Kindergarten 20142015: Super Centers Unit 4: Food December 1 – December 18

ArtEssential Vocabulary: first, next, last Sentence Stems:

1.This reminds me of…2. Let’s find out...

Books: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by:  Simms Taback, Rose Bonne, etc.Act 1: After reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar, students will use a paper plate and magazine pictures to glue healthy food pictures onto their paper plate.

Act 2: After reading There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, have students create an “old lady” using construction paper, crayons and glue.  “Old lady” will have her mouth open and students will draw something healthy in her mouth.

Act 3: Students will glue a self-portrait (or photo) onto paper and add the body.  They will then draw pictures of their favorite foods, cut them out and glue onto the body.

Writing Component: (1) First my caterpillar ate...next, last.  (2) There was an old lady who swallowed a ____.  (3) My favorite foods are___.

ConstructionEssential Vocabulary:  restaurant, dine, serve

Sentence Stems:1. What shall we …2. I wonder what…

Books: My Very First Book of Food by Eric Carle, Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z by Lois Ehlert, How Are You Peeling? by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, , Gregory, the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat, Jose Aruego, and Ariane Dewey, The Popcorn Book by Tomie dePaola, Hola! Jalapeno (Spanish and English) by Amy Wilson SangerAct 1: Provide anchor charts, pictures, or books depicting various foods.  Children will use construction materials to create a kitchen, restaurant, grocery store, farm, etc.

Act 2: May extend activity by providing menus, cookbooks, toy food, cash register, picnic basket, dishes, utensils, etc.

Writing Component: Provide clip boards, notebooks, note pads, post-its, and other

Kindergarten 20142015: Super Centers Unit 4: Food December 1 – December 18

writing paper. Children will write menus or food orders.  Children may label the foods growing at the farm or the cans on the shelf.  Children may create shopping lists, receipts, etc.

Pretend & Learn/Social StudiesEssential Vocabulary: menu, delicious, ingredient

Sentence Stems:1. I wonder what would happen if … ? 2. One idea is …

Books: If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff,  Fruit by Sara Anderson,  Cook-a-Doodle Doo! by Janet Stevens, a variety of Cookbooks, etc.Set-up ideas:

Center could be set up as a restaurant for first week. Provide menus (real or student-made), paper for taking orders, toy food, dishes, aprons, etc.

Set up as a Holiday Celebration. Provide decorations (from many types of holidays) Have wrapping supplies and cards available. Turn and cover some of your dramatic play furniture to resemble a fireplace and mantle. Leave the stove uncovered and students can pretend to bake. Provide plenty of art supplies, so the students can make decorations that are meaningful to them.

Activities: Discuss the various aspects of dining

with others. Students can practice ordering food from a menu and using table manners.

Allow the children to create a space they enjoy. They can pretend they are wrapping gifts or baking holiday foods for someone.

Writing Component: Draw and write about a favorite meal (Treasures Social Studies Flip Chart p.21).  Create a menu for a restaurant.  Write down the “order” for the people who are “dining” in the pretend restaurant. Write a simple recipe for a favorite food (Treasures Science Flip Chart p.24).  Write a shopping list for a trip to the grocery store.  Write labels for foods in the store (Writing Flip Chart p.24).

Library/ListeningEssential Vocabulary:  devour, appetite, nibble

Sentence Stems: 1.One thing I know about this character is …2. This reminds me of …

Books: The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone, The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by Sturges and Walrod,  Curious George and the Pizza Party by H.A. Rey, etc.Act 1: Provide a variety of books (fiction and nonfiction) about foods, seasonal books, books by a favorite author, counting books, etc. Display familiar poems, songs, and finger plays that the class has learned.  Display a chart of food words (see Visual Vocab. p.99, 109, 119) next to a picture of each word (apple,milk, etc.) Provide a variety of books (fiction and nonfiction) about foods, seasonal books, books by a favorite author, counting books, etc. Display familiar poems, songs, and fingerplays that the class has learned.  Display a chart of food words (see Visual Vocab. p.99, 109, 119) next to a picture of each word (apple,milk, etc.) Children will read and talk about books and poems with friends or puppets.  (Reading Flip

Act 2: Children will refer to the anchor charts of food words to try to locate these words in books.Children will use the books as resources to draw and label their favorite foods.

Kindergarten 20142015: Super Centers Unit 4: Food December 1 – December 18

Chart p.19-24).

Writing Component:Copy the title of your book and draw a picture about it.  Copy words from charts and draw pictures that correspond with the words.  Children create a new page or new cover for a favorite book (Treasures Reading Flip Chart p.20).  Children write or draw about a favorite book in this center (Treasures Reading Flip Chart p.22).

Writing/ABCEssential Vocabulary:  capital, upper case, lower case

Sentence Stems:1. One possibility is…2. Let’s find out…

Books: Eating the Alphabet :Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z by Lois Ehlert, A is for Airplane/a es para avion by Theresa Howell, The Alphabet Tree by Leo Lionni, etc.Act 1: Use letter cards to form words (Treasures Phonics Flip Chart p.19-20).   A divided lunch tray works well for this activity!

Act 2: Determine the beginning letter for common words. Sort pictures by initial sounds (Treasures Phonics Flip Chart p.21, 23). Thematic “food” pictures could be used.

Act 3: Make word puzzles with CVC words (Treasures Phonics Flip Chart p.24).  Find high frequency words in magazines, newspapers, etc.

Writing Component: Make ABC cards about foods (Writing Flip Chart p.23). Write and illustrate sentences using high-frequency words (Writing Flip Chart p.20, 22).  Practice writing this week’s focus letters and add pictures (Writing Flip Chart p.19, 21).  Create a word web of favorite foods (Phonics Flip Chart p. 22).

MathEssential Vocabulary:  group, set Sentence Stems:

1. I want to know ….2. We already know ….

Books: 123 Peas by Baker, Each Orange Had Eight Slices by Giganti, 123 Texas by Puck, 26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban, etc.Act 1: Provide a variety of manipulatives, such as fruit counters, beans, pattern blocks, pom poms, cubes, etc. Have children create sets and count the objects in the group.  Children may use sorting trays, paper plates, etc. to differentiate groups.

Act 2: Provide hula hoops or large pre-cut paper circles for the children to sort and count classroom objects, such as pencils, crayons, books, etc.

Kindergarten 20142015: Super Centers Unit 4: Food December 1 – December 18

Writing Component: Draw pictures and numerals to represent the groups.  Use dot paints, foam shapes, buttons, stickers, beans, etc. to create groups and write numerals to go with each group.

ScienceEssential Vocabulary:  touch, texture, science fair, investigations

Sentence Stems:1. I know …2. I wonder why ….

Books:, How Are You Peeling?  by Freymann,  Dog Food by Eiffers and Freymann, Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells, etc.Act 1: Display posters or photo cards with pictures of common foods.  Use sense of touch to identify and describe foods (Treasures Science Flip Chart p.20).

Act 2: Observe how objects move and order them according to their speed (Treasures Science Flip Chart p.22). Children can create simple ramps for this activity.

Act 3: Introduce the science fair process and let students brainstorm things to explore and investigate. Create an investigation chart based on student interest. Students may add their ideas during center time.

Act 4: Sensory Table Materials: rice (½ dyed red) cookie cutters, foam peppermint shapes, cups, spoons, decorative candy canes, peppermint oil (for scent), glitter

Writing Component: Draw and label pictures about the foods. Write a simple recipe for a favorite food (Science Flip Chart p.24).  Use words, pictures, or a simple chart to describe how differentobjects move.Thematic Printables: (free from TeachersPayTeachers.com) Environmental Print Restaurant , Penguin/Winter Literacy Write the Room, Games, Winter Math Game Count to 100 , New Year/Gingerbread Rhyming Write the Room, Holiday CVC Word Building