Wonders

<p>Childhood is full of wonders. The <i>Wonders</i> curriculum builds on the questions children ask, creating more opportunities for learning. The books in Prufrock's new Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. <br><br>This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Kindergarten, students will learn to discover the wonders around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.<br><br>In <i>Wonders Book 2: Plants, Insects, and Dinosaurs</i>, students will wonder about plants, insects, and dinosaurs. Kindergarteners will participate in hands-on experiments related to seed scattering, camouflage, and fossils. Other topics studied within the concept of wonders include plant parts, plant adaptations, dinosaur eating habits, extinction, arachnids, worms, and body characteristics of insects.<br><br>Other books in the <i>Wonders</i> series include <i>Wonders Book 1</i>: <i>Nature, Space, and Community</i>; and <i>Wonders Book 3</i>: <i>Machines, My Body, and Physical Fitness</i>.<br><br>Grade K<br><br>This curriculum unit makes use of the following great children's literature books:</p><ul> <li> <i>From Seed to Plant</i> by Gail Gibbons;</li> <li> <i>A House is a House for Me</i> by Mary Ann Hoberman;</li> <li> <i>Bugs and Other Insects</i> by Bobbie Kalman;</li> <li> <i>The Grouchy Ladybug</i> by Eric Carle; and</li> <li> <i>Dinosaur Encore</i> by Patricia Mullins or <i>How Big Were Dinosaurs? Gigantic!</i> by Patrick O'Brien.</li> </ul> Planning Materials Unit Planner and Overview Enduring Understandings and Generalizations Guiding Questions Activities 1. Pre-Assessment 2. I Wonder How Seeds Scatter 3. I Wonder About the Parts of a Plant 4. I Wonder Why Some Plants Look Different From Others 5. I Wonder if Humans Need Plants 6. I Wonder What Makes Insects Different From Other Animals 7. I Wonder Why Spiders Are Not Insects 8. I Wonder Why Some Insects Disguise Themselves 9. I Wonder About Wiggly Bugs 10. I Wonder What’s Under an Insect’s Hard Shell 11. I Wonder About Fossils 12. I Wonder About the Different Types of Dinosaurs 13. I Wonder About the Sizes and Shapes of Dinosaurs 14. I Wonder What to Feed a Dinosaur 15. I Wonder if We Have Dinosaurs Today 16. Post-Assessment Attachments 1. Journal Assembly 2. It Will Become 3. Evaluation and/or Response Rubric 4. Fruit and Veggie Shapes 5. Seed Chart 6. Adaptation Game 7. Plant Products 8. Insect Body Parts 9. Bugs 10. Spider Math 11. Book of Webs 12. Paleo Log 13. Dino Concentration 14. T. Rex 15. Dino Research Checklists Vocabulary and Materials Differentiation Strategies and TEKS National Standards