Unit 6, How We've Grown 24-25

JUNE 2 - June 11Unit 6: How We've Grown

 Unit Overview

The two-week unit should occur at the end of the school year to give students an opportunity to look back over the year and recognize how much they have grown, changes, learned, and developed. For the culminating unit project, students create a video of their year together. Teachers may also incorporate their own end-of-year lessons and activities within the unit.

Key Concepts

• Kindergarten
• Growth
• Reflect

Culminating Project

Unit 6 culminates in a class video yearbook that recaps how the class has grown and changed and what they have learned over the past year. Students will have an opportunity to revisit their favorite lessons and activities to demonstrate what they know now that they didn't know at the beginning of the school year. 

 C4L Processes

C4L develops ten cognitive processes that are both domain specific and applicable across all four domains. The C4L curriculum incorporates all processes within each unit, but some units place a stronger emphasis on a particular process goal. The follow C4L learning processes are addressed within Unit 4.

• 3. Comparing and Classifying
• 8. Reasoning and Problem Solving
• 9. Seeking to Make Sense

 Scope and sequence

• May 27 - May 31 • Unit 6: How We've Grown • Week 1
• June 3 - June 11 • Unit 6: How We've Grown • Week 2 

Family Connection

Family Connection is offered to each family once a month, individually or in the small group setting so families can build a support network and discuss shared concerns and solutions with each other (e.g., families with similar needs such as interpreters, instructional supports, etc.). For more information about Family Connection, please visit the Family Connection page.

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 Learning Centers

The learning center suggestions provided for Unit 6 connect directly to the learning objectives for each C4L domain and allow children to deepen their understanding of target concepts and to practice target skills. The following activities are suggested for Unit 6 Learning Centers.

• Art Center: Excited for Kindergarten; Favorite Art Materials and Explorations; Self-Portrait Exhibit
• Book Nook: Children's Work Display; Favorite-Book Partner Read
• Computer Center: revisit favorite games and reinforce skills
• Construction Zone: Build a Jungle or Woods; Favorite Construction Zone Activity
• Dramatic Play: Science Play
• Exploration Center: How We've Grown!; First-Sound Scavenger Hunt; Scientists; Favorite Explorations or Experiments
• Games and Puzzles: Pattern-Block Picture Puzzles; Total It; High-Low Card Game; Disappearing Numbers; The Shortest Path to Kindergarten; Favorite Games,  Math Group Games
• Listening Center: Book Recordings
• Show What You Know Center: What We Have Learned; So Much Traffic!
• Writing Center: Meet Our Class Book; Autobiographies; Favorite Thing About Pre-K; End-of-the-Year Compliments

A full description of the suggested Learning Center activities and materials can be found in each unit guide. 

 Grading Tools

  Unit 6 Formative Assessment Recording Sheets Links to an external site.

  PK4 Quarterly Grading Spreadsheets Links to an external site. *NEW 2024*

  HCPSS Rubrics for Grade Books and Report Cards Links to an external site.

  Grading Tools Folder Links to an external site.

  C4L Unit 6 Assignments for Canvas Grade Book

• Search "C4L Unit 6 Formative Assessments" in Canvas Commons
• Two versions - Prekindergarten and Preschool
• Four domains - Language & Literacy, Mathematics, Science, Social Emotional

 Resources

  Unit 6 Teacher Share Folder Links to an external site.

• Note: read alouds are for instructional use only. Scanned copies may not be linked in teacher's Canvas pages.

 C4L Home-School Connection: Student Learning Activities Links to an external site.

  Heggerty Family Newsletters Links to an external site.