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Strand B: Problem Solving and Innovating · Wonder, Explore, Build and Create

Wonder, Explore, Build and Create: Unit Review

A4.1 A5 B12.1 B12.2 B12.3 B12.4 B12.5 B12.6 B13.1 B13.2 B13.3 D19.1 D23.3 D24.1 D24.2 D24.3 D25.1 D25.2 D25.3 D25.4About 25 minutes
Learning goals
  • I can ask questions, predict, and find out by looking closely.
  • I can sort living and non-living things and describe materials.
  • I can build, test and make my building better.
  • I can tell how things move and name the four seasons.
  • I can make art, music, dance and drama, and share what I made.

Words to know

predict
To make a thinking guess about what will happen.
observe
To look, listen, smell and touch carefully.
living
Alive: it grows, needs food, water and air, and makes new living things.
test
To try something out to see if it works.
pattern
Something that repeats, like the seasons or stripes.
reflect
To think back about what you did and what you would change.

Let's look back at all our wondering!

(Grown-up: read aloud.)

You have been a scientist, a builder and an artist! This review has a few questions from every lesson. Answer out loud, point, or show with your body. Your grown-up presses Show answer to check. If something feels tricky, go back to that lesson and play it again.

Scientistwonders,guesses, testsBuilderplans, builds,tests, fixesArtistdraws, paints,sings, acts
In this unit you were a scientist, a builder and an artist. Which one was your favourite?

I Wonder! Asking Questions and Finding Out

1

Which word can start a question: how or cat?

2

🧊 Predict: an ice cube is left on a warm counter. What happens?

3

Your paper boat sinks. What can you do?

Looking Closely at Living Things

1

🐸 Living or non-living?

2

🪨 🌻 🧸 🐝 Which ones are living?

3

How many legs does an insect have?

4

What do you do after touching soil or worms?

Exploring Materials: Hard, Soft, Bendy and Splashy

1

🔑 Does a metal key sink or float?

2

Is a pillow hard or soft?

3

What makes a good raincoat: paper or plastic? Why?

PlanBuildTestMake it betterwobbly?test againIt works!
The builder's steps: plan, build, test. If it wobbles, make it better and test again until it works.

Build It, Test It, Make It Better

1

Where do the big blocks go: top or bottom?

2

What are the builder's steps?

3

🧱🧱🧱🧱 + 🧱🧱🧱 How many blocks?

How Things Move: Pushes, Pulls, Ramps and Wheels

1

Pulling a wagon: push or pull?

2

Which rolls: ⚽ a ball or 📦 a box?

3

Which ramp makes a car go faster: high or low?

Our Natural World and the Four Seasons

1

Name the four seasons in order.

2

🍂 Leaves fall and geese fly south. Which season?

3

Tell one pattern you can find in nature.

Making Art: Drawing, Painting and Building Art

1

🔵 blue + 🟡 yellow = ?

2

Draw a zigzag line in the air.

3

Name 2 art tools.

Music, Dance and Drama: Make Some Noise and Move!

1

Clap a steady beat 4 times.

2

🐻 Is a bear's growl high or low?

3

Move like a 🐇 rabbit. Fast or slow?

Show and Tell: Sharing and Thinking About What We Made

1

Finish: "I made ..." about something you made in this unit.

2

Say one kind thing about a friend's drawing.

3

Name one way to record your work.

Just for fun

What kind of dinosaur asks the most questions?

A Why-rannosaurus! 🦖

How to use this review

  • Do the review over two or three short sittings if your child gets tired. Kindergarten children learn best in short, playful bursts.
  • Read every question aloud. Let your child answer out loud, point, or act it out.
  • For "show me" questions, use the Look for notes to check.
  • If your child misses more than one question in a section, go back to that lesson and do its activity again. Hands-on play is the best practice.
  • Celebrate effort: "You thought hard about that!"
Check your understanding

Quiz

1.

Which one is a question?

2.

Which one is living?

3.

Which one floats?

4.

Which tower is more stable?

5.

You kick a ball ⚽. That is a...

6.

Which season comes after winter?

7.

🔴 red + 🟡 yellow makes...

8.

Which sound is loud?

9.

When a friend shares their work, you...

10.

Before we test something, we make a...

For parents and teachers

Which lesson to revisit:

  • Says telling sentences instead of questions, or gets upset when a guess is wrong → I Wonder! Asking Questions and Finding Out.
  • Thinks moving things (cars, clouds) are alive, or that plants are not → Looking Closely at Living Things.
  • Mixes up sink and float, or hard and soft → Exploring Materials.
  • Builds tall, thin towers that keep falling, or gives up quickly → Build It, Test It, Make It Better.
  • Mixes up push and pull, or roll and slide → How Things Move.
  • Can't name the seasons in order or match weather to seasons → Our Natural World and the Four Seasons.
  • Unsure about colour mixing or line types → Making Art.
  • Mixes up loud/soft and high/low, or speeds up the beat → Music, Dance and Drama.
  • Says very little when sharing, or gives unkind feedback → Show and Tell: Sharing and Thinking About What We Made.

Remember: In Kindergarten, the goal is curiosity, talk and trying, not perfect answers. Revisit lessons by playing the activities again, and keep asking "What do you notice? What do you wonder?"