Curriculum+Overview

(4 days) ||< School Days ||< What is a school? What do I do in school? ||< DLM Red p. 2 || How can I keep myself safe? ||< DLM Red p. 34 Science Kit – Health & Safety || What are feelings? ||< DLM Red p. 66 Science Kit – Health & Safety || How do families help us? How are families like or unlike other families? ||< DLM Red p. 98 || How do friends help each other? How can I be a friend? ||< DLM Red p. 162 || (4 days) ||< Opposites & Big Things ||< What is same? What is different? What is an opposite? ||< DLM Red (Opposites) p. 226 DLM Purple (Big Things) p. 226 || What causes changes in the fall? ||< DLM Red p. 130 || What jobs are alike and different? How do community workers help us? ||< DLM Blue p. 2 || (4 days) ||< Under Construction Shapes, Size ||< What are the shapes in my environment? How can different shapes go together to help us build things? ||< DLM Green p. 66 || (4 days) ||< Transportation and Travel ||< What is transportation and why is it important? What are the kinds of transportation? What are some reasons for people to travel? How do people travel to places that are far away? ||< DLM Blue p. 130 & 162 || (7 days) ||< Celebrations: Thanksgiving & Harvest ||< What does harvest mean? What would happen if there was no harvest? Why do people celebrate fall harvests? What are some ways to celebrate special events? Why do we have celebrations? What is special about Thanksgiving? ||< DLM Blue (Celebrations) p. 194 Utica UPK Curriculum (Thanksgiving & Harvest) || (18 days) ||< Children Around the World ||< How are we like children in other countries? How are we different from children in other countries? How are children of different countries who live in Utica alike and different? ||< Utica UPK Curriculum || January 11-15 (10 days) ||< Winter ||< What happens in winter? What is special about winter? How are seasons different? How do people and animals adapt to winter in our area? ||< DLM Green p. 258 Utica UPK Curriculum || (4 days) ||< Nursery Rhymes ||< What is a rhyme? What is real in a nursery rhyme? ||< DLM Green p. 162 || February 1-5 (10 days) ||< Traditional Tales ||< What are folk tales/myths/fairy tales? What is the difference between real stories & make believe stories? What traditional tales are told in my family? ||< DLM Blue p. 24 & 66 || How do we know if something is real or make believe? ||< DLM Purple p. 2 || March 1-5 ||< Dinosaurs ||< TBD ||< Utica UPK Curriculum || How does exercise help our bodies? How are sports alike and different? ||< Utica UPK Curriculum || How does food help our bodies? How do we know we are eating the right amount of healthy foods? What happens if we do not eat healthy foods and get enough exercise? ||< DLM Green p. 130 Science Kit – Food & Nutrition || How does weather affect us? How do we get ready for different kinds of weather and storms? What is interesting about storms? How are storms alike and different? ||< DLM Blue p. 258 Utica UPK Curriculum || (4 days) ||< Spring ||< What changes happen in spring? What is special about spring? ||< DLM Blue p. 226 || How do people help plants and flowers grow? What changes take place in living things? ||< DLM Green p. 98 Science Kit – Changes Plants Utica UPK Curriculum || How can we take care of our environment? Why is it important to take care of our environment? ||< Utica UPK Curriculum || May 3 – 7 ||< Bugs & Butterflies ||< How do bugs help us? How can bugs hurt us? How does the environment affect bugs and people? ||< DLM Purple (Bugs) p. 34 Utica UPK Curriculum (Butterflies) || How can we help pets grow and stay healthy? ||< DLM Red p. 194 || How do frogs develop? What do frogs need in their environment? ||< Science Kit – Changes Frogs || How is the environment of a zoo different from an animal’s natural habitat? ||< DLM Purple p. 130 || (4 days) ||< Farm Animals ||< What is a farm? Why do animals live on a farm? How do farms help people? ||< DLM Purple p. 162 || What lives in oceans? What is important about oceans? ||< DLM Purple p. 194 ||
 * Utica **** UPK 2009-2010 **
 * __ CURRICULUM THEMES and ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS __**[[file:themecalendar.pdf]]
 * // Thematic units are five days unless otherwise indicated. //**
 * < ==2009-2010 WEEK== ||< ==THEME== ||< ==ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS== ||< ==CURRICULUM SOURCES== ||
 * < September 8-11
 * < September 14-18 ||< Physical Me ||< What is special about me?
 * < September 21-25 ||< Thinking and Feeling Me ||< How am I like and unlike my classmates?
 * < September 28 - October 2 ||< My Family ||< What is a family?
 * < October 5-9 ||< Friends ||< What is a friend?
 * < October 13-16
 * < October 19-23 ||< Fall & Autumn ||< What happens in the fall?
 * < October 26-30 ||< Community Workers ||< What are community workers?
 * < November 2-6
 * < November 9-13
 * < November 16-24
 * < November 30-December 23
 * < January 4-8
 * < January 19-22
 * < January 25-29
 * < February 8-12 ||< Real & Make Believe ||< What is the difference between real and make believe?
 * < February 22-26
 * < March 8-12 ||< Fitness & Sports ||< What is fitness?
 * < March 15-19 ||< Food & Nutrition ||< What types of foods are healthy and unhealthy?
 * < March 22-26 ||< Weather & Storms ||< How can we describe the weather?
 * < March 29-1
 * < April 5-9 ||< Growing Things ||< What do people, animals, and plants need to grow?
 * < April 12-16 ||< Environment & Recycling ||< What is our environment?
 * < April 26 – 30
 * < May 10 – 14 ||< Pets ||< What are pets?
 * < May 17-21 ||< Frogs ||< What is interesting about frogs?
 * < May 24 – 28 ||< Zoo Animals ||< What is a zoo?
 * < June 1 – 4
 * < June 7 - 11 ||< Ocean Life ||< What is an ocean?
 * < June 14 - 18 ||< Summer Fun ||< How do we keep safe while having fun in the summer? ||< DLM Purple p. 258 ||