Goals & Objectives
APPROACHES TO LEARNING
Goal: By the end of the year, the students will engage in new experiences and activities to further their knowledge by engaging in center based activities.
Objective: The students will be able to grow plants and observe them over the course of a few weeks to see the changes that occur.
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH
Goal: By the end of the unit, the students will be able to use 2 or more of their senses to assist and guide learning.
Objective: The students will be able to build on their prior knowledge of plants and planting through activities that require their senses.
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING
Goal: By the end of the term, the students will demonstrate and continue to develop positive relationships with their peers by engaging in center based activities.
Objective: The students will be able to share materials with other children during planting activities.
COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
Goal: By the end of the unit, students will demonstrate a growing receptive language by making observations and describing them using the new vocabulary taught.
Objective: The students will be able to draw their observations of the growing plants in their journals and verbally describe them.
COGNITION AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD
Goal: By the end of the term, the students will identify measurable attributes of objects, such as length and describe them using correct vocabulary such as short, tall, etc.
Objective: The students will be able to use unifix cubes to measure and compare the classroom plants.
