates, put together a healthy meal.

Snack

Allow the students to make there own snack.  You could have them follow directions to make a snack or make a trail mix that the students will have to measure out with measuring cups.  It would also be fun to have some cook books in the center as well.

Goldfish Graph:  Have cups of goldfish for each student for snack.  Give them a graph sheet to graph the different colors then let the students eat the goldfish for snack after they sort and graph.

Click Here for the Goldfish Graph with numbers.

Trix Tallies - Sorted Trix cereal by color. The kids had to then count the Trix of each color and make that many tallies. If you have not worked on tally marks you could have the students work in groups.  Or the students could just sort them by color.

Have To. . . Centers

Art

Since we generally do our food theme around Thanksgiving time have the students create a cornucopia at the art center.

• Have the students color and cut out different foods to paste onto a cornucopia.

• Give a students a little cup of trix cereal (the fruit shaped ones) and have them paste the cereal on a cornucopia. 

Writing

Each student will create a menu for their own restaurant.  Students can use pictures and/or inventive spelling.  Have examples of different menus at the writing center for the students to view.

Stickers, stampers, stencils, or rubbing plates would also work great!

Interwrite Board

Students will work in a small group together and sort foods into the correct food group on the interwrite board.

Have the students work with a EA or parent volunteer at this center.

Food Pyramid Game

Math

Sort food pictures into the correct food group.  Label each group with the correct heading. 

Materials

• Pictures of different items that fit in a food group.

• Pie tins for sorting.

• Sentence strips and pencils for labeling.

• Example poster on the wall with the correct food groups and label heading to help the students.

Grocery Store

Students can play at the grocery store during this time.  Have the store set up but allow them to change the store to fit there ideas.  Also have a cash machine and money stamps with paper and pencils for the students to create with.  Have sale ads from the newspaper, coupons, and shopping lists. 

Choose To. . . Centers

Choose to. . .centers will have eight different centers during this theme.  We will have a Pizza Hut, grocery store, math, art, snack, reading, play-dough, and the pizza glyph.  During this time I allow the students to move around the room and choose their own center.  I would probably allow four students at each center.  We would have choose to. . . an hour everyday.

Dramatic Play

Pizza Hut - You can get empty boxes, cups and pizza rounds from your local restaurant. The kids can make up the pizzas using felt pieces or pieces of construction paper to fill the orders. It is important to have menus and little notebooks so the students can take orders from each other.  It is also a good idea to have a list of the ingredients and different pizza kinds so they can practice writing skills as well.

Grocery Store - Ask parents to send in empty food boxes and containers for the store.  Have a cash register set up with money and money for the shoppers as well.  Have sale ads from the newspaper, coupons, and shopping lists. 

Math

Using the pocket chart food pyramid and sort the foods into the correct food group.

Art

Have the students create their own meal for a restaurant they want to create.

Materials:

• Paper

• Magazines

• Glue

• Tape

• Scissors

• stencils

• Examples of meals from familiar restaurants

Snack

Allow the students to make there own snack.  You could have them follow directions to make a snack or make a trail mix that the students will have to measure out with measuring cups.  It would also be fun to have some cook books in the center as well.

Goldfish Graph:  Have cups of goldfish for each student for snack.  Give them a graph sheet to graph the different colors then let the students eat the goldfish for snack after they sort and graph.

Click Here for the Goldfish Graph with numbers.

Trix Tallies - Sorted Trix cereal by color. The kids had to then count the Trix of each color and make that many tallies. If you have not worked on tally marks you could have the students work in groups.  Or the students could just sort them by color.

Reading

In the book center have a variety of books set out about food or even recipe books that have pictures for the students.  Students can read or have small group discussions about the books they are reading.

Play-dough

Have the play-dough out on the table with the food cutters, plates, forks, knives, and spoons.  Have the students make plates of food that includes the five food groups.

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Field Trips

Visit the local Godfather's

Visit a local grocery store.  Buy the ingredients to make a pizza or soup in the classroom.

Have a baker come visit the classroom.

Visit the school lunchroom kitchen.

Technology

• Computer lab activity.  Have the students click on the link below and follow directions as they go shopping at the supermarket with D.W.

Supermarket with D.W

• On the interwrite, work together as a large group and sort the different foods into the correct food group.

Food Pyramid Game

• On the interwrite board together as a large group, work with the students on making a menu.

Make a Menu

Multicultural Activity

• Read "Let's Eat!  Children and their food around the world" by Beatrice Hollyer and discuss the differences and similarities between the different cultures.  Make a chart for each of the five countries describing the foods they eat, where they eat their meals, and how they get there groceries. 

Assessment

• Kid watch the activities and observe conversations and interactions.

• Complete a checklist of the standards for the unit.

Checklist

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