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Let's Tune In!

It was a busy but productive week for these little 'scientists'.
It didn't take them a long time to delve in instantly with the new unit on 'How the world works'. 

To prepare them to new inquiries, it is important for us to unlock words that will be used throughout the unit. 


Living and nonliving things

The students did a sorting activity and it took a lot of discussions - agreeing and disagreeing. Finally, we all decided to simply group the pictures into two: living and nonliving things. 

 
The preschoolers described the characteristics of living things:
.. they grow
.. they need food and water
.. breathe
.. they can feel
.. need to rest or sleep
.. they can move


Brain Frame: Telling Frame

Together with their partner, they created a visual tool that helped them organize their thinking. Through this exercise they were able to form connections from the topic to other ideas and concepts. 


They started practicing their communication skills as they work collaboratively.



This was a very powerful activity that showed how the preschoolers have developed into becoming independent learners and thinkers. 

 


Book Walk

We made a short trip to the library and collected unit related book for our classroom library. 
They did a book walk together by sharing their thoughts about what they see or read on the pages in the book. 

 

Asking questions to each other, making predictions and creating connections are important skills they are going develop through this activity. 


This also lead the preschoolers to 'asking questions or wonderings'.

 

Their wonderings are so powerful that we are all getting excited more about this wonderful unit on how the world works!


Enjoy some of our Culture Week Photos!!





 


 


 
 

 

 



 



















 

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