pre-k focus group

PRE-K FOCUS GROUP

May 11, 2012Science and Literacy Integration

TODAY’S AGENDA Already Ready Book Study

-Nurturing Writers in Preschool (Building and Understanding and Teaching Practices that support it)

Review of CCSS writing and listening/speaking standards

Writing in Science- research and inquiry Creating science lessons aligned to

CCSS

OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK Collection of fundamental

understandings about the writing development of young children

Teaching practices that nurture young writers (read aloud, side by side teaching, and share time)

Meet the Author and Illustrator (3 and 4 year old student samples)

Examining both the thinking and the writing (artifacts) in depth.

RELATING IT TO CCSSWriting Text Types and Purposes Production and Distribution Research to Build and Present

Knowledge Range of Writing Responding to Literature

STANDARDS FOCUS (WRITING) With prompting and support, use a

combination of drawing, dictating or writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about to supply some information about the topic.

Participate in shared research and writing projects.

With guidance and support, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

RELATING IT TO CCSS

Listening and Speaking Comprehension and Collaboration

Presentation and Knowledge of Ideas

STANDARDS FOCUS (LS)With guidance and support, ask and

answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.

Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.

SO WHAT CAN THIS LOOK LIKE FOR PRE-K? Project like writing (children’s book

making)

Independently read the introduction – Xiii-XVIII

Why book making in Pre-K?

So if becoming thoughtful about process, composition, craft, and more is a good educational goal for any writer, then why not these writers?

Pg. 13

What makes preschool classrooms distinct are the decisions adults are making about what experiences children should be having.

7 INTELLECTUAL DISPOSITIONSWhere children’s experiences lead to : Problem solving and reasoning Questioning and problem posing Keen observations- gathering data

through all senses Imagining, innovating, and responding

with wonderment and awe Intellectual risk-taking Thinking interdependently Persistence

PRESCHOOL PROJECTS Ex. Buying and installing an ornamental

pond at the school so their tadpoles could grow into frogs.

Share with your table a Prek project that encourages the use of literacy skills (reading, writing, drawing, listening, speaking).

APPLY THE 7 INTELLECTUAL DISPOSITIONSHow did each preschool author’s book

making involve the dispositions?

Group 1- Meet Isabella pg. 37-38 Group 2- Meet Regan pg. 55-56 Group 3- Meet Alexis pg. 85-86 Group 4- Meet Nick pg. 103-104 Group 5- Meet Lily pg. 123-124 Group 6- Meet Nicholas pg. 147-148

BREAK TIME

STANDARDS FOCUS (WRITING) With prompting and support, use a

combination of drawing, dictating or writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about to supply some information about the topic.

Participate in shared research and writing projects.

With guidance and support, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

INQUIRY Balloon Science Making Glue Gravity Straw Science Bubbles Science in a bag The Five Senses of Spring (summer, fall,

winter, etc) Nature Hunt Vocabulary Dirt Experts Worm Hotels

WORM HOTEL How can I align the worm hotel to the

common core writing, listening and/or speaking standards.

Groups of 3 – Come up with one idea You will collect 4 different ideas for

literacy and science integration

SCIENCE AND LITERACY INTEGRATIONExplore Pre-K science by rotating through

the different experiments/tasks.

Align each activity to a common core writing and/or listening and speaking standard(s).

- What can this look like in Pre-K?- Chart your ideas

SCIENCE ROTATIONS Balloons

Bubbles

Straws and clay

Science in a bag (pennies)

Gravity

COMMERCIAL BREAKS

In 3-5 minutes share a science idea that we have not shared today.

OR Share a resource that you often use.

CLOSING Please complete the evaluation for the

Pre-K CLC (4 sessions)

Please include any questions you still have along with your email address for a contact.

THANK YOU FOR PARTICPATING

IN OUR PREK CLC!

Resources• http://prekinders.com/• www.naeyc.org • www.preschoolexpress.com • www.pre-kpages.com • http://www.pbs.org/parents/exploringscience/ • Sid the Science Kid• Dragon Fly TV• http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/ • www.engageny.org • www.nysed.gov