www.tcmpub.com . 800.858.7339 . 5301 Oceanus Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 Sample Pages from TCM 14466 Early Childhood Themes: Space The following sample pages are included in this download: • Teacher’s Guide: Front Cover, Table of Contents, Menu of Lesson Choices, lesson plan, pattern page, and song lyrics • Vocabulary Concept Card • Into Space book Find our sample audio link for this product at http://www.teachercreatedmaterials.com ... For correlations to Common Core and State Standards, please visit http://www.teachercreatedmaterials.com/correlations.
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www.tcmpub.com . 800.858.7339 . 5301 Oceanus Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Sample Pages from TCM 14466 Early Childhood Themes: Space
The following sample pages are included in this download: • Teacher’s Guide: Front Cover, Table of Contents, Menu of Lesson Choices, lesson plan, pattern page, and song lyrics
• Vocabulary Concept Card • Into Space book
Find our sample audio link for this product at http://www.teachercreatedmaterials.com . . . For correlations to Common Core and State Standards, please visit http://www.teachercreatedmaterials.com/correlations.
Literacy SkillsInto Space—Introduce the space unit using the book Into Space; Learn about different space vocabulary. (p. 41)
Picture It—Introduce the Space wordless book; Learn that pictures can teach us about space when words are not present. (p. 42)
Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
Take It Apart—Introduce the sun vocabulary concept card; Segment space words sound by sound and have children blend them together to say a word. (p. 46)
Feel the Sound—Identify the initial sound of /p/ and feel the air come out of the mouth as it makes the sound. Generate other words beginning with the same initial sound. (p. 47)
MathHow Many Planets?—Learn about the planets in our solar system. Count and label each one. (p. 51)
What Is the Biggest Planet?—Compare, order, and chart the size of the planets. (p. 52)
Social Studies
Taking Care of Earth—Discuss various ways that people take care of planet Earth. (p. 56)
Space Rules—Learn about what astronauts do in space and why rules are important at the Space Station. (p. 57)
ScienceStar Pictures—Introduce the stars vocabulary concept card; Learn how constellations are made by connecting stars. (p. 61)
Why the Moon Looks Different—Learn about the phases of the moon. (p. 62)
Music and Movement
Little Stars—Sing a traditional song about little stars. Create motions to match the words of the song. (p. 66)
Soaring Rockets—Sing a song about spaceships. Pretend to be a spaceship by moving one's body through space. (p. 67)
ArtRocket! Rocket!—Create a colorful work of art using recyclables. (p. 71)
Reach for the Moon—Experiment with texture and color while creating a moon. (p. 72)
Day 3 Day 4 Day 5Letters and Words—Introduce the planet vocabulary concept card; Identify words and letters in sentences about space. (p. 43)
Please Shine Down on Me—Introduce the Oh, Mr. Sun book; Make connections between literature and real life. (p. 44)
What Would You Take to the Moon?—Introduce the astronaut vocabulary concept card; Create a class book to show the things children would pack on an imaginary trip to the moon. (p. 45)
Count the Syllables— Introduce the comet vocabulary concept card; Clap for each syllable you hear when segmenting vocabulary words. (p. 48)
Ending Sounds—Introduce the Earth vocabulary concept card; Identify and sort ending sounds. (p. 49)
Match the Letters—Introduce the moon vocabulary concept card; Learn the sounds associated with letters while moving around the room. (p. 50)
Space Rocks—Use a balance scale to measure the weight of rocks in nonstandard units. (p. 53)
What Comes Next?—Introduce the rocket vocabulary concept card; Identify and complete patterns. (p. 54)
Where Would You Go?—Create a graph to show which planet each child would like to visit. (p. 55)
Where Am I?—Learn geographic information about where children live. (p. 58)
Space Mission—Practice taking turns in conversation while acting out a space mission. (p. 59)
What Is the Same and Different?—Learn about the sun, moon, and Earth, using comparisons. (p. 60)
Space Food—Learn about healthy food and what astronauts eat in space. (p. 63)
Rocks, Water, and Soil—Discover the properties of essential Earth materials. (p. 64)
Star Light, Star Bright—Conduct an investigation about distance and the light of stars. (p. 65)
Space Dream—Sing a song about dreaming of space. Identify sets of rhyming words in the lyrics. (p. 68)
Earth—Sing a song to learn how to spell Earth. Substitute clapping or another motion for each of the letters. (p. 69)
Where To, Rocket?—Sing a song about flying in a rocket. Replace words with other space vocabulary. (p. 70)
Sun Art—Sing a traditional song about the sun. Create a sun and its rays. (p. 73)
I’m an Astronaut—Create a drawing of oneself in an astronaut's helmet. (p. 74)
Design a Planet—Use a variety of art materials to create a new planet. (p. 75)
1 Prior to teaching this lesson, make several copies of the Rocket Pattern Cards.
2 Gather children together on the rug or in their chairs.
3 Introduce the rocket vocabulary concept card. Discuss the picture on the card. Allow children to share what they already know about rockets. Point out the colors on the rocket. Explain that they will have an opportunity to color their own rockets and make a pattern.
4 Explain that a pattern repeats and can help us decide what comes next.
5 Model an AB pattern with the Rocket Pattern Card by choosing two crayons and coloring alternating rockets.
6 Provide children with crayons and Rocket Pattern Cards. Give them time to color their patterns. When children are finished, ask them to “read” their pattern aloud by saying the colors of the rockets.
What Comes Next? • rocket vocabulary
concept card • RocketPatternCards
(p. 93) • crayons
ExtensionGive each child two different‑color counters or small pieces of colored paper. Have them make a pattern, using the manipulatives. Depending upon children’s abilities, demonstrate an AABB pattern.
Space Dream(Sung to the tune of “The Animal Fair”)
Lyrics by Evelyn Garcia
(Have children sing this song while lying on the carpet and closing their eyes as if they were dreaming. The last four lines will have different motions.)
I dreamed I was in outer space.I really felt out of place.I passed some stars,And then landed on Mars,Imagine the look on my face!You ought to have seen the sun.It probably weighs a ton!I turned in my bed (Have children roll over.)
And then bumped my head. (Pretend to bump head.)
Now I’m no longer in space, (Begin to stand up.)
in space, in space, in space, in space . . . (Stand up straight.)