SCHOOL-WIDE SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
CURRICULUM, PART ONE: JUNE 2018 (school-wide)
(sample) curriculum topics vary each school year
AMA Mission: To provide a nurturing, home-like and culturally rich learning environment for our children and families. To prepare students for kindergarten entry by acquiring proficient self-care, oral language, and socio-emotional development skills.
Curriculum Theme: Insects and Plants
Student Learning Goals: To teach students about multiple bugs and plant life surrounding our school neighborhood. Learning will be reinforced by way of partner/teacher directed reading, audio stories, observation, and arts & crafts. We seek to spark children’s curiosity by facilitating opportunities for exploring nature as they interact with bugs, plant life, and other animals in our neighborhood.
Students will also develop a variety of skills in the following areas:
Socio-emotional: Shares and respects the rights of others (persons, insects, & plant life)
Language: Actively participates in conversation in Spanish, learning new vocabulary (traffic norms, weather patterns, flower, and insect names)
Physical: Coordinates eye-hand movement, increase attention span @circle/art/reading/writing, and self-discipline/awareness
Cognitive:
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- Learning and Problem Solving:
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- observes objects and events with curiosity
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- Apply knowledge and experience to a new context.
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- Making connections between home life and school
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- Activating prior knowledge about plants and insects
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- literacy development via learning concepts of print (partner reading & read aloud by a teacher)
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- Logical Thinking:
- Classifies, compares and measures objects.
–Pre-K Foundation Goals: #1. (strand) Scientific Inquiry, 1.0-2.0 = observation & investigation, documentation & communication (sub strand), #2. Life Sciences, 1.0-2.0 = properties & characteristics & changes in living things, Earth Science, 1.0-2.0 = properties & characteristics of earth materials & objects and changes in the earth
SCHOOL WIDE SENSORY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES: TO MAKE CLASSROOM BOOK (LAMINATED & TO STAY @ AMA = 2-week project) DESCRIBING & CATEGORAIZING INSECT’S OR ARACHNID’S HABITAT (PLANT LIFE) /ANATOMY/DIET/LANGUAGE/FAMILY STRUCTURE/PHYSIOLOGY/GENDER/ETC.
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DAY/DATE 6/4-8 |
AM DAILY ACTIVITY @ 9:30am-10:00AM |
10-10:40AM |
PM DAILY ACTIVITY @ 3:15PM-5:15PM |
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ASSEMBLY (MINDFULNESS, ZUMBA & ANTHEM CHOREOGRAPHY) |
SPIDER |
TATTOOS |
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ASSEMBLY (YOGA, ZUMBA, ANTHEM CHOREOGRAPHY) |
ANT |
FACE PAINTING |
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W |
ASSEMBLY (FITNESS EXERCISES & SPORT DAY: wk.1/SOCCER-wk.2/BASKETBALL-wk. 3/HOPSCOTCH-wk.4/BOWLING w-plastic cups) |
LADY BUG |
SHAVING CREAM PAINTING (DIVERSE TOOLS + LG PORTFOLIO PAPER = TO POST @ CLASS GALLERY) |
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TH |
ASSEMBLY (MINDFULNESS, ZUMBA & ANTHEM CHOREOGRAPHY) JUNE 7TH = PARENT WORKSHOP (PARENTING TIPS BY DR. Durousseau) @AMA FROM 5:30-6: 30 PM/RSVP REQUIRED, JUNE 14TH PARENT & CHILD ART CLASS (BRING AN ARTICLE OF CLOTHING TO TIE-DYE, LED BY MELISSA) @AMA FROM 5:30-6: 30 PM |
BEE |
*WATER PLAY (PAINTING W/H2O, FISHING, ANIMALS) |
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ASSEMBLY (YOGA, ZUMBA, ANTHEM CHOREOGRAPHY) |
BUTTERFLY |
JEWELRY MAKING |
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6/11-15 |
SAME AS ABOVE |
SAME AS ABOVE |
SAME AS ABOVE |
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6/18-22 6/25-29 |
SAME AS ABOVE SAME AS ABOVE |
IN-CLASS FLOWER & BUTTERFLY GARDEN |
SAME AS ABOVE |
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SAMPLE-Summer Program LESSON PLAN 2018
SAMPLE-2017-2018 Monthly Curriculum Themes
