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Austin ISD Kindergarten 2015

Kindergarten Pretend and Learn Lesson

Unit: Food Pretend and Learn Theme: Holiday Gift Wrapping

Whole Group Introduction to Center

Center Introduction Before a new Pretend and Learn area is made available to students during center time it should be introduced to the whole class. This helps ensure all students know appropriate roles they make take on and have a basic knowledge of the concepts within the pretend and learn center. To introduce a center you might consider:

Statues: Naming different roles(Cook, Mom, Farmer) one might take on in the center and asking students to make frozen statues (take on silent and still poses) that show something someone in that role might do (Example: A chef might stir, decorate a cake, lick a spoon) name out some of the things you see statues doing

Idea and Movement: Ask students “what kinds of things do ______ do?” after a child answers the teacher asks them to show with their body what that action would look like. Once the child shows their movement for the action the teacher repeats the movement then the whole class tries the movement. Get 3-5 responses per role.

Artifact: Bring out a few objects (or use pictures) from your new pretend and learn center. Invite students to tell you what see when they look at the object (color, size, shape, etc.), share what they know about the object (what its name is) and finally what it might be used for or do. http://www.utexas.edu/cofa/dbi/content/artifacts

Other resources can be found at http://www.utexas.edu/cofa/dbi/teaching_strategies

Center Organization:

Ask families to send in empty boxes of varying sizes for students to practice wrapping skills. Store them in

one section of the center area.

Prepare center by hanging a roll of wrapping paper from the horizontal bar of a pocket chart stand.

Students should be able to cut off pieces of paper as needed to wrap boxes.

Designate 4 areas of the center for students to use-shopping, wrapping, addressing and paying.

Home living furniture may be wrapped in butcher paper and/or turned on the side to create “work

spaces” for the wrapping station.

Laminate and cut out name tags.

Provide plenty of baskets/bins for students to keep materials sorted.

Center Participation:

Students progress through four stations. They choose a box. Wrap it with wrapping paper. Complete a gift

tag and tape it on. Pay for the gift, wrapping paper and bow.

Students write lists of what they would like to buy or who they would like to buy for.

Students think of elf name and using a vis-à-vis pen, write it on nametag.

Students write a letter to Santa.

Content Area Supported

Social Studies- Customs and traditions

Vocabulary

English and Spanish vocabulary cards are located below

Materials

http://www.utexas.edu/cofa/dbi/content/artifacts

http://www.utexas.edu/cofa/dbi/teaching_strategies


Pencils and/or markers or crayons, aprons, holiday hats (Santa, elf or reindeer antlers), gift tags, rolls of

wrapping paper or gift bags, tape, scissors, empty boxes of varying sizes, cash register, play money, holiday

lights, play phone or cell phone.

Connections

Literature:

Santa’s Stuck by Rhonda Gowler Greene

The Littlest Christmas Tree by R.A. Herman

How Santa Got His Job by Steven Krensky

The Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner

Bear Stays Up by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman

Biscuit’s Hanukkah by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Hanukkah by Roni Schotter

Writing: 1. Create a shopping list, or a list of people to give gifts to.

2. Wrap a gift (empty box) and fill out a gift tag to show who it is to and from.

3. Write a letter to Santa.

Technology: camera- Have students take pictures of each other dressed as an elf.

Example Pictures

http://www.pre-kpages.com/dramatic-play-holiday-wrapping-center/

http://www.pre-kpages.com/dramatic-play-holiday-wrapping-center/


gift

present

holiday

elf

Hanukkah

menorah

Santa


Small bow

$.50

Large bow

$1.00

Small box

$1.00

Large box

$3.00

Medium box

$3.00


regalo

día festivo

duende

Hanukkah

menora

Papá Noel


moño pequeño

$.50

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moño grande

$1.00 caja pequeña

$1.00

caja grande

$3.00

caja mediana

$2.00


Shopping Hours

Sunday from _____:_____ to _____:_____

Monday from _____:_____ to _____:_____

Tuesday from _____:______ to _____:_____

Wednesday from _____:_____ to _____:_____

Thursday from _____:_____ to _____:_____

Friday from _____:_____ to _____:_____

Saturday from _____:_____ to _____:_____

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Horas de Operación

domingo desde _____:_____ a _____:_____

lunes desde _____:_____ a _____:_____

martes desde _____:_____ a _____:_____

miércoles desde _____:_____ a _____:_____

jueves desde _____:_____ a _____:_____

viernes desde _____:_____ a _____:_____

sábado desde _____:_____ a _____:_____

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Station 1: Shop

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Station 2: Wrap

Station 3: Station 4:

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Station 2: Wrap

Station 3: Address

Station 4: Pay


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Station 2: Wrap

Station 3: Station 4:

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Estación 1:

Ir de compras

Estación 2:

Envolver regalos

Estación 3:

Escribir la dirección

Estación 4:

Pagar


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Mi nombre es: Mi nombre es:

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