LESSONS & ASSESSMENTS
Science
TCI Science Curriculum
Kindergarten
As a kindergarten teacher at OLMCA, I was proficient in and implemented the TCI social studies curriculum. TCI provided many resources to help teach students about plants & animals, push & pull, and weather.
Our thermometer and weather graph filled out during morning meeting.
Exploring habitats around the world.
What do animals need to survive?
Looking at what we should provide our pets: food, water, toys, etc.
Reading "We Are What We Eat" by Kristy Hammill...
then learning where food comes from.
Learning that different plants need different levels of sunlight and water.
We water our class plants everyday!
Push vs. Pull
Another example of our morning meeting weather.
I also supplemented the TCI curriculum with my own lessons.
Every year, we start our science unit on plants and animals by planting our own class plants...
...students pot the plants...
...then we water the plants everyday, watching them grow!
I encourage students to bring in their own plants to show the class.
We learn about several animals' life cycles, such as a penguin's!
In the Fall, we discuss about the parts of a pumpkin...
...we also get to feel the inside of a real pumpkin...
...then, students try (store bought) pumpkin seeds.
Creating crystalized pipe cleaner creations.
We made oobleck after talking about solids and liquids.
In the spring, we discuss the life cycle of a caterpillar/butterfly...
...then we raise our own! We get caterpillars...
....and watch them grow and create chrysalises...
...finally, we then release them into the world!