01 Notes Appropriate Activities for Six to Eight Year-Olds
Language and Reading
● Read a variety of __texts_____ (____fiction__, ___nonfictions_____, _______poetry__, __drama___) and ____respond_ in different ways ● Begin to develop _____listing___ skills and use ___active__ listening ● Begin to develop ______speaking___ skills and use _____language___ to express themselves ● Use _____communication_____ and _______technology_____ skills to accomplish a purpose ● Read with ___fluency____, __comprehension_____, and more independence; expand ___vocabulary____ ● Learn to _______recognize_________ words and construct _____meaning______ from texts ● ___write____ for a variety of audiences and purposes Math ●Develop the ability to ___read__, ____write__, and __count__ whole numbers ●Use tools for ____measurement__ to measure non-standard and standard units; use a calendar ●____Estimate___; use simple __probability_ experiments and interpret findings ●Tell ___time__ to five-minute intervals ●Learn names and basic properties of simple ___geometric__ shapes ●Collect ____data__ by counting, measuring, and conducting simple surveys and experiments ●Recognize and create simple __patterns__ and describe by their __attitudes__ ●_____compare__, _____sort_, and __order___ things by one or more characteristics Science ●Use their __senses__ to make ___observations__ ●Use their __own__ rules to classify living/nonliving objects ●Seek ___informations__ about animal life cycles, weather, properties of materials, and sound ●___Ponder__ and ___process____ plant, soil, human body, and earth/moon/sun systems Social Studies ●Understand neighborhoods,___communities___, and regions of the local, state, nation, and world ●Develop a sense of __citizenship___ --- people making a difference Art ●Draw from personal __experience____ and _____imagination____; become more aware of themselves ●Use ___appropriate ___ subject matter --- family, five senses, counting, and retelling stories in pictures ●Recognize that __mistakes___ can become creative opportunities; distinguish reality from _____fantasy___ ●Observe how ___artist_ tell stories and create moods through art; tell original stories through art Music and Movement ●Recognize and use basic musical elements --- ___melody___, ___rhythm__, ___harmony___, __lyrics__, ____tempo__, and _pitch___ ●Have children make their own __rhytm____ instruments