Big Idea Mind Map and Learning Expectations

Mind Map

Learning Expectations: 

The three learning areas in the Full-Day Early Learning Kindergarten Program that will be incorporated in this digital resource are Science, Math, and Language. 

The overall expectation for Science is: 

For the kindergarten students to "conduct simple investigations through free exploration, focused exploration, and guided activity, using inquiry skills (questioning, planning, predicting,observing, communicating)" (p.114, FDEL-K program).

The specific expectation for Science is:

For the kindergarten students to "ask questions about and describe some natural occurrences, using their own observations and representations" (p.115, FDEL-K program). The students will "predictions and observations before and during investigations" (p.118, FDEL-K program). 

The overall expectation for Language is: 

For the kindergarten students to "communicate by talking and by listening and speaking to others for a variety of purposes and in a variety of contexts" (p. 72, FDEL-K program)

The specific expectation of Language is to: 

For the students to "use language to talk about their thinking, to reflect, and to solve problems" (p.76, FDEL-K program) and "ask questions for a variety of purposes." (p. 77, FDEL-K program) 

The overall expectation for Math is: 

For the students to "measure and compare length, mass, capacity, and temperature of

objects/materials, and the passage of time, using non-standard and standard units, through free exploration, focused exploration, and guided activity" (p. 97, FDEL-K program).

The specific expectation for Math is:

For the students to compare and order two or more objects according to an appropriate

measure (e.g., length, mass, area, temperature, capacity) and use measurement terms 

(e.g., hot/cold for temperature, small/medium/large for capacity, longer/shorter or thicker/thinner for length), "(p.103, FDEL-K program)

Big Idea of Learning Areas:

Math: young children have conceptual understanding of mathematics and of mathematical thinking and reasoning. 

Science: Children are curious prior knowledge to new contexts in order to understand the world around them. 

Language: Children are effective communicators